Trade : Ministers differ on WTO reforms at informal Paris meeting (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Several trade ministers, including the United States Trade Representative (USTR), at an informal meeting in Paris on 3 June, appear to have presented their respective but differing assessments on how to reform the World Trade Organization, with Washington raising fundamental concerns about the current practice of decision-making by consensus, said people familiar with the development.

UN : Nearly 29 million Sahelians need urgent aid amid growing funding crisis (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Across the Sahel region, 28.7 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection services, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said, warning that lives are at stake if humanitarians are not given the resources needed to support those in need across the region.

UN : Sudanese refugees triple in Chad, driving crisis to breaking point (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has raised the alarm over the deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad, where the number of Sudanese refugees has more than tripled in just over two years of deadly conflict.