PHA-Exchange> Fw: CIPR report and action steps

[Paranie]

Dear all,

The british government has released the report of their Commission on Intellectual Property Rights recently. We can access it through web and the good news is that hard copies can be obtained from local DFID office/ British High Commission as well. 

I am forwarding the message received from Ms.Spring Gombe, our Global Access Liaison at HAI Europe, for your refernce.

Thank you,

Best regards,

Paranie
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HAI Asia - Pacific
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Spring 
To: MNaggaga at oxfam.org.uk ; ais at amauta.rcp.net.pe ; paranie at haiap.org ; 
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:13 PM
Subject: CIPR report and action steps


Dear all, 

 

As you have seen, the CIPR report released today is well over 100 pages long. I would strongly recommend that you focus your attention on Chapter 2 on Health (just under 30 pages long). If that is still too much then at a minimum, pages 44 -51, which deal with national arrangements for compulsory licensing. 

 

For those of you in countries where printing is prohibitively expensive, I have spoken with Will Aston at DFID, and he says hard copies of the report can be obtained through the DFID country office and otherwise the High Commission Office - you will have to allow time for delivery of up to one week. As it is a government report, it is issued free of charge, and no mailing costs are charged. One institution could coordinate receiving several copies on behalf of members of the various coalitions (the fastest way) or each member can have the copies mailed directly to them. 

 

Please do take the time to read it. It is an excellent document and MSF and OXFAM have STRONGLY endorsed many of the findings. Those of you with stronger interests in legal questions and a little more time (ha!) should also read Chapter 7.

 

If you to plan to go to the media with this could you send me the stories?

Best 

Spring

 

Global Access Liaison 

HAI/MSF/OXFAM

c/o HAI Europe

Jacob van Lennepkade 334T

1053 NJ Amsterdam 

The Netherlands

 

Phone  + 31 20 6833684

Fax + 30 20 6855002

e-mail: spring at haiweb.org

 

 

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