Geneva, April 2012

This is a statement signed by former senior UNCTAD staff members including Secretary General Rubens Ricupero, Deputy Secretary-Generals and Directors, regarding the pressure placed on UNCTAD and the G-77 by major developed countries in the preparations for UNCTAD XIII. The statement has been released in a press conference held today and presented to Ambassador Maruping, President of the Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD and Chair of UNCTAD XIII Preparatory Committee.

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 1 February 2009:

1.South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights

• Putting Production over Trade and Finance, Issue 31, 1 February 2009
• The Palestine-Israel Question : There is another way out of the dilemma, Issue 30, 16 January 2009 

2.Recent  South Centre Publications

English

• EPAs and Benchmarking Development
• Patent Counts as Indicators of the Geography of Innovation Activities: Problem and Perspectives
• Developed Country Climate Financing Initiatives Weaken the UNFCCC
• Article XXIV and RTAs: How Much Wiggle Room for Developing Countries

French

• Les comptages de brevets indicateurs de la géographie de l’innovation : problèmes et perspectives
• EDITORIAL : Le conflit israélo-palestinien
• Guide sur les brevets pharmaceutiques (volumes 1 et 2) - South Perspective
• Mettre fin à la dépendance vis-à-vis de l'aide 

 Spanish

• Recuentos de patentes como indicadores de la geografía de las actividades de innovación: problemas y perspectivas
• Editorial: El conflicto israelo-palestino
• South Perspective - Guía sobre patentes farmacéuticas (volúmenes 1 y 2)
• Acabar con la dependencia de la ayuda

3.South Centre News and Events

• South Intellectual Platform (SIP) Retreat V - Château de Bossey, Crans-près-Céligny , 7 February 2009
• Twenty Second Meeting of the Board takes place in Geneva on 8-9 February 2009. The Tenth Meeting of the Council of Representatives takes place on 9 February 2009.
• South Centre in Media:Luxembourg Wort (Luxembourg)- „Für Millionen Menschen geht es ums Überleben“  (on climate change)
• South Centre in Media: Business Standard (India)- Latha Jishnu: Policy of encirclement (on IP Enforcement issues)
• South Centre in BBC World TV Documentary "Beyond A Dollar A Day"

4.South Centre Blog Updates

• South Centre organises working lunch on Economic Partnership Agreements
• South Centre participates in European Patent Office organised worskhop
• South Centre participates in Science and Commons World Forum
• EPA scenario building workshop for West African countries
• Training on EPAs/ FTAs for Developing Country Negotiators in Brussels, 4-5 December 2008

5.Watch the South Centre Digital TV

• Book Launch: A Guide to Pharmaceutical Patents
• Climate Change Financing Panel Event, South Centre @Financing for Development Conference, Doha 2008

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

• Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi elected as the Chairman of African Union
• Republic of Sudan assumes Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (G77 and China) for 2009 from Antigua and Barbuda.
• Five heads of state and 100,000 activists gathered for World Social Forum in Brazilian city of Belem from 23—28 January 2009 to promote region as alternative economic model in face of recession. These included Presidents Fernando Lugo of Paraguay, Evo Morales of Bolivia, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela.

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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 21 January 2009:

1. South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights

• The Palestine-Israel Question : There is another way out of the dilemma (Issue 30, 16 January 2009)
• The South Centre, Its Promises and Challenges: Some Year End Reflections (Issue 29, 16 December 2008)

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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 28 Novembr 2008:

1. South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights