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WTO delegates listening to a speaker, Seattle, November 30, 1999
Order an ImageThe Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as the WTO's favoring of corporate interests over social and environmental concerns.
Here, WTO ministers listen to a speaker from Switzerland during the Plenary Session on November 30, 1999. Ministers were welcomed at the gathering after the opening ceremony was canceled due to street protests.
Caption information source: “Chaos closes downtown,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 1, 1999, page A1.
Caption information source: “Delegates hear protesters’ message”, by Bruce Ramsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 1, 1999, p. A16.
Here, WTO ministers listen to a speaker from Switzerland during the Plenary Session on November 30, 1999. Ministers were welcomed at the gathering after the opening ceremony was canceled due to street protests.
Caption information source: “Chaos closes downtown,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 1, 1999, page A1.
Caption information source: “Delegates hear protesters’ message”, by Bruce Ramsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 1, 1999, p. A16.
ID Number: 2000.107.19991130.CD01.01.002
Date: 1999
Creator(s):
Haller, Grant M., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 image file : TIF ; 5.9 MB
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.19991130.CD01.01.002, photo by Grant M. Haller
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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World Trade Organization (WTO)