Trade : China offers "positive movement" on TRIPS COVID-19 text at WTO (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The World Trade Organization's Director-General Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as well as several countries on 10 May welcomed China's "positive movement" on the controversial "TRIPS COVID-19" text, with Beijing having emphasized that its position is contingent upon the removal of the eligibility criteria as applicable to developing countries, said people familiar with the development.

United Nations : Global food prices ease slightly in April, says FAO (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
The international prices of a basket of key agricultural food commodities eased slightly in April from the all-time high registered in March, driven by modest declines in the prices of vegetable oils and cereals, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

United Nations : Shocking extent of exploitative baby formula milk marketing (PRIV)
(IPS, Madrid)
The world's leading health and children specialised organisations have once again sounded the alarm bell about what they classify as "shocking, insidious, exploitative, aggressive, misleading and pervasive" marketing tricks used by the baby formula milk business with the sole aim of increasing, even more, their already high profits.