WTO : Fisheries chair asks members to conclude OCOF deal by year-end (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The chair of the World Trade Organization 's Doha fisheries subsidies negotiations on 9 September claimed that members a re "almost there" for concluding a deal to address subsidies that contribute t o overcapacity and overfishing (OCOF) "before the end of the year."

CBD : Negotiations on DSI push unresolved critical issues to COP16 (PRIV)
(Nithin Ramakrishnan and Lim Li Ching, Kochi/London)
Negotiations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on the modalities for operationalizing the multilateral mechanism for the fair and equitable shar ing of benefits arising from the use of digital sequence information (DSI) on gene tic resources, including a global fund, are reaching the final stage.

UN : Sudan conflict spiraling out of control, says deputy rights chief (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Over sixteen months on, the conflict in Sud an continues to spiral out of control, with civilians bearing the brunt of hos tilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and respective allied armed movements and militias, according to the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights.