Marrakech Accords
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The Marrakech Accords is a set of agreements reached at the 7th Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in 2001, on the rules of meeting the targets set out in the Kyoto Protocol
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The Marrakech Accords is also used to designate the Uruguay Round
trade agreements (themselves from 1988 to 1994), including the agreement to establish the World Trade Organization
, because they were signed on April 15, 1994, in Marrakech, Morocco.
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , aimed at fighting global warming...
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The Marrakech Accords is also used to designate the Uruguay Round
Uruguay Round
The Uruguay Round was the 8th round of Multilateral trade negotiations conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , spanning from 1986-1994 and embracing 123 countries as “contracting parties”. The Round transformed the GATT into the World Trade Organization...
trade agreements (themselves from 1988 to 1994), including the agreement to establish the World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
, because they were signed on April 15, 1994, in Marrakech, Morocco.