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"Mr President, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the Cancun conference and the preparatory talks are far from being completed, especially in the sectors thought to be favourable to the developing countries. The fact that the dismantling of agricultural subsidies remains very limited shows the lack of enthusiasm on the part of the rich countries for giving up their privileges; the US is the worst offender, despite having joined in the development round. The European Union, obsessed by its own interests, has also revised CAP reform downwards.
Revising the TRIPS agreement to ban the patenting of living things ought to be a priority at Cancun. If intellectual property rights are applied to all forms of life, they violate the sovereign rights of states and populations to protect their resources and skills and deny the very existence of public good. Negotiators, if you want Cancun to be a success, then listen to the call from the Africa group and drop the Singapore issues.
The absence of solutions to the famous paragraph 6 of the Doha declaration on access to medicines proves that our governments are under pressure from the pharmaceuticals firms and are afraid to adopt a bold and truly humane stance. Once again, there is a great risk that in the outcome a compromise solution will be vaunted that would have been considered unacceptable at the outset.
In Egypt last week, the US seemed to take a step forward by dropping a restrictive list of diseases. There then remains the problem of which countries are eligible. What is meant by sufficient manufacturing capacity? Rather than accept a second-rate compromise, should we not rather start again with a new basis for negotiations that will result in an economic and practical solution for the developing countries? Let us not forget the spirit of Doha. Nothing must prevent countries from protecting their population’s health. In particular, nothing must prevent any member from taking part in the WTO talks fairly and transparently. We will be particularly vigilant about this when we are in Cancun.
Commissioner, I am asking you not to go back on our commitments. The Doha round must be the round of the developing countries. Nature and human beings are not commodities. The environment and health are more important than the WTO rules. Do not undermine the European Union’s credibility and good faith. Work for sustainable and fair solutions in Cancun."@en1
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