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United Nations Member States adopted a set of new and ambitious targets in a political declaration at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS, taking place in New York, United States of America. If the international community reaches ...

The EU has proposed that export restrictions be kept to a minimum and suggested members make use of compulsory licences for vaccines wherein countries would be allowed to grant licences to manufacturers even without the consent of the patent-holder though they would still receive compensation.

To mark World Environment Day, Qatar Airways Group is reinforcing its commitment to protect the planet by highlighting its key environmental sustainability initiatives. 

-  providing fair access to vaccines and treatments. At the same time, we want to maintain the levels of protection required for investment in innovation, so we can fight against new strains of COVID-19 and any future disease. The EU does not consider that the broad waiver proposed by a number of WTO members is the right response to the pandemic. We are arguing for a different and more targeted approach. The EU believes that voluntary licences are the most effective instrument to facilitate ex...

Seven Reasons the EU is Wrong to Oppose the TRIPS Waiver People wait to get tested for Covid-19 in Hyderabad, India, April 25, 2021.  © 2021 AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A. As the Covid-19 pandemic has devastating human rights, social, and economic consequences across the globe, European Union (EU) representatives have repeatedly stated their commitment to the idea that Covid-19 vaccines should be a universal common good and that no one is safe from Covid-19 unless...

Yet the EU has consistently opposed India and South Africa's proposal at the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive certain intellectual property rules under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, a measure that would expand access to lifesaving vaccines and other health products. The arguments used by the...

Story highlights The joint statement after the meet said that the ministers reaffirmed the need to use all relevant measures during the pandemic. In a significant step forward, the BRICS grouping comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa have backed the India-South Africa joint proposal for COVID-19 vaccine waiver at the World Trade Organisation(WTO). The grouping decided to back the proposal at the BRICS foreign ministers virtual meet which was held under the chairmanshi...

India News: NEW DELHI: Brics foreign ministers came together in a meeting on Tuesday to back talks at WTO for a global vaccine patent waiver, a proposal India and.

Brics nations support patent waiver for Covid vaccines © Provided by The Times of India NEW DELHI: Brics foreign ministers came together in a meeting on Tuesday to back talks at WTO for a global vaccine patent waiver, a proposal India and South Africa have been raising for ramping up Covid-19 vaccine production. The virtual meeting chaired by external affairs minister S Jaishankar, according to a joint statement, called for supporting ongoing consideration at WTO on a Covid-19 vaccine Intelle...

The BRICS foreign ministers who met on Tuesday under the Indian Presidency discussed the Covid challenge threadbare besides an action plan for the groups counter-terror strategy and the necessity for urgent reforms of multilateral institutions, ET has learnt. The ministers have agreed to a set of six principles that should guide the reform of multilateral institutions