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<p><font size="+2"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2">July 17, 1998 No. 174</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+2">CANADA NOMINATES ROY MACLAREN FOR POSITION OF </font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+2">WTO DIRECTOR GENERAL</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">International Trade Minister Marchi Sergio Marchi today announced the Government
of Canada's nomination of the Honourable Roy MacLaren for the position of
Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">"Mr. MacLaren's credentials as a free trader are impeccable and he is eminently
qualified for the job," said Mr. Marchi.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Mr. MacLaren is currently Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He is
well known to members of the WTO for his distinguished career as Canada's
Minister for International Trade from 1993 to 1996. </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">"The change in the WTO's leadership happens on the eve of important renewed
negotiations in the areas of agriculture and services," said Minister Marchi.
"Mr. MacLaren has the proven skills needed to forge consensus between developed
and developing countries, and to lead the WTO in addressing a challenging
agenda." </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">The WTO's current Director General, Renato Ruggiero, will step down from his post
on April 30, 1999. The deadline for the nomination of candidates is October 1,
1998, and a decision is expected to be made by consensus before the end of this
year. </font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier">A biography of Mr. MacLaren is attached.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">For further information, media representatives may contact:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Leslie Swartman</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Office of the Minister for International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 992-7332</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1874</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</font></p>
<p><font face="Univers" size="+1">THE HONOURABLE ROY MACLAREN, P.C.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"></font><font face="Courier">1996 - High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1993-1996 Minister for International Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade (negotiated final stages of the NAFTA and the Uruguay Round
of the GATT)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1988-1993 Opposition Critic for Trade and </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Chairman, Liberal Caucus Economic Policy Committee </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1984 Minister for National Revenue</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1983 Minister of State (Finance)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1980-1982 Parliamentary Secretary for Energy, Mines and Resources (with
responsibilities for environment)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1988-1996 Member of Parliament</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1979-1984 </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1984-1993 Director, Deutsche Bank (Canada) Ltd.;</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">London Insurance Group;</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"> Royal LePage Ltd.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1977-1983 President and Publisher, CB Media Ltd.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1974-1977 President, Ogilvy Mather (Canada) Ltd.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1969-1974 Director, Public Affairs, Massey Ferguson Ltd.</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Courier"><strong>Canadian Foreign Service</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1968-1969 Ottawa (with responsibilities for developing countries)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1964-1968 United Nations, New York and Geneva (responsible for economic affairs
at the Canadian Mission and delegate to the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1959-1960 Canadian Legation, Prague</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1958-1959 International Supervision and Control Commission, Hanoi and Saigon</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1957 Master of Arts, Cambridge University</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1958 Bachelor of Arts, University of British Columbia</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1973 Advanced Management Program, Harvard University</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">1991 Master of Divinity, University of Toronto</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Doctor of Sacred Letters (honoris causa) University of Toronto</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Honorary Colonel, 7th Toronto Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><strong>Publications</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><em></em></font><font face="Courier"><em>African Exploits: The Diaries of William Stairs, 1885-1892</em> </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><em>Honourable Mentions</em> (Deneau Publishers, 1986)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><em>Canadians Behind Enemy Lines 1939-1945</em> (University of British Columbia Press,
1981)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><em>Canadians on the Nile 1882-1898</em> (1978)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><em>Canadians in Russia 1918-1919</em> (1976)</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"></font><font face="Courier">Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1934, Mr. MacLaren is married to
Aletha Mitchell and they have three children.</font></p>
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