WTO : DG asks GC chair to move OCOF decision to discussion at GC meet (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, New Delhi)
The World Trade Organization's Director-General, Ms Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, on 12 December is understood to have asked the chair of the WTO General Council (GC) to move the proposed decision on Additional Provisions on Fisheries Subsidies addressing subsidies contributing to overcapacity and overfishing (OCOF) to discussion only, said people familiar with the development.

UN : Malaria remains a serious global health threat, warns WHO (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
While new data reveals that an estimated 2.2 billion cases of malaria and 12.7 million deaths have been averted since 2000, the disease remains a serious global health threat, particularly in the WHO African Region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

UN : Afghanistan now the world's second-largest humanitarian crisis (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Afghanistan remains in the grip of a staggering humanitarian crisis, with almost half the population living in poverty, according to the United Nations relief chief.