EB130: CMC Churches’ Action for Health intervention on the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development (CEWG)
This was the statement delivered by CMC Churches’ Action for Health intervention on 21 January 2012 on the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination at the 130th WHO Executive Board meeting.
CMC Churches’ Action for Health intervention on the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research
and Development: Financing and Coordination at the 130th WHO Executive Board meetingWHO 130th Executive Board Agenda Item 6.14
Intervention by James Love, CMC Churches’ Action for Health
WHO reform efforts to consider new modalities for engagement with NGOs, foundations, partnerships and for-profit-organizations
WHO reform is among the hot topics for consideration at the 130th session of the WHO Executive Board which meets from 16 January 2012 to 23 January 2012. One paper in particular, EB130/5 Add.4, entitled, “Governance: Promoting engagement with other stakeholders and involvement with and oversight of partnerships” describes how WHO may re-assess its relationship with non-governmental organizations including,
Program of the 130th session of the WHO Executive Board (16 January 2012 – 23 January 2012)
World Health OrganizationThe 130th session of the WHO Executive Board will examine inter alia, the following technical items:
Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (scheduled for discussion on Thursday, 19 January 2012)
16 December 2011: KEI side event @ 8th WTO Ministerial Conference: The TRIPS Agreement and Copyright
Friday, 16 December 2011
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) side event @ 8th WTO Ministerial Conference
Geneva
Room B, Centre William Rappard, World Trade Organization
Rue de Lausanne 154
11:00 AM to 1:00 PMThe TRIPS Agreement and Copyright
Knowledge Ecology International
IntroductionTRIPS, the copyright 3-step test, and exceptions to rights
1 WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents: Obama Administration’s proposal on patents and health
On Wednesday, 7 December 2011, the United States of America tabled a proposal on patents and health which was distributed at 6 PM by the WIPO Secretariat after much of the substantive dicussions
Standing Committee on the Law of PatentsSeventeenth Session
Geneva, December 5 to 9, 2011PATENTS AND HEALTH: PROPOSAL BY THE DELEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Document prepared by the Secretariat
KEI’s intervention to WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)
Statement of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) to the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP): Patents and Health
7 December 2011Thank you Mr. Chair. Knowledge Ecology International has submitted its written comments on patents and health which can be found in WIPO document SCP/17/INF/3.
WIPO patent committee: Statement of Group B (industrialized countries) at WIPO on discussions of patents and health
The United States, on behalf of Group B (which includes Western European countries, Norway, the United States, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Israel and the Holy See) presented the following statement opposing the adoption of the African Group/Development Agenda Group on patents and health (in its current forum). In its individual intervention, the Holy See supported the African Group/Development Agenda Group proposal.
SCCR23: Statement by KEI on the protection of broadcasting organizations
With respect to broadcasting, KEI reiterates its opposition to work at WIPO on a new treaty for broadcasting organizations.When governments grant intellectual property rights to broadcasting organizations, they undermine the rights of copyright holders, and reduce the incomes of creative communities.
#SCCR23: Concluding remarks of Brazil
Thank you Mr. Chairman,First, my delegation would like to congratulate you on the very good job performed as the Chairman of this Session of the SCCR. We also thank Assistant Director General, Mr. Trevor Clarke, and the Secretariat for all the hard work, and also the interpreters.
My delegation would like to extend its congratulations to all delegations, for their hard and constructive work along these two weeks of Session, and for the flexibility in order to reach acceptable solutions.
Conclusions of 23rd session of WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)
Twenty–Third Session
Geneva, November 21 to 25, 28, 29 and December 2, 2011
ConclusionsLimitations and Exceptions: Libraries and archives