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SOCIAL MOVEMENT LOBBYING AND ACTION DOCUMENTS ON WTO (EN)

DOCUMENTOS SOBRE OMC PARA LA ACCION Y EL CABILDEO (ES)

July 6, 2008

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AGRICULTURE/AGRICULTURA:

1. Statement by CSOs on the WTO negotiating situation, and on food and financial crises, at the UNCTAD meeting in Accra, Ghana, April 24, 2008

http://ourworldisnotforsale.org/showarticle.asp?search=2197

2. Seven Reasons Why the Doha Round Will Not Solve the Food Crisis (IATP)

http://www.tradeobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=102666

(ES) 7 razones por las cuales la Ronda de Doha no puede solucionar la crisis alimentaria (IATP)

http://www.tradeobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=102702

(FR) 7 raisons pour lesquelles Doha ne peut pas résoudre la crise alimentaire (IATP)

http://www.tradeobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=102730

3. Letter to Ministers from 252 organizations in over 50 countries: WTO’s Doha Round Will Not Solve the Global Food Crisis: Civil Society Calls for Real Solutions, June 3, 2008

http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/pdfs/WTO_Food-Crisis-ENG.pdf

(ES) Carta a los Ministros, de 252 organizaciones de mas que 50 países: La Ronda de Doha de la OMC no resolverá la crisis alimentaria mundial – es hora de soluciones reales, 3 de junio, 2008.

http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/pdfs/WTO_Food-Crisis-ESP.pdf

(FR) Le cycle de négociations de Doha de l’OMC ne résoudra pas la crise alimentaire mondiale – Il est temps de trouver de vraies solutions

http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/pdfs/WTO_Food-Crisis-FRE.pdf

4. US Farm Bill passed, will cast shadow on Doha talks, 19 May 2008

http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/wto.info/twninfo20080522.htm

(ES) EE.UU. proyecto de ley agrícola – una sombra sobre las negaciones de Doha

Versión en español disponible de [email protected]

JOBS AND NAMA/AMNA y el Desarollo

1. Developed and developing countries clash over NAMA text, SUNS, 29 May 2008 (EN)

http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/wto.info/twninfo20080531.htm

2. Statement of Latin American and Caribbean Trade Unions Regarding the New Draft Modalities Text for the WTO NAMA Negotiations, May 28, 2008

(attached)

(ES) Declaración del Sindicalismo Latinoamericano y Caribeño ante el nuevo texto de Modalidades para las Negociaciones de NAMA en la OMC, 28 mayo 2008

http://www.cioslorit.net/espanol/palavra01.asp?palavra=omcES

3. NAMA 11 Trade Union Group letter to Ministers, June 8, 2008

(attached)

(ES) Carta a los Ministros Andinos, de la Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales Andinas sobre la OMC

http://www.cioslorit.net/arquivo_up/Cartas_NAMACCSA.pdf

SERVICES:

1. Letter to Trade Missions of WTO Member Countries: Dangerous Changes in GATS’ Negotiating Rules (OPEN SIGN-ON LETTER)

(attached)

2. Memo to Negotiators: New efforts to move GATS negotiations ignore negative impacts on financial and food crises! On behalf of the Working Group on Services of OWINFS, May 30, 2008.

http://www.somo.nl/html/paginas/pdf/OWINFS_GATS_talking_points_30_5_08_EN.pdf

TRIPS:

1. No change in positions on TRIPS disclosure, "parallelism" by Kanaga RajaJune 28, 2008

http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/wto.info/twninfo20080617.htm

DEVELOPMENT/DESAROLLO:

1. OpEd on Meagre Gains and Steep Costs for Developing Countries in Doha Round

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/27/economy.wto

(ES) Versión en español disponible de [email protected].

2. Letter from 243 organizations from 90 developing countries to the US Congress:

To Combat Global Poverty and Allow Developing Countries to Develop, Please Reject Pressure to Give President Bush New Fast Track Authority to Push WTO Escalation Via the Doha Round, April 19, 2007

http://www.citizen.org/documents/LetterToCongressWTO-DevelopingCountries4-19-07.pdf

(ES) Carta de 243 organizaciones de 90 países en desarollo al Congreso estadounidense:

Para combatir la pobreza en el mundo y permitir que los países en desarrollo se desarrollen, por favor rechacen las presiones para otorgarle al presidente Bush un nuevo período de autorización para promover acuerdos comerciales por la ‘vía rápida’ e imponer una escalada de la OMC a través de la Ronda de Doha, 19 abril 2007

http://www.citizen.org/documents/CartaOMC-CongresoEEUU%2019-abril-07.pdf

EXPOSING THE LACK OF NEGOTIATING MANDATE IN THE US:

1. USTR Schwab and the Bush Administration have no authority to sign a Doha deal, by Lori Wallach of Public Citizen, march 5, 2008.

(attached)