WTO : Will South American countries accept EU's MC13 revised draft Ag text? (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Several Latin American countries, includin g Brazil, the largest farm-exporting country, are yet to indicate whether the y are prepared to accept the final revised draft text on agriculture which was ap parently prepared and circulated by the European Union at the failed World Trade Organization's 13th ministerial conference (MC13) that ended on 2 March, sa id people familiar with the negotiations.

UN : HRC calls for urgent measures to alleviate South's debt problem (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has urged States, international financial institutions and the private sector to take urgent measures to alleviate the debt problem and to address the debt sustainabili ty of developing countries.

UN : Liquidity crisis forces postponement of certain HRC mandated activities (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has decided to postpone and re-schedule the implementation of certain activitie s mandated by the Council that could not be implemented in 2024, owing to the current liquidity crisis affecting the United Nations Secretariat.

UN : Haiti crisis deepens, worsening food security, says IOM (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The surge of violence since February this ye ar has reached unprecedented levels in Haiti, resulting in worsening food security , as well as multiple displacements, the International Organization for Migratio n (IOM) has said.