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`Mañana en TVE... no te pierdas la estrena del documental ‘El medicamento: un derecho secuestrado’ Entrevistados y Colaboradores canalsolidario.org 22 December 2011 Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
IP Experts Focus On 3-Step Test In Copyright, Discuss Way Forward Beyond the debate over how the 3-step test is read and interpreted today, there is also debate over how effective test exemptions are at providing needed knowledge access in some areas. For example, the reproduction and translation of works in developing countries are exempt from the test under the Berne Appendix on Special Provisions for Developing Countries through a system of compulsory licences. Viviana Munoz Tellez, manager of the Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme at the South Centre, spoke at the WTO event on whether the appendix is enough to address access needs in developing countries today. Intellectual Property Watch 21 December 2011 Available at: www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/12/21/ip-experts-focus-on-3-step-test-in-copyright-debate-way-forward/
OMC: "normas foram escritas por e para 1% da população mundial" Martin Khor, diretor do Centro Sul, um instituto de reflexão de países em desenvolvimento, observou que o novo grupo Amigos do Desenvolvimento rejeitou a adoção de enfoques plurilaterais para concluir a Rodada de Doha ou alguma de suas partes, porque conspira “contra os princípios do multilateralismo e da inclusão”. A OMC é uma instituição multilateral, com regras para todos e com benefícios que devem ser compartilhados por todos, disse Khor à IPS. Vermelho 19 December 2011 Available at: www.vermelho.org.br/es/noticia.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Zim set to benefit from EU trade agreement: Report ZIMBABWE is set to benefit highly by signing a trade agreement with the European Union, according to a new report by a Geneva-based organisation, South Centre. The EU and African Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP) are negotiating for reciprocal trade agreements, Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in line with the rules of the world’s body governing trade. The Standard, Zimbabwe 17 December 2011 Available at: www.thestandard.co.zw/business/33063-zim-set-to-benefit-from-eu-trade-agreement-report.html
Europe is Burning, Should Africa care? Analysis by the South Centre reveals that Africa is by far the largest market for African manufactured goods and that intra-African trade in the East African Community is now greater than international trade. If the continent wants to diversify its destinations, focusing on the neighbours is a good bet. South African brewer SABMiller is now producing cassava beer in Mozambique. While its bottom line will rise, it also provides jobs. "Smallholder farmers around Africa play an increasingly important role in our chain," SABMiller CEO Graham Mackay told reporters. The Africa Report 16 December 2011 Available at: www.theafricareport.com/index.php/news-analysis/europe-is-burning-should-africa-care-50177720.html
Environmentalist says Nigeria is at risk Martin Khor of the South Centre believed that the outcome of the negotiations in Durban had “fatally weakened” the Kyoto Protocol. Daily Times ng 14 December 2011 Available at: dailytimes.com.ng/article/environmentalist-says-nigeria-risk
Pullout deals blow to Kyoto "Both Russia and Japan said they will not extend their commitments under Kyoto, and New Zealand and Australia also notified that they may not join a second commitment period," said Martin Khor, executive director of the South Centre. China Daily 14 December 2011 Available at: www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-12/14/content_14261246.htm
Aid, global warming and gender While Busan concentrated on aid, in Durban, South Africa, world leaders met to thrash out a new deal on climate change. Writing on the Poverty matters blog, Martin Khor urged the conference not to lose sight of the principles agreed in Bali. The Guardian UK 13 December 2011 Available at: www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/dec/13/news-roundup-aid-global-warming-gender
EU ja kehitysmaiden velkaopit Se salkku heiluu esimerkiksi YK:n kauppa- ja kehitysjärjestö UNCTADin käytävillä, kehitysmaiden talousjärjestössä South Centressä sekä monissa epämuodollisemmissa maaryhmissä. Ja sen kantajilla on meille arvokasta sanottavaa, jota olisi ollut hyvä kuunnella jo aiemmin. kepa 13 December 2011 Available at: www.kepa.fi/uutiset/8782 Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
The truth about China the climate scapegoat In a recent paper, Martin Khor, executive director of policy think tank for the developing world The South Centre, calculated that, in the period between 1850 and 2009, about 1214 gigatons of CO2 was released into the atmosphere. Of this amount, Annex 1 countries (rich countries many of which signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1997) were responsible for 878 gigatons. EUREKA STREET.com.au 13 December 2011 Available at: www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx
US never going to agree binding deal on emissions Martin Khor, director of the South Centre “think-tank”, said the US demand that “China must be treated like me, India must be treated like me” was simply unfair. IRISHTIMES.com 12 December 2011 Available at: www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/1212/1224308953966.html
TLC: Hora de evaluar costos y beneficios Martin Khor, fundador de la Red del Tercer Mundo, es director ejecutivo de South Centre, una organización de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra. Rebelion 11 December 2011 Available at: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Durban climate deal struck after tense all-night session But Martin Khor, director of the intergovernmental South Centre in Geneva, said poor countries would be obliged to cut emissions proportionally more than the rich. "It's like the starving will be made to give up half their small amount of food but the rich just a bit," he said. The Guardian UK 11 December 2011 Available at: www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/11/durban-climate-deal-struck
The Durban Babel In a press briefing earlier in the day, Martin Khor of the South Centre argued that it is simply unfair to punish India and China with their large populations for being large gross emitters, considering that their per capital emissions were low. Four scholarly reports had revealed that results of pledges to cut back on emissions made by developing countries in the Bali talks, have actually been sincerely worked on even though they are not legally bound to do so under Kyoto Protocol. The developed world (listed under Annex 1 of the Protocol), in contrast, had done very little, in fact. Going on to say then: “Here we are on the last day, and the issues remain the same”. Countercurrents.org 10 December 2011 Available at: www.countercurrents.org/saldanha101211.htm
Elmarad az áttörés a klímakonferencián A fejl?d?-fejlett ellentétr?l azt mondta Martin Khor, a fejl?d? országokkal foglalkozó agytröszt, a South Centre szakért?je a Guardian brit napilap tudósítójának, hogy Kína és India egyetlen hibája a nagyság, de semmiképp nem min?síthet?k át fejlett országokká. "A nemzeti összterméket nézve India 184 ország közül a 132. helyen áll az IMF rangsorán, míg Kína közepes jövedelm? országnak számít, s?t, hat afrikai államban, köztük Dél-Afrikában magasabb az egy f?re es? nemzeti össztermék, mint Kínában. Ennek ellenére az EU és az USA ugyanazt az er?feszítést várja el t?lük. Ez igazságtalan" - magyarázta. origo 9 December 2011 Available at: www.origo.hu/idojaras/20111209-durban-uveghazgaz-globalis-felmelegedes-elmarad-az-attores-a-klimakonferencian.html Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Developing Countries Call for Green Climate Fund Independent of Western Control Martin Khor is the executive director of the South Centre, a research center of 51 developing countries. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, we caught up with Khor to discuss the negotiations over a new Green Climate Fund to help the developing world tackle climate change, the U.S. role in the summit, and why the U.S.-led focus on China’s emissions obscures the reality that the U.S. emits far more greenhouse gas per capita. [includes rush transcript] Democracy Now! 9 December 2011 Available at: www.democracynow.org/seo/2011/12/9/developing_countries_call_for_green_climate
Africa: COP 17 - Which Way Forward? South Centre executive director Martin Khor said the climate change situations have worsened and weather effects have increased. allAfrica.com 9 December 2011 Available at: allafrica.com/stories/201112091278.html
Global climate deal hope bleak Martin Khor, executive director of the South Centre, a developing country think tank based in Geneva, in a statement has said that the US's decision to sign on to the second commitment of the Kyoto protocol on condition that developing countries which are major economies also take on similar emission reduction commitments is essentially "unfair." bdnews24.com 9 December 2011 Available at: bdnews24.com/details.php
Better we stick to the devil we know on global warming By Martin Khor As the UN climate change conference nears an end, we must not lose sight of the essentially sound principles agreed in Bali The Guardian UK 8 December 2011 Available at: www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/dec/08/better-devil-we-know-global-warming
Africa: Potential Outcome of COP17 - the 'Greedy Corporate Fund' As pointed out by Martin Khor from the South Centre "Many are worried it (the GCF) will be a rather empty structure at first, as funding from developed countries is getting scarcer with the impending economic recession." So even if developing countries' plans were founded on the basis of sustainable development, it is doubtful that these plans would get funded. allAfrica.com 7 December 2011 Available at: allafrica.com/stories/201112081176.html
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'Kyoto Will Not Be Buried in Durban' Martin Khor, of the South Centre, says developing countries are already doing quite a lot compared to the developed world. MENAFN.com 5 December 2011 Available at: www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp
In Search of the Voice of the South Martin Khor of the South Centre expressed guarded hope in Bonn earlier this year that some kind of framework might emerge out of the Durban meeting on climate change. Part of this hope seemed to come from his assessment that “Durban is the last chance to continue with the Kyoto Protocol without a gap,” for the United States seemed eager to let Kyoto lapse which would give everyone else less motivation to make any effort on reducing carbon emissions. With only five percent of the world’s population, the United States takes up a quarter of world’s energy consumption; absent serious reductions of carbon use in the U. S. means that any carbon policy for the planet will be seriously compromised. Egypt’s Ambassador in Geneva, Hisham Badr, who survived the Arab Spring to keep his old job, was much more despondent. No deal would be possible he said “short of a miracle or a last minute package coming down from a parachute.” counterpunch 5 December 2011 Available at: www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/05/in-search-of-the-voice-of-the-south/
UNDP China Resident Representtive Praises the aPotential of New China Centre on Climate Change at Showcase Side Event During United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa The panel was moderated by Li Junfeng, Deputy Director General, ERI, NDRC and included Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Martin Khor, Executive Director of the South Centre; Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF); Nicholas Stern, Professor of the London School of Economics and Political Science and He Jiankun, Professor of Tsinghua University. Environmental Expert.com 5 December 2011
CLIMATE-INDIA 2 Despite growing pressure from developed nations and small Despite growing pressure from developed nations and small island nations (AOSIS) for India to commit under a legal treaty, New Delhi refuses to give in to international obligations to reduce carbon emissions on the grounds that its overriding priorities remain poverty eradication and sustainable development. As Indian Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan gets ready to attend her first COP, the questions here India will make any further compromises. Far from being "consistent," experts here noted that under the leadership of former environment minister Jairam Ramesh, India had already given away too much in the Cancun Agreement reached at the previous talks in Mexico. Others defended Ramesh by saying his approach had provided flexibility of moving the talks forward. "In the last few months statements made by the minister (Natarajan) seems to show a noticeable change in the position," said Martin Kohr, head of South Centre. "Let's wait and see," Kohr added on whether India would show any more flexibility. To undo some of the lost ground in Cancun, India injected agenda items of equity, trade barriers and intellectual property rights into the talks here. Some countries and civil society organisations have seen this as another tactic by India to reopen closed doors. "India is not concocting new issue," objected Kohr. "India is trying to reverse the trend from retreating on three critical issues." (MORE) IBN Live 2 December 2011 Available at: ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/climateindia-2/921547.html
Cada día más temores de una recaída NOVIEMBRE 2011 (IPS) - Estamos enfrentando renovados riesgos de inestabilidad y de disminución del ritmo de la economía antes de que se llegue a una completa recuperación de la llamada Gran Recesión. Las posibilidades de evitar tales consecuencias se están volviendo escasas, a causa de los desequilibrios y fragilidades acumulados durante varios años como resultado de políticas equivocadas en Estados Unidos y Europa que no pueden ser fácilmente canceladas, escribe Ylmaz Akyuz es el economista jefe del South Centre, con sede en Ginebra. Inter Press Service November 2011 Available at: www.ipsnoticias.net/nota_col.asp Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Climate change talks begin China is the top greenhouse gas emitting country, mainly because of its huge population, says Martin Khor, executive director of the South Center China, an international policy think tank for developing countries. China Daily 28 November 2011 Available at: www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2011-11/28/content_14173685.htm
The Paralysis Of Climate Change Negotiations – OpEd Yash Tandon is a writer on development theory and practice, chairman of SEATINI and senior adviser to the South Centre. eurasia review 28 November 2011 Available at: www.eurasiareview.com/28112011-the-paralysis-of-climate-change-negotiations-oped/
China still a developing nation By Martin Khor Is China still a developing country, or has it joined the ranks of developed countries? The question became more topical after US President Barack Obama reportedly told Chinese leaders that China had to act more responsibly now that it has "grown up." China Daily 25 November 2011 Available at: www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2011-11/25/content_14159547.htm
Avskriver WTO - skylder på USA Politisk kostbart ABCNYHETER 23 November 2011 Available at: www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/2011/11/23/avskriver-wto-skylder-pa-usa Translation available at:translate.google.com/translate
Doha+10: MSF Asks, What’s Next For TRIPS And Health? In this context, MSF launched an “Ideas Contest” on if and how TRIPS could be revised in order to better meet public health needs. Of the 30 entries received, three winners were selected by a blind jury including Fred Abbott, professor at Florida State University College of Law and panellist; Tenu Avafia, policy specialist on intellectual property at the United Nations Development Programme; Michelle Childs, Carlos Correa, special advisor on trade and IP at the South Centre; Susan Sell, professor at George Washington University and panellist. Intellectual Property Watch 22 November 2011 Available at: www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/11/22/doha10-msf-asks-what%E2%80%99s-next-for-trips-and-health/
Expert panel discusses Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health 10 years after declaration's adoption Intellectual Property Watch reports on a panel event at the World Intellectual Property Organization held by the intergovernmental South Centre and non-governmental Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) on November 14, 10 years after the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted the Doha Declaration on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and Public Health. The panel "review[ed] the extent to which the intellectual property and licensing flexibilities recognized in the declaration have helped developing and least developed countries gain access to essential medicines," and addressed the question, "Is the 10 years of Doha an anniversary to celebrate?" the news service writes. News Medical 21 November 2011
