DG Okonjo-Iweala calls for simultaneous progress on WTO reform, outstanding negotiations

Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on WTO members to make simultaneous progress on reforming the organization as well as on outstanding negotiating topics, urging delegations to “collectively advance the two sides of the same coin”. She made her remarks at a 14-15 July General Council meeting where she reviewed work undertaken since the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in late March and where members adopted several decisions in favour of developing and least-developed country members.