Trade : India tables comprehensive proposal on improving WTO's functioning (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
India has issued a comprehensive proposal called "30 For 30" for improving the functioning of various bodies/committe es of the World Trade Organization so as to bring about efficiency and effectiven ess, as discussions on reforming the WTO gather pace, said people familiar with the proposal.

WHO : Member States to engage in equity proposals on IHR 2005 amendment (PRIV)
(Nithin Ramakrishnan and K M Gopakumar, Geneva)
WHO Member States have expressed their willingness to engage in amendment proposals on the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, focussing on the delivery of e quity at the 3rd meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to IHR 2005 (WGIHR3).

Africa : In Sudanese conflict, either you lose everything, or you die (PRIV)
(IPS, Cairo)
On the first day of the Muslim holiday o f Eid al-Fitr, Saber Nasr, a young Egyptian man of 20, developed a fever.