Okonjo-Iweala resumes as WTO DG, meets 164 delegates
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 15, 2020 Nigerian former Foreign and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala smiles during a press conference in Geneva, following her hearing before World Trade Organization 164 member states representatives, as part of the application process to head the WTO as Director General. - European Union members states agreed on October 26, 2020 to back the candidacy of former Nigerian finance ministrer Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the WTO. The World Trade Organization will announce its new director general next month, but sources said the 66-year-old economist would get EU support on October 27. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
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Published 17 February 2021
“ A strong WTO is vital if we are to recover fully and rapidly from the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our organisation faces a great many challenges but working together we can collectively make the WTO stronger, more agile and better adapted to the realities of today.”
– Newly-appointed Director-General of World Trade Orgnisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria, on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s meritorious appointment on February 15, 2021 as the first female, first African Director-General of the 26-year-old Geneva-based World Trade Organisation is commendable and noteworthy. The WTO General Council agreed by consensus on Monday to select the two-term former Minister of Finance of Nigeria as the organisation’s seventh DG with effect from March 1, 2021. Her term, renewable, will expire on August 31, 2025.