WTO: Former EU trade envoy appointed "senior adviser" amid budget strain (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The World Trade Organization's Director-General has appointed a former European Union trade envoy to the WTO as her "Senior Advisor", amid a worsening funding crunch and growing concerns over alleged patronage, according to trade envoys who asked not to be quoted.

Climate: Enhanced finance needed to raise ambition, says G77/China (PRIV)
(Jinghann Hong, Antalya)
"Enhanced, predictable and accessible support on finance is essential to enable developing countries to raise ambition and accelerate action across mitigation, adaptation and responses to loss and damage," expressed the Group of 77 and China at the opening day of the Antalya climate talks on 9 November, which is set to end on 20 November.

UN: US again boycotts its own human rights review, drawing criticism (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Expressing regret over the "continued non-cooperation" of the United States of America with the universal periodic review (UPR) mechanism, the United Nations Human Rights Council on 10 November adopted a decision calling on the US to resume its cooperation with the mechanism.