Trade : Trump's "Pocket Rescission" a retreat from US global leadership? (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
United States President Donald Trump on 29 August announced a "Historic Pocket Rescission Package" that seeks to cancel $5 billion in foreign aid and international organization funding, particularly for the United Nations, as well as $29 million to the "toothless" World Trade Organization (WTO).

Rights : UN experts declare gender equality fundamental to human rights (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
A large group of United Nations human rights experts on 28 August issued a joint statement reaffirming gender equality as a cornerstone of human rights and substantive equality.

Afghanistan : UN experts sound alarm as Pakistan begins Afghan deportations (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
A group of United Nations human rights experts has expressed alarm ahead of Pakistan's planned deportations of Afghans back to Afghanistan as of 1 September, warning of imminent harmful consequences for returnees to a country that is unable to cope with an existing humanitarian crisis.