Pascal Lamy
Brazilian diplomat Roberto Azevedo (L) is greeted by outgoing General-director of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) French Pascal Lamy prior to the opening of a meeting at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on May 14, 2013 in Geneva to confirm Azevedo as head of the WTO. The fifty-five-year-old career diplomat, Brazil's WTO ambassador since 2008 is to become the first official from the BRICS group of emerging economies to head the trade organisation.
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If there was due to be a cabinet reshuffle, apart from ministers already in the cabinet such as Laurent Fabius, then Pascal Lamy and Louis Gallois would be major contenders
It's a decision taken by the judiciary and it's independent. The flexibilities are there and they have never been questioned by anyone in the WTO. After all, they all agreed. The question was not on the rule and they are structured specifically to provide access to medicines.
It's a decision taken by the judiciary and it's independent. The flexibilities are there and they have never been questioned by anyone in the WTO. After all, they all agreed. The question was not on the rule and they are structured specifically to provide access to medicines.More quotes »
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How the WTO can stay relevant
Roberto Azevedo has been elected as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization, succeeding Mr Pascal Lamy. He will be formally appointed on 1 September 2013. The challenges faced by the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), 5/22/13 from World Economic Forum Read more »
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WTO chief lauds Kenya on ICT, infrastructure
undertaking of development projects to expand its economy, the outgoing World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general Pascal Lamy has said. The remarks put Kenya in good stead in regard to the annual WTO allocation of funds to countries across the world 5/22/13 from Business Daily Read more »
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Roberto Azevedo's WTO appointment gives Brazil a seat at the top table
it had chosen the Brazilian Roberto Azevedo, 55, as its next director general. In September he will take over from France's Pascal Lamy, who has served two four-year terms. It is a personal success for this career diplomat, but it is also a victory for Brazil from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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Opening Up to the BRICS Generation
French politician Pascal Lamy set the process in motion to replace himself as the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), it was an interesting outcome that the two last candidates for the position were both from Latin America and were both from economies from Humanitarian News Read more »
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WTO Chooses New Latin American Chief to Mark a Change in Course
a breath of fresh air in the rarefied climate which has numbed the WTO – headed over the last eight years by French economist Pascal Lamy – for at least a decade. In its statement before the WTO General Council, which endorsed the appointment of Azevêdo to from Inter Press Service Read more »
