WTO: Reform facilitators misleading members with "vague" language? (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The reports issued on 4 August by the four facilitators overseeing the reform of the World Trade Organization have reportedly raised sharp concerns over the facilitators' use of vague terms such as "many," "some," "several," and "few" - language that allegedly misleads Members by failing to quantify the underlying figures or name the countries concealed within these rather ambiguous labels, according to people familiar with the development.

UN: Weather extremes & energy concerns push up crop prices in July (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
World food commodity prices edged up in July, with recent heatwaves and rising energy costs pushing up international quotations for cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

UN: New US sanctions driving Cuba toward severe humanitarian crisis (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
United Nations human rights experts have condemned recent measures by the United States against Cuba as an effort to forcibly reshape the country's constitutional order, warning that the escalating threats and coercive tactics risk triggering a severe humanitarian crisis.