World Trade Organization

October 29, 2004 - Médecins Sans Frontières is encouraged to see a proposal by the European Commission that sets out rules to allow the export from the European Union of generic medicines...

Press Release – Last updated 27 July 2011
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Geneva, 19 June 2001 - MSF is an independent humanitarian medical relief organisation founded in 1971. MSF works in 400 projects in more than 80 countries. In 1999 MSF started the Campaign for...

Press Release – Last updated 18 July 2011
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Geneva, 18 September 2001 - MSF calls upon World Trade Organization (WTO) members to support developing countries’ proposal to ensure that the multilateral rules on intellectual property do not...

Press Release – Last updated 18 July 2011
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October 19, 2001, Toronto - Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Canada welcomes the flexible interpretation of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of  Intellectual...

Press Release – Last updated 18 July 2011
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Doha, Qatar, 9 November 2001 - Agreement on patents and public health could make or break the WTO's meeting in Doha according to agencies Oxfam International, Medecins Sans Frontieres and Third...

Press Release – Last updated 18 July 2011
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Geneva, 11 November 2001 - We call on the WTO Members at the Doha Ministerial Conference to endorse an interpretation of the TRIPS Agreement that protects public health. This declaration will determine...

Press Release – Last updated 18 July 2011
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14 November 2001, Doha, Qatar - The one hundred and forty two countries meeting at the 4th WTO ministerial conference in Doha clearly affirmed that governments are free to take all necessary measures...

Press Release – Last updated 18 July 2011
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New York/Quito, October 31, 2002 – Trade objectives proposed by the United States are threatening access to affordable lifesaving medicines for people with HIV/AIDS and other diseases in Latin...

Press Release – Last updated 18 July 2011
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Sydney/Geneva, Wednesday 13 November 2002 - The international medical aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) warns that World Trade Organization delegates to...

Press Release – Last updated 18 July 2011
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Geneva, 20 December 2002 - Delegates at the WTO TRIPS Council have failed to reach an agreement on the issue of the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha declaration on TRIPS and Public Health....

Press Release – Last updated 18 July 2011
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