WTO: MC14 hanging in the balance, with a shortened two-day meeting? (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The World Trade Organization's upcoming 14th ministerial conference (MC14), scheduled to be held in Yaounde, Cameroon in March 2026, appears to hang in the balance, and could be shortened to two days merely to discuss "WTO reform", though a final decision on this may only be taken at the WTO's General Council meeting on 22-23 July, said people familiar with the development.

Finance: Financing for whom? (PRIV)
(Bhumika Muchhala, New York)
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) took place in Sevilla, Spain, from 30 June to 3 July amidst intensifying attacks on multilateralism, unprecedented cuts to global aid and development financing, and regression of decades of progress in the fight against poverty.

UN: Haiti's food crisis intensifies amid gang violence, aid shortfalls (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Hunger continues to deepen across Haiti, with the country's food crisis being compounded by ongoing gang violence, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned.