Archive

February 26th, 2007

Opening up of agri markets may harm developing nations

25 February, 2007
WTO director general Pascal Lamy recently admitted that US, the European Union and India are close to a compromise that would break the deadlock in WTO negotiations.

February 25th

Militant farmers launch Operation Pinta (OP) to JUNK WTO

24 February, 2007
The militant Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) and the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) conducted an Operation Pinta (OP) in front of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to call for the junking of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

February 24th

In Indonesia, Lamy faces protesters suspicious of his "SP mission"

23 February, 2007
The WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has been facing demonstrations by farmers and NGOs concerned that his visit to Indonesia is aimed at getting the government to dilute the "food security" demands of the Group of 33 in the WTO's Doha negotiations.

February 23rd

Farmers and fishers disrupt Lamy’s meeting with business

22 February, 2007
Vowing to let Pascal Lamy hear the loud cries of poor sectors, farmers and fishers gate crashed and disrupted a meeting today organized by Philippine business with World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy.

Around the Globe

22 February, 2007
The US, European Union and India are close to a compromise that would allow the Doha global trade negotiations to resume, World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy said Wednesday according to a Dow Jones news service report from Jakarta

Indonesia to share bird-flu samples only if there is new system

22 February, 2007
The Indonesian Health Minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, has maintained that Indonesia will continue withholding its bird flu virus samples from foreign laboratories until there is a new global mechanism for virus sharing that has better terms for developing countries.

Indonesia's move on bird flu samples highlights key access issues

22 February, 2007
The reluctance of Indonesia to freely provide bird flu samples to the World Health Organisation because of the fear that commercial companies would obtain them to develop patented products is understandable, since samples of other viruses given to WHO have previously been used by corporations to obtain patents

NGOs accuse Lamy of pressuring govt

22 February, 2007
Peasant groups have accused visiting World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy of trying to pressure the Philippine government to change its position on delayed global trade talks.

February 22nd

U.S. Farmers Link with Farmers Around the World on Farm Policy

21 February, 2007
Sixty farm, faith, consumer, environmental, development and rural advocacy organizations today declared the current U.S. agricultural trade model

Farmers’ Networks Hit Lamy’s Visit in the Philippines

21 February, 2007
Press release: More than 400 farmers, fisherfolks, urban poor and