Nairobi – The General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) approved today, by consensus, the appointment of Italian Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, as vice chairman of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the Organization, scheduled in Nairobi, Kenya, for 14-18 December. Calenda was elected as representatives of the group of industrialized countries alongside other two vice presidents: for the Latin America and the Caribbean group, Foreign Minister of Chile, H. Muñoz,; and the Asian group the Minister of Trade and Industry of the Philippines, GL Domingo. The presidency of the Tenth Ministerial Conference is, as usual, in the hands of the host country, specifically the Foreign Minister of Kenya, A. Mohamed. (9Colonne)
