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.

La 18^e session de la Conférence des Parties (CdP) à la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (CCNUCC), à Doha (Qatar), s’est conclue par des engagements peu ambitieux en termes de réduction des émissions et de financement à vocation climatique.

Les deux semaines de négociations de Doha ont été marquées par le conflit de paradigmes entre ces deux groupes de pays, qui n'a été que superficiellement effacé au cours des toutes dernières heures afin d'éviter un échec flagrant. Or, les désaccords referont surface quand les négociations reprendront en 2013.

Rapport sur les politiques climatiques n°9 - Février 2013

La conférence annuelle des Nations Unies sur le climat qui a eu lieu l’année passée à Doha (Qatar) s’est terminée le 8 décembre 2012. Les niveaux d'engagements qu’ont pris les pays développés sont relativement bas dans deux domaines cruciaux, à savoir la réduction de leurs émissions et l'apport d'un financement à vocation climatique aux pays en développement.