The following is from a 14 May 2012 speech by Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization.
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in opening the WTO Symposium on the 15th Anniversary of the Information Technology Agreement on 14 May 2012, said that “15 years ago a group of visionaries conquered what appeared to be insurmountable obstacles and negotiated one of the most successful trade agreements ever. Today, their successors have the responsibility to further expand that legacy.”
This speech is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl228_e.htm