<p>Geneva: WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told <em>Reuters</em> on Monday that she will seek another four-year term as head of the World Trade Organization following a broad Africa-led push to start the process early, saying she hopes to complete "unfinished business" from her first mandate.</p>.<p>Okonjo-Iweala, 70, a former Nigerian finance minister, made history by becoming the first female and African chief of the 30-year-old trade body in 2021.</p>.<p>"I would like to be part of this chapter of the WTO story and I stand ready to compete for the position," Okonjo-Iweala told <em>Reuter</em>s, citing a letter she plans to send to the trade body's main decision-making body on Monday.</p>.Algeria's president Tebboune wins second term with 95% of vote.<p>"For my second term, I intend to focus on delivering," she added, saying among the priorities were addressing "unfinished business".</p>.<p>These include a deal on ending fisheries subsidies and reaching a breakthrough in global agriculture negotiations, as well as reforming the WTO's hobbled disputes system and decarbonising trade.</p>.<p>Officially, she has until the end of November to decide whether to apply again. But the African-led move to start early, initiated in July before US President Joe Biden withdrew from the election campaign, was seen as motivated partly by a bid to secure her second term ahead of the US vote in November.</p>.<p>Under WTO consensus rules, that would be possible if nobody else applies and all states accept her.</p>.<p>In 2020, former US President Donald Trump's administration blocked her appointment in a step seen by some as an attack on an organisation he once described as "horrible". She secured US backing when Joe Biden succeeded Trump in 2021.</p>.<p>Asked whether both she and the WTO could be successful if Trump is elected, she said: "I don't focus on that because I have no control." </p>
<p>Geneva: WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told <em>Reuters</em> on Monday that she will seek another four-year term as head of the World Trade Organization following a broad Africa-led push to start the process early, saying she hopes to complete "unfinished business" from her first mandate.</p>.<p>Okonjo-Iweala, 70, a former Nigerian finance minister, made history by becoming the first female and African chief of the 30-year-old trade body in 2021.</p>.<p>"I would like to be part of this chapter of the WTO story and I stand ready to compete for the position," Okonjo-Iweala told <em>Reuter</em>s, citing a letter she plans to send to the trade body's main decision-making body on Monday.</p>.Algeria's president Tebboune wins second term with 95% of vote.<p>"For my second term, I intend to focus on delivering," she added, saying among the priorities were addressing "unfinished business".</p>.<p>These include a deal on ending fisheries subsidies and reaching a breakthrough in global agriculture negotiations, as well as reforming the WTO's hobbled disputes system and decarbonising trade.</p>.<p>Officially, she has until the end of November to decide whether to apply again. But the African-led move to start early, initiated in July before US President Joe Biden withdrew from the election campaign, was seen as motivated partly by a bid to secure her second term ahead of the US vote in November.</p>.<p>Under WTO consensus rules, that would be possible if nobody else applies and all states accept her.</p>.<p>In 2020, former US President Donald Trump's administration blocked her appointment in a step seen by some as an attack on an organisation he once described as "horrible". She secured US backing when Joe Biden succeeded Trump in 2021.</p>.<p>Asked whether both she and the WTO could be successful if Trump is elected, she said: "I don't focus on that because I have no control." </p>