The World Trade Organization

In Seattle, November of ‘99, the World Trade Organization, a virtually unknown institution to most people was the star attraction in the media for several days. However, the mobilization of protest demonstrations against international institutions didn’t start in Seattle. There were demonstrations at the WTO meeting in Geneva in 1998 and at Bank/Fund meetings throughout the 1990’s. But the overall ferocity of this demonstration at Seattle was unprecedented and perhaps a new trend has been …

…accredited NGO’s are Northern, mainly environmental, human rights and women’s groups. But in the end, of course, the establishment of a new tomorrow will require leadership on the part of countries both willing and responsible.. So perhaps the best conclusion to this paper should be based on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle: we can know where we are but not where we’re going or where we’re going but not where we are.