PHA-Exchange> Draft Brazilian resolution on access to meds at the human rights council

[claudio at hcmc.netnam.vn]

from: [ESCR-Right-to-Health] <escr-right-to-health at yahoogroups.com>, 

Greetings from Geneva. 
  Today at the second session of the Human Rights Council here in Geneva, 
Brazil tabled a draft resolution on access to medication, which would mandate 
the UN Secretary General to conduct a study in the impact of intellectual 
property on access to medications, especially for HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB. 
The first round of negotiations is scheduled for this afternoon. The draft 
resolution pasted below. 
  Hossam Bahgat 
   
   
  HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
  Second session 
  Agenda item 2
  IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251
OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL”  Brazil:  draft resolution  
2006/
    Access to medication in the context of pandemics such 
as                   HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria    
  The Human Rights Council, 
  Recalling all the previous resolutions concerning the access to medication 
in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria that 
were approved by the Commission on Human Rights; and 
  Considering the operative paragraph 6 of the General Assembly Resolution 
60/251 that has established the Human Rights Council;
  1. Requests that Secretary-General to continue to solicit comments from 
Governments, United Nations organs, programmes and specialized agencies and 
international and non-governmental organizations on the steps they have taken 
to improve access to medication in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis and malaria and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council, 
at its fourth session;
   
  2. Also requests the Secretary-General, based on consultations with 
Governments, United Nations organs, programmes, specialized agencies and 
international and non-governmental organizations, to conduct a study on the 
possible impacts of intellectual property rights on the access to medication 
in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and on 
the possible means of exploring new and innovative financing mechanisms which 
can help to improve the access to the medication that fight those pandemics 
and submit the report to the Human Rights Council, at its fourth session.
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