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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear friends<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Now that the press release on the Bangkok
Charter is out, perhaps we might consider strengthening the draft <span
class=SpellE>Cuenca</span> Declaration with some of the strategies we advocated
for the Charter. There is some reference to trade and the WTO in the draft Declaration,
but it is not as concrete as what we have advocated for the Bangkok Charter –
I have quoted the relevant sections from the press release (most of which were
originally in the submission also) below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kumanan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>While the <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Ban</span></i></b></span></font><st1:PersonName><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>gk</span></font></i></b></st1:PersonName><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>ok
Charter</span></font></i></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> echoes previous declarations that health is a human
right, it has not grasped the opportunity to call for human and health rights
to take precedence </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>over the provisions of economic policy and trade and financial
agreements. This <b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Charter</span></i></b>
does not even call for the routine implementation of equity-focused health
impact assessments of trade agreements – an omission that is grave and an
issue that WHO must not be allowed to ignore. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>There
are many concrete strategies that the global public health community should be
advocating, but which are neglected in this<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Charter</span></i></b>.
These include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 54.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Further cancellations of unsustainable and
unjustified debt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 54.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
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EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The end of economic conditionalities on debt
cancellation, development assistance or loans/grants from international
financial institutions and other development banks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 54.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>The
democratic reform of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank<span
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 54.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>The
establishment of a fair international tax regime to eradicate unacceptable
transnational tax avoidance <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 54.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Promotion of appropriate global redistribution and
the public financing for essential services to all citizens<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 54.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The renegotiation or even scrapping of multilateral
and bilateral trade agreements that have negative impact on public health<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 54.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The adoption of an agenda to repair and develop the
capacity of public sector health systems in all countries particularly
developing nations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 54.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Ratification of the United Nations Convention on
Corruption to reduce the negative health effects of bribery and other forms of
illegal and unethical practices involving multinational corporations and
governments.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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