WTO: 2017 NEWS ITEMS

4 January 2017

DIRECTOR-GENERAL SELECTION PROCESS

General Council Chairperson, Ambassador Harald Neple of Norway, informed WTO members on 4 January that no further nominations for the position of Director-General had been received by the deadline of 31 December 2016 and that the incumbent Director-General, Roberto Azevêdo, is therefore the only candidate for the role. Director-General Azevêdo confirmed his willingness to serve a second term in the role in a letter to WTO members on 3 November 2016 at the outset of the selection process. DG Azevêdo's current term comes to an end on 31 August 2017.

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