WTO : Disagreement over agriculture chair's proposals to create facilitators (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Attempts by the chair of the Doha agricul ture negotiations at the World Trade Organization to appoint facilitators and sm all groups on 18 September appeared to have failed due to doubts and suspicions raised over the exclusion of several members from a small-group meeting hel d earlier this month, said people familiar with the discussions.

UN : Debt crisis choking SSA countries, jeopardising progress on ending AIDS (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Growing public debt is choking sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, putting in jeopardy the progress made towards endi ng AIDS, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS).

UN : A "perfect storm" for catastrophic loss of lives in Sudan (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
A lethal combination of displacement, disea se outbreaks and hunger is creating "a perfect storm" for a catastrophic loss of vulnerable lives in Sudan, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).