the candidates for the WTO Director-General selection process at the headquarters of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland - Yoo Myung-hee, of Korea (left) and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, of Nigeria. The WTO says South Korea’s trade minister and a Harvard-trained former Nigerian finance minister have qualified as the two finalists to become the next director-general, ensuring a woman in the top job for the first time. - AP
GENEVA, Oct 9 (AP): The World Trade Organisation announced Ton Friday morning that South Korea’s trade minister and a Harvard-trained former Nigerian finance minister have qualified as the two finalists to become the next director-general, ensuring a woman in the top job for the first time.
A selection committee said that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea qualified for the final round in a race expected to end in the coming weeks. They were picked out of a pool of five candidates.
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