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TRADE: Ghosts of Seattle Fiasco Raised at WTO
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) watched powerlessly Monday as the first deadline came and went for determining whether its proposal for a new round of multilateral negotiations will be included on the agenda of its upcoming ministerial conference.RIGHTS: Final Appeal to Resolve Differences on Racism
The potential failure of the World Conference against Racism would aggravate divisions and inequalities in today's globalising world, warned United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, Friday.DISARMAMENT: Outcry as US Blocks Accord on Biological Weapons
United States rejection appears to have doomed negotiations to set up an international system to enforce a 30-year-old ban on the use of biological weapons in war, and has once again marked Washington's isolation when it comes to multilateral accords.RIGHTS: UN Exerts Pressure to Save Anti-Racism Conference
Top United Nations officials have issued urgent appeals to governments around the world, exhorting them to be more flexible in order to prevent the failure of the upcoming World Conference against Racism.CORRECTION/HEALTH: New Victory in Campaign for Low-Cost Medications
The price of treatment for drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis will be slashed, thanks to efforts by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF - Doctors without Borders) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).HEALTH: New Victory in Campaign for Low-Cost Medications
The price of treatment for drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis will be slashed by as much as 500 percent, thanks to efforts by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF - Doctors without Borders) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).DEVELOPMENT: UN Recommends Organic Farming in Poor Countries
Organic foods could be a key for developing countries, hemmed in by the protectionism of the industrialised world, to open a space in the global market, say United Nations experts.LABOUR: UN Mobilises on Behalf of Youth Employment
The United Nations is launching a call for governments and business communities across the globe to take charge of the problem of unemployment among young people, which has been marked by a sharp deterioration worldwide.TRADE: Future Still Uncertain for New Round of Global Talks
A new round of multilateral trade negotiations is still but a blur on the horizon of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to a cautious Stuart Harbinson, chairman of the institution's General Council.DEVELOPMENT-SOMALIA: Plagues Replace Wars
Somalia's political climate is showing signs of stability for the first time in a decade, but the withdrawal of donor countries has prevented an improvement of the social and humanitarian country that is being thrashed by diseases.TRADE: China Makes Strides toward WTO Membership
China achieved a breakthrough towards its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) during a week of multilateral negotiations, which ended Wednesday.HEALTH: Globalisation Heightens Need for Food Controls
It is in the best interest of industrialised nations to assist developing countries - their trading partners - in improve food quality and safety, said World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Monday.TRADE: US Drops Brazil Patents Case, Paves Way for Low-Cost Drugs
The United States has withdrawn the patent complaint against Brazil it filed with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body, a move that could open the way for other developing countries to legally copy and manufacture certain patented medications.TRADE: A Victory for Developing World’s Access to Low-Cost Drugs
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has conceded to the demands of developing countries and civil society groups that had called for a review of the international agreements standing in the way of poor nations' access to low-cost pharmaceuticals.LABOUR: ILO Sanctions Members, Adopts Agricultural Health Rules
The International Labour Conference concluded Thursday with the approval of the "Convention Concerning Safety and Health in Agriculture" and imposed sanctions against Belarus, Colombia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Sudan and Venezuela for labour rights violations.TRADE: Developing World Demands Clear Rules on Access to Drugs
A large group of developing countries demands that the World Trade Organisation (WTO), at its next ministerial conference, must clear up all the legal uncertainties that stand in the way of countries' rights to protect the health of their populations.RIGHTS-AFRICA: Trafficking of Children on the Rise
Trafficking of children to be used as cheap labour is growing in nine countries in west and central Africa, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) reported Friday.TRADE: Finally, WTO to Open Debate on Patents and Low-Cost Drugs
The much-awaited debate on how international patent laws affect developing countries' access to medications begins Wednesday, Jun 20, at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and the countries, corporations and civil society groups involved are putting the final touches on their arguments.ENVIRONMENT: Curbing Caviar Trade to Save Sturgeon
The formula the international community has chosen to prevent the extinction of the sturgeon, the fish that provides the delicacy caviar, is to make deep and immediate cuts in exports of this expensive product.TRADE: Uncertainty Prevails in Commodities Markets
The major economic transformations underway in the world are fuelling uncertainty of international commodities markets, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which released its "World Commodity Survey 2000-2001" Friday.TRADE: Caribbean Nations Protest ‘Tax Haven’ Label
The six members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) complained that a description by the world's industrialised nations that characterised them as "tax havens" was an attack on their "national sovereignty."« Previous Page — Next Page »
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