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GENEVA (Reuters) - The new chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) urged its member states on Monday to work with pharmaceutical companies to license more COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in developing countries in order to triple global production.
“People are dying in poor countries,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on her first day in office. “The world has a normal capacity of production of 3.5 billion doses of vaccines and we now seek to manufacture 10 billion doses.”
Her call comes as a group of developing countries led by South Africa and India seek to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 drugs and vaccines, a move opposed by the United States, the European Union and other wealthy nations.
End of six-month leadership gap at WTO Okonjo-Iweala plans to prioritise health WTO expected to decide on next ministerial meetingBy Emma FargeGENEVA, March 1 (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization's first female and first African director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala began work on Monday, ending a six-month leadership void at the global trade watchdog.
End of six-month leadership gap at WTO Okonjo-Iweala to prioritise health, fisheries WTO to hold next ministerial meeting end-2021 (Recasts, adds details, date of next major meeting)By Emma FargeGENEVA, March 1 (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization's (WTO) first female and first African director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala started work on Monday, ending a six-month leadership void as she aims to revive the global trade watchdog ahead of a major year-end meeting.
3/1/2021 Okonjo-Iweala to prioritise health, fisheries WTO expected to decide on next ministerial meeting
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By Emma Farge
GENEVA, March 1 (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization s
(WTO) first female and first African director-general Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala began work on Monday, ending a six-month
leadership void by vowing to unblock negotiations on rules to
stop over-fishing.
After a long campaign that was derailed in the latter stages
by a Trump administration veto, the 66-year-old Nigerian was
confirmed as boss last month, pledging to forget business as
usual at the body which is struggling to strike new deals and
whose arbitration functions are paralysed.