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The race for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is now between two female candidates: Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and Ms Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea.
After a voting session that started on September 24 and ended on October 6, and intense consultations among the representatives of the WTO member states, Ambassador Amina was dropped alongside two other aspirants - Dr Liam Fox from United Kingdom and Mohammad Maziad Al-Tuwaijiri of Saudi Arabia.
The three had failed to secure enough support to guarantee their move into the final round of the selection process to find a replacement for Roberto Azevedo stepped down one year before end of his term.
Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala stands a better chance to become the first African to head the powerful organization and with only two women left in the race, after 25 years of existence, the trade regulator will finally have its first ever female director-general.
The 164-member states of WTO whittled the candidates to two for the final phase of the race which starts later this month and runs up to November 6 with a winner expected to be announced by December.
Ambassador Amina would have stepped down as the Sports CS as the WTO Director General job is permanent and has an office in Geneva, Switzerland.
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