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Read the unanimous UN/WHO resolution in full here:
http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_R18-en.pdf
From IP-Watch article: “The resolution asks states to consider using the flexibilities endorsed in the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to promote access to specific pharmaceutical products. The director general is also asked to provide necessary technical support to countries, including on the use of TRIPS flexibilities, and provide technical guidance on implementing cost-effective measures of prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment.” – From article about World Health Alliance resolution. See rest of this article here:
http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/
World Hepatitis Alliance, Doctors without Borders (MSF) and Medicus Mundi were the only civil society organizations which made official intervention submissions to the WHO. Read the World Hepatitis Alliance submission (to which the umbrella organization to which we belong, ACTION HEPATITIS CANADA, made a submission on behalf of Canada’s hepatitis B and C communities) here:
http://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/files/worldhepatitisalliance/downloads/What%20we%20do/WHO%20resolution%20and%20framework/CG%20intervention%20FINAL.pdf