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A director general or director-general (plural: directors general, directors-general, director generals or director-generals [1] [2] [3]) is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. The term is commonly used in many countries worldwide, but ...
On February 5, 2021, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria secured the support of the United States for Director-General of the WTO. [ 4] Okonjo-Iweala assumed office on 1 March 2021, and became both the first woman and the first African to hold this position. Before the formation of the WTO, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) had a ...
The Director General is a current or former Foreign Service Officer, appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. [1] Since November 23, 1975, under a Departmental administrative action, the Director General has concurrently held the title of Director of the Bureau of Global Talent Management. [2]
The director general is elected by and answers to the World Health Assembly (WHA). [ 1] The current director-general is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was appointed on 1 July 2017, [ 2] and re-appointed on 24 May 2022. [ 3] The Director-General also leads the World Health Organization Secretariat and is also the ex-officio Secretary of the ...
In addition, the new Director-General shifted the focus of the reform process to realization of its benefits and mainstreaming the reform into the work of the Organization. [103] In July 2020, the FAO Council approved a series of measures proposed by its Director-General Qu Dongyu to modernize the organisation and make it more efficient and ...
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation [3] or the Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics of Chile [4] ( Spanish: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil) is the civil aviation authority of Chile. It has its headquarters in Providencia, Santiago. [5] The Directorate was created in March 1930, following the setup of the Chilean Air Force.
Directors' duties. Directors' duties are a series of statutory, common law and equitable obligations owed primarily by members of the board of directors to the corporation that employs them. It is a central part of corporate law and corporate governance. Directors' duties are analogous to duties owed by trustees to beneficiaries, and by agents ...
The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) was created by Royal Decree 1527/1988, of 11 November, [ 3 ] through the integration of several self-governing agencies and other organizational units of the Foreign Ministry. It was last restructured in 2001, with the incorporation of the Directorate-General for Cultural and ...