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Special 301 Cables: Countries A to F
Submitted by James Love on 5. September 2011 - 20:00Cables mentioning "Special 301" - Context and More Countries - http://keionline.org/node/1244
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Algeria | Embassy Algiers | Feb 19, 2008 | Microsoft's Ipr Woes
Algeria | Embassy Algiers | Feb 24, 2008 | Algeria: 2008 Special 301 Review
Microsoft meeting with US Ambassador to Brazil regarding politics of Open Document Format (ODF) proposal to ISO
Submitted by James Love on 4. September 2011 - 16:56On December 21, 2007, the U.S. Consul General for São Paulo, Thomas White, wrote a cable titled: MICROSOFT SEES GOB ATTACKS AGAINST IPR. The cable was classified by James Story, the Econ/Pol Chief.
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| Ambassador Clifford Sobel (photo from Wikimedia) |
BRICS Health Ministers’ preparatory meeting – May 17th 2011
Submitted by thiru on 20. May 2011 - 5:06BRICS Health Ministers’ preparatory meeting – May 17th 2011
Press releaseConsistent with the mandate of the Sanya Declaration of the BRICS Leaders Meeting (14 April 2011), the Ministers of Health of the five BRICS’ countries met on the sidelines of the 64thWorld Health Assembly, on 17 May 2011, to discuss issues of common interest as well as prepare the BRICS Health Ministerial Meeting to be held in Beijing, China, on 11 July 2011. Representatives of WHO and UNAIDS also attended the meeting.
Brazil's statement to the 64th World Health Assembly on the future of financing
Submitted by thiru on 18. May 2011 - 8:3964TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
The future of financing for WHO A64/4
WHO REFORM AGENDA
Provisional agenda item 11STATEMENT BY THE BRAZILIAN DELEGATION
At the outset we would like to thank the report by the Director-General on WHO reform and its future financing for a healthy future. We acknowledge the efforts to reflect comments and suggestions presented by Member-States throughout the ongoing consultation process and believe the document is a good basis for our continued debate on this important issue.
Paragraph 6 system: Brazilian intervention at the WTO TRIPS Council
Submitted by thiru on 1. November 2010 - 7:00On Wednesday, 27 October 2010, Brazil delivered the following intervention during the annual review of the Paragraph 6 system at the WTO TRIPS Council. The Brazilian intervention followed Canada's detailed explanation of her use of the Paragraph 6 system in the Apotex/Rwanda case. The Brazilian intervention voiced concern over the future prospects of access to competitively priced second and third line ARVs raising questions as to whether the Paragraph 6 system would be economically viable for generic producers.
Brazilian intervention at TRIPS Council: ACTA
Submitted by thiru on 29. October 2010 - 4:42The following statement was delivered by Brazil at this week's TRIPS Council.
TRIPS Enforcement Trends/ACTA – TRIPS Council – Intervention by BrazilAccording to press releases circulated in the first week of this month, the negotiating process of ACTA is virtually concluded.
A few points only would still remain open and those points would not prevent a final agreement from being reached soon, according to statements released by authorities from the countries participating in the ACTA negotiations.
Statement of Brazil to the 48th General Assembly of WIPO, September 2010
Submitted by thiru on 21. September 2010 - 14:43The Permanent Representative of Brazil, Roberto Azevedo, delivered the following statement to the 48th session of the WIPO General Assembly. The intervention was delivered in Portuguese; below is the English translation.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF WIPO
SEPTEMBER 2010
Statement Delivered by the Permanent Representative of Brazil, Ambassador Roberto Azevedo
Mr. Chairman,
Let me start by congratulating you on the excellent job you have been doing in conducting the work of WIPO's General Assembly.
General statement of Brazil to the 47th WIPO General Assemblies
Submitted by thiru on 24. September 2009 - 0:56Brazil's General Statement to the WIPO General Assemblies was delivered by H.E. Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, Head of the Delegation of Brazil. The statement broached many topics including the treaty for the sharing of accessible works for persons who are blind or have other reading disabilities, the legitimate trade of generics and the Development Agenda.
Here is an excerpt of the intervention dealing with the treaty for reading disabled persons:
KEI RN 2007:2 Recent examples of compulsory licensing of patents
KEI Research Note 2007:2 [1]
(A PDF version of this is available here.)
Recent examples of the use of compulsory licenses on patents[1]
KEI Research Note 2007:2
Press Advisory: NGO letters to WHO & WTO on Dutch seizures of generic medicines in-transit from India to Brazil, Colombia & Peru
Submitted by thiru on 19. February 2009 - 5:32February 19, 2009
Press Advisory on NGO letters to WHO and WTO on topic of Dutch seizures of generic medicines in-transit from India to Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
In response to news about four seizures of generic medicines manufactured in India and shipped through the Netherlands in route to Brazil, Colombia and Peru, sixteen public health, consumer and development NGOs have sent separate letters to the heads of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
