WTO Makes It Official: Azevedo Takes Over 1 September 14/05/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)The World Trade Organization General Council today gave final approval to the appointment of Brazilian Amb. Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo as the next director general of the WTO. He will take over from Pascal Lamy on 1 September for a four-year term. “Today, we have sent out a strong message that the WTO can take decisions by consensus and follow intricate processes seamlessly,” the General Council Chair Shahid Bashir of Pakistan. “We need to carry this momentum further. I am confident that we can work together for a positive outcome at our Ministerial Conference in Bali.” The next WTO ministerial meeting is scheduled to be held in Bali, Indonesia on 3-6 December. Also at today’s meeting, Lamy pledged to work closely with Azevêdo to ensure a smooth transition. The statements from today are available here. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related "WTO Makes It Official: Azevedo Takes Over 1 September" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
[…] Director General Brazilian Amb. Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, who should take over in September (IPW, IP-Watch Briefs, 14 May 2013), and the upcoming ministerial conference in Bali, Indonesia, in December, might give a new impulse […] Reply