The new head of the World Trade Organisation has thrown her support behind efforts among member countries to agree on fisheries subsidies that could reduce overfishing.
Director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian economist and former government minister, called the efforts a top priority on her first day at the WTO headquarters on the banks of Lake Geneva.
“I am coming into one of the most important institutions in the world and we have a lot of work to do,” said Ms Okonjo-Iweala, 66, who is both the first woman and the first African to hold the job. “I feel ready to go.”
The new director-general of the World Trade Organisation the first African and first woman to hold the post has arrived at its Geneva headquarters for her first day on the job.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, 66, a Nigerian economist and former government minister, donned a mask as she made brief comments to reporters on the way into the imposing building on the shores of Lake Geneva on Monday.
“I am coming into one of the most important institutions in the world and we have a lot of work to do,” she said. “I feel ready to go.”
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, between WTO deputy directors-general Alan Wolff, left, and Karl Brauner (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Keystone via AP)
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