Topic: Global governance
What if…there was a World Tax Organisation?
Blog / 17th February 2023There is a practical, possible alternative to the enduring injustice of global inequality: an intergovernmental tax body under the auspices of the United Nations, writes Alex Cobham.
WTO deal on vaccine patents decried as a 'sham' dictated by rich nations, big pharma
News / 26th July 2022The World Trade Organization's 12th Ministerial Conference ended with an agreement on patent rights that campaigners said would do virtually nothing to address vast global inequities in coronavirus vaccine and treatment access.
3 million people have died of Covid since rich nations began obstructing vaccine patent waiver
News / 29th July 2021More than three million people across the globe have died of Covid-19 in the roughly nine months since India and South Africa first proposed a temporary patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines, a popular measure that Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other rich countries have blocked.
G7 rejects pleas to fund Covid jabs for poor countries, despite Boris Johnson's 'vaccinate the world' pledge
News / 15th June 2021G7 leaders have rejected pleas to find billions of pounds to end Covid jab shortages in poor countries, despite Boris Johnson making a plan to "vaccinate the world" his aim for the Cornwall summit.
Real change won’t come from the G7
Blog / 14th June 2021How the G7 continues to stand in the way of a more democratic international order - by Nick Dearden for the New Internationalist.
Let’s end the insanity of colossal military spending during a global health emergency
Blog / 4th May 2021Imagine what could be achieved if just a portion of the money spent on military expenditures were pooled into a global fund, and redirected towards ending hunger and massively investing in public health systems.
Second edition of STWR's flagship book now available: ‘Heralding Article 25’
News / 31st March 2021Share The World’s Resources (STWR) have released a revised second edition of the campaigning book by Mohammed Sofiane Mesbahi, titled 'Heralding Article 25: A people's strategy for world transformation'.
Intellectual property cause of death, genocide
Article / 12th February 2021Refusal to temporarily suspend several World Trade Organization intellectual property provisions to enable much faster and broader progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic should be grounds for International Criminal Court prosecution for genocide.
Covid vaccine: WHO warns of 'catastrophic moral failure'
News / 21st January 2021The world faces a "catastrophic moral failure" because of unequal Covid vaccine policies, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
Covid-19 vaccines are being hoarded by rich countries – poor ones are missing out
News / 16th December 2020Lost among the jubilation of vaccine rollouts in rich countries is an uncomfortable reality: The world's poorest countries will have to wait months and possibly years to see any doses at all.