Trade: WTO faces hard choices, no magic wand solutions (PRIV)
(Chakravarthi Raghavan, Geneva)
While the World Trade Organization and its Multilateral Trading System (WTO-MTS) are facing an existential threat that needs to be tackled as the highest priority, no one should be under any illusion that the political decisions to be taken will act like a magic wand.

US: Needs to shift to more sustainable agriculture - as do all countries (PRIV)
(IPS, Washington DC)
Water supply has long been a k ey issue in California. Today it is no less critical, especially given the yea rs of drought that California is experiencing, lending additional impetus to asse ssing the impact of agriculture on water.

Opinion: Mobilizing men as partners for women, peace & security (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
In the first month of Bangladesh joining the Security Council in January 2000, President Nelso n Mandela was in New York to report to the Council in his capacity as the UN-mandated facilitator of the Burundi Peace Process.