The World Trade Organization has stated that Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has the best chance of emerging Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) via consensus.
This was stated in a tweet, following a meeting of heads of delegates on Wednesday in Geneva.
According to the WTO, the result of the consultations has started immediately.
“The candidate that had the best chance of attaining a consensus of the membership is Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria. Consultations on the way fwd will start immediately,” WTO Spokesperson, Keith Rockwell stated.
After the meeting WTO spokesperson Keith Rockwell summed up the announcement by GC Chair Walker: “The candidate that had the best chance of attaining a consensus of the membership is Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria. Consultations on the way fwd will start immediately", he said
— WTO (@wto) October 28, 2020
Recall that there had been widespread reports of Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as Director General of the WTO after polling 104 votes ahead of South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee, with 60 votes.
However, an opposition of Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence by the United States delayed her announcement as the new Director General of the World Trade Organization.
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