Okonjo-Iweala’s current term expires in August 2025. According to the statement, she said she “took the call of members very seriously and was favourably inclined”, adding that she would reply with her intentions “very soon”.
A sizeable portion of World Trade Organization members supported a move from a group of African countries pushing for Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to expedite a run for a second four-year term.
Fifty-eight of the Geneva-based organization’s 164 members, “several speaking on behalf of groups of members, took the floor to comment and express their support for the African Group proposal”, the WTO said in a statement late Monday.
