SC Regional Conference, November 2018
Title: Regional Conference on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa to Achieve the 2030 Agenda
Date: 5-7 November 2018
Venue: Nairobi, Kenya
Organizers: South Centre and ReAct Africa
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
WTO Public Forum, October 2018
Title: WTO Rules for Ensuring Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: An SDG Compatibility Analysis
Date: 3 October 2018
Venue: The World Trade Organization, Geneva
Organizer: Third World Network (TWN) India, Bangladesh Krishok Federation, More and Better Network
SC and G77 & China Brainstorming meeting in preparation for BAPA+40, 12 September 2018
Title: Brainstorming meeting in preparation of the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40)
Date: 12 September 2018
Venue: Room XXVI, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Organizers: The South Centre, The Group of 77 and China Geneva Chapter
The South Centre Monthly, July 2018
This update provides a snapshot of the publications and social media activities of the South Centre during the month of July 2018.
SC Side Event to the WHA71, 25 May 2018
Title: Side Event to the 71st World Health Assembly, on Access to Medicines: Overcoming Obstacles created by monopolies – Essential to UHC and the 2030 Agenda
Date: 25 May 2018
Venue: Room VIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Organizers: Missions of Brazil, India, Morocco, Senegal, and Thailand, with the support of the South Centre
DIIP Monthly Update – May 2018
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of May 2018.
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
SouthViews No. 160, 19 January 2018
Heading off Global Action on Access to Medicines in 2018
By Dr. Jorge Bermudez and Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien
At the dawn of 2018, political and health leaders must seize the growing momentum and opportunities to tackle the protracted challenges of access to medicines that undermine efforts to save lives and improve health as committed under the Agenda 2030 SDG by all UN member states. (more…)
SC Side Event to the UNGA 72, 21 September 2017
Title: Rethinking Development in the Context of the 2030 Agenda – A South Centre interaction with developing country delegations on key issues and challenges ahead in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 and the UNGA 72 session
Date: Thursday, 21 September 2017, 16:00-18:00
Venue: Conference Room D at the UN Headquarters, New York
Organizers: The South Centre
SouthViews No. 154, 4 August 2017
Public-Private Partnerships as the Answer . . . What was the Question?
By Manuel F. Montes
In discussions at the UN about achieving Agenda 2030, it has become de rigueur to highlight the role of the private sector. It is often introduced as the discovery of the idea that private sector investment and financing is indispensable to achieving Agenda 2030. For developed country diplomats and their associated experts this new celebrity treatment appears to be an article of faith, at least during negotiations on economic matters in the UN. They are foisting a misleading Trumpian exaggeration that is technically harmful to development policymaking and to Agenda 2030. (more…)
The Inaugural Annual Forum on Developing Country Tax Policies and Cooperation for Agenda 2030, 30 November – 2 December 2016
Title: The Inaugural Annual Forum on Developing Country Tax Policies and Cooperation for
Agenda 2030
Date: 30 November – 2 December 2016
Venue: Surabaya, Indonesia
Organizers: The South Centre and Indonesia