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WEF Panel Demands Corporate Funding for Social Agenda
February 05, 2019
Panelists from nongovernmental organizations, business, and the media speaking at a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos highlighted the focus of activists on using global governance to close corporate tax loopholes to reduce economic inequality and fund their economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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WHO Considers Roadmap on Access to Medicines
February 05, 2019
Intellectual Property Watch reports that the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board recently held meetings to consider approval of a WHO “roadmap” aimed at making medicines more affordable, including policies to improve “equitable access” through intellectual property rights.
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UN Members Discuss Creation of Broad Environmental Pact
February 04, 2019
A working group of UN member states recently gathered in Nairobi to discuss a report from the UN Secretary-General calling for the creation of a Global Pact for the Environment, which would serve as a “legally binding instrument for all countries, outlining rules and principles on international environmental law.”
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ICRC Warns UNSC About Role of Climate Change in Conflict
February 04, 2019
In a recent statement to the UN Security Council (UNSC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Permanent Observer to the UN Robert Mardini warned climate change is “exacerbating vulnerabilities and inequalities,” thus playing a growing role in contributing to armed conflict.
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Council Seeks Reform of Global Refugee Architecture
February 04, 2019
The NGO- and government-supported World Refugee Council in Canada has called for an “overhaul” of global rules and institutions focused on refugees, including by assessing mandatory funding contributions on members of the UN refugee agency and creating a Global Action Network for the Forcibly Displaced.
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