10 Years Of TRIPS And Public Health: An Anniversary To Celebrate? One decade after the declaration’s adoption, the intergovernmental South Centre and nongovernmental Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) held a panel event at the World Intellectual Property Organization on 14 November to review the extent to which the intellectual property and licensing flexibilities recognised in the declaration have helped developing and least developed countries gain access to essential medicines. Intellectual Property Watch 21 November 2011 Available at: www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/11/21/10-years-of-trips-and-public-health-an-anniversary-to-celebrate/
Little currency for global money? The IMF’s first Consolidated spillover report examining the effects in other countries of the policies of five globally important economies – the US, China, the UK, the eurozone and Japan – pulls fewer punches. It comes down on the side of China in the ongoing argument over whether surplus or debtor countries bear more blame for any negative impacts of global imbalances. While China’s gradual approach to increasing the value of its currency “yields only modest growth spillovers”, a tightening of US monetary policy (by for example raising interest rates) “will reverse the rise in emerging market capital inflows and currencies” — confirming the analysis of a recent report by intergovernmental organisation the South Centre, that the boom in capital flows to developing countries is built on the fragile foundations of low interest rates in northern countries (see Update 75). Bretton Woods Project 18 November 2011 Available at: www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art-569223
Guest Column: Minding the Kyoto pledge gap Martin Khor of the South Centre also predicts that the deregulated system will disincentivise developing countries, “when they see those who are supposed to lead the process, falter instead”. Of the pledges, 65% of those reductions could happen in countries in the global South and just 35% in rich countries, despite the fact that 75% of all historical emissions have come from developed countries. The New Age 15 November 2011 Available at: www.thenewage.co.za/blogdetail.aspx
South Centre Relases Brief on the State of Implementation of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health The South Centre has released a new policy brief on the state of the implementation of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health. It hails the Doha Declaration as a “landmark achievement for clarifying the relationship between IP and public health,” but notes that there have been difficulties implementing the TRIPS flexibilities that it upholds: “Some developing countries are increasingly making use of TRIPS flexibilities for public health purposes, but many still need to adopt the appropriate laws and regulations and to ensure that patent offices act as stewards of the public interest. They also need to more effectively resist demands of TRIPS-Plus obligations in exchange for trade or other concessions.” infojustice.org 14 November 2011 Available at: infojustice.org/archives/6113
Africa: Kyoto Protocol - Lifeline or Death At the Global Climate Change Summit in Durban? Pledge and review' is seen as an attempt to deregulate the international system of climate pollution controls. Civil society commentators have argued that the system being proposed will mean that there is no check of whether emission reductions are in line with science and no way to make sure they are actually followed. They also view it as a dangerous backtracking on promises made by three consecutive US Presidencies to join the international system of binding commitments, and will ensure "atmospheric anarchy" at the moment when the world needs fair global governance of carbon pollution." Martin Khor of the South Centre also predicts that the deregulated system will disincentivize developing countries, "when they see those who are supposed to lead the process, falter instead." Currently, of the pledges, 65% of those reductions could happen in countries in the global South and just 35% in rich countries, despite the fact that 75% of all historical emissions have come from developed countries. allAfrica.com 3 November 2011 Available at: allafrica.com/stories/201111030851.html
THE END OF RECOVERY AND THE START OF A NEW GLOBAL DOWNTURN OCTOBER 2011, 2011 (IPS) - It is growing increasingly likely that the world will face renewed risks of instability and slowdown before fully recovering from the so-called Great Recession. This is largely because the fragility and imbalances that have built up over recent years as a result of misguided policies in the US and Europe cannot be easily undone, regardless of the policy pursued today, writes Ylmaz Akyuz, the Chief Economist of the South Centre. Inter Press Service Available at: ipsnews.net/news.asp
Las críticas a China no son la solución Un documento de South Centre de 2010 demuestra que sólo una pequeña parte de las exportaciones chinas a Estados Unidos queda realmente como ingreso en el país asiático. Por ejemplo, en 2005, el excedente del comercio bruto de China fue de 172.000 millones de dólares, pero en términos de valor agregado (lo que gana cada país después de deducir el contenido de importación de sus exportaciones) fue de sólo 40,000 millones. Rebelion 17 October 2011 Available at: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Developing Countries Out in the Cold at WTO "Why should African countries agree to new approaches?" asked Martin Khor, the executive director of the Geneva-based South Centre, which represents the interests of the poor countries. Inter Press Service 14 October 2011 Available at: www.ipsnews.net/news.asp
China bashing won't save US By Martin Khor (China Daily) Is China's currency and trade performance a threat to the United States? Or are American politicians using China as a scapegoat for the country's economic problems? China Daily 13 October 2011 Available at: www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-10/13/content_13881083.htm
En Ginebra se celebra la adhesión de Ecuador como miembro del Centro Sur El director del Centro del Sur, Martin Khor, expresó su complacencia por el ingreso del Ecuador, y manifestó que servirá no solamente para respaldar al Ecuador en sus importantes propuestas en los organismos internacionales, sino también como apoyo al trabajo que realiza el Centro del Sur a favor de miembros de menor desarrollo relativo. El cuidadano.gob.ec 12 October 2011 Available at: www.elciudadano.gov.ec/index.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
V Thajsku sa uskuto?ní seminár o klimatických zmenách a úlohe Cirkvi pri ich riešení Thajsko (11. Októbra, RV) – V d?och 19. – 20. októbra Federácia biskupských konferencií Ázie (FABC) organizuje v Bangkoku seminár s názvom „Globálne otep?ovanie a klimatické zmeny a ich dopad na Áziu – Výzvy a odpove? Cirkvi”. K cie?om stretnutia patrí pozdvihnutie povedomia ázijskej Cirkvi v súvislosti so vz?ahom medzi klimatickými zmenami a spravodlivos?ou; podpora úlohy Cirkvi v boji proti následkom klimatických zmien; prepojenie tohto úsilia s konferenciou o klíme v juhoafrickom Durbane a s najbližším Summitom o Zemi v Riu de Janeiro; a napokon príprava programu stálej formácie ázijských biskupov v oblasti sociálnej náuky Cirkvi. Medzi ú?astníkmi tejto konferencie bude aj Martin Khor z pracovnej skupiny Generálneho tajomníka OSN pre životné prostredie a ?udské obydlia. –?r- Vatikánsky rozhlas 11 October 2011 Available at: www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/slo/Articolo.asp Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
¿Dios o la pólvora? “No es cierto que tenemos una economía mundial de dos vías, con estancamiento en el Norte y crecimiento en el Sur”, sostiene Yilmaz Akyüz, economista jefe del South Centre, una organización intergubernamental con sede en Ginebra que asesora a los países en desarrollo en negociaciones globales. Rebelion 10 October 2011 Available at: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Pinoy Climate Team in battle for PH survival Together with Saño were other government members, including Director Ivy Banzon of the DFA, Dir. Alicia Ilaga of the DA and Albert Magalang of the DENR. The team was bolstered by a pool of advisers from civil society represented by Bernarditas Muller, Antonio La Viña (Dean of the Ateneo School of Government), Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Tebtebba), Atty. Elipidio Peria (Aksyon Klima), Jasper Inventor (Greenpeace), Atty. Vicente Paolo Yu (South Centre), Shubert Ciencia (PRRM), and Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros (World Resources Institute). Journal Online Philippines 10 October 2011 Available at: www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/national/15017-pinoy-climate-team-in-battle-for-ph-survival
