Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 13 • Number 19 • 27th May 2009

Lamy Retains WTO’s 4 Deputy DGs

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The WTO’s four deputy director-generals will retain their positions for new terms of office, Pascal Lamy, the head of the global trade body, told WTO Members on Tuesday.

Alejandro Jara of Chile, Valentine Rugwabiza of Rwanda, Harsha Singh of India, and Rufus Yerxa of the United States will begin their new terms on 1 October, Lamy said.

“During the last four years this strong team has served the organisation and its Members with dedication and vision,” Lamy told a meeting of the WTO’s General Council. “Together we have worked to advance the interests of the multilateral trading system. As we prepare to move into the last miles in the Doha Round, I believe I must privilege experience and safeguard continuity. I look forward to working with my team and with Members in the months and years to come,” Lamy said.

ICTSD reporting.