Draft Brazilian resolution on access to medications at the human rights council
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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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Claudio Schuftan
mailto:claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn