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General e-Update (24 October 2008)

This e-Update briefs the readers on new South Centre activities, publications, events and opportunities related to trade, intellectual property, climate change, financing for development and global governance.

 

Highlights in this issue of 24 october 2008:

  1. South Centre in Global Media

  • South Centre @ Al Jazeera LIVE TV
  • Global financial meltdown: The West and the Rest

  2. South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights:  Issue 25,  "From Washington to Beijing via Doha: Call for a New Bretton Woods Conference"

 

3. Recent South Centre Publications

           English

  • Developing Country Perspectives on the Role of the Development Cooperation Forum: Building Strategic Approaches to Enhancing Multilateral Development Cooperation
  • The Role of Decentralized Renewable Energy Technologies in Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries
    Reshaping the International Development Cooperation Architecture: Perspectives on a Strategic Development Role for the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF)
  • The WTO's July 2008 Mini-Ministerial: Agriculture, NAMA, Process Issues and the Road Ahead
    Food and Energy Crisis: Time to Rethink Development Policy
  • Global Financial Meltdown: the West and the Rest

           French

  • Editorial: Il est temps de convoquer une nouvelle Conférence de Bretton Woods
  • Editorial: Effondrement du système financier mondial : cinq leçons que le Sud doit retenir

           Spanish

  • Editorial: ¿Qué lecciones podría aprender el Sur del colapso financiero mundial?
  • INSouth: Nace la red de intelectuales del Sur 

4. Upcoming South Centre Events

  • South Centre FFD Doha 2008 Side-Event: Challenges and Opportunities Beyond Doha - Doha, 2 Dec. 2008
  • UK Launch of book "Ending Aid Dependence" - London, 4 Nov. 2008
  • 2nd Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators - Marrakech (Morocco), 3-4 Nov. 2008
  • Briefing on the Global Financial Crisis and Possible Multilateral Responses to Systemic Issues:The Doha FFD Review Conference and Beyond - Geneva, 31 Oct. 2008
  • West Africa EPA Scenarios Workshop - Geneva, 30 Oct. 2008

5. South Centre Member Countries News

  • Tanzania makes its financial contribution to the South Centre. Oct. 2008
  • Egypt and Mauritius make financial contribution to the South Centre
  • Brazil appoints Maria Nazareth Farani Azevedo as the new Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva
  • Pakistan appoints Zamir Akram as the new Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva

6. Join the Intellectual Network for the South (INSouth)

 

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