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Okonjo-Iweala Urges WTO Members to Improve Ordinary People s Living Standards

By Obinna Chima The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on members of the global trade body to deliver concrete results that promote the WTO’s founding objectives. Some of these she listed include using trade to improve the living standards of ordinary people, creating better jobs, and contributing to sustainable development. According to a statement posted on the WTO’s website, Okonjo-Iweala made the remark while speaking at an informal General Council meeting yesterday. The meeting was called by the WTO General Council Chair, Ambassador Dacio Castillo (Honduras) to initiate a process of consultations on the nature of the prospective outcome document for the Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12), which would take place in Geneva the week of November 29th.

WTO | 2021 News items - DG Okonjo-Iweala hits the ground running

   On 5 March, the new Director-General met with the Group of Least Developed Countries as well as the Friends of the System, an alliance of small and mid-sized members from different regions and development levels that are committed to a well-functioning multilateral trading system. DG Okonjo-Iweala also addressed the first meeting of the Structured Discussions on Trade and Environmental Sustainability, at the invitation of the 53-member group that is exploring ways trade and the WTO can better contribute to achieving environmental goals. In her discussions with the LDC Group, the Director-General noted that the COVID-19 pandemic had reversed one or even two decades of development progress for many LDCs, and that it continued to disrupt key LDC exports, whether of tourism services, commodities or manufactures. Trade and the WTO had a critical role to play, she said, both in making COVID-19 vaccines more affordable and accessible, and in driving a global recovery

Okonjo-Iweala Assumes Duty, Rallies WTO Officials for Reforms

Okonjo-Iweala Assumes Duty, Rallies WTO Officials for Reforms
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