WTO : African Group calls for "consensus" on facilitator-led agriculture pro cess (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The African Group has seemingly "thrown a spanner in the works" over the process of appointing facilitators to overse e the resumption of the stalled Doha agriculture negotiations, proposed by the Wo rld Trade Organization's Director-General, Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the basis of "convergence" and not "consensus", said people familiar with the developmen t.

Trade : WTO DG selection hangs in the balance (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Several developments as well as the outcom e of the elections in the United States on 5 November could decide the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization, including the fate of the incumbent DG, Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said several members who asked not to be quoted.

UN : Despite progress, 251 million children & youth still out of school (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Globally, 251 million children and youth rem ain out of school, a reduction of just 1% since 2015, of which, 129 million are boys and 122 million are girls, according to UNESCO, the UN education agency.