La caída del euro, una mala noticia Martin Khor, fundador de la Red del Tercer Mundo, es director ejecutivo de South Centre, una organización de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra. Rebelion 9 October 2011 Available at: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Crise mundial: Todos de olho na Ásia Esse novo quadro complica a vida dos países asiáticos, que dependem fortemente das exportações para o chamado Ocidente. De acordo com um cálculo da organização internacional South Centre, o comércio exterior respondeu por 57% do crescimento econômico do leste da Ásia nos últimos três anos. Agora esses países amargam o declínio de suas exportações, o que está provocando uma queda abrupta em todos os indicadores econômicos. A China, que projetava um crescimento de 9% em 2011, dificilmente ultrapassará os 5%. E isso afetará todos os vizinhos, que fornecem grande parte dos componentes utilizados pela indústria exportadora chinesa. Planetaosasco 9 October 2011 Available at: www.planetaosasco.com/oeste/index.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Africa Ravaged by Continued Denial of Market Access "The developing country members of the WTO agree that the MC8 (eighth ministerial conference) should at the least send out a strong signal that the weakest members (LDCs) should have something to gain from the trade system, even if the Doha talks are deadlocked," says Martin Khor, the executive director of the Geneva-based South Centre, an intergovernmental organisation of developing countries, which was established by former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere. Inter Press Service 7 October 2011 Available at: ipsnews.net/news.asp
Africa: New Economic Crisis On the Way "It is now clear that the world is slipping -- or has already slipped -- into a new economic downturn, and that this will have serious consequences for the developing countries. Indeed, some prominent economists have warned that this time the crisis will be more serious and more prolonged than the 2008-9 Great Recession." - Martin Khor, South Centre allAfrica.com 4 October 2011 Available at: allafrica.com/stories/201110041498.html
A New Global Recession Looming By Martin Khor* GENEVA (IDN) - It is now clear that the world is slipping – or has already slipped – into a new economic downturn, and that this will have serious consequences for the developing countries. Indeed, some prominent economists have warned that this time the crisis will be more serious and more prolonged than the 2008-9 Great Recession. IDN - InDepthNews 4 October 2011 Available at: www.indepthnews.info/index.php/global-issues/451-a-new-global-recession-looming
Delhi Ministerial Dialogue on Green Economy and Inclusive Growth Government officials and delegates from 54 countries and 12 UN agencies are expected to attend it. Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/C) and Shri Vilas Rao Deshmukh, Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, along with Mr Sha Zukang, Secretary General, UNCSD will address the delegates at the inaugural. It is also expected that Dr. Maurice Strong, Dr. Martin Khor, Executive Director, South Centre, Mr. Steven Stone, Dr. R K Pachauri, Director General, TERI, Dr. M S Swaminathan, Chairman, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Dr. Ashok Khosla, President, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Dr. Kirit Parikh, former member, Planning Commission, and other international speakers will address the conference. Press Information Bureau, Government of India 30 September 2011 Available at: pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx
Health Impact Fund – Raising Issues Of Distribution, IP Rights And Alliances But it is not the NGOs alone who are behind the changes; they are providing support to national governments and companies in the South. They work with delegations to influence negotiations in the WTO and the World Health Assembly. They are allied with think tanks – such as the South Centre, an inter-governmental research center – who worked closely with the governments of Brazil and other like minded countries to push forward the WIPO Development Agenda, a significant reform of an international organization. These governments take the positions they do in WIPO and WTO as a result of pressure from local civil society organizations at home. The breakthroughs in the TRIPS agreement and the massive decline in the price of HIV/AIDS drugs resulted from the existence of Rambaxy, Cipla and other generics manufacturers in the south that would compete with the big Pharma multinationals. It was the supply of generics from Cipla and Rambaxy and their deal with the MSF to supply the drugs at a fraction of the patented price from big Pharma that opened up negotiations with big Pharma to cut prices for poor countries. Intellectual Property Watch 26 September 2011 Available at: www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/09/26/health-impact-fund-%E2%80%93-raising-issues-of-distribution-ip-rights-and-alliances/
Palestinians justified in moving to UN By Martin Khor High drama is expected at the United Nations this week as the Palestinians take their quest for statehood to the UN Security Council and the General Assembly. It also signifies their loss of hope in negotiations with Israel. CHINADAILY.com.cn 21 September 2011 Available at: www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2011-09/21/content_13761810.htm
Heroes of the Antiglobalization Movement – Part III Martin Khor – Malaysian economist and activist who first alerted world to efforts by the European Commission to incorporate a Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) to the WTO treaty. The effort failed, owing to the collapse of the Doha round. The MAI would have allowed corporations to establish themselves, without restriction, with 100% equity in all sectors (except security) in any WTO country. National laws favoring local businesses would be deemed anticompetitive and thus would be canceled. As in the case of dumping, enactment of MAI would have been disastrous to local development, as well as accelerating the transfer of millions of dollars of wealth (in the form of profits and dividends) to the industrial north. AlterNet 20 September 2011 Available at: blogs.alternet.org/refugee/2011/09/20/heroes-of-the-antiglobalization-movement-part-iii/
Globalisation And Local Initiatives: Issues And Challenges Thus the ideology of globalisation is currently engaged in a battle to downplay the Japanese and South Korean developmental paths which laid stress on state intervention and selective integration into the world economy (South Centre,1996.) Ideologies thrive on the divide between insiders and outsiders, a ‘we’ versus ‘they’ syndrome. In the case of the ideology of globalisation, the division is between ‘reformers’ and ‘non-reformers’. Nigerian Observer Online Edition 19 September 2011 Available at: nigerianobservernews.com/19092011/features/features1.html
Políticas que afectan la economía Martin Khor, fundador de la Red del Tercer Mundo, es director ejecutivo de South Centre, una organización de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra. Rebelion 14 September 2011 Available at: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
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THE THREATS OF THE BOOM-BUST CYCLE AUGUST, 2011 (IPS) - As in previous episodes, a key factor in the current boom in capital flows to developing and emerging economies (DEEs) is a sharp cut in interest rates and a rapid expansion of liquidity in the major advanced economies (AEs), notably the US, writes Ylmaz Akyuz, chief economist of the South Centre. Inter Press Service August 2011 Available at: ipsnews.net/news.asp
Africa: The Problem of Me - Who Am I? In my last column in Pambazuka News, I wrote on 'Reflections on the Norwegian Tragedy'. I wrote as a person from 'Africa' or more broadly from 'the South', an identity I carry in my mind every time I write for Pambazuka News, as indeed I did for the four years I was the executive director of the South Centre. It is an identity I share with many other writers for Pambazuka News. It is a collective self-conscious identity. However, in that article I expressed emotions common to all humanity in the way we (or most of us) intuitively react to the kind of tragedy that took place in Norway, where an obvious psychopath terrorist took the lives of 76 innocent people. I was reacting as a 'human being'. allAfrica.com 18 August 2011 Available at: allafrica.com/stories/201108190819.html
