WHO : INB Bureau to publish revised draft for text-based negotiation (PRIV)
(TWN, Geneva)
The 8th meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to develop a pandemic instrument entrusted the INB Bureau to produce a new draft negotiating text to facilitate text-based negotiation.

UN : Human rights situation in Afghanistan continues to worsen, says report (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The human rights situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate two and a half years after the Taliban seized cont rol over its territory, according to a United Nations human rights expert.

Opinion : Building popular national economic alternatives (PRIV)
(IPS, Kathmandu)
Viable, popular national economic alternatives require conditions to help build and sustain them.