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<p>Dear,</p>
<p>There is global concern over the shortages of COVID-19 medical
products, especially with respect to vaccine supplies. Much of the
present supply has been reserved by rich countries and many of
these
products are protected by intellectual property monopolies,
preventing other manufacturers from producing the products. The
removal of IP barriers will go a long way in facilitating supply.
Hence the need for the WTO TRIPS waiver which has received global
support from international and UN agencies, the vast majority of
low-
and middle income countries, civil society and academics from all
over the world. However, to this day the proposal is opposed by a
small group of high income countries, i.e. US, EU, UK, Canada,
Australia, Japan, Switzerland, Norway, South Korea. These are the
same countries that already have advance purchase agreements in
place
reserving supply for themselves. For more information, see
<a
href="https://www.twn.my/title2/intellectual_property/trips_waiver_proposal.htm"><font
color="#954f72">https://www.twn.my/title2/intellectual_property/trips_waiver_proposal.htm</font></a><font
color="#000000">.</font></p>
<p><b><font color="#000000">Please find <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://phm-na.org/2021/02/rich-countries-must-join-the-world-in-supporting-the-trips-waiver-to-end-the-pandemic/">via
this link</a> </font></b><font color="#000000"><b>a SIGN-ON
statement</b>,
initiated by PHM USA, EU, Japan, South Korea, UK, Canada </font><font
color="#000000">and
Australia, calling on the governments of </font><font
color="#000000">the
</font><font color="#000000">above-mentioned </font><font
color="#000000">countries
to support the TRIPS Waiver Proposal at the World Trade
Organization.
</font><font color="#000000">W</font><font color="#000000">e need
the
support of civil society organisations from countries blocking
the
TRIPS waiver proposal (see above).</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><b>Please support this initiative by
signing
on </b></font><b><a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwcCd3kNM49GhSHYl0WvOpFfeQUHQ_lT7EDRqHxSVU934_Hw/viewform">via
this Google Form</a></b><font color="#000000"><b> </b></font><font
color="#000000"><b>by
February 26 at 12AM CET. </b></font><font color="#000000"><b>D</b></font><font
color="#000000"><b>on’t
hesitate to share </b></font><font color="#000000"><b>this
call</b></font><font color="#000000"><b>
widely with relevant organisations and networks. Thanks
for your support.</b></font></p>
<p style="font-weight: normal"><font color="#000000">W</font><font
color="#000000">e
will collectively publish the statement on March 1, the first
day of
the General Council meeting of the WTO, with a Tweetstorm. </font><font
color="#000000">You
will receive an instruction e-mail about the collective
publication
on March 1.</font></p>
<p style="font-weight: normal"><font color="#000000">Best regards,
<br>
Jasper Thys<br>
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