WTO : Agriculture chair to jumpstart negotiations after MC13 failure (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The chair of the Doha agriculture negotiat ions, Ambassador Alparslan Acarsoy of Turkiye, plans to jumpstart the stalled negotiations on agriculture on 16 April, following the major failure to rea ch any agreement on agriculture at the World Trade Organization's 13th ministerial conference (MC13) that concluded last month in Abu Dhabi.

UN : Haiti "in the grip of total chaos", says human rights chief (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
"Haiti is in the grip of total chaos which s tarted with civil unrest at the beginning of the year," according to Mr Volker Tur k, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

UN : Bold action needed to tackle "cataclysmic" situation in Haiti (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Structural and conjectural factors have led Haiti to a "cataclysmic" situation, characterized by deep political instability a nd extremely fragile institutions, according to the UN Human Rights Office.