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World Trade Organization

With trade tensions rising as a result of tariff threats, DG Okonjo-Iweala's recommendation to leaders was to "keep steady nerves" and avoid hasty reactions as the global trading system faces the worst disruptions in its 80-year history.

University of Chicago Medicine

Despite major advances in genetic testing for breast cancer risk prediction, death rates remain disproportionately high among women of African ancestry.

World Trade Organization

Ahead of the meeting at the WTO, Ambassador Ølberg shared with members a draft WTO reform workplan for the period after MC14. Starting with a short draft ministerial statement on WTO reform, the workplan sets out the scope of the work for the...

World Trade Organization

In wrapping up the meeting, DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala thanked members for their efforts throughout the year. "You've worked hard, and in spite of the long meetings we had and sometimes very pointed discussions, I have the feeling that we are getting...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday that expanded deployment of breakthrough malaria interventions—including dual-ingredient nets and WHO-recommended vaccines—averted an estimated 170 million cases and 1 million deaths...

World Trade Organization

The meeting, chaired by Ambassador Davasuren Gerelmaa of Mongolia, brought together ministers and senior officials from the 32 LLDCs, along with UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan, Under-Secretary-General Rabab Fatima of the UN Office of the...

World Trade Organization

DG Okonjo-Iweala said that during her recent mission to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, leaders, ministers and stakeholders all expressed sentiments of support for the organization. "I was heartened by the amount of unwavering support...

World Trade Organization

The high-level Ethiopian delegation in Geneva, led by Minister Kassahun, consisted of 18 senior government officials from the Steering Committee on Accession and experts from ministries and government agencies.

World Trade Organization

In her opening address, the Director-General highlighted the entry into force of the WTO’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies following ratification of the Agreement by two-thirds of WTO members.

World Trade Organization

The facilitator of the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, Ambassador Richard Brown of Jamaica, in summing up, noted that a group of members expressed at the meeting their intention to submit a draft ministerial text.