Marrakesh Agreement Signed

Date: April 15, 1994 • Location: Genève, Switzerland

Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.

The Marrakesh Agreement, manifested by the Marrakesh Declaration, was an agreement signed in Marrakesh, Morocco, by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, marking the culmination of the eight-year-long Uruguay Round and establishing the World Trade Organization, which officially came into being on 1 January 1995.