Recent News and Updates

CBD COP15: Civil Society Letter to Ministers UN Biodiversity meetings, Montreal (3-19 December 2022) News Updates Climate Change Talks, Sharm el-Sheikh (6-18 November 2022) The Land Gap Report, https://www.landgap.org NEW REPORT: Who benefits from undermining breastfeeding? Briefing Paper Injunctions: Impact on Access to Medicines in India by Sandeep K Rathod Briefing Paper A global intellectual property waiver is still needed to address the inequities of COVID-19 and future pandemic preparedness by Tahir Amin & Aaron S. Kesselheim CEDAW Ctee 83rd Session: Shadow Report on Global Public Good for COVID-19 (Belgium) CEDAW Ctee 83rd Session: Shadow Report on Global Public Good for COVID-19 (Switzerland)

Farmers’ Rights: Implementing FAO Seed Treaty in light of UNDROP TWN Statements at WIPO Assembly (14-22 July 2022) Briefing Paper Curiouser and curiouser...: The IMF’s (staff) institutional view on capital controls by Manuel F. Montes (July 2022) (English) Fossil futures built on a house of cards Briefing Paper The need for horizon scanning and technology assessment to address the evolving nature of genetic engineering by Eva Sirinathsinghji & Lim Li Ching (English) (Spanish) (French) Briefing Paper If a multilateral mechanism stumbles, what then for DSI benefit sharing? by Edward Hammond (June 2022) (English) (Spanish) Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) Part 1: 17 March 2022, New York Part 2: 5-9 March 2023, Doha

 

THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE:

LATEST ISSUE
Click cover for previous issues	Issue No.351 (2022/2) COVER: Another litany of WTO woes Articles include: The World Trade Organization after the 12th Ministerial Conference TRIPS Decision comes up short MC12 and the WTO's pandemic response Click here for more

THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS:

Click cover for previous issues	Issue No. 760/761 (1-31 Dec 2022) Revisiting and reviving the NIEO Articles include: A new NIEO moment Global structural constraints continue to disadvantage African economies How to increase fiscal space Click here for more

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Contentious issues over Article 6 of Paris Agreement on 'cooperative approaches'
  by Hilary Kung (29 Nov 22)
• Finance Outcomes at Sharm el-Sheikh
  by Indrajit Bose (29 Nov 22)
• Decision on adaptation goal diluted due to stance of developed countries
  by Prerna Bomzan (25 Nov 22)
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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• WTO: MC13 likely to be held in United Arab Emirates in February 2024
  by D. Ravi Kanth (19 Dec 22)
• Trade: 50 MEPs demand a decision on diagnostics & therapeutics
  by D. Ravi Kanth (19 Dec 22)
• WTO: TRIPS Council chair adopts anti-developing country positions
  by D. Ravi Kanth (19 Dec 22)
• WTO: US to pursue worker-centered & national security-driven trade policy
  by D. Ravi Kanth (16 Dec 22)
• UN: Global trade growth turns negative after a record year, says UNCTAD
  by Kanaga Raja (15 Dec 22)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• DSI Decision Should Not Undermine the Scope of the CBD
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan (18 Dec 22)
• North proposals allow non-Parties to interpret Nagoya Protocol, circumvent DSI solution
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan (16 Dec 22)
• CBD: Developing countries in show of unity, call for new biodiversity fund
  by Lim Li Lin & Lim Li Ching (13 Dec 22)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• Trade: 50 MEPs demand a decision on diagnostics & therapeutics
  by D. Ravi Kanth (19 Dec 22)
• WTO: TRIPS chair proposes diagnostics & therapeutics decision be deferred
  by D. Ravi Kanth (09 Dec 22)
• WTO: "Stonewalling" tactics by North to delay TRIPS decision extension
  by D. Ravi Kanth (25 Nov 22)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Finance: Needed global financial reforms foregone yet again
  by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram (14 Dec 22)
• Markets swayed by inflation, deteriorating growth prospects
  by Kanaga Raja (09 Dec 22)
• Gendering the debt crisis: Feminists on Sri Lanka’s financial crisis
  by Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, Bhumika Muchhala & Smriti Rao (17 Nov 22)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Trade: 50 MEPs demand a decision on diagnostics & therapeutics
  by D. Ravi Kanth (19 Dec 22)
• WTO: TRIPS chair proposes diagnostics & therapeutics decision be deferred
  by D. Ravi Kanth (09 Dec 22)
• WTO: "Stonewalling" tactics by North to delay TRIPS decision extension
  by D. Ravi Kanth (25 Nov 22)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Finance: Needed global financial reforms foregone yet again
  by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram (14 Dec 22)
• UN: Global food prices remain steady in November, says FAO
  by Kanaga Raja (08 Dec 22)
• Trade: China denounces US for adopting "Cold War" approaches at WTO
  by D. Ravi Kanth (29 Nov 22)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• Trade: Indo-Pacific Economic Framework entails WTO-plus commitments
  by D. Ravi Kanth (16 Sept 22)
• Trade: Indo-Pacific economic framework & emergence of security-driven blocs
  by D. Ravi Kanth (09 Sept 22)
• UN: Nearly 1,200 ISDS cases initiated as at end 2021, says UNCTAD
  by Kanaga Raja (11 Aug 22)
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TWN Info Service on UN Sustainable Development:

• Labour: Rising inflation causing a sharp fall in real wages, says ILO
  by Kanaga Raja (08 Dec 22)
• UN: Global food prices remain steady in November, says FAO
  by Kanaga Raja (08 Dec 22)
• Global Policy Watch Briefing #39: LDCs and Their "Graduation"
  by Alexa Sabatini, Julie Kim, Barbara Adams & Karen Judd (16 Nov 22)
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Last updated on 20 December 2022