At the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) meeting held on 4 November, WTO members discussed proposals to foster more transparency and cooperation amid various carbon emission policies that may impact the flow of trade. Members also heard a report on the CTE sustainable agriculture thematic session held earlier this week.

Geneva/Port Sudan, 28 October 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) calls for the protection of civilians in El Fasher, and to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access as displacement from the city surges.

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 October 2025 – In anticipation of Hurricane Melissa’s impact, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is coordinating an early response to support national efforts and deliver life-saving assistance to vulnerable communities expected to be affected. 

Geneva/Nairobi, 27 October 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is scaling up health security operations across Africa, responding swiftly to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and supporting mpox preparedness and response efforts in several countries, including Angola, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Malawi, South Sudan, and Uganda.

Geneva/Khartoum, 27 October 2025 – More than one million people have returned to Khartoum within the last ten months, according to a new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The Sudan Return Monitoring Snapshot indicates that these returns took place between November 2024 and September 2025, as families made their way back from

Geneva/Abuja, 23 October 2025 – Senior United Nations officials have commended the Government of Nigeria for its leadership in addressing internal displacement and called for sustained international engagement to ensure that long-term, development-anchored solutions are fully realized.

The UN is ready to support Sudan and South Sudan in resuming talks on the disputed Abyei border region, the Security Council heard on Wednesday. 

UN agencies are stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state, where fighting has triggered widespread abuses and mass displacement, Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters in New York on Wednesday.

Around 2.2 million Cubans remain in dire need of assistance across the eastern provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, and Guantanamo as the after effects of Hurricane Mellisa continue, UN aid workers said on Wednesday. 

To South Sudan, where aid teams warn that an already severe food and nutrition crisis could get worse without urgent humanitarian relief.