Recent News and Updates

Climate News Update Bonn (29 Apr - 03 May 2013) Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform (ADP), Bonn (29 Apr - 03 May 2013) (Briefing Papers)

Global Academics’ Expert Letter on LDCs’ TRIPS Extension Request (27 April 2013)

Civil society letter to members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning a further extension of the transition period for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) under article 66.1 of the TRIPs Agreement English / French

Biopiracy Continues - A compilation of some recent cases by Edward Hammond (Apr 2013)

Open letter to Secretary-General of the United Nations Appointment of the next Secretary-General of UNCTAD

THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE:

LATEST ISSUE
	Issue No. 271/272 (Mar/Apr 2013) COVER STORY: Notes on violence against women in the neoliberal age In the neoliberal era, while violence structures the lives of the poor across the world, the injustice of these lives is profoundly gendered By V Geetha

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• No solution yet as climate threshold crossed by Martin Khor (20 May 13)
• People of the South to the North: Will You Face Up to Climate Catastrophe? (24 Apr 13)
• UNFCCC Technology Committee discusses key issues on technology transfer by Meena Raman (01 Apr 13)
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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• Political opposition to EU-India FTA gathers momentum by Ranja Sengupta (16 May 13)
• Appellate Body affirms Canadian renewable energy measures illegal by Kanaga Raja (14 May 13)
• D-G race narrows to Mexico's Blanco and Brazil's Azevedo by Kanaga Raja (08 May 13)
• WTO D-G selection process "grossly flawed", says Kenya by Kanaga Raja (08 May 13)
• Concerns over lack of progress on potential Bali deliverables by Kanaga Raja (07 May 13)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• What Future for Access and Benefit Sharing for Agricultural Genetic Resources? by Edward Hammond (20 May 13)
• Costa Rica’s INBio, Nearing Collapse, Surrenders its Biodiversity Collections and Seeks Government Bailout by Edward Hammond (20 Apr 13)
• New report by No Patents on Seeds coalition (15 Mar 13)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• WHO - Concerns over draft text on R&D financing and coordination by K. M. Gopakumar (22 May 13)
• WIPO - North resists development orientation of technical assistance by K. M. Gopakumar (22 May 13)
• What Future for Access and Benefit Sharing for Agricultural Genetic Resources? by Edward Hammond (20 May 13)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Systemic reforms, global economic partnership crucial, says South by Bhumika Muchhala (07 May 13)
• South reiterates need for debt workout, human rights approach by Bhumika Muchhala (07 May 13)
• From the Arab Revolutions to Global Austerity: the IMF's role - Part II by Bhumika Muchhala & Kinda Mohamadieh (03 May 13)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• WHO: Concerns over draft text on R&D financing and coordination by K. M. Gopakumar (22 May 13)
• United States: Political corruption and the "free trade" racket by Dean Baker (13 May 13)
• New York Times editorial - Exorbitant Prices for Leukemia Drugs (13 May 13)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Organic Agriculture: African Experiences in Resilience and Sustainability
  (23 May 13)
• Important elements for consideration: Food Security and Nutrition, and Sustainable Agriculture
  (21 May 13)
• What Future for Access and Benefit Sharing for Agricultural Genetic Resources?
  by Edward Hammond (20 May 13)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• Malaysia and the TPPA by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz (16 May 13)
• Malaysia and the USTR Report by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz (16 May 13)
• United States: Political corruption and the "free trade" racket by Dean Baker (15 May 13)
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TWN Info Service on UN Sustainable Development:

• Important elements for consideration: Food Security and Nutrition, and Sustainable Agriculture
  (21 May 13)
• WIPO: Developing countries demand transparency
  by K. M. Gopakumar (16 May 13)
• South emphasizes equity and means of implementation for SDGs
  by Ranja Sengupta (26 Apr 13)
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Last updated on 23 May 2013