Antibiotic resistance, corporate influence dominate World Health Assembly debate

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Issue No. 286 (Jun 2014) Click on cover to download the magazine (PDF) COVER: Antibiotic resistance, corporate influence dominate World Health Assembly debate* Time to act! Member states of the World Health Organisation underscored the urgency of tackling the escalating antibiotic resistance crisis. By Shila Kaur CSOs call for global action to tackle antimicrobial resistance Civil society organisations stressed that consumer protection and public health must trump the pursuit of profit, and that effective antibiotics are global public goods. By Kanaga Raja New momentum to act against antibiotic resistance Governments at the recent World Health Assembly have committed to a higher level of action to combat antibiotic resistance that is an increasing public health threat across the world. By Mirza Alas and Chee Yoke Ling Big Pharma fails in bid to influence WHO regulatory norms on medical products An attempt by pharmaceutical industries to influence the development of WHO regulatory norms on medical products has been rebuffed. By KM Gopakumar WHO and the Gates Foundation: Civil society groups register concern WHO's invitation to Melinda Gates to address the 67th World Health Assembly as keynote speaker provoked protests from civil society groups. ECOLOGY 'We came back to struggle' Indigenous communities in Honduras are fighting against new mining projects. By Sandra Cuffe HEALTH & SAFETY In developing world, pollution kills more than disease Pollution is the biggest killer in the developing world. By Stephen Leahy ECONOMICS Despite crisis, Europe continues to protect its banksters State opposition in the European Union to far-reaching financial regulation necessary to prevent a recurrence of the Great Recession has stalled all efforts at reform. By Julio Godoy	WORLD AFFAIRS South's leaders mark 50 years of G77 Developing country leaders marked the 50th anniversary of the Group of 77 with a declaration on how to improve the world order and their own national development. By Martin Khor The revival of the movement of non-aligned countries The non-aligned movement is still relevant because it opposed the unjust international order which we today call 'globalisation'. By Samir Amin The seismic shifts behind the coup in Thailand To understand the crisis in Thailand, it is important to understand the momentous changes Thai society has undergone in recent decades. By Grant Evans Sisiphus The foundation on which the regime of the recently elected Egyptian President rests will make it impossible for him to address the serious economic woes of his country. By Andrea Teti, Vivienne Matthies-Boon and Gennaro Gervasio HUMAN RIGHTS Nobel laureates slam HRW ties to US government The following letter was sent on 12 May to Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth on behalf of Nobel Peace Prize laureates and others. WOMEN First decolonisation, now 'depatriarchilisation' If the 20th century saw the end of colonisation, then the 21st century must see the end of discrimination against women. By Lakshmi Puri VIEWPOINT A dark heritage Britain's exports to her colonies included some intangibles which were less than savoury. By Jeremy Seabrook A level playing field? Global sport in the neoliberal age In our neoliberal age, sport has become a fertile zone of capitalist intersection and mutual aggrandisement. By Mike Marqusee POETRY For I am a stranger The Iraqi poet’s painful experience of exile is reflected in the following poem. By Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab For subscription and enquiries: THIRD WORLD NETWORK 131 Jalan Macalister, 10400 Penang, Malaysia. Tel: 60-4-2266728/2266159; Fax: 60-4-2264505; Email: twnet@po.jaring.my Third World Resurgence Page Third World Resurgence Page
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