Free Covid-19 tests in New York, 28 October 2021. (Geneva Solutions/Paula Dupraz-Dobias)

💊 WTO gives up on waiving IP rights for Covid drugs and tests. After years of deliberations, countries have articulated irreconcilable splits over whether to extend a waiver to IP rights for Covid-19 vaccines to include therapeutics and diagnostics.

👂 ‘Show up and listen’: WHO member states are urged to attend civil society meeting on pandemic agreement. NGOs have complained about negotiations being too closed off to their participation.

💰Haitian gangs' growing funds, arsenals challenge planned intervention, according to a Geneva-based criminal research group.

❓No solution to WTO appeals court crisis foreseen, documents show. A draft seen by Reuters offers no details about how to fix the deficient dispute settlement mechanism.

🚛 World Health Organization accuses Israel of impeding aid delivery in Gaza. Less than half of its delivery missions have been greenlighted by Israel, according to the WHO.

🇦🇫UN seeks Taliban's presence at Doha-hosted huddle on Afghanistan. The two-day meeting next week will gather states and regional organisations to discuss how to engage with the country’s unrecognised rulers.