WTO DG, Okonjo-Iweala Expresses Sorrow on Passing of Queen Elizabeth II
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, DG, WTO
Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed sorrow over the passing onto eternity of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth 11, the Queen of England.
Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at the age of 96 years.
According to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, “It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. For seventy years, she was a figure of strength, service, and duty — a constant even as the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and the world changed in ways that could scarcely have been imagined at her coronation. My thoughts and prayers are with the royal family, and on behalf of the WTO secretariat, I send my deepest sympathies to the people and governments of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.”
According to Wikipedia, On 8 September 2022, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, the longest-living and longest-reigning British monarch, died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
Her death was announced at 18:30 BST, followed by reactions from leaders around the world. She was succeeded by her eldest child, Charles III.
The Queen’s death set in motion Operation London Bridge, a collection of plans including arrangements for her funeral, and Operation Unicorn, which set protocols for the Queen’s death occurring in Scotland.
The United Kingdom is observing a national mourning period of 10 days. A state funeral service will be held at Westminster Abbey on 19 September 2022 at 11:00 BST, followed by a committal service later that day at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
The Queen will be interred in the King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George’s. The occasion of her state funeral will be a national bank holiday in the UK.
