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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.