Economía sin refugio: El fin de la era del dólar La rebaja de categoría de los bonos del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, determinada por las firmas calificadoras luego de una débil solución a la crisis de la deuda pública y señales de una nueva recesión, hacen pronosticar más turbulencias para la economía mundial, escribió Martin Khor, director ejecutivo del South Centre, en su más reciente columna para Agenda Global. Hasta los neófitos perciben en Washington serios problemas de gobernanza que afectan al resto del mundo, según el experto. ECOportal.net 15 August 2011 Available at: www.ecoportal.net/content/view/full/99869/ Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
WTO: Balance against the Developing World Newsclick Presentation, Aug 13, 2011 Newsclick Available at: newsclick.in/international/wto-balance-against-developing-world
Ramener la dimension sociale dans l'économie verte et le développement durable - Conférence de la UNRISD Le forum accueillera des chercheurs de l'Afrique, l'Asie, l'Europe, l'Amérique latine, l'Amérique du Nord et l'Océanie. Parmi les présentateurs on retrouve des représentants de Cicero, IFAD, OMT, Oxfam International, The South Centre, PNUE, PNUD, UNRISD, l'OMS et la Banque mondiale. média terre 11 August 2011 Available at: www.mediaterre.org/international/actu,20110811184208.html Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Estancamiento de la OMC, indicio de un problema mayor Martin Khor, fundador de la Red del Tercer Mundo, es director ejecutivo de South Centre, una organización de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra. Rebelion 7 August 2011 Available at: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
South Centre Board members pay courtesy call to President Aquino An August 5, 2011 press release from the Department of Foreign Affairs Official Gazette Available at: www.gov.ph/2011/08/05/south-centre-board-members-pay-courtesy-call-to-president-aquino/
Why globalisation is no antithesis of Hindutva Two things happened twenty years ago. Manmohan Singh was brought from Geneva’s economic think-tank South Centre and appointed finance minister in a deal forced upon India by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when the agency was approached to bail the nation out of its debt crisis. Singh supervised the transition of India from a socialist-democracy to a capitalist market economy, a process often referred to as liberalization-globalization. Two decades later, the man heads the Union government and is called by the corporate media as the best Prime Minister India has seen since Nehru (although the man they would actually like to see at 7, Race Course is Hindutva icon Narendra Modi. Refer to the public endorsements by Ratan Tata and Sunil Bharti Mittal). But more on that later. IBNLive 1 August 2011 Available at: ibnlive.in.com/news/why-globalisation-is-no-antithesis-of-hindutva/172115-61.html
“Conmueve el cambio” ENTREVISTA A MARTIN KHOR, DIRECTOR DEL SOUTH CENTER Martin Khor es director del South Center, una organización intergubernamental de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra, y miembro del Comité de Políticas de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas. Este investigador malayo, experto en comercio internacional, desarrollo sostenible y derechos de propiedad intelectual, visitó Buenos Aires invitado por el Cemop, la CNV y el Cefidar. En esta entrevista con Cash, Khor habló sobre el debate actual en materia de comercio internacional y los impactos de los acuerdos entre países ricos y pobres sobre las economías locales. Además describió los modelos de desarrollo de los países asiáticos y enfatizó el rumbo seguido por la Argentina en la última década. Pagina 12 31 July 2011 Available at: www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/cash/17-5351-2011-08-01.html Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Volatility in Capital Flows Calls for Regulation Martin Khor Booming capital flows to developing countries are destabilising currencies and threaten to end in a bust. The commodity markets are also subjected to speculation, with volatile fluctuations in prices. Capital controls at the domestic level and regulation of capital flows and commodity markets at the international level are both needed. The Guatemala Times 30 July 2011 Available at: www.guatemala-times.com/opinion/news-analysis/2349-volatility-in-capital-flows-calls-for-regulation.html
US debt impasse a global issue By Martin Khor THE deepening of the Eurozone debt crisis through contagion, spreading to Italy, was more than matched by the growing chance that the US would not be able to pay its bills or service its debts starting Tuesday. Gulf Daily News 28 July 2011 Available at: www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx
U.S. debt impasse worries the world By Martin Khor BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The political deadlock in Washington on whether and how to increase the United States' debt limit is causing anxiety over a possible default and a new global economic downturn. Xinhuanet 26 July 2011 Available from: news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-07/26/c_131010223.htm
World waiting on rebirth of rio spirit Martin Khor, executive director of the South Centre, agreed that, 20 years after the 1992 Rio Summit, the picture for global sustainable development has deteriorated. Bangkok Post 24 July 2011 Available from: www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/248503/world-waiting-on-rebirth-of-rio-spirit
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[Martin Khor] Rich economies caught in crisis There was more bad news about the global economy last week. It looks as if the major developed economies are facing worsening problems that will not go away. Korea Herald 15 July 2011 Available from: www.koreaherald.com/opinion/Detail.jsp
Africa - Little Momentum in Climate Talks ANALYSIS allAfrica.com 14 July 2011 Available from: allafrica.com/stories/201107150954.html
WIPO Conference Reflects Contrasting Views on Climate Change, Innovation, IP Paolo Yu from the South Centre remarked that the subject of whether or not intellectual property is a barrier to transfer of climate friendly technologies should be examined. However, he noted that it is likely to be a barrier in the future, in light of the steep increase in patenting of climate change technologies. Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest 13 July 2011 Available from:ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/110415/
¿Hacia un crecimiento con bajas emisiones de carbono? Martin Khor, fundador de la Red del Tercer Mundo, es director ejecutivo de South Centre, una organización de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra. Rebelion 5 July 2011 Available from: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
VIEWPOINT: North-South Impasse May Block Global Trade Deal By Martin Khor* Few really wanted it started, and now no one knows whether to end it or how to end it. In between there has been almost a decade of a roller-coaster of the Doha negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Global Perspectives Available from:www.global-perspectives.info/news/news.php
Kemlu Terus Upayakan Perlindungan Kekayaan Sumber Budaya, Sosial, Agama Di samping itu juga 3 organisasi internasional dan organisasi non-pemerintah seperti World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), dan South Centre (SC). detikNews 28 June 2011 Available from: us.detiknews.com/read/2011/06/28/190337/1670930/10/kemlu-terus-upayakan-perlindungan-kekayaan-sumber-budaya-sosial-agama Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
EPA a threat to region’s industrialisation Mkapa is current chairman of the South Centre and a former President of the United Republic of Tanzania. (1995-2005). Business Daily 23 June 2011 Available from: www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/EPA+a+threat+to+region+industrialisation/-/539548/1187270/-/139hyno/-/
Klimaverhandlungen: Wie kann man die Erderwärmung stoppen? "Das Kyoto-Protokoll ist die Lokomotive, die den ganzen Zug der internationalen Klimapolitik zieht" sagt Martin Khor, vom South Center, einer Umweltorganisation. Die Idee des Kyoto-Protokolls ist, dass die Welt nur noch eine begrenzte Menge an Kohlendioxid (CO2) emittieren darf, wenn die Klimaerwärmung zwei Grad nicht überschreiten soll. Und diese begrenzte CO2 Menge wird dann auf die verschiedenen Länder verteilt. Badische Zeitung 20 June 2011 Available from: www.badische-zeitung.de/wirtschaft-3/klimaverhandlungen-wie-kann-man-die-erderwaermung-stoppen--46540476.html Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
