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SUNS # 9364 Friday 11 June 2021
 
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Trade : WTO Members agree to text-based negotiations on revised TRIPS waiver (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The 63 co-sponsors of the TRIPS waiver proposal to combat the COVID-19 pandemic on 9 June secured the "green light" for starting from next week text-based negotiations at the World Trade Organization based on their revised proposal, amidst rising global momentum for a decision in favour of the waiver, said people familiar with the development.

Labour : Child labour rises to 160 million worldwide, say ILO/UNICEF (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Some 160 million children were in child labour globally at the beginning of 2020, with millions more at risk due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have said.

UN : Nations pledge to tackle inequalities as part of targets to end HIV/AIDS (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
World leaders, those on the front-lines of the AIDS response, civil society, academics and youth have agreed that there is no way to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 without tackling persistent inequalities among marginalised groups.


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