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September 14, 2000
Panel 1 - Budget for the Seattle Meeting of the WTOPanel 1 Budget for the Seattle Meeting of the WTO - DOC format Panel 1 Budget for the Seattle Meeting of the WTO - PDF format

September 14, 2000
WTO Accountability Review Committee - Final ReportWTO Accountability Review Committee Final Report - DOC format WTO Accountability Review Committee Final Report - PDF format
THE WTO ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW COMMITTEE OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FINAL REPORT

September 7, 2000
Panel 3: Final ReportPanel 3 Final Report - DOC format Panel 3 Final Report - PDF format
REPORT OF THE CITIZEN'S ADVISORY PANEL THREE TO THE WTO ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW COMMITTEE OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL

August 24, 2000
Panel 2: Final ReportPanel 2 Final Report - DOC format Panel 2 Final Report - PDF format
REPORT OF THE CITIZEN'S ADVISORY PANEL TWO TO THE WTO ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW COMMITTEE OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL

July 6, 2000
Mayor Schell calls for screening process so City can turn away events such as WTO
Drawing on the R.M. McCarthy & Associates report, the Seattle Police Department's After-Action report, and his own familiarity with events, Mayor Schell suggested four areas for change in the way the City deals with controversial, politically charged events such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference.
Seattle Police Department After Action Report
 R.M. McCarthy & Associates: Preliminary Report
 R.M. McCarthy & Associates: Final Report

July 5, 2000
BRINGING IN AN UNDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION BRINGS AN UNDEMOCRATIC RESPONSE
Draft Report on the Level of Paramilitary Response and Loss of Democratic Rights During the Seattle Round of the World Trade Organization Ministerial
Written by Paul Richmond for the Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, WTO Legal Group

July, 2000
Out of Control: Seattle's Flawed Response to Protests Against the World Trade Organization
The ACLU of Washington's report on the WTO proceedings in Seattle.

June 29, 2000
Panel 1: Final ReportPanel 1 Final Report - DOC format Panel 1 Final Report - PDF format
REPORT OF THE CITIZEN'S ADVISORY PANEL ONE TO THE WTO ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW COMMITTEE OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL

April 28, 2000
Independent Review on WTO PlanningIndependent Review on WTO Planning - DOC format Independent Review on WTO Planning - PDF format
Hired by the Mayor to carry out an independent review of the planning for, and response to, the WTO conference in Seattle, R.M. McCarthy and Associates and Robert Louden have released the first part of their report. In a statement by the Mayor, Paul Schell concludes "What I'm sure first and foremost will come out of these reviews is this: The City Council and I will develop legislation to ensure that every major event...will get such a thorough City review that we will never again be caught facing protests of the scale Seattle experiences during the WTO ministerial conference."

For your convenience, the Independent Review of the 1999 WTO Conference Disruptions in Seattle, Washington is available to download in Word document format and PDF format. 

April 4, 2000
SPD After-Action Report
Seattle Police Department's WTO After Action Report.


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The WTO Accountability Review staff have collected more than 9,000 documents related to events leading up to and including the 1999 WTO Ministerial Meeting. To date summaries of approximately 4,800 of the documents have been entered into a database; staff continue to add documents daily. You can peruse summaries of the information contained within the documents by searching our on-line catalog for subjects that interest you.
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Last Updated: 10/19/2000