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SUNS # 9296 Tuesday 2 March 2021
 
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Trade : New WTO DG delivers "divisive" trade agenda at GC meeting (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The new WTO Director-General Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has apparently delivered a "divisive" trade agenda for the WTO's 12th ministerial conference in Geneva, in December, seeking to allegedly promote the priorities of the United States, the European Union and Japan in accelerating work on non- mandated issues such as the informal Joint Statement Initiatives, disciplines on industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises, and reforming special and differential treatment to provide "policy space" for the least-developed countries, said people familiar with her statement made on Monday.

Argentina : In the Chaco region, the forest is also a source of electricity (PRIV)
(IPS, Buenos Aires)
The forest is the main resource in the Chaco, a vast plain shared by Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. And how to use it sustainably is the most difficult question.

Opinion : International Women's Day - a Pacific woman's perspective (PRIV)
(IPS, Suva)
An often quoted indigenous reference in the Samoan language is, O le ala i le pule o le tautua, literally translated, "the pathway to leadership is through service" because to be able to lead is to be willing to serve.

Myanmar : Is this the end of quasi-democracy? (PRIV)
(IPS, New Delhi)
On February 1st, 2021, the military of Myanmar overthrew the country's democratic government in a coup d'etat followed by arresting more than 40 government officials including Aung San Suu Kyi.


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