Statement, December 2016
South Centre Statement to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
The following is the statement delivered by the South Centre to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board on 7 December 2016 in Geneva .
Health
SC Side Event to the CBD COP 13 and Nagoya COP MOP 2, 15 December 2016
Title: Taking Stock of Global Developments on ABS and Intellectual Property
Date: 15 December 2016, 18:15
Venue: Youth Group Meeting Room, Sunrise Building, Second Floor
Organizer: The South Centre
Policy Brief 34, December 2016
Air pollution — the silent top global cause of death and of climate change
New research is showing that air pollution is a powerful if silent killer, causing 6.5 million worldwide deaths as well as being the major cause of climate change. (more…)
Statement, October 2016
South Centre Statement to the 18th session of WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property
The following is the statement delivered on 31 October 2016 by the South Centre to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) at its eighteenth session. The Centre highlights the importance of the WIPO Development Agenda.
SC Side Event: Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health: An Effective Solution? 8 November 2016
Title: Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health: An Effective Solution?
Date: 8 November 2016, 13:00-15:00
Venue: Room S2, WTO Building, Rue de Lausanne 154, CH-1211 Geneva 21
Organizer: The South Centre, co-sponsored by Brazil, China, India, South Africa, MSF (more…)
SC-DNDi MoU Signing, 6 October 2016
Title: South Centre-DNDi MoU Signing
Date: 6 October 2016
Venue: Geneva
Organizer: The South Centre, DNDi
Statement, October 2016
South Centre Statement to the WIPO Assemblies 2016
The statement highlights that the greatest challenge for developing countries and LDCs in the area of intellectual property (IP) is the proliferation of regional and bilateral trade and investment agreements that impose IP obligations, together with the coercive external political and economic pressure to restrain from making use of the flexibilities in the IP system.
Statement, September 2016
Statement by the South Centre on the Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Access to Medicines released on 14 September 2016
The South Centre endorses the report of the United Nations Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Access to Medicines and its call on governments, the United Nations entities and others including the World Trade Organization, to take action on the report’s recommendations. (more…)
Policy Brief 29, September 2016
Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges for Developing Countries
On 21 September 2016, a High Level Meeting was held on antimicrobial resistance at the sides of the United Nations General Assembly. It was followed by the adoption of a political declaration. This declaration paves the way for new coordinated actions on antimicrobial resistance backed by higher political commitment, on the basis of the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP) of the World Health Organization (WHO). (more…)
Research Paper 70, August 2016
Innovation and the Global Expansion of Intellectual Property Rights: Unfulfilled Promises
The incorporation of intellectual property into trade agreements has not proven to bring about the promised benefits. The premises that have underpinned the global strengthening and expansion of intellectual property through such agreements – namely that the same standards of protection are suitable for countries with different levels of development and that innovation will be boosted – do not match the reality. (more…)
SC Side Event to the 24th WIPO SCP, 29 June 2016
Title: Patents and Public Health: Exploring Options for Future Work in the WIPO
Date: 29 June 2016, 13:00-14:45
Venue: WIPO, Room B
Organizer: South Centre (more…)
Investment Book Launch, 18 May 2016
Title of Book: Investment Treaties: Views and Experiences from Developing Countries
Title of Event: REFORM OF THE INVESTMENT PROTECTION REGIME
VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 13:30-15:00
Venue: Library Events Room (B-135), Palais des Nations, Geneva
Organizer: South Centre and UNOG Library