Recent News and Updates

TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• NAMA Chair's report claims convergence on almost all issues by Martin Khor (23 Aug 08)
• Doha talks, market price support and Enron accounting by Jacques Berthelot (15 Aug 08)
• Falconer report says WTO talks failed on political factor by Martin Khor (13 Aug 08)
• Rules meeting postponed, new text won't be issued by Martin Khor (13 Aug 08)
• Lamy and Lula trying to create mood to re-start WTO talks by Martin Khor (13 Aug 08)
• Counterfeit issue stirs debate among WHO member states by Sangeeta Shashikant & Riaz K Tayob (12 Aug 08)
• Controversy on proposed IP rules at World Customs Organisation by Sangeeta Shashikant (12 Aug 08)
• Development: UN postal agency being roped in to enforce IPR agenda by Sangeeta Shashikant & Riaz K Tayob (08 Aug 08)
• Trade: Africans played pivotal role at turning point of WTO talks by Martin Khor (05 Aug 08)
• Why WTO talks collapsed by Martin Khor (04 Aug 08)
• Trade: Amorim, true believer of the Round, was the most disappointed by Martin Khor (04 Aug 08)
• Trade: Don't blame SSM for breaking the talks, say G33 Ministers by Martin Khor (04 Aug 08)
• Trade: Need for new ideas and solutions, Lamy tells General Council by Kanaga Raja (04 Aug 08)
• Trade: Reflections begin on the WTO failure and the future work by Martin Khor (04 Aug 08)
• Trade: Failure of talks a serious setback, admits Lamy by Martin Khor (31 July 08)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Development: Inflation complicates policies as global economy worsens by Martin Khor (09 July 08)
• BIS for Action on Inflation, Future Financial Stability Framework by Chakravathi Raghavan (07 July 08)
• Climate: Poor taking on more burden on climate actions, warns Stiglitz by Martin Khor (03 July 08)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• WHO-linked centre lays patent claim related to bird flu virus by Edward Hammond (19 Aug 08)
• WHO: Concerns over Chair's text on sharing of flu viruses and benefits by Sangeeta Shashikant (19 Aug 08)
• Counterfeit issue stirs debate among WHO member states by Sangeeta Shashikant & Riaz K Tayob (12 Aug 08)
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TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Climate: G8 and G5 leaders issue different climate messages by Martin Khor (14 July 08)
• Climate: Poor taking on more burden on climate actions, warns Stiglitz by Martin Khor (03 July 08)
• Developing countries' statements on a multilateral climate fund under the climate convention (28 June 08)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• WHO-linked centre lays patent claim related to bird flu virus by Edward Hammond (19 Aug 08)
• WHO: Concerns over Chair's text on sharing of flu viruses and benefits by Sangeeta Shashikant (19 Aug 08)
• Counterfeit issue stirs debate among WHO member states by Sangeeta Shashikant & Riaz K Tayob (12 Aug 08)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Aid for African agriculture (29 Aug 2008)
• Biodiversity key to climate change adaptation in agriculture (21 Aug 2008)
• Organic agriculture and food security in Africa by Nadia El-Hage Scialabba (13 Aug 2008)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreement:

• Prospect of Malaysia-US FTA Seen Unlikely by November by Oh Young-jin (04 Sept 08)
• WTO decision in next 3 days may worsen FTAs' effects on developing country farmers (28 July 08)
• 9th Round Of Malaysia-US FTA Talks In November, Says Muhyiddin by Bernama (25 July 08)
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UN and UN Reform Process:

• LDCs should have greater "ownership" of their policies by Kanaga Raja (21 July 2008)
• LDCs' export-led growth vulnerable to global slowdown by Kanaga Raja (18 July 2008)
• Unregulated markets contributing to economic insecurity by Kanaga Raja (03 July 2008)
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ANNOUNCEMENT

FOOD CRISIS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
by Martin Khor


NO ADDITIONALITY, NEW CONDITIONALITY: A CRITIQUE OF THE WORLD BANK'S CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUNDS
by Celine Tan


THE CURRENT GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL AND ASIAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (FULL TEXT) (MAY 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz


ANALYSIS OF THE SSM TEXT OF THE CHAIR’S AGRICULTURE MODALITIES PAPER OF 19 MAY 2008 (MAY 2008)
by Martin Khor


CIVIL SOCIETY LETTER TO DR. MARGARET CHAN, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION REGARDING WHO's PUBLICATIONS POLICY (MAY 2008)



THE CURRENT GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL AND ASIAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (SUMMARY) (APRIL 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz


SOME KEY ISSUES FOR THE POST-BALI CLIMATE PROCESS (FEBRUARY 2008)
by Martin Khor


MANAGING FINANCIAL INSTABILITY IN EMERGING MARKETS: A KEYNESIAN PERSPECTIVE (FEBRUARY 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

THE WTO'S DOHA NEGOTIATIONS: AN ASSESSMENT (DECEMBER 2007)
by Bhagirath Lal Das

THE IMPORTANCE OF A SPECIAL SAFEGUARD MECHANISM IN AGRICULTURE AT THE WTO FOR THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

THE RECENT WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTATIONS: DOMESTIC SUPPORT (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

COMMENT ON THE AGRICULTURE CHAIR'S DRAFT TEXT OF 17 JULY 2007 IN RELATION TO MARKET ACCESS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

THE UNEQUAL EXCHANGE IN THE DOHA NEGOTIATIONS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

BILATERAL AND REGIONAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: SOME CRITICAL ELEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Sanya Reid Smith

GLOBAL RULES AND MARKETS:CONSTRAINTS OVER POLICY AUTONOMY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (2007)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON INFLUENZA VIRUS SHARING


DEVELOPMENT ISSUES CRUCIAL FOR POST-2012 CLIMATE REGIME (SEPTEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

TWN STATEMENT ON BUILDING BLOCKS TOWARDS GLOBAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (29 AUGUST 2007)


TWN REPORT ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE (AUGUST 2007)


PROPOSED MALAYSIA-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (MUFTA): IMPLICATIONS FOR MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (FEBRUARY 2007)
by TWN

PATENTS, COMPULSORY LICENSE AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES: SOME RECENT EXPERIENCES (FEBRUARY 2007)
by Martin Khor

TWN Info Service on Biosafety can be found by visiting Biosafety Information Centre. Link to the new Biosafety site can also be found at our LINKS section on the left side.

THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE:

	No. #214 (June 2008) COVER STORY: 60 years after the Nakba: Zionism, ‘transfer’ and the 1948 Palestinian catastrophe 60 years after the Nakba By Nur Masalha 1948 was the year of the Nakba, or the 'catastrophe'. The 'catastrophe', the 60th anniversary of which the Palestinians are commemorating this year, was their expulsion from their homeland......... Full article

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