DIIP Monthly Update – March 2018
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of March 2018.
Issues
Second Annual Developing Country Forum for Cooperation in International Tax Matters, 25-27 April 2018
Title: Second Annual Developing Country Forum for Cooperation in International Tax Matters
Date: 25-27 April 2018
Venue: Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Organizers: The South Centre and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
South Bulletin 101, 18 April 2018
AMR: The gravest threat to global health
Antibiotic resistance—and the broader antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – is a silent but major killer. In fact it is emerging as the most serious threat to global health, with experts warning of a “post-antibiotics apocalypse”.
This special issue of South Bulletin focuses on the AMR crisis, especially on how it affects developing countries—and the great challenges on fighting this threat.
IP Negotiations Monitor 24, April 2018
The IP Negotiations Monitor summarizes the latest developments in multilateral and regional fora where intellectual property negotiations are taking place, and informs on upcoming meetings and events.
(Covering period: January – March 2018)
SC Debate, 13 April 2018
Title: Revolution Required: G7 Policies and Their Implications for Global Stability and Growth
Date: Friday, 13 April 2018, 15H-18H
Venue: Room XXII, United Nations, Geneva
Organizer: The South Centre
Regional Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance in South-East Asia, 26-28 March 2018
Title: Regional Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance in South-East Asia
Date: 26-28 March 2018
Venue: Penang, Malaysia
Organizers: The South Centre and Third World Network
DIIP Monthly Update – February 2018
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of February 2018.
DIIP Monthly Update – January 2018
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of January 2018.
Policy Brief 46, March 2018
Outcomes of the 142nd session of the WHO Executive Board
The 142nd session of the WHO Executive Board discussed several critical public health issues including a recommendation to the WHA to approve the General Program of Work (GPW), the adoption of important decisions relating to access to medicines and research and development and a draft resolution on the preparation of the UN High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis.
G-24 Technical Group Meeting, 27-28 February 2018
Title: G-24 Technical Group Meeting
Date: 27-28 February 2018
Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Organizer: Intergovernmental Group of Twenty Four
G77 briefing on health-related issues with the South Centre, 16 February 2018
Title: G77 briefing on health-related issues with the South Centre
Date: 16 February 2018, 1:00-2:30 PM
Venue: Conference Room 5, United Nations, New York
Organizers: The South Centre
SC Side Event to the Global Conference of the Platform for Collaboration on Tax, 15 February 2018
Title: Financing the SDGs: Revealing the Links between Illicit Financial Flows and Domestic Resource Mobilization
Date: 15 February 2018, 6:15-7:15 PM
Venue: Conference Room 11, United Nations, New York
Organizers: The South Centre, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) and the Civil Society Financing for Development (FfD) Group