Title: Revolution Required: G7 Policies and Their Implications for Global Stability and GrowthDate:Friday, 13 April 2018, 15H-18HVenue: Room XXII, (more...)
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of February 2018.
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What we can learn from the Facebook data scandalBy Nakshatra Pachauri
Recent news about the collusion of Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the Trump election has brought forward one of the more covert and often insufficiently discussed problem of Social Media (more...)
Trump’s launch of a global trade warBy Martin Khor
Last week’s action by President Donald Trump has ended the United States’ leadership on liberal trade and may trigger a global trade war with major damaging consequences. On 8 March, Trump signed a proclamation (more...)
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of January 2018.
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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 (more...)
The new CPTPP trade pact is much like the old TPPBy Martin Khor
The new agreement that eleven countries are signing on 8 March in Chile in place of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is like old wine in a new bottle --- without the United States but (more...)
EL CASO DE LA HEPATITIS C Y EL PROBLEMA GLOBAL DE ACCESO A LOS MEDICAMENTOSBy Ernesto Samper Pizano
“Los Estados partes en el presente Pacto reconocen el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel de salud física y mental”
(Pacto (more...)