{"id":57368,"date":"2024-11-30T07:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T07:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57368"},"modified":"2024-11-30T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T09:48:28","slug":"okonjo-iweala-reappointed-as-wto-director-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/30\/okonjo-iweala-reappointed-as-wto-director-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Okonjo-Iweala Reappointed as WTO Director-General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed for a second term as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision was unanimously endorsed by the WTO\u2019s General Council during its session on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her new four-year term is set to commence on September 1, 2025, extending her leadership of the 166-member organization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In her official statement following the announcement, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala expressed heartfelt gratitude to the WTO member states for their continued confidence in her leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am deeply honored by the trust and support of our member nations. Together, we will continue to strengthen the multilateral trading system to ensure it works for all,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the WTO, has been credited with steering the organization through a period of global trade uncertainty, emphasizing inclusivity, sustainability, and reform.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her reappointment signals strong support for her agenda to address pressing challenges such as trade disputes, supply chain disruptions, and the integration of developing economies into the global trade framework.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The WTO General Council noted her exceptional performance during her first term and highlighted her role in advancing significant negotiations, including agreements on fisheries subsidies and the WTO&#8217;s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As she prepares for her second term, Okonjo-Iweala has pledged to build on her administration&#8217;s progress while tackling emerging global trade issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed for a second term as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). &nbsp; The decision was unanimously endorsed by the WTO\u2019s General Council during its session on Friday. &nbsp; Her new four-year term is set to commence on September 1, 2025, extending her leadership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-57368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57370,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57368\/revisions\/57370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}