Which of the following statements is correct?

a- The first WSF meeting was organized in Seattle in 2001.

b- In 1999, at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Meeting there were widespread protests in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Neither of them is correct.

The World Social Forum (WSF) is another global platform, which brings together a wide coalition composed of human rights activists, environmentalists, labor, youth, and women activists opposed to neo-liberal globalization. The first WSF meeting was organized in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001. The fourth WSF meeting was held in Mumbai in 2004. The latest WSF meeting was held in Brazil in March 2018.

In 1999, at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Meeting there were widespread protests in Seattle alleging unfair trading practices by the economically powerful states. It was argued that the interests of the developing world were not given sufficient importance in the evolving global economic system.