Okonjo-iweala Vs Yoo Myung-hee: WTO General Council Meeting Indefinitely Postpones Date To Chose Next DG

Okonjo-iweala Vs Yoo Myung-hee: WTO General Council Meeting Indefinitely Postpones Date To Chose Next DG—Away from November 9th as earlier scheduled to choose between Okonjo-iweala and Yoo Myung-hee the next DG of WTO, the organization’s General Council has announced a new development.

Accoriding to the Chairman of the General Council, Ambassador David Walker, the meeting has been postponed until further notice, he told the 164-members of the council in a statement.

Many of the ambassadors of the world body as well as African and European countries have declared their support for Dr Okonjo-Iweala while the United States kicked against the emergence of the former Nigerian Finance Minister, rooting for Ms Yoo Myung-hee.

But according to the statement on the website of WTO: “The General Council meeting scheduled for 9 November to consider the appointment of the next WTO Director-General has been postponed. Ambassador David Walker, the chair of the General Council, informed members of the decision on 6 November.

Ambassador Walker said the meeting would be postponed until further notice, during which time he would continue undertaking consultations with delegations.