Trade : WTO to trample on UNFCCC's climate change agenda? (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
At a meeting with CEOs and other representatives from leading agricultural companies as well as related organizations on 1 October, the World Trade Organization's Director-General , Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, suggested that environment-related measures "present significant challenges for market actors, especially in developing countrie s where businesses may need to comply with divergent standards to access internatio nal markets."

UN : Intersectional approach to systemic racism can be a "game changer" (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
"Approaching systemic racism facing Africans and people of African descent through an intersectional lens can be a game changer," according to Mr Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

UN : Nearly half of the population in Haiti now facing acute hunger (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Nearly half of the population (48 percent) i n Haiti are now facing high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the lates t Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.