<Anchor> In the
election of the Secretary General of the World Trade Organization and the WTO, Yu Myung-hee, head of the Trade Bargaining Headquarters of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, was reported to have advanced to the final final.
It is noteworthy whether the first female secretary-general in 25 years of WTO history and the first Korean head of the country could be born.
Reporter Jung Joon-hyung reports.
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Round 2 was passed by
Myung-hee Myung-hee
, head of the Trade and Bargaining Headquarters, who ran for the WTO secretary general election.
Bloomberg News quoted a source and reported that General Manager Myung-hee Myung-hee went through the second round in which five candidates competed and entered the finals with only two finalists left.
With no official announcement yet, the WTO will make a presentation on the election of the Secretary-General in the afternoon of our time today (8th).
The candidate who made the final with Myung-hee Myung-hee is Nigeria's Okonzo Iwela.
Candidate Okonzo Iwella is from Africa and has worked at the World Bank for a long time and is highly recognized abroad, and fierce competition is expected.
With two female candidates advancing to the finals side by side, the first female secretary-general was born in the 25-year history of the WTO.
In addition, in the event that Director Yoo is finally elected, he will become the first Korean WTO head.
[Myung-hee Yoo/WTO Secretary General Candidate (Last July): My goal is for the WTO to develop aptitude and resilience, and to become a responsive organization and build trust in the multilateral trading system.]
Even at the government level, President Moon Jae-in has actively supported Headquarters Yoo, requesting support from the leaders of each country.
The WTO Secretariat plans to proceed with the finals consultation process from the end of this month, and the decision of which of the two finalists will become the next WTO Secretary-General will be decided at the beginning of next month.