Empowering_South

Collective of individuals willing to work for Global South in International Relations.

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To the world leaders! People are watching, WE are watching.

#PABS @who

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!!! New developments !!!

@jamie_love
@Rory_oneilll
@HealthPolicyW

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Has the Vice Chair (Brazil) betrayed the Global south? In the Pandemic treaty negotiations, Vice Chair is taking a stance favouring BiG Pharma. Vice Chair is trying to coerce and deliver an agreement. Vice Chair is teaming with Developed countries. @tvglobo @folha

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& why rush? Apparently the argument of the bureau and WHO secretariat is that nothing will happen when @realDonaldTrump becomes president. Africa better sign the agreement before Trump takes the seat.
@FilesGeneva @jrovner @statnews @scchak @AliceOllstein @Poplak @oliveburrows

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Coercion is the one word to describe #Inb negotiation @who. African delegates are singled out in close door "negotiation", cutting the countries off from there capital delegates. African countries r told that dey r the reason for the delay in reaching consensus.
@emcleans

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Do people in #INB fear certain views coming from scientists? Is Global North putting pressure on @WHO to suppress calls for databases accountable to States?
@jamie_love @FifaRahman @ThiruGeneva @nithinramakris @clarewenham @nschwalbe @nirmalyasyam @RebeccaKatz5 @SuerieMoon

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2morrow @WHO has invited 41 resource persons to discuss PABS. Not a single scientist from the 290 who signed a letter supporting stronger PABS, and WHO's own repository for sequence data has been invited. deliberate or...? @DrTedros @FilesGeneva @HealthPolicyW @nature @politico

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insanely low amount of vaccines, medicines & diagnostics suggested for #pandemics use by @WHO #INB Co-Chair 4 #PABS. How can 3-5% save lives @EU_Commission @EU_UNGeneva @usmissiongeneva @NorwayInGeneva @SwedenGeneva @CanadaGeneva @IndiaUNGeneva @BrazilUNGeneva @SAfrPMUN_Geneva ?

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A #WHO Pandemic Treaty with a definition for "pathogen with pandemic potential" still undecided!

This is the downside of rushed negotiations at @WHO Secretariat and #INB Bureau. Critical things remain undecided as the real negotiations were avoided till the last minute!

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DG @DrTedros seeks to force consensus on pandemic treaty at #INB9!

He sat through the #PABS negotiations, only to keep pressurizing fellow African delegates not to speak up!

He intervened without invitation twice. Both times, he asked the #GlobalSouth countries to compromise!!

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The US joins and has bracketed 'safe, transparent and accountable' especially to avoid these adjectives from governing the sharing of material and information!

@NorwayInGeneva @EU_UNGeneva @usmissiongeneva @POTUS @narendramodi @CyrilRamaphosa @LulaOficial @anwaribrahim @JMilei

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Unimaginable scenes at #INB9!!!

Norway, one of the greatest champions of rule of law, brackets 'accountability' in #PABS system!

They argue that accountability is against openness of sharing...

@PHMglobal @3rdworldnetwork @mmi_updates @G2H2_Geneva @FilesGeneva @Genevaforum

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What does Norway mean? Share pandemic potential pathogens and their GSD to recipients without accountability?

@jonasgahrstore @Statsmin_kontor @helse_og_omsorg @jcvestre @MasudGh @EspenBarthEide @AnneBeathe_

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Lots of countries pushed back calling out the bridge builders' delegations for excluding countries from informal negotiations!

@narendramodi @anwaribrahim @LulaOficial @CMShehbaz @JMilei @CyrilRamaphosa @WilliamsRuto @OfficialMasisi @petrogustavo @DrNangoloMbumba @NAkufoAddo

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#INB9 leaks!!!

Africa CDC, EU and US attempt to develop a text for replacing the on-screen text for PABS compromising interests of the #GlobalSouth, even including that of African countries!

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Come on, it's a treaty! Not a motivation letter to countries!!!

Let's resist any kind of endorsement of non-binding legal language in the pandemic treaty!

@jamie_love @ellenthoen @pretpat @nschwalbe @pritikrishtel @alexandraphelan @IlonaKickbusch @LawrenceGostin @GehlSampath

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Member States were surprised by #INB Bureau Vice-chair Amb Amr. Ramadan from Egypt. Proposed new text at today's morning meeting without circulating it beforehand.

Atrocious Language! This new text does nothing to ensure any kind of technology transfer obligations over parties!

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@narendramodi @CyrilRamaphosa @LulaOficial @StateHouseKenya @BWPresidency @CasaRosada @PresidentBio @HHichilema @guardian @TheLancet @DrTedros is apparently pushing countries to participate in informal meetings!

After the African Group boycotted the informal meetings, he required the African Countries to participate in the informals.

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Parallel meeting process handicaps the South @WHO #INB9!

There are multiple parallel informal meetings happening, splitting the developing countries' delegation & the North's agenda is imposed on the South's underrepresented delegation.

@FilesGeneva @bmj_latest @HealthPolicyW

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Decisions made in informal meetings will be pushed through in the formal meeting!

@narendramodi @CyrilRamaphosa @LulaOficial @StateHouseKenya @BWPresidency @CasaRosada @PresidentBio @HHichilema

@guardian @TheLancet