Trade: DG's MC14 package draws fire, as WTO reform takes center stage (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization on 17 March released the "Draft Yaounde Package for the Fourteenth WTO Ministerial Conference".

WTO: DG berates staff on MC14 facility complaints amid ministerial absences (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The World Trade Organization's Director-General on 18 March is understood to have suggested at a town hall meeting that she is not unduly concerned about the lack of progress on any of the issues contained in the Yaounde package for the WTO's upcoming 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14), nor on the absence of several trade ministers at the conference, said people familiar with the development.

Yemen: UN appeals for $2.16 billion as humanitarian crisis worsens (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have released the 2026 Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP), appealing for US$2.16 billion to deliver lifesaving assistance to 12 million people across the country.

Note to Readers: Holiday Notice (PRIV)
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Due to the Eid al-Fitr public holiday, the SUNS will be closed on 23 March. The next issue #10405 will appear on 24 March.