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multilateral development banks in calling for a comprehensive agreement to come
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RACE TO SAVE KYOTO PROTOCOL - AND COPENHAGEN

South Bulletin Issue 42, 30 Nov 2009

The following is an article published in the South Bulletin Issue No. 42 dated 30 Nov. 2009.

You can also access at: http://www.southcentre.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1119&Itemid=289

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In a few days the Copenhagen climate conference will begin. By now all the preparations should have been completed - most of all, a draft of the final outcome.

Instead, it seems the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change are further apart than they had been, two years ago when the Bali Action Plan, was launched.

Now, there is little prospect that the talks on the BAP will be completed in time at Copenha gen.  Politica l leaders and the UN Secretary General have warned that only a political statement or a framework, not a full agreement, can be done at Copenhagen.

Although the rhetoric remains good and clear, and more countries are pledging climate actions, in reality the mood in the UNFCCC talks has turned gloomy in the two months October and November.

The main reason is the astonishing and unfortunate turn of events, that the developed countries appear to have decided they do not want to continue with the Kyoto Protocol, and thus have dragged their feet in discussing their commitments to cut emissions.

By now, the developed countries should have come up with numbers on how much they commit to cut their greenhouse gas emissions after 2012, when the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (KP) ends, so that a second period can begin in 2013.

But in Bangkok, in October, the developed countries signalled they are quite unwilling to do a second period under the KP and, worse, that they are likely to abandon the Protocol altogether.

This has sent shock waves around the world, and raised the prospect of utter failure in Copenhagen. Not only is Copenhagen's success in jeopardy, but the international climate regime itself, a turn of events that was hardly imagined before.

The Group of 77 and China has reacted furiously to the apparent ditching of the Protocol.   "We call on the developed countries that are members of the Kyoto Protocol to stand firmly in the KP and to engage seriously in negotiations for a second commitment period," it said in a statement on 9 October. "We will also consider the Copenhagen meeting to be a disastrous failure if there is no outcome for the commitments of developed countries for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol."   

The KP had firmly bound the developed countries internationally to commitments to cut their emissions.  It was agreed their emissions would be cut by 5% collectively by 2012 (compared to 1990) in the first period. The new cut after 2012 was expected to bring the emission levels down by 25 to 40 per cent by 2020 (compared to 1990).  And the talks on this have gone on for three years.

One problem is that the United States pulled out of the KP some years ago. The Bali climate meeting in December 2007 envisaged that if the US did not return to the KP,  it could be dealt with as a special case by binding its commitment inside the Climate Convention, of which it is a member.

Instead of working out this plan, it appears that the other developed countries now want to jump ship from the Kyoto Protocol to join the US in a new agreement.

Unfortunately, this new agreement looks inferior to Kyoto.  Countries would inscribe their national climate plans in an appendix to the agreement.  They would later report on progress made, which would then be reviewed by other countries.

This is a kind of "pledge and review" approach, and much more lenient than the KP model with an internationally-set overall target for developed countries, with specific and binding targets for each country, and a compliance system. 

The developing countries see this as a lowering of the nature of the developed nations' commitments, from internationally binding to nationally determined.  "This is an attempt for a great escape," remarked China's Ambassador Yu Qingtai caustically.

The G77 and China's demand is for the developed countries which are KP members to commit to their cuts inside the KP, while the US would make its commitment for a comparable emission cut in a special decision inside the Convention.  This was after all envisaged in Bali.

There are other worrying trends, such as the attempt to confuse or do away with the distinction between the "differentiated responsibilities" of developed and developing countries.

But the major issue, as the train moves to Copenhagen, is whether the Kyoto Protocol will survive.  At the climate talks in Barcelona in November, the Africa Group supported by other developing countries insisted that the KP group should focus first on finalising the "numbers" for emission cuts  and later to discuss subsidiary issues.  For a day the talks froze until a compromise was agreed to.

