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. |
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