THIRD WORLD NETWORK'S BRIEFING PAPERS

• Benefit-Sharing in the Digital Era
  (French)
  by O. A. El-kawy (September 2024)

• TWN Briefings for 13th WTO Ministerial Conference
  Abu Dhabi (26-29 February 2024)

• Agriculture negotiations at the WTO and key outcomes of the 12th Ministerial Conference
  by Ranja Sengupta

• TWN Briefings for 12th WTO Ministerial Conference
  Geneva (30 November-3 December 2021)

• Traditional knowledge in digital sequence info debate
  (Spanish) (French)
  by Edward Hammond

• The Multilateral System & Digital Sequence Info Briefs for FAO Seed Treaty
  (11-16 November 2019)

• Preventing the Undermining of Equity in the Implementation of the Paris Agreement
  by Meenakshi Raman (28 Sept 2018)

• The TWN Briefings for WTO 11th Ministerial Conference, Buenos Aires
  (10-13 December 2017)

• The TPPA provides for illegal GMO contamination of our food
  Preliminary analysis by Lim Li Lin & Lim Li Ching, TWN (16 Dec 15)

• Some Common Claims about the TPPA’s Investment Chapter and Investor-State Dispute Settlement – a Rebuttal by Third World Network
  by TWN (15 Dec 15)

• TWN Briefing Papers for LDC-IV
  Istanbul, Turkey (09-13 May 2011)

• Smallpox Virus Stocks at the 64th WHA: Implementing the Conclusions of the Major Review
  (15 Mar 2011)

• TWN Briefing Paper: Financial Crisis and Trade Agreements (SEPT 2010)

• TWN Briefing Paper: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Requires Fundamental Reforms in the International Financial Architecture (SEPT 2010)
  
  
• TWN BRIEFING PAPER: WHO'S "COUNTERFEIT PROGRAMME": LEGITIMISES IP ENFORCEMENT, UNDERMINES PUBLIC HEALTH (MAY 2010)
  

• TWN BRIEFINGS FOR HONG KONG
  Briefing Paper No.4: Even patched-up, procedural deal in Hong Kong will be worse than failure
  Briefing Paper No.3: Agriculture: Why the EU, US offers are not good enough
  Briefing Paper No.2: Comment on services issue in the HK ministerial draft
  Briefing Paper No.1: Some critical issues in the Hong Kong Ministerial
  
  
• TWN BRIEFINGS FOR CANCUN: TWN has prepared Briefing Papers on the key issues at the WTO Ministerial in Cancun, including a Comment on the Draft Cancun text, Singapore Issues, and TRIPS
  CLICK HERE to read them
  
  
• TWN BRIEFINGS FOR JOHANNESBURG WSSD
  For the World Summit on Sustainable Development now going on in Johannesburg, TWN has produced several briefing papers highlighting some of the key issues that will be discussed at the Summit.
  
  
• A critique of the IMF's role and policy conditionality (Martin Khor)
• Critical environmental issues for the 21st century(WSSD Prep Com II)
• The hidden costs of the 'new' tourisms - a focus on biopiracy(CSD7,No. 1, 1999)
• Foreign takeover of Thailand's tourism industry(CSD7,No. 2, 1999)
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.1
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.2
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.3
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.4
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.5
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.6
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.7
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.8
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.9
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.10
• Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety
  (Oct 13-17, 1997): Briefing No.11
• Earth Summit Plus 5 Briefings No.1
• Earth Summit Plus 5 Briefings No.2
• Earth Summit Plus 5 Briefings No.3
• Earth Summit Plus 5 Briefings No.4
• Earth Summit Plus 5 Briefings No.5
• Earth Summit Plus 5 Briefings No.6
• Earth Summit Plus 5 Briefings No.7
• Biodiversity Convention Briefings No. 1
• Biodiversity Convention Briefings No. 2
• Biodiversity Convention Briefings No. 3
• TRIPs and the Environment
• Globalisation widens the rich-poor gap

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