WTO : GC chair appoints Olberg of Norway as "facilitator for WTO reform" (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The chair of the World Trade Organization's General Council (GC), Ambassador Saqer Abdullah Almoqbel of Saudi Arabia, on 6 June appointed his predecessor, Ambassador Petter Olberg of Norway, as "facilitator for WTO reform", a development that some trade envoys described as "unhelpful" to the discussions given the controversial track record of the former GC chair during the WTO Director-General's re-appointment process, said people familiar with the development.

WHO : CBDR central to climate & health action plan; Germany, UK dissociate (PRIV)
(Nithin Ramakrishnan, Kochi)
Member States at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) adopted the WHO's Global Action Plan on Climate Change and Health anchoring the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR-RC) as a central pillar, along with the principle of equity.

WHO : Call for benefit-sharing from Mpox, Covid-19 pathogens & GSD use (PRIV)
(Nithin Ramakrishnan, Kochi)
World Health Organization Member States - Indonesia, Namibia, India and Bangladesh - have made a strong call for fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of Mpox and COVID-19 pathogens and genetic sequence data (GSD).