WTO : Chair to discuss "legal form of new disciplines" on fisheries subsidie s (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The chair of the Doha fisheries subsidies negotiations at the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson o f Iceland, seems to be in a hurry to discuss the "legal form of the new disci plines", even as members seemingly remain divided on the disciplines on subsidies contributing to overcapacity and overfishing (OCOF) aimed at the big subsid izers who are allegedly responsible for the global depletion of fish stocks, said people familiar with the negotiations.

Labour : Nearly 3 million people die due to work-related factors, says ILO (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Over 395 million workers worldwide sustaine d a non-fatal work injury, and nearly three million workers die every year du e to work-related factors, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said.

Latin America : Still has a long way to go to eliminate gender violence (PRIV)
(IPS, Lima)
"The Latin American and Caribbean region has made many advances in the fight against gender violence, but now we are facing reactions that show that our rights are never secure and that we mus t always be on the alert to defend them," said Susana Chiarotti, a member of Mesecvi's Committee of Experts.