(WTO) The WTO gets its first woman and first African Director General (ORF)

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After South Korea’s candidate, Yoo Myung-hee, pulled out of the race on 6 February, the path was paved for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the next Director General of the World Trade Organisation. She is the sfirst woman and the first African in the organisation’s 25-year history to have accomplished this. In fact, the United Nations itself — since its inception in 1945 — has never had a woman in the number one spot.

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/wto-gets-first-woman-first-african-director-general/

Marco Emanuele
Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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