11 The governments of South Africa, India, and dozens of other developing countries are calling for the rights on intellectual property (IP), including Covid vaccine patents, to be waived to accelerate the worldwide production of supplies to fight COVID-19.
The governments of South Africa, India, and dozens of other developing countries are calling for intellectual property (IP) rights, including vaccine patents, to be waived to accelerate the worldwide production of supplies to fight Covid-19. They are absolutely correct. IP for fighting Covid-19 should be waived, and indeed actively shared among scientists, companies and nations.
The pharmaceutical industry and the governments of several vaccine-producing countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Commission, have been resisting the IP waiver, while 150 public leaders and experts have sent an open letter to US President Joe Biden in support of it. There is no l
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NEW YORK, April 27 (Xinhua) The so-called genocide against Uygurs in Xinjiang is unjustified, and unless providing evidence, the United States should withdraw the charge, scholars said in an article.
Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, and William Schabas, professor of Law at Middlesex University, London, drew the conclusion in the article titled The Xinjiang Genocide Allegations Are Unjustified, released by Project Syndicate last week. The U.S. government needlessly escalated its rhetoric against China by claiming that a genocide is being mounted against the Uygur people in Xinjiang, said the article, noting that Washington has offered no proof.
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The so-called genocide against Uygurs in Xinjiang is unjustified, and unless providing evidence, the United States should withdraw the charge, scholars said in an article.
Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, and William Schabas, professor of Law at Middlesex University, London, drew the conclusion in the article titled The Xinjiang Genocide Allegations Are Unjustified, released by Project Syndicate last week. The U.S. government needlessly escalated its rhetoric against China by claiming that a genocide is being mounted against the Uygur people in Xinjiang, said the article, noting that Washington has offered no proof.
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Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. His most recent book is The Ages of Globalization (Columbia University Press, 2020). The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. (CNN)By every standard, President Joe Biden s climate change summit was a remarkable success. With great diplomatic dexterity, Biden and climate envoy John Kerry assembled world leaders representing 82% of world carbon emissions, 73% of the world population and 86% of world economic output to commit to bold climate action.
China can offer other countries inspirations and opportunities for cooperation in building a sustainable post-pandemic world, officials from international organizations, scholars and business leaders have said.
At the ongoing four-day Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 in China s southern island province of Hainan, experts are of one mind on China s role in pushing for sustainable development, and amassed consensus for cooperation.
The ravaging COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on global health, world economy and social stability, which has further widened the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) gap. In achieving the SDGs, improving rural development is a priority.
Praising China s victory in its fight against poverty, Siddharth Chatterjee, UN resident coordinator in China, cited a World Bank report to warn that the economic contraction caused by COVID-19 has pushed some 100 million people into extreme poverty.