The director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevedo, announced that he would resign from his position on August 31, the organization reported this Thursday (14.05.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX) in a statement. release.
"At a virtual meeting of all WTO members on May 14, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo announced that he will step down on August 31.".
Bringing forward his departure, Azevedo said, will allow WTO members to select his successor in the coming months, without diverting political energy and attention from preparations for the 2021th Ministerial Conference, to be held in XNUMX.
In a telephone interview with Bloomberg News, the current WTO director said his departure was because he believes that leaving the post “is the best thing for me, my family and the organization.” He also said he hopes that “hopefully,” a new director general will inject the energy and resilience that I believe the organization needs.
.@WTODGAzevedo announces he will step down on August 31 #MC12 https://t.co/zaEV8GFSOn pic.twitter.com/T5mwVMKe8R
— WTO (@wto) May 14, 2020
Roberto Azevedo
Roberto Azevedo is the Sixth Director-General of the WTOHe took office on 1 September 2013 for a four-year term. WTO members later agreed by consensus to renew his mandate for another four-year period, which began on 1 September 2017.
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