Rich Nations Break $30 Billion Climate Promise, Poor World Says "There's been a long history of the G-8 announcing these massive amounts of money and when actually disbursed it gets smaller," Mariama Williams, a senior fellow at The South Centre in Geneva who helped write the study, said in an interview. San Francisco Chronicle 20 June 2011 Available from: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi
Ontwikkelingslanden beloven meer CO2-inspanningen dan rijke landen Een andere uitdaging is het Kyotoprotocol in leven te houden. Het verdrag, dat in 2007 werd ondertekend, verbindt de industrielanden ertoe hun uitstoot tussen 2008 en 2012 met gemiddeld 5 procent in te perken in vergelijking met 1990. Er werd ook overeengekomen na 2012 een tweede ronde van uitstootbeperkingen uit te werken. Voor de ontwikkelingslanden is het verdrag heel belangrijk, zegt Martin Khor van het South Centre, een intergouvernementele denktank in Zwitserland. Maar de rijke landen tonen niet veel animo. Japan, Canada en Rusland hebben al gezegd dat ze zich niet zullen verbinden tot nieuwe, verplichte uitstootbeperkingen. De overige verdragpartners, de EU, Australië en Nieuw-Zeeland, hebben nog niets laten weten. De VS bleven buiten het protocol en sturen aan op een systeem van vrijwillige uitstootbeperkingen. De ontwikkelingslanden zijn tegen zo'n systeem. hbvl.be 19 June 2011 Available from: www.hbvl.be/nieuws/wetenschap/aid1057302/ontwikkelingslanden-beloven-meer-co2-inspanningen-dan-rijke-landen.aspx Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
EU now 'holds the key' to saving international climate regime Martin Khor, executive director of the South Centre, an inter-governmental agency representing developing countries, said yesterday: “European leadership is needed more than ever before” to prevent the process from “unravelling”. IRISHTIMES.com 17 June 2011 Available from: www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0617/1224299069394.html
Japan Says It Won't Extend Carbon Reduction Pledge "We are somewhere in a 3- or 4-degree world," said Martin Khor, head of the South Center advocacy group. abcNews 16 June 2011 Available from: abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory
UN climate talks will collapse without EU leadership, thinktank warns South Centre urges Europe to lead major economies in committing to a second phase of the Kyoto protocol Guardian (UK) 16 June 2011 Available from: www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/16/un-climate-talks-collapse-eu-leadership
'Jornadas Internacionales 'Esenciales para la vida: Investigación, Calidad y Uso Racional' Programa canalsolidario.org Available from:www.canalsolidario.org/formacion/jornadas-internacionales-esenciales-para-la-vida-investigacion-calidad-y-uso-racional/3428 Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
Nigeria in a Globalizing World (2) However, since the formation of the South Centre, an inter-governmental organization of the South on which Board I was privileged to serve until three months ago, and which exists for the protection of the interests of the countries of the South in such things as trade negotiations, some of the gains the North made in the WTO at the expense of the South have been significantly halted. Yet, unable to get much of what it wanted in the WTO, the North has turned to inducing the countries of the South to sign bilateral or regional free trade agreements with them. For example, the European Union (EU) have been trying hard to inveigle some African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries into such free trade pacts, called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs); but it is worthy of note and commendation too that Nigeria has shown great caution in this regard, having not been enthusiastic to bond itself to the EU, as will be the case in the current EPAs framework. Daily Independent 9 June 2011 Available from: www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx
¿Es sano pasar de 72 EPS a menos de 20? Hay propuestas más ambiciosas. Una de ellas de Germán Velásquez, experto de Salud del South Centre, quien cree que el Gobierno debe tomar en un plazo prudencial el control de estas aseguradoras y del sistema de salud ante la realidad de que las EPS, los hospitales y las farmacéuticas han impuesto sus intereses y dejado al Estado en una posición incapaz de controlar y vigilar. Semana.com 8 June 2011 Available from: www.semana.com/nacion/sano-pasar-72-eps-menos-20/158142-3.aspx Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
UN, Pope, Scientists and Olympians' "Emergency Call to Action to Protect Earth" UK researchers estimated that "Housewives should be paid £30,000" (about $45,000 USD). Malaysian Moderator Martin Khor added, "A maid's salary is listed on government balance sheets, but when she marries it disappears though contributing the same work" - why women's value is discounted. The participants agreed "we need to make a cultural shift to a cooperative partnership system, an Earth Democracy modeled after Nature's laws to survive as a species." SportsFeatures.com 7 June 2011 Available from: www.sportsfeatures.com/presspoint/pressrelease/52665/un-pope-scientists-and-olympians-emergency-call-to-action-to-protect-earth
ibya: Imperial neurosis and the dangers of ‘humanitarian’ interventionism * Yash Tandon is a writer on development theory and practice, chairman of SEATINI and senior adviser to the South Centre. Afrika.no 6 June 2011 Available from: www.afrika.no/Detailed/20626.html
¿Qué opciones tienen los países en desarrollo para hacer frente a la crisis financiera? Con esta pregunta como eje central de las discusiones, fue celebrado en Ginebra, Suiza, el Foro “Turbulencia Financiera Global: Opciones para Países en Desarrollo”. El evento, organizado conjuntamente por el South Centre, CAP y TWN, tuvo lugar entre los días 25 y 26 de Mayo. Este contó con la participación de representantes de ONGs especializadas en temas de finanzas, comercio y desarrollo provenientes de 5 continentes, así como investigadores de la OIT y UNCTAD. La Red CADTM Abya Yala Nuestra America estuvo presente con la asistencia de Jorge Marchini (Argentina-OID) y Daniel Munevar (Colombia-CADTM). Rebelion 1 June 2011 Available from:www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
8??????????IMF????? ???????????????1.38%??????????????????? 3.65%??????????????????????44.7%?????IMF???????85%????????????South Centre??50??????????????????????????Martin Khor???? BUSINESSTIMES.COM.HK 31 May 2011 Avalable from: www.businesstimes.com.hk/a-20110531-118410/lajiade-G8-IMF Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
?????IMF?????? “??????????????????????????IMF30%?????????? ?16.7%????6%?????3%?” ????(South Centre??50?????????????????)???????(Martin Khor)???“???????????????????????????” ifeng.com 31 May 2011 Available from: finance.ifeng.com/stock/special/IMFkn/20110531/4090027.shtml Translation available from: translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c
Who Should Run The IMF? A Chinese Point Of View (Xu Guoping is the Executive Director of South Centre, a Geneva based intergovernmental organization and think tank for developing countries. He is a Chinese Malaysian known also as Martin Khor) Worldcrunch 28 May 2011 Available from: www.worldcrunch.com/who-should-run-imf-chinese-point-view/3192
¿Hay cura para la salud? La gran pregunta que se hacen analistas como el economista y experto en salud Eduardo Sarmiento, es si el Estado debe tomar el control de todas o de las más grandes con el fin de garantizar la prestación de servicios, evitar cobros desbordados y regular en el mercado las actuaciones de otros actores. Lo que debe hacer el gobierno, según Germán Velásquez, experto en salud del South Centre, y quien hará parte de un grupo de expertos que se reunirá esta semana para debatir sobre el futuro del sistema, es tomar en un plazo prudencial el control de las EPS y del sistema de salud, porque si algo está claro es que las EPS, hospitales y farmacéuticas, entre otros, han impuesto sus intereses y han doblegado al Estado, que ha sido incapaz de controlar, de vigilar y de hacer prevalecer el derecho a la salud que tienen todos los colombianos. Semana.com 28 May 2011 Available from: www.semana.com/nacion/cura-para-salud/157540-3.aspx Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
