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How do you spell deadlock? T-R-I-P-S
In a meeting last week in Geneva, the chair of the TRIPS Council, Ambassador Lansana Gberie of Sierra Leone, said that the absence, at this late stage, of concrete, text-based proposals on the issue of the extension is “very concerning” and urged delegations to explore all options to make progress.
Adjusted to hybrid working and afflicted by vaccine hesitancy, will the Palais ever go back to normal?
In 2021, just over 5,000 meetings were held, out of which around 2,300 were in person and 2,400 in a hybrid format. Geneva came close to a shut-down.
#110 The G|O Briefing, September 22, 2022
AT ITU, THE ELECTION THAT MIGHT DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET - POST COVID, WILL THE PALAIS EVER GO BACK TO NORMAL? - BACKSTAGE WITH THE UN PRESS
Is America (finally) back in Geneva?
The WTO's 12th ministerial conference (MC12) last week afforded a provisional rescue to the institution, greeted by a global and collective sigh of relief. But the ability of the WTO to pull itself out of paralysis was not the only significant outcome of MC12. Another equally meaningful development
#102 The G|O Briefing, June 23, 2022
Fighting for better working conditions for the UN’s outside workforce - WTO: Yes it can!
When signing contracts with Big Pharma, read the fine print first
As the World Health Assembly (WHA), WHO’s governing body, is gathered this week for its Seventy-fifth annual session—for the best coverage in town, follow our colleagues at Health Policy Watch—it may come as no surprise that when discussing health, conversations about its politics are more transparent and
#99 The G|O Briefing, May 25, 2022
The World Uyghurs Congress says Michelle Bachelet has betrayed them – Big Pharma and future pandemics – Death threats against The G|O’s Jamil Chade
At the World Trade Organization, a war–both inside and out
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 625-person-strong secretariat is the brain of the organization. It has no decision-making powers, its main duties being to supply impartial technical and professional support to WTO members. Reforming it was never going to be an easy task, but immediately after her nomination in March
#95 The G|O Briefing, April 28, 2022
G|O investigation: students denounce worthless diplomas from some of Geneva's private "universities" — WTO Secretariat reform still contentious