Urgent call to three rich Asian country governments – Japan, South Korea and Singapore to stop opposing TRIPS waiver at WTO 30.04.2021 - Asia - Countercurrents (Image by Stock File)
The Peoples Vaccine Alliance (PVA) in Asia is calling on Japan, Singapore and South Korea to take action on the voices of citizens across Asia and the global South by supporting the ‘temporary TRIPS Waiver’ proposal at the WTO’s general council meeting on 30
th April, 2021, and ensuring big pharmaceutical companies and rich country governments voluntarily join the WHO-led COVID-19 Technology Access Pool.
By people’s Vaccine Alliance, Asia Chapter
The appeal letter to Asian governments comes from 100 organizations including ActionAid, APCASO, Asia Dalit Rights Forum, Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Asian Peop
People’s Vaccine Alliance urges Japan, Singapore, SKorea to back vaccine waiver proposal
Members of aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) demonstrate outside the World Trade Organization to waive intellectual property rights on coronavirus disease (Covid-19) drugs ahead of meeting on WTO s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) agreement in Geneva, Switzerland March 4, 2021. REUTERS Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
The People s Vaccine Alliance (PVA) in Asia will call on Japan, Singapore and South Korea to support the temporary TRIPS Waiver proposal at the World Trade Organization s general council meeting tomorrow.
A temporary waiver of WTO intellectual property rules during the Covid-19 pandemic, proposed by South Africa and India and supported by more than 100 WTO member states and numerous health experts worldwide, is a vital, necessary and urgent step to bring an end to this pandemic, said PVA in an ap
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