La amenaza viene del Norte golpeado GINEBRA, 27 may (IPS) - Estados Unidos vive la más débil recuperación económica desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), con alto desempleo y sin demasiadas inversiones a causa de su sobreendeudamiento, mientras que los países de la eurozona se muestran inestables e irregulares, diagnosticó un estudio del Centro del Sur. Inter Press Service 27 May 2011 Available from: www.ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
??????????? “??????????????????????????????????IMF????? ????????????????????????” ????(South Centre??50?????????????????)???????(Martin Khor)???“????????????????????????????????(??????????????)??????????????? ?IMF??????????????????” Sina Finance 27 May 2011 Available from: finance.sina.com.cn/stock/usstock/c/20110527/00549905298.shtml Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
??????IMF?? ???????? “????????????????44.7%?????IMF???????85%??? ???”????(South Centre??50?????????????????)???????(Martin Khor)??????????????????“???????????????????????????????????????????????” ifeng.com 26 May 2011 Available from: finance.ifeng.com/news/special/2011G8/20110526/4074569.shtml Translation available from: translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c
Troubled IMF needs changes By Martin Khor Xinhuanet 25 May 2011 Available from: news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-05/25/c_13892812.htm
L’OMS sous influence… privée La Fondation Bill and Melinda Gates en est l’exemple le plus frappant. Elle finance aujourd’hui des programmes représentant 10% du budget total de l’OMS (soit 220 millions de dollars américains en 2010). Et le généreux milliardaire est aujourd’hui le deuxième contributeur de l’OMS derrière… les Etats-Unis ! « De nombreux observateurs, et des représentants des Etats-membres se disent très préoccupés par ce processus de privatisation », explique German Velasquez. Cet ancien directeur du secrétariat de l’OMS pour la santé publique, déplore la situation actuelle. Aujourd’hui conseiller principal pour la santé et le développement de l’ONG The South Centre, il émet des doutes quant au niveau d’indépendance de l’OMS. destinationsante.com 24 May 2011 Available from: www.destinationsante.com/L-OMS-agence-sous-influence-privee.html Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
Istanbul Conference "a Setback" for Poor Countries Martin Khor, director of the South Centre, an intergovernmental organisation of developing countries based in Geneva, argues that it is untrue that LDCs are not integrated into the world economy. In fact, many LDCs have higher export ratios than some developed countries. Inter Press Service 24 May 2011 Available from: www.ipsnews.net/news.asp
¿El negocio mundial de la salud? A nivel global también se abre un interesante debate sobre el aumento inusitado del capital privado en la Organización Mundial de la Salud el cual por ende, fija las políticas de este ente multilateral. Sobre este tema, el colombiano Germán Velásquez, consejero de la Fundación South Centre y hasta el año pasado funcionario de la OMS, considera que no se está cumpliendo la filosofía de este organismo pues hasta hace seis años el 51 por ciento del presupuesto de este debía proceder de los 193 países miembros, y hoy día el 82 por ciento del mismo proviene de aportes voluntarios. Incluso, anota Velásquez, como respuesta al actual déficit presupuestal de la OMS (300 millones de dólares) su actual directora, la ciudadana china Margaret Chan, propuso que se aumenten los aportes privados a cambio de crear un Foro Mundial de Salud conformado por el Banco Mundial, los bancos regionales y la industria farmacéutica, “sin diferenciar la naturaleza de sus intereses” y los conflictos que de ello se pueden suscitar (El Tiempo, mayo 22/11). ELHERALDO.CO 23 May 2011 Available from: www.elheraldo.co/columnistas/el-negocio-mundial-de-la-salud-22471 Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
La ayuda a los países más pobres Martin Khor, fundador de la Red del Tercer Mundo, es director ejecutivo de South Centre, una organización de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra. Rebelion 21 May 2011 Available from: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
Multilateral Trade Agreement Increasingly Unlikely to Come Out of WTO The world has passed Doha by. Worse, from the perspective of developing countries, the development promises that brought them to the table in Qatar have been abandoned. Remember, these are principles fully enshrined in the Doha negotiations: “special and differentiated treatment,” with the formal recognition that developing countries deserve greater policy flexibility; “less than full reciprocity,” in recognition that high-income countries need to give more than they demand if the promise of development is to be achieved. As the South Centre’s Martin Khor wrote, “there is hardly any development content left” in Doha. AlterNet 20 May 2011 Available from: www.alternet.org/economy/151004/multilateral_trade_agreement_increasingly_unlikely_to_come_out_of_wto
Filantropia. Bill Gates alla conquista dell'Oms Il timore della società civile è che la riforma proposta dalla Chan segni l’inizio di un processo di privatizzazione dell’Oms. “La questione è capire se invece di avere a che fare con un’agenzia di sanità pubblica multilaterale, l’Oms non diventerà un’agenzia privata al servizio degli interessi di un pugno di donatori” sostiene German Velasquez, ex direttore del dipartimento sull’innovazione e la proprietà intellettuale dell’Oms passato nelle vesti di consigliere di South Centre, un think tank basato a Ginevra. Vita 19 May 2011 Available from: www.vita.it/news/view/111708 Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
Libya: Whose dictator is Gaddafi? * Yash Tandon is a writer on development theory and practice, chairman of SEATINI and senior adviser to the South Centre. Afrika.no 13 May 2011 Available from: www.afrika.no/Detailed/20556.html
'Allah piyasay? sevmez' Bu konferans?n içinde toplanan bir de Entelektüel Forum var. Bu etkinli?i dünyaca ünlü muhalif akademisyen Richard Falk koordine ediyor. Bo?aziçi Üniversitesi’nde toplanan forum, yoksullu?un nedenlerini ara?t?r?yor, çözüm üretmeye çal???yor. Forumun ilk toplant?s?nda Deepak Nayyer ve Martin Khor konu?mac?yd?. Radikal 12 May 2011 Available from: www.radikal.com.tr/Default.aspx Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
Market Forces Rise Above Declarations As are business patterns that keep the LDCs suppliers of raw materials. "We want a situation where the LDCs can export furniture, not wood," Martin Khor, executive director of the Geneva-based South Centre told IPS. Inter Press Service 12 May 2011 Available from: www.ipsnews.net/news.asp
WTO: Tien jaar Doha Ronde, de zoveelste impasse Een dag na de WTO-bijeenkomst werd in New Delhi een NGO-workshop [14] gehouden over de Doha Ronde. Enkele van de sprekers waren Martin Khor (uitvoerend directeur van het South Centre), S Narayanan (voormalig ambassadeur bij de GATT Ronde) en Sanya Reid Smith (juridisch adviseur van het Third World Network). Global Info 11 May 2011 Available from:www.globalinfo.nl/Achtergrond/wto-tien-jaar-doha-ronde-de-zoveelste-impasse.html Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
CONFÉRENCE PMA IV: DÉBAT THÉMATIQUE SUR LE RENFORCEMENT DU COMMERCE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT ET LA TRANSFORMAT?ON DES PAYS LES MO?NS AVANCÉS. Convaincu de la prééminence du commerce sur l’aide, M. Peter Lilley, Membre du Parlement et également Coprésident de la Campagne « Trade Out of Poverty » au Royaume-Uni (Promouvoir le commerce pour sortir de la pauvreté), a posé la question fondamentale de la levée des obstacles qui pèsent sur le développement et l’essor du commerce, en accusant notamment le maintien, par les pays développés, des barrières tarifaires qui découragent les pays en développement et empêchent les PMA d’exporter des produits à haute valeur ajoutée. M. Lilley a reçu sur ce point le ferme soutien de M. Martin Khor, Directeur exécutif de la coalition d’ONG « Centre du Sud ». En outre, a ajouté M. Lilley, les règles d’origine doivent être assouplies, dans la mesure où les droits d’entrée et les restrictions qui conditionnent l’entrée d’un produit importé sur un marché dépendent dans bien des cas de la provenance de ce produit. ONU Département de l’information • Service des informations et des accréditations • New York 10 May 2011 Available from: www.un.org/News/fr-press/docs/2011/DEV2888.doc.htm Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
Doha Talks Sound The Death Knell Of Industrial Development The Centre for Trade and Development (Centad) and Third World Network (TWN), in collaboration with Our World Is Not for Sale (OWINFS), recently organized a very lively and informative workshop to discuss the current undercurrents of the Doha talk. The workshop was ably facilitated by eminent personalities—notably Mr Martin Khor, (a Malaysian economist, activist and journalist all rolled into one) Executive Director, South Centre Geneva, S Narayanan, former ambassador to General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Sanya Reid Smith, Legal Advisor TWN, and other experts from various fields. BLiTZ 4 May 2011 Available from: www.weeklyblitz.net/1413/doha-talks-sound-the-death-knell-of-industrial
Ronda de Doha Martin Khor, fundador de la Red del Tercer Mundo, es director ejecutivo de South Centre, una organización de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra. Rebelion 3 May 2011 Available from: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
LE PREMIER DÉBAT DE L’ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE SUR L’« HARMONIE AVEC LA NATURE » FAIT RESSORTIR LE LIEN ENTRE DROITS DE L’HOMME ET DROITS DE LA PLANÈTE « Discuter de la survie de la nature, c’est discuter de la survie de l’humanité » a dit M. Martin Khor, Directeur exécutif du South Center et animateur des débats. Plusieurs délégations ont souligné l’importance du rapport « Harmonie avec la nature* », dans lequel le Secrétaire général montre comment les modes de consommation et de production du XXIe siècle ne prennent pas suffisamment en compte la relation intime entre l’homme et son environnement. ONU Département de l’information • Service des informations et des accréditations • New York 20 April 2011 Available from: www.un.org/News/fr-press/docs/2011/AG11075.doc.htm Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
The risk of high capital flow by Yilmaz Akyuz During the early days of the subprime turmoil, then Citigroup chief executive Charles Prince said: "When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance. We're still dancing." Chinadaily 20 April 2011 Available at: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-04/20/content_12359231.htm
El centro y la periferia, después de la crisis También participaron del panel Antonio Prado, secretario ejecutivo adjunto de la Cepal; Martin Khor, economista malayo del South Centre-Suiza, y el ecuatoriano Pedro Páez. Los especialistas debatieron sobre el rol de los foros internacionales y la necesidad de que los países periféricos incrementen su representación allí e impongan agenda. Pagina/12 9 April 2011 Available at: www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/economia/2-165882-2011-04-09.html Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
"La seguridad social no puede ser víctima de la crisis mundial", afirmó Tomada Tomada estuvo acompañado por el economista de la CEPAL Antonio Prado, Martin Khor, representante del South Center de Suiza y Pedro Páez, asesor financiero del presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa. TELAM 8 April 2011 Available from: www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php Translation available from: translate.google.com/translate
The long road to nowhere? Disputes on the global financial architecture The IMF staff's analytical work on capital account management (see Update 74) has not yet been formally discussed by the IMF board though an informal discussion was held in early March. A mid March research paper on Capital flows to developing countries in a historical perspective, published by intergovernmental think tank the South Centre, asks whether "the current boom will end in a bust?" The paper argues that the IMF approach to capital controls may not protect against the risks from volatility in flows to developing countries: "Controls over both inflows and outflows should be part of the arsenal of public policy, used as and when necessary and in areas and doses needed, rather than introduced as ad hoc, temporary measures." The paper concludes: "experience shows that when policies falter in managing capital flows, there is no limit to the damage that international finance can inflict on an economy." Bretton Woods Project 30 March 2011 Available at: www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art-567922
Capitales tóxicos llegan al Sur Martin Khor es director ejecutivo de South Centre, una organización de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra. Rebelion 25 March 2011 Available at: www.rebelion.org/noticia.php Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Stop these crimes against humanity This means a possible average of 6ºC in Africa, and that, in the words of analyst Martin Khor, means we in Africa "are dead". There is little chance of "adapting" to six degrees. Times Live 19 March 2011 Available at: www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article975419.ece/Stop-these-crimes-against-humanity
Ambassador He Yafei speaks at the hand-over ceremony of the Chairmanship of G77 & China Dr. Supachiai, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Dr. Martin Khor, Executive Director of South Center, and Ambassadors from member states attended the ceremony. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China 18 March 2011 Available at: www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/zwbd/t807668.htm
Cuba Passes G77 Presidency on to Lesotho in Geneva The transfer of power ceremony took place in the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, in the presence of UNCTAD director general Supachai Panitchpakdi, and the executive director of South Center, Martin Khor, Prensa Latina reported. acn Cuban News Agency 18 March 2011 Available at: www.ain.cubaweb.cu/idioma/ingles/2011/0318Cuba-Passes-G77-Presidency-on-to-Lesotho-in-Geneva.htm
Geli?mekte olan ülkeler ye?il ekonomide ‘aldat?lmaktan’ korkuyor Haz?rlanan rapora katk?da bulunan Cenevre merkezli geli?mekte olan ülkeler hükümetler aras? örgütü Güney Merkezi (South Centre) yöneticisi Martin Khor, “ye?il ekonomi” kavram?n?n yanl?? kullan?m?n?n çok katl? risklere sebep olabilece?i görü?ünü savunuyor. EurActiv 17 March 2011 Available at: www.euractiv.com.tr/cevre/article/gelismekte-olan-ulkeler-yesil-ekonomide-aldatilmaktan-korkuyor-016529 Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
Klici po zelenem gospodarstvu preobleka za protekcionizem? Martin Khor, direktor ženevske mreže nevladnih organizacij Center za globalni jug (South Centre), zato poudarja, da potrebujejo države v razvoju na tem podro?ju posebno obravnavo in standarde, ki bodo vzeli v obzir njihov položaj. DELO.SI 17 March 2011 Available at: www.delo.si/clanek/144416 Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
G-77 Members and China Extol Cuba’s Leadership The meeting was attended by Supachai Panitchpakdi, General Director of the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, and by Martin Khor, Executive Director of South Center. acn Cuban News Agency 17 March 2011 Available at: www.ain.cubaweb.cu/idioma/ingles/2011/0317--members-china-extol-cuba-leadership.htm
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: December 2010 marked the 26th anniversary of the infamous Bhopal disaster in India when chemical company Union Carbide leaked deadly gases, killing thousands of people. What safeguards are in place today to prevent incidents like this? — Charlene Colchester, via e-mail Advocates for corporate responsibility say that companies should be held accountable for accidents with their materials, whether they occur on home soil or elsewhere, arguing that a double standard presently exists that is much too lenient on multinational corporations operating in developing countries. Martin Khor, executive director of The South Centre, a Geneva-based research group, reports that this double standard also seems to apply to compensatory pay-outs. Union Carbide’s settlement for the Bhopal disaster, for example, was only $470 million, or a few thousand dollars per affected family. NJToday.net 16 March 2011 Available at: njtoday.net/2011/03/16/earthtalk%C2%AE-73/
La cooperación como coartadaYash Tandon, director ejecutivo del South Centre, una especie de think tank de países en desarrollo con sede en Ginebra, lo ha planteado en términos más teóricos en su libro ¿Quién ayuda a quién? El efecto de la ayuda al desarrollo en el Tercer Mundo. Tandon habla de "acabar con la dependencia de la ayuda" y asegura, en una profunda crítica de los mecanismos internacionales de cooperación actualmente existentes: "Resulta evidente que la arquitectura para el desarrollo ya con sesenta años ha fracasado". El Pais.com 12 March 2011 Available at: www.elpais.com/articulo/Comunidad/Valenciana/cooperacion/coartada/elpepuespval/20110312elpval_15/Tes Translation available at: translate.google.com/translate
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