WTO DG Expects Results at MC13
Meaningful outcomes at the World Trade Organization's 13th Ministerial Conference in February 2024 are "not beyond our reach," WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said at the first General Council meeting in 2023. Ambassador Didier Chambovey, General Council chair, during the meeting pointed to a host of issues as areas that can be addressed by MC13, including WTO reform efforts such as dispute settlement, negotiating and monitoring functions, and institutional issues.
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"Expectations are now that we will get results at MC13," Okonjo-Iweala said. "A new results-oriented WTO that is producing for people is what is being expected of us and that means that we have a lot of hard work ahead of us in Geneva to build trust to work hard to have a results focus and to deliver."