Trade : Doha fisheries chair issues new draft text on fisheries subsidies (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The chair of the World Trade Organization 's Doha Rules negotiating body on 10 July issued a new draft text addressing fisheries subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, which is seemingly biased in favour of the big subsidizers while allowing distant-wa ter fishing nations a "free pass", said people familiar with the text.

UN : World's population likely to peak within this century, says report (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The world's population is expected to conti nue growing over the coming fifty or sixty years, reaching a peak of around 10. 3 billion people in the mid-2080s, up from 8.2 billion in 2024, said a United Nations report.

UN : Human Rights Council extends mandate of anti-racism experts (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The UN Human Rights Council has renewed the mandate of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement, a body set up to address the issue of systemic racism in law enforcement globally, for a further three years.