Inclusiveness
Equity, Rule-of-Law, Coordination, Inclusiveness and Action
Intervention by Carlos Correa, South Centre Executive Director
Seminar on Global Governance
24 February 2026
‘Equity, Rule-of-Law, Coordination, Inclusiveness and Action’ are essential for the preservation and further improvement of the multilateral system, which is of vital importance for developing countries and the international community as a whole.
The South Centre Executive Director made three observations concerning the themes suggested for this panel.
Strengthening the role of International Geneva under recognized principles of global governance and international solidarity, can effectively support the development efforts in the Global South and it can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The South Centre expressed that it is always ready to cooperate in this endeavor.
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South Centre Statement for the Third Session of the WIPO Conversation on AI and IP
The South Centre is an intergovernmental organization of 54 developing countries working across various policy areas, including intellectual property. This statement focuses on increasing capacity on artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) matters in the context of the widening technological gap and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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WTO reform and the crisis of multilateralism – A Developing Country Perspective
About the Book:
The WTO has not been able to recover since the collapse of the Doha Round in July 2008. Several ministerial conferences including the Buenos Aires meeting in December 2017 failed to reach agreement. The US Trump Administration launched a campaign to reform the WTO in 2018 and 2019. This book argues that the Trump Administration reform proposals have been much more aggressive and far-reaching than the Obama Administration before it, threatening to erode hard-won special and differential treatment rights of developing countries. By blocking the appointment of new Appellate Body members, the US has effectively paralysed the Appellate Body and deepened the crisis of the multilateral trading system. Developing countries have responded to the proposals and called for the WTO to be development-oriented and inclusive. This book provides a critical analysis of the US-led reform proposals and seeks to build a discourse around an alternative set of concepts or principles to guide the multilateral trading system based on fairness, solidarity, social justice, inclusiveness and sustainability.
Author: Faizel Ismail served as the Ambassador Permanent Representative of South Africa to the WTO (2010-2014).
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