SUNS - South North Development Monitor
     INDEX        ARCHIVE        SEARCH        FROM GATT TO THE WTO        ABOUT
SUNS # 9261 Tuesday 12 January 2021
  
  Contents  

Trade : Strong support for India's "development-oriented" policy initiatives (PRIV)
 (D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
 Many developing countries strongly endorsed India's pursuit of trade policy initiatives based on "strategic globalization" and a "development-oriented agenda" during India's seventh trade policy review at the World Trade Organization that concluded on 8 January, trade envoys told the SUNS.

UN : Storming of Capitol Hill reminiscent of a banana republic (PRIV)
 (IPS, New York)
 The storming of Capitol Hill in Washington DC by an unruly mob is reminiscent of an insurrection in a "banana republic" - as hilariously portrayed in the 1971 Woody Allen comedy "Bananas" spoofing a revolt in a fictional Latin American country.

UN : Is COVID-19 vaccine a potential biological weapon in reverse? (PRIV)
 (IPS, New York)
 If the coronavirus is not deemed a biological weapon, is the heavily- publicized Covid-19 vaccine in danger of being weaponized when over 159,000 Palestinians who have tested positive in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are being denied treatment during a deadly pandemic?

  About   Publisher: Third World Network, 131 Jalan Macalister, 10400 penang, malaysia
Chakravarthi Raghavan (1925-2021), (Chief Editor, 1984-2005), (Editor Emeritus, 2005-2021).
Editor: kanaga raja, 131 Jalan Macalister, 10400 Penang, Malaysia; tel: (604) 2266159; email: twn@twnetwork.org
Advisory board: rajiv kumar chander, triyono wibowo
As a non-profit service, subscriptions are intended to cover or contribute to costs of operations. terms and special conditions: information available from publisher.
   

[c] 2021, SUNS - All rights reserved. May not be reproduced, reprinted or posted to any system or service without specific permission from SUNS. This limitation includes incorporation into a database, distribution via Usenet News, bulletin board systems, mailing lists, print media or broadcast. For information about reproduction or multi-user subscriptions please contact <twn@twnetwork.org>