Trade: WTO faces renewed divisions over S&DT after MC14 collapse (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yerevan)
The World Trade Organization is set to resume work following the recent failure of the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon, with a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) on 21 April, against the backdrop of deep divisions over the future of special and differential treatment (S&DT).

WHO: South seeks action on inequities in global health worker recruitment (PRIV)
(Lauren Paremoer and Nithin Ramakrishnan, Cape Town/Geneva)
Developing countries are seeking concrete measures to address inequities in the international recruitment of health workers.

UN: Haiti hunger crisis deepens as WFP appeals for urgent support (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
More than half of Haiti's population is now facing acute food insecurity, with 5.8 million people - about 52 percent of the population - experiencing crisis levels, or worse, of hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on 17 April.