WTO calls for urgency in Covid-19 response; members await revised IP waiver proposal from India, South Africa

WTO calls for urgency in Covid-19 response; members await revised IP waiver proposal from India, South Africa

On a day when the US declared its support to a temporary waiver of IP protection on Covid-19 vaccines, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of WTO, asked the member countries to have a sense of urgency on how they approach this issue of response to Covid-19

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TRIPS waiver proposal, initially submitted by South Africa and India and has since been co-sponsored by a total of 60 WTO membersTRIPS waiver proposal, initially submitted by South Africa and India and has since been co-sponsored by a total of 60 WTO members
Joe C Mathew
  • May 6, 2021,
  • Updated May 6, 2021 11:01 AM IST

On a day when the United States declared its support to a temporary waiver of intellectual property (IP) protection on Covid-19 vaccines,  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) - the forum where India and South Africa proposed such a waiver in October 2020 -  asked the member countries to have a sense of urgency on how they approach this issue of response to Covid-19.

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On a day when the United States declared its support to a temporary waiver of intellectual property (IP) protection on Covid-19 vaccines,  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) - the forum where India and South Africa proposed such a waiver in October 2020 -  asked the member countries to have a sense of urgency on how they approach this issue of response to Covid-19.

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