ILO: Global youth unemployment rises amid AI disruption (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The International Labour Organization (ILO) on 11 August released a report warning that governments must quickly renew their commitment to integrated youth employment strategies amid worsening global unemployment and the denial of decent living standards worldwide.

CBD: South calls for review of institutional documents of Cali Fund (PRIV)
(Nithin Ramakrishnan, Nairobi)
More than 70 developing countries have called for the institutional documents of the Cali Fund to be reviewed by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

CBD: South calls for peer review of flawed study on database accountability (PRIV)
(Nithin Ramakrishnan, Nairobi)
The study on tools and models, such as databases, for making digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic resources publicly available and accessible in a transparent and accountable manner, is regrettably flawed and incomplete on several counts.

UN: Global South sees reason for optimism in tax treaty negotiations (PRIV)
(APMDD, New York)
Midway through the pivotal fifth negotiating session of the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation at United Nations Headquarters, the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) offers preliminary observations on the progress achieved so far.

Note to Readers: Holiday Notice (PRIV)
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Due to the summer recess in most UN and WTO activities in Geneva, the SUNS will be closed from 13 August onwards. The next issue #10504 is scheduled to appear on 2 September.