Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 5 • Number 39 • 15th November 2001

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Friends Of Earth International has released the following documents in view of the Doha Ministerial Conference: The world trade system: how it works and what’s wrong with it; The world trade system: Winner and losers; Services: The implications of current trade negotiations; The world trade system: An activist guide; and Proposals for a positive sustainable free agenda; and a Statement on the revised draft WTO 4th Ministerial Conference declaration. All the documents are available on Friends of Earth website.

FOOD SECURITY AND THE WTO. By Sohpia Murphy. Published by the International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE), September 2001. The position paper addressed the need for the rich and the powerful countries, the EU in particular, to resolve the existing imbalances and inequalities to make trade work for development and poverty reduction, specifically in regards towards the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture (AoA). The paper is available online at http://www.cidse.org/pubs/tg1posfoodsecwto2001.htm.

NO TO A NEW ROUND IN DOHA. Final declaration and recommendation from the World Forum on the WTO, Beirut 5-8 November 2001. The declaration describes numerous problems with the WTO and recommends that a new round of negotiations not be launched, since it will put developing countries into an even more vulnerable position. The declaration is available online at: http://www.worldforumbeirut2001.org/english/finaldeclaration.htm.

EIGHT BROKEN PROMISES: WHY THE WTO ISN’T WORKING FOR THE WORLDS POOR. By Kevin Watkins. Published by Oxfam International, October 2001. The briefing paper identifies eight broken promises by the rich countries and calls for WTO members to end the cycle of broken promises and build the foundations of a more equitable world trading system. Further information is available online at: http://www.oxfaminternational.org/what_does/advocacy/trade.htm.

TRIPS AND RIGHTS: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, ACCESS TO MEDICINES, AND THE INTERPRETATION OF THE WTO AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Published by Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and AIDS Law Project, South America, November 2001. The paper discusses the relationship between the TRIPS agreement and international law, with respect to their affect on human rights. The paper is available online at: http://www.aidslaw.ca/Maincontent/issues/cts/urgentaction-oct01.htm.

TOWARDS COHERENT ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE: LEGAL AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO MEA-WTO LINKAGES. Published by the WWF and the Center of International Environment Law, October 2001. The paper discusses the linkages between multilateral environmental agreements (MEA’s) and the WTO in hopes of contributing to a more harmonious relationship between international trade and economic governance. Further information is available online at: http://www.panda.org/resources/programmes/trade/latest.htm; or by contacting Delwyn Dupuis: email: ddupuis@wwfint.org.

POSITION PAPER ON THE WTO DOHA MINISTERIAL MEETING, All Peasant Leaders’ (Philippines), Statement On Doha, November 2001. http://www.ictsd.org/ministerial/doha/docs/pressphil.htm.

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: DERECHOS HUMANOS Y MEDIO AMBIENTE AL CENTRO DE DEBATE DE LA OMC, El Centro De Derechos Humanos Y Medio Ambiente, Press Release, November 2001. http://www.ictsd.org/ministerial/doha/docs/presscedha.htm.