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Press release: Sustainable development needs fundamental governance changes Expanding the FAO Seed Treaty: Concerns for Developing Countries, Indigenous Peoples and Farmers News Updates Climate Change Conference Bonn, Germany 17–27 June 2019

TWN Briefing Paper No. 99: Ebola: Company avoids benefit-sharing obligation by using sequences by Edward Hammond English / French A Dysfunctional Plant Variety Protection System: Ten Years of UPOV Implementation in Francophone Africa English / French Save Our Cures: Antibiotic Resistance Now the Gravest Health Treat English / BM Biological Drugs: Challenges to Access (PDF) by Amit Sengupta English / Spanish

 

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Click cover for previous issues	Issue No.337/338 (Jan/Feb 2019) COVER: Containing Chavismo, Overthrowing Maduro: The US War Against Venezuela Articles include: Emissions inequality: there is a gulf between global rich and poor Why is the US government allowing its own drug research to be monopolised for profit? Universal healthcare in Africa is a necessity for genuine development Click here for more

THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS:

Click cover for previous issues	Issue No. 682 (1–15 Feb 2019) Towards fairness in WTO dispute settlement reform Articles include: Dispute panels, AB must abide by principles of natural justice South reject moves to curtail policy space to pursue industrialization Trump steps up pressure on South to forgo S&DT Click here for more

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• GCF Board discusses its first performance review
  by Prerna Bomzan (16 Jul 19)
• Intense discussions at GCF Board prior to adoption of decision on voting
  by Indrajit Bose (15 Jul 19)
• Great work of the Climate Fund should be narrative for doubling resources
  by Prerna Bomzan (12 Jul 19)
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• Click here for more Climate Change documents

TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• South proposes strengthening WTO to promote development
  by D. Ravi Kanth (16 Jul 19)
• Big Tech's control of consumer data raises concerns
  by Kanaga Raja (16 Jul 19)
• US launches probe into France's proposed digital services tax
  by D. Ravi Kanth (15 Jul 19)
• US countered on transparency requirement by key developing countries
  by D. Ravi Kanth (15 Jul 19)
• Rules Chair clarifies on status of fisheries texts by facilitators
  by D. Ravi Kanth (15 Jul 19)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• Press release: Sustainable development needs fundamental governance changes
  (09 Jul 19)
• Expanding the FAO Seed Treaty: Concerns for Developing Countries, Indigenous Peoples and Farmers
  (18 Jun 19)
• WHO: Nagoya Protocol Decision Asks WHO to Report on Current Pathogen-Sharing Modalities
  by TWN (12 Jun 19)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• Access to medicines fundamental to enjoyment of health
  by Kanaga Raja (16 Jul 19)
• Press release: Sustainable development needs fundamental governance changes
  (09 Jul 19)
• WIPO: Compulsory License a crucial public policy tool, say developing countries
  by Prathibha Sivasubramaniam & Sangeeta Shashikant (05 Jul 19)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Vulture funds gain at expense of human rights
  by Kanaga Raja (17 Jul 19)
• Press release: Sustainable development needs fundamental governance changes
  (09 Jul 19)
• UN: From Development to Differentiation: Just how much has the world changed?
  (05 Jul 19)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Access to medicines fundamental to enjoyment of health
  by Kanaga Raja (16 Jul 19)
• Press release: Sustainable development needs fundamental governance changes
  (09 Jul 19)
• WIPO: Compulsory License a crucial public policy tool, say developing countries
  by Prathibha Sivasubramaniam & Sangeeta Shashikant (05 Jul 19)
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• Click here for more Health documents

TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Press release: Sustainable development needs fundamental governance changes
  (09 Jul 19)
• Manifesto on Food for Health: Cultivating Biodiversity, Cultivating Health
  (09 Jul 19)
• Abuse of Fungicides in Industrial Agriculture Gives Rise to Deadly Resistant Fungus
  (05 Jul 19)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• Press release: Sustainable development needs fundamental governance changes
  (09 Jul 19)
• New APBREBES Publication: A Dysfunctional Plant Variety Protection System: Ten Years of UPOV Implementation in Francophone Africa
  by Mohamed Coulibaly, Robert Ali Brac de la Perrière, with contributions from Sangeeta Shashikant (29 Apr 19)
• Investment Protection Proposals Under RCEP Threaten India's Pharma Industry
  by Prathibha Sivasubramanian (18 Mar 19)
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TWN Info Service on UN Sustainable Development:

• Vulture funds gain at expense of human rights
  by Kanaga Raja (17 Jul 19)
• Access to medicines fundamental to enjoyment of health
  by Kanaga Raja (16 Jul 19)
• South proposes strengthening WTO to promote development
  by D. Ravi Kanth (16 Jul 19)
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Last updated on 17 July 2019