Whereas paragraph 6 of Article XV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the General Agreement 1994), provides that any WTO Member which was not a member of the International Monetary Fund (hereinafter referred to as the "Fund") shall, within a time to be determined by the WTO after consultation with the Fund, become a member of the Fund, or, failing that, enter into a special exchange agreement with the WTO;