On September 18, 2018, negotiations closed on what may be the final draft of the “Political Declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.” The Declaration addresses the measures UN… Continue Reading
On Monday morning, 10 September 2018, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following oral statement at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Informal Discussion of the Roadmap Report on Access to Medicines and Vaccines 2019–2023. The morning session provided UN agencies,… Continue Reading
This is the July 26, 2018 draft of the UN declaration on NCDs. NCD-Draft-co-facilitators-text-26July2018 [The earlier July 16, 2018 draft is available here: NCD-POL-DECLARATION-16JUL2018] To nobody’s surprise, the July 26, 2018 version is very weak. In the July 26, 2018… Continue Reading
On Friday, 1 June 2018, WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR, 36th Session) adopted the following recommendation on the Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations. This language below is reproduced in paragraph 8 of the Chair’s… Continue Reading
Note: there is an update on the final text in a more recent blog, here. The text below reflects the state of play at 5:19 pm. Friday, 1 June 2018 Geneva 17h19 The “Zombie treaty” for broadcasters may be much… Continue Reading
On May 28, 2018, at the opening of a five day to talks at the 36th WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), 11 civil society and library groups sent a letter to negotiators expressing deep concerns over… Continue Reading
At the 71st World Health Assembly, KEI will deliver the following intervention regarding the Draft thirteenth general programme of work, 2019–2023. Strategic priority matters 11.1 Draft thirteenth general programme of work, 2019–2023 KEI endorses the WHO’s unwavering commitment to universal… Continue Reading
At the 71st World Health Assembly, KEI will deliver the following intervention regarding the Preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018. 11.7 Preparation for… Continue Reading
On March 12, 2018, the European Commission issued a press release on a report on the “protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries”. The report was published on February 21, 2018 and is entitled – “Commission Staff… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 6 March 2018, Cristina Pucarinho, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations made the following intervention at a UN briefing on Promoting Innovation and Access to Health Technologies in the Context of the Agenda 2030… Continue Reading