UNCTAD: Gaza recovery bill tops $70 billion amid historic economic collapse (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 25 November suggested that more than $70 billion will be required for the reconstruction and recovery of Gaza as a result of "the prolonged military operation and longstanding restrictions" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

CBD: Discussions on risk assessment of LMOs stuck in a loop (PRIV)
(Lim Li Ching, London)
The risk assessment of living modified organisms (LMOs) is a central obligation of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

UN: US unilateral sanctions intensifying Cuba's humanitarian crisis (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United States must lift the unilateral sanctions it has imposed on Cuba, which have deepened the country's humanitarian crisis, the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Douhan, has said.