WTO: The story in photos

December 1993 — Peter Sutherland, Chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee, closes the Uruguay Round Negotiations.

April 1994 — US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor signs the Final Act of the Uruguay Round at Marrakesh.

April 1994 — Supachai Panitchpakdi, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, signs the Final Act at Marrakesh.

May 1995 — Peter Sutherland congratulates Renato Ruggiero, his successor as Director-General of the WTO.

December 1996 — Director-General Renato Ruggiero addressing the First Ministerial Conference in Singapore.

December 1996 — First Ministerial Conference, Singapore.

January 1997 — Director-General Renato Ruggiero introduces the new WTO logo.

May 1998 — World leaders gather at the Second Ministerial Conference, Geneva, for the 50th anniversary of the GATT-WTO trading system.

May 1998 — Nelson Mandela, South African President, at the Second Ministerial Conference, Geneva.

May 1998 — US President Bill Clinton at the Second Ministerial Conference, Geneva.

November 1999 —Director-General Mike Moore at the Third Ministerial Conference, Seattle.

November 1999 — Third Ministerial Conference, Seattle — anti-WTO demonstration.

November 2001 — Minister Youssef Hussain Kamal of Qatar at the Fourth Ministerial Conference, Doha.

November 2001 — China became the 143rd member of the WTO at the Fourth Ministerial Conference, Doha.

November 2001 — Chinese Taipei became the 144th member of the WTO at the Fourth Ministerial Conference, Doha.

September 2002 — Outgoing Director-General Mike Moore welcomes Supachai Panitchpakdi as the new Director-General.

September 2003 — Vicente Fox, President of Mexico, at the Fifth Ministerial, Cancún.