WTO : GC chair frames 5 questions to explore new ways of decision-making (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The chair of the World Trade Organization' s General Council, Ambassador Petter Olberg of Norway, has posed five questio ns for trade envoys to explore new ways on "WTO Decision Making & Way Forward" at the one-day retreat to be held at the Hilton Geneva Hotel on 8 July.

Climate : Lively exchange on challenges of developing countries on investmen ts (PRIV)
(Radhika Chatterjee, New Delhi)
At the "Investment Focused Event" (IFE) held under the Sharm-el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (commonly referred to as Mitigation Work Programme [MWP]), on 28 May in Bonn, Germany, speakers and delegates from developing countries highlighted the challenges they faced on climate finance and investments in relation to mitigation actions.

UN : Sudan facing an unprecedented hunger catastrophe, warn agencies (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Sudan is facing a devastating hunger catastr ophe on a scale not seen since the Darfur crisis in the early 2000s, the heads o f three United Nations agencies have warned.