Author: okonjoiweala
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Advancing Girls Education and their Safety in Nigeria and Beyond
Georgetown University September 26, 2014 Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I’ve been invited here today to speak on the subject – Advancing Girls Education and their Safety in Nigeria and beyond. But let me begin by saying that the safety of Nigerian children particularly girls was never an issue in the history of my country’s education…
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Unleashing the Housing Sector in Nigeria and in Africa
It is a pleasure to join you here in Washington, and to discuss this important subject of Affordable Housing. Let me begin by thanking the organizers of this conference for inviting me to deliver the keynote address today. My special thanks also to Jin-Yong Cai and his team at the IFC for urging me to…
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Leveraging ODA to Build Enduring Development Institutions: The Case for Vocational Education and Training
Leveraging ODA to Build Enduring Development Institutions: The Case for Vocational Education and Training Speech by Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala June 23, 2017 Annual Conference of Swiss Development Cooperation École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland I am so happy to be here today to join you in your reflections on the importance of vocational education and…
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Technical Symposium (WHO, WIPO and WTO) on “COVID-19 Pandemic: Response, Preparedness, Resilience”
16 December 2022 Excellencies,Dear brothers,Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank WIPO and DG Daren Tang for hosting us today and for hosting this Trilateral Symposium. Let me also join him in thanking all of you (both those who are here and online) for joining us today and welcoming our distinguished keynote speaker, Dr Salim.…
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Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development
16 December 2022 Ambassador Sofia Boza, Ambassador Jung Sung Park,Excellencies,Dear friends and colleagues, Delighted to join you this afternoon, the fact that the stocktaking meeting is being dne during the time when people are trying to achieve things, this is one of the really good things. I am proud of what you are doing, and…
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Overview of developments in the international trading environment
6 December 2022 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to join you today to take stock of recent trade policy developments. Thank you, Ambassador VILLALOBOS (Mexico) for your introductory remarks. You all will have seen my Report which was circulated to Members on 22 November, in document WT/TPR/OV/25. Ambassador VILLALOBOS has already described how the…
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TESSD High-Level Stocktaking Event
2 December 2022 Excellencies, colleagues. Good morning everyone. It’s good to see you and it’s really fantastic to see a packed room. That shows the level of importance of this event. I’m delighted to be joining you and I want to say thank you to the co-chairs and colleagues who are joining us as well.…
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Trade Facilitation Committee — Dedicated Session on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Support
1 December 2022 Excellencies, I am very pleased to join you this morning. I understand you had a productive regular meeting earlier this week ahead of this session on technical assistance and capacity building support. The Trade Facilitation Committee provides a valuable feedback mechanism for the implementation of the TFA. It allows for experience sharing…
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2022 Lowy Lecture
Lecture delivered to the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia on 22 November 2022 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It’s really an immense pleasure and honour to join you this evening. Thank you to Steven Lowy, Michael Fullilove and the Lowy Institute Thank you to the Australian government and all those who were instrumental in bringing me…
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Aid for Trade Global Review 2022
27 July 2022 Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome and thank you for joining this session on implementing the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies — with a focus on the challenges and opportunities for developing Members. I am happy to begin by announcing the launch of our publication on this topic, which I’ll be presenting…
