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Director General of the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation, Dr NgoziOkonjo-Iweala has appointed the CUTS Secretary General, Pradeep S. Mehta to her 12 member NGO Advisory Body...
For Mehta, this is the third time, that he has been thus honoured by the WTO DGs, as the only Indian citizen to be thus appointed...
In the past, Mehta had served on the advisory bodies to Dr SupachaiPanitchpakdi, DG, WTO during 2003-05, and Dr Pascal Lamy, DG, WTO during 2012-13...
I look forward to assisting Dr Ngozi in reinforcing the multilateral agenda of the WTO and ensure that the developing countries, and LDCs in particular, are able to gain advantage of their membership to create more wealth and reduce poverty in the world, said Mehta..
