South Centre News on AMR 11, 11 December 2017
Action Needed to Avoid the End of Modern Medicine
Action Needed to Avoid the End of Modern Medicine
WHO Advice: Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance
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
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.
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.
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.
G77 and China highlights priorities for tackling AMR
ReACT Conference Identifies Challenges and Actions to Tackle AMR in Africa
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
World leaders urged to act on ‘post-antibiotic apocalypse’ by chief medical officer
The 11th Ministerial meeting of the WTO is fast approaching. In Buenos Aires, Ministers will take decisions on a variety of issues including agriculture, fish subsidies, domestic regulation and trade facilitation in services, special and differential treatment, TRIPS, and e-commerce.
Title: Workshop on E-Commerce and Domestic Regulation
Date: Monday, 25 September 2017
Venue: The South Centre, Geneva
Organizers: The South Centre and the Centre for WTO Studies