Research Paper 47, May 2013

The topic of intellectual property first appeared in the WHO in 1996 and coincided with the end of the Uruguay Round and the creation of the World Trade Organization. In 1995 the Charles III University of Madrid with the WHO Drugs Action Programme (DAP) organized a conference where Professor Carlos Correa presented a paper entitled “The Uruguay Round and Drugs”. The 40 page article analyzes the possible implications of the WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) on access to medicines and discloses the “room to manoeuvre” that the Agreement has to protect Public Health. This article, “The Uruguay Round and Drugs”, was the first document that specifically alerted the health sector of the possible implications of the TRIPS Agreement on public health and in particular, on access to medicines.

Analytical Note, April 2013

This paper provides a write up on the context and history of the Annex C 28 Special and Differential Treatment (S&D) proposals, as well as a discussion on the negotiations and way forward ahead of the WTO’s Ninth Ministerial Conference in Bali (MC9). It also analyses each of the 28 proposals in the Cancun Annex C text.  It also includes a matrix that provides :

Initiative for Policy Dialogue and the South Centre Working Paper, March 2013

Analytical Note, March 2013

This note provides an overview of the EPA negotiations. It illustrates the fact that the same critical contentious issues persist in the EPAs across various regional blocs. It also highlights the concerns of the highest political authorities of ACP States regarding the EPAs and the inherent dangers for regional integration, industrialization, and the development of ACP States. Activity is likely to increase further given the high probability that Europe will remove countries from being recipients of EU preferences provided under the EC market access regulation 1528/2007 if they have not signed or ratified their EPA by 1 October 2014.

El 18º período de sesiones de la Conferencia de las Partes (CP18) de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) celebrado en Doha (Qatar) concluyó con objetivos poco ambiciosos en lo que respecta a la reducción de las emisiones y al financiamiento.

Las divergencias conceptuales entre estos dos grupos de países fueron muy evidentes durante las dos semanas que duraron las negociaciones de Doha. En las horas finales de la Conferencia, los delegados debieron disimular estos desencuentros para evitar que la Conferencia fuera un sonado fracaso.

Informe sobre políticas climáticas número 9, febrero de 2013

La conferencia anual de las Naciones Unidas sobre el cambio climático que se llevó a cabo a finales de del año pasado en Doha concluyó el 8 de diciembre de 2012 con bajos niveles de compromiso por parte de los países desarrollados en dos áreas fundamentales: la reducción de emisiones y la provisión de financiamiento a los países en desarrollo.