WTO : Attempts to "name and shame" India on fisheries at GC meet (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, New Delhi)
The chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations at the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson of Iceland, on 13 December decided to "withdraw the inscription of the two draft decisions" on fisheries subsidies contributing to overcapacity and overfishing (OCOF), while indicating that the chair of the General Council (GC) "stands ready to call for a special session of the GC at a short notice."

UN : Special Envoy calls for immediate humanitarian aid for Syria (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Geir O. Pedersen, called for "increased immediate humanitarian assistance to the people in Syria, and to all the refugees who want to return", on his arrival in Damascus on 15 December.

UN : Millions set to face hunger in Central African Republic in 2025. (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
One-in-three people in the Central African Republic are in the grips of acute hunger (IPC Phase 3 or worse), with the number set to rise in 2025 according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on 13 December.