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The new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has emphasized her commitment to getting a deal done on ending fishery subsidies.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a trained economist and former government minister in Nigeria, was appointed as WTO director-general in February.
On Monday, 1 March, Okonjo-Iweala addressed the media in front of WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, speaking beside an ice sculpture in the shape of a fish placed there by a coalition of 175 non-governmental organizations to bring awareness to the issue of global overfishing.
“The world is leaving the WTO behind. Leaders and decision-makers are impatient for change, she said, according to CBS News.
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Read more about In first day on job, new WTO chief pushes for fisheries deal on Business Standard. The new head of the World Trade Organization threw her support behind long-fruitless efforts among member countries to agree on some fisheries subsidies