Key issues

SC Side Event to COP23, 6 November 2017

Title:                What to expect from COP23

Date:                 Monday, 6  November 2017, 11h30-13h00

Venue:             Room 7 (Bonn Zone), Bonn, Germany

Organizers:    The South Centre, The Third World Network

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Research Paper 81, November 2017

Promoting Sustainable Development by Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change Response Measures on Developing Countries

Response measures arise in the context of developed and developing countries taking actions to combat climate change at global, national and regional levels, such as for the protection and stabilization of the climate, emissions leakages and/or the costs of environmental compliance. They may have unintended and adverse economic and social consequences for developing countries’ economies, most often on the poorest and most vulnerable sectors of those economies.

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Informal Note on WTO MC11, November 2017

WTO MC11: Issues at Stake for Developing Countries

This is an informal briefing note on all the pertinent issues to developing countries for the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference which will be held in Buenos Aires in December 2017.

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Policy Brief 45, October 2017

The Value Added of the United Nations General Assembly High–Level Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance

In September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York held a dedicated meeting to muster strong political commitment for an effective global response to the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). As a result, a High-Level Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance was adopted.

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IHEID Public Lecture, 24 October 2017

Title:                From tax havens to tax justice: Towards a fair global taxation system

Date:                 Tuesday, 24 October 2017, 18:30-19:30

Venue:             Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Maison de la Paix, The Graduate Institute, Geneva

Organizers:   The Graduate Institute, Geneva, The Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the WTO, Club Diplomatique de Genève, The South Centre

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