The Marrakech Accords is a set of agreements reached at the 7th Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the

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, held in 2001, on the rules of meeting the targets set out in the

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. The separate Marrakech Declaration of 15 April 1994, manifesting the

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trade agreements and establishing the

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, was also concluded and signed in

Marrakech, Morocco Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

.Marrakesh Declaration of 15 April 1994
at World Trade Organization

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The Marrakesh Accords & The Marrakesh Declaration
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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