Trade : South nations insist on reference to DWP in fisheries accord at MC11 (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
A large majority of developing and poorest countries have insisted that any outcome/agreement for prohibiting certain categories of fisheries subsidies must refer explicitly in the preamble to the mandate provided in the Doha Work Program (DWP) of 2001, trade negotiators told SUNS.

United Nations : UNCTAD SG stresses importance of multilateralism (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Highlighting the fragile global economic situation as well as the shifting dynamics of global solidarity and partnership amidst rising xenophobia, the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has underlined the importance of multilateralism in confronting and overcoming these challenges.

Finance : Scaling up development finance (PRIV)
(Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Sydney/Kuala Lumpur)
Sydney/Kuala Lumpur, 5 Sep (IPS/Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram*) -- The Business and Sustainable Development Commission has estimated that achievement of Agenda 2030 for the Sustainable Development Goals will require US$2-3 trillion of additional investments annually compared to current world income of around US$115 trillion.

Development : Floods, hurricanes, droughts... when climate sets the agenda (PRIV)
(IPS, Rome)
When officials and experts from all over the world started the first-ever environmental summit hosted by China, they were already aware that climate and weather-related disasters were already seriously beginning to set the international agenda - unprecedented floods in South Asia, strongest ever hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and catastrophic droughts striking the Horn of Africa, among the most impacting recent events.