WTO: Farm tensions rise over India's sugar policies, EU's EUDR, US beef (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Ahead of the meeting of the World Trade Organization's Committee on Agriculture (CoA) on 24 September, Australia filed a counter-notification against India, charging that New Delhi has not submitted its domestic support notifications for "sugarcane, or its derived products" since 1995-96.

UN: At 40th anniversary, Turk urges development anchored in human rights (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The Declaration on the Right to Development is a blueprint for strong, resilient and truly inclusive societies, with its 40th anniversary serving as a call to re-imagine development that genuinely delivers human rights for all, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.

Somalia: El Nino floods, aid shortfalls risk deepening hunger crisis (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Somalia's hunger crisis remains severe, with millions still facing high levels of food insecurity while child malnutrition is expected to worsen in the coming months, as heavy flooding linked to the anticipated El Nino threatens to worsen the situation during October to December 2026, according to Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations.