WTO: US rejection of draft reform package signals "chaos" at MC14 (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The United States appeared to reject the draft reform package prepared by the Norwegian facilitator at the final General Council meeting on 11 March before the World Trade Organization's 14th ministerial conference (MC14) gets underway in Yaounde, Cameroon, on 26 March.

UN: Relief chief decries $1 billion-a-day war cost amid $14 billion aid shortfall (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations relief chief on 11 March deplored the staggering $1 billion being spent each day on the conflict in the Middle East, at a time when more than $14 billion in additional funding is urgently needed to deliver on the response plan to reach 87 million people this year with life-saving support.

USA: Racist speech & profiling driving serious rights abuses against migrants (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has warned that racist hate speech by senior United States political leaders, including US President Donald Trump, together with intensified immigration crackdowns in the US near schools, hospitals, and faith-based institutions, has sparked grave human rights violations.