At Copenhagen, the developing countries are likely to put the survival of the Kyoto Protocol as their top priority.  They will await the final answer from the developed countries on their intended fate for the KP.  The fate of the Copenhagen Conference may well depend on this issue.  This would have been inconceivable just months ago, when the continuation of KP into a second commitment period was a "given."

The fight to save the Kyoto Protocol is thus the focus of this issue of South Bulletin.  It covers the UNFCCC talks in Bangkok (October) and Barcelona (November), presenting the views of the developing countries.

We hope the Bulletin will enable readers to understand some of the underlying tensions in the global climate talks.

CONTENTS:

1 - AFGHANISTAN: Public space "shrinking" for women - UN official
2 - GLOBAL: How not to fight over scarce resources
3 - SRI LANKA: Freedom of movement for IDPs welcomed
4 - SRI LANKA: Freedom of movement for IDPs welcomed
5 - TIMOR-LESTE: Natercia Martins, "We've had enough conflict"


1 - AFGHANISTAN: Public space "shrinking" for women - UN official

KABUL, 1 December (IRIN) - Eight years after the formal end of Taliban rule in
Afghanistan, women are facing growing challenges in public life and have limited
access to justice, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
(UNAMA).

"The space for women in public life is shrinking," warned Norah Niland, head of
UNAMA's human rights unit and a representative of the UN Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights.

Under the Taliban, women had few rights, and though efforts have been made since
then to boost them, progress has been inhibited by armed conflict, weak
political commitment, corruption, and strong patriarchal traditions. The
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) is concerned that
initial gains made after 2001 are being lost.

The number of women working in the government is "steadily decreasing" and their
participation in other decision-making processes such as voting in elections has
also gone down, according to the UNAMA.

Compared to 2005 fewer women participated in this year's elections and there is
only one cabinet minister now (the minister of women's affairs) compared to
three in 2003-2005.

"It is unrealistic to anticipate significant socio-economic progress when half
the population is denied, or unable to participate in, poverty reduction,
reconstruction or development projects," said Niland, adding that the space for
advocacy campaigns for women's rights had also diminished in recent years.

Gender violence

UNAMA says gender-based violence is still widespread and deeply rooted in
society.

Women face physical and mental abuse in their own homes but have little or no
access to justice, according to rights watchdogs.

Over 1,000 cases of violence against women were recorded in the Violence Against
Women Primary Database (maintained by the government and women's rights groups
in 21 of the country's 34 provinces from March 2006 to October 2007). Incidents
recorded included rape, forced prostitution, forced marriage, physical attack,
polygamy and harassment.

"Some women are even sold and exchanged as commodities," said Zia Moballegh,
acting country director for the International Center for Human Rights and
Democratic Development, a Canadian organization.

"Violence against women thrives in socio-economic conditions that see women as
inferior and, somehow, less entitled to the full respect of their human rights,"
said UNAMA's Niland.

Impunity

"Impunity is one of the biggest problems in Afghanistan from a rule of law and
human rights perspective," Niland told IRIN.

Afghan courts and police are considered corrupt, male-dominated and incompetent
by many women who have suffered violence, according to rights groups.

Some victims of gender-based violence who lack access to justice and support
turn to self-harm, elopement and/or other extreme actions, according to the
above-mentioned database.

Afghan women have one of the lowest literacy rates in the world: UNAMA says 90
percent of women in rural areas cannot read or write and the overall literacy
rate among women is 12.6 percent.

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2 - GLOBAL: How not to fight over scarce resources

JOHANNESBURG, 1 December (IRIN) - In all the talk about adapting to climate
change, "scant attention" is being paid to "the dangers of ... [adaptation
strategies] going astray in fragile and conflict-affected" countries, warned a
report released on 28 November.

  Just under three billion people live in 46 conflict-affected countries, where
climate change could create a high risk of violent conflict, said International
Alert, a peace-building NGO, which highlighted the number in its 2007 report, A
Climate of Conflict.

  In its new report - Climate Change, Conflict and Fragility - the NGO urged
policy-makers to take into account the interaction between the impact of climate
change and "the social and political realities in which people live that will
determine" their capacity to adapt.

  The "political dimension" of adapting to climate change, and "the underlying
causes of vulnerability" in a fragile state unable to "carry out its core
functions" had to be factored in, as "technical fixes will only act as sticking
plasters" in such cases, cautioned the authors, Dan Smith and Janani
Vivekananda, both senior officials of International Alert.

  "It is difficult to walk the line between alarmism and complacency," said
Smith. "There is no point in exaggerating the risks, but there is equally no
point in denying that with each year of inaction the risks of climate-related
conflict and political instability increase."

  He cited conflict-ridden Yemen, where the water situation is "dire", to
illustrate the impact of stress on essential resources in a fragile country.
Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, is expected to run out of water in 10 to 15 years.

  "The consequences for the people of Yemen of worsening water shortage could be
catastrophic. The risk of the state ceasing to be effective cannot be
discounted," he told IRIN.

  The ground reality

  Policies for adapting to water stresses brought on partly by climate change in
many conflict-ridden countries, particularly in the Arab region, were not being
given priority, said Hosny Khordagui, Director of the Water Governance Program
in Arab States, in the Regional Bureau for Arab States of the UN Development
Programme (UNDP-RBAS).

  The Arab region - the Middle East and North Africa - is home to five percent of
the world's population but has access to only one percent of global fresh water
resources; according to the UN it is the most water-stressed region in the
world.

  Some of the world's biggest and longest-running conflicts are also playing out
here: in Somalia, Iraq, the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Sudan.

  A rising number of droughts, lower water levels in rivers, stunted agricultural
production, and sea level rise brought on by climate change will turn millions
of people, particularly in the Nile River Delta and the coastal areas in the
Persian Gulf, into "environmental refugees", warned the UNDP Arab Human
Development Report 2009.

  Tensions over natural resources not only pose a threat to security among
communities, but also nationally and regionally. The UNDP report cited Sudan,
which has "experienced internal conflicts in Darfur ... between pastoralists and
farmers over access to water sources", and Palestinian farmers, who "suffer
because Israeli settlers monopolize most ground water sources".

  What should inform adaptation policy

  International Alert recommended that adaptation strategies should be more
conflict-sensitive, so that water management in water stressed countries was
shaped by understanding the systems of power and equity: involve everyone and
avoid pitting groups against each other.

  Peace-building needed to be climate-proofed by paying attention to the
availability of resources for livelihoods such as agriculture - which could be
under pressure because of climate change - for returning ex-combatants or people
displaced by conflict.

  The International Alert report cited Liberia, which is in the process of
recovery from war. Many returnees and ex-combatants will come back to villages
and make a living from agriculture, but the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), a global scientific body, has projected that crop yields in parts
of West Africa could halve by 2020.

  "The prospect arises of returned fighters becoming resentful unemployed
farmers, and thus potential recruits, with their combat experience, in a new
conflict," the authors commented.

  The efforts of rich countries to shift to a low-carbon economy must be
peace-friendly and supportive of development. The International Alert report
noted that the diversion of food crops and land use to biofuel production had
played a role in pushing food prices up in 2007/08, causing conflict in many
countries.

  Don't have the capacity

  UNDP-RBAS's Khordagui said vulnerability to climate change was also about
adaptive capacity, but many countries did not have the money to make themselves
resilient.

  The UNDP report noted that the Arab region would need around US$73 billion, an
annual average of $2.6 billion over the next three decades, to enhance its
desalination capacity to provide fresh water.

  Khordagui told IRIN that many countries did not have the information or the
capacity to factor the impact of climate change into their policies.

  "They need more reliable regional and country-specific data, drawn from the
IPCC projections, to be able to plan; they also need to identify the most
vulnerable communities to help them become resilient."

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3 - SRI LANKA: Freedom of movement for IDPs welcomed

BANGKOK, 1 December (IRIN) - In a development welcomed by the UN and NGOs,
thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who have been held for months
in camps in Sri Lanka's north, are free to come and go as of 1 December.

"It is a welcome action on the part of the government," Jehan Perera, executive
director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka
[http://www.peace-srilanka.org/], an advocacy NGO based in Colombo, told IRIN.
"It is timely and it is something which should have happened earlier, but
nonetheless we welcome it."

The government declared last month that there would be freedom of movement for
more than 100,000 people remaining in the overcrowded, state-run camps, which it
calls "welfare villages" and reiterated the promise on 30 November.

"The villages will be declared as open from this day ... The government has
declared that any civilian will be free to leave the villages once they have
given their personal details to the authorities concerned," according to the 30
November statement. [http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20091130_04]

Risath Bathiyutheen, Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services, was
quoted as saying in the statement that there would be no restrictions imposed on
the duration of the IDPs' absence from the camps.

"It's a big step from people being confined to the camps. How it works in
practice, let's wait and see," UN spokesman Gordon Weiss told IRIN.

Weiss said the IDPs would be registered and provided with tokens when they left
the camps, which they would hand back upon their return.

"It serves a dual purpose. They will try to keep track of people and to make
sure camps are not visited by some people who shouldn't be there," he said.

Return concerns

Nearly 280,000 people who fled the fighting in the final months of the country's
bitter civil war this year entered the camps, which were hastily erected as the
conflict ended in May.

Under intense pressure from the international community, the government in
recent weeks has expedited the process of releasing IDPs, who have either
returned to their places of origin or resettled elsewhere.

According to the latest Joint Humanitarian Update on 19 November, 136,242 people
remain in the camps in the northeast, while 112,209 have been returned to their
places of origin and 27,663 have been released to host families or into the care
of elders.

Weiss said he expected a significant number of people would remain in the camps
despite their opening today, but that many were expected to return to their
places of origin in the next few months.

"The return process is not without problems. It's a lot of people to send back
in a short period of time, and areas are not always prepared, but it's been
going reasonably well," he said.

Concerns have been raised over the fate of returnees to war-torn areas, with
NGOs calling for better support for the IDPs, and better access for humanitarian
actors to the areas of return.

"The infrastructure is in a state of destruction and disrepair. [The IDPs] are
released with hardly any resources, and the resources that are provided to them
need to be supplemented and increased," said Perera of the National Peace
Council.

ey/ds/mw

[ENDS]


4 - SRI LANKA: Freedom of movement for IDPs welcomed

BANGKOK, 1 December (IRIN) - In a development welcomed by the UN and NGOs,
thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who have been held for months
in camps in Sri Lanka's north, are free to come and go as of 1 December.

"It is a welcome action on the part of the government," Jehan Perera, executive
director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka
[http://www.peace-srilanka.org/], an advocacy NGO based in Colombo, told IRIN.
"It is timely and it is something which should have happened earlier, but
nonetheless we welcome it."

The government declared last month that there would be freedom of movement for
more than 100,000 people remaining in the overcrowded, state-run camps, which it
calls "welfare villages" and reiterated the promise on 30 November.

"The villages will be declared as open from this day ... The government has
declared that any civilian will be free to leave the villages once they have
given their personal details to the authorities concerned," according to the 30
November statement. [http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20091130_04]

UN spokesman Gordon Weiss said the IDPs had been given 10 days to return to the
camps if they leave.

"Around midday almost 6,000 people were able to leave the camps. It's
progressing in an orderly fashion," Weiss told IRIN.
"It's a big step from people being confined to the camps," he added.

Weiss said the IDPs are registered and provided with tokens when they leave the
camps, which they would hand back upon their return.

"It serves a dual purpose. They will try to keep track of people and to make
sure camps are not visited by some people who shouldn't be there," he said.

Return concerns

Nearly 280,000 people who fled the fighting in the final months of the country's
bitter civil war this year entered the camps, which were hastily erected as the
conflict ended in May.

Under intense pressure from the international community, the government in
recent weeks has expedited the process of releasing IDPs, who have either
returned to their places of origin or resettled elsewhere.

According to the latest Joint Humanitarian Update on 19 November, 136,242 people
remain in the camps in the northeast, while 112,209 have been returned to their
places of origin and 27,663 have been released to host families or into the care
of elders.

Weiss said he expected a significant number of people would remain in the camps
despite their opening today, but that many were expected to return to their
places of origin in the next few months.

"The return process is not without problems. It's a lot of people to send back
in a short period of time, and areas are not always prepared, but it's been
going reasonably well," he said.

Concerns have been raised over the fate of returnees to war-torn areas, with
NGOs calling for better support for the IDPs, and better access for humanitarian
actors to the areas of return.

"The infrastructure is in a state of destruction and disrepair. [The IDPs] are
released with hardly any resources, and the resources that are provided to them
need to be supplemented and increased," said Perera of the National Peace
Council.

ey/ds/mw

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5 - TIMOR-LESTE: Natercia Martins, "We've had enough conflict"

NAUMENARO, 1 December (IRIN) - More than 150,000 Timorese were displaced in the
2006 crisis, and several thousand more in a second round of political violence
in 2007. Because of her husband's political affiliation, Natercia Martins, 34,
was driven from her home in Ermera District in June 2007, only to return six
months later to find it in ruins.

Reintegration for her and thousands of others remains a challenge almost two
years later. The mother of nine told IRIN about her experience:

"I will never forget when they came. There were 60 of them - men from my very
own community - looking for my husband. From outside our home they shouted his
name, waved sticks and knives and demanded that he come out. But he wasn't
there; he had fled to Dili days earlier.

"When they started throwing stones, all the windows in our house shattered. 
There was glass everywhere and the children began to cry. We were terrified and
I knew we had to leave.

"I took the children and fled into the jungle from where we made our way to
Dili. When we arrived, we met my husband and settled into Jardin camp. Many had
fled with only the clothes on their backs. And though it wasn't our home, at
least we were safe and we received help.

"Those first few weeks were tough; the atmosphere tense. We wondered whether we
would ever be able to return to our homes and what we would find once we did.

"But after some time, things became calmer and we were told we could return. Of
course we were hesitant, but we knew we had to. The government gave us around
US$1,500 to help us but when we returned, we soon learned it wasn't enough.

"After we fled, our home had been ransacked and looted, while others found their
homes burnt to the ground. How could we ever rebuild?

"And then of course there were our neighbours; the same ones who came to my home
that night for my husband and who somehow I would have to live with again. How
could we live in peace?

"After we arrived, a nahe biti boot, [a traditional Timorese peace and
reconciliation ceremony called by village elders] was held and everyone from the
community was invited.

"Strangely, we were supposed to feel happy about this, but I felt resentment. In
addition to having to pay for the party, we also had to give small amounts of
money to some of the very people who had threatened my family - from the money
the government gave us to rebuild.

"I see these people every day. Naumenaro is a small community. When I look at
them, I see the shame in their eyes, but I no longer feel threatened. All of us
face much bigger problems and need help. My husband is a simple farmer and can
barely provide for us.

"I remember that day vividly, but I also know it's time to move on. If we are
ever to find true peace, we need to move forward and think about the bigger
problems we all face like food, water, schools, health and jobs.

"We've had enough conflict."

ds/ey/mw

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Why Dubai? Here's the premise: an entire region is up for auction. "Mark your calendars for an opportunity of a lifetime," reads the ad copy. "In a bold step towards the future of global real estate, Nayruz invites you to bid for the ultimate luxury: the Middle East." In her "corporate intervention," entitled The Equity Is in the Circle, recently on display at the Istanbul Biennial, artist Oraib Toukan has designed a project for selling the 16 countries of the Middle East, from wealthy Abu Dhabi to conflict-prone Afghanistan. She created the holding company Nayruz and prepared all the materials for an auction in Dubai in 2012. Then she interviewed a set of experts - advertising executive, real estate agent, game theorist, diplomat - on how to execute her audacious scheme. Should the region go up as a whole or in pieces? Should the bidding be open or secret? How to deal with the potential backlash from pesky nationalists? A few years ago, such an art project would simply be satire. But everything appears to be up for sale these days. The Salahis are trying to get six figures from the media for the story of their recent White House gate-crashing. Calvin Gosz of Sheboygan, Wisconsin just sold his name to a Finnish consumer electronics retailer: He will now be known as Verkkokauppa Com. Several towns have gone up on Ebay's auction block. So why not a country, or even an entire region? In the past, imperial powers carved up the Middle East, drew boundaries, extracted resources. The United States is vainly trying to build nations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why not go auction off countries to the highest bidder rather than the superpower with the most fighter bombers? Maybe Warren Buffett can do a better job rebuilding Afghanistan than NATO has so far. Toukan's speculative project came even closer to reality last week when Dubai World, the enormous investment company, teetered on the verge of default. What's bad for Dubai World is bad for Dubai. The government-run business is responsible for three-quarters of the country's $80 billion debt. And what's bad for Dubai, at least according to global financiers, is bad for the world economy. After all, a number of major banks are invested in Dubai World. And if a wealthy Middle Eastern emirate goes belly up, what does that say about the prospects for pulling the global economy out of recession? The story of Dubai World parallels the financial problems experienced elsewhere. The corporation built a huge bubble of real estate, port facilities, transportation ventures, and the like. And it was largely financed through debt. Dubai, you see, is almost tapped out of oil, which accounts for only about 5% of the tiny country's GDP. Dubai's economic vision is perhaps best epitomized by Dubai World's latest project, an $8.5 billion casino in Las Vegas that is opening just in time to take advantage of Sin City's recession-era contraction. It's a grand gesture that is literally and metaphorically built on sand. Meanwhile, back home in Dubai, it's not Sin City but Sim City. "Dubai's constitution is the Guinness Book of World Records as it builds the largest theme park in the world double the size of Disneyland, throwing in the Pyramids of Egypt, an Eiffel Tower that is taller than the original tower, Taj Mahal that is one-and-a-half times bigger, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa that duplicates the defect," writes Canadian architect H. Masud Taj. "Also the biggest mall in the world containing the largest aquarium in the world, the tallest building in the world, the tallest hotel in the world, the largest international airport in the world, the biggest artificial island in the world with the longest artificial beachfront in the world." Dubai has even brought in Brad Pitt as a "design consultant" for a new hotel. Dubai, then, represents everything that is wrong with the global economy. Dubai World, which sports the slogan "The Sun Never Sets on Dubai World," has leveraged its way to the top. Its expansion has been sustained by an enormous real-estate bubble. Its survival depends on rampant consumerism. Its image revolves around size and celebrity and simulacra. And the whole edifice relies on migrant workers, most of them from South Asia, who are paid poorly, treated terribly, and forbidden to strike. It's no surprise that the Dubai house of cards is on the verge of collapse. It's also no surprise that the Dubai government is trying to distance itself from the problems of Dubai World: always a good strategy to let others pick up the pieces (like richer Abu Dhabi). The problem is that Dubai is not alone in its profligacy. Other countries - Latvia, Hungary, Greece - are also struggling with mountainous debt. Investors are getting antsy. The auction block, as Oraib Toukan predicted, may well be just around the corner. Maybe Google will step in and buy up its first country. Speaking of Nation-Building... President Obama is set to announce his plan to send more troops to Afghanistan. He's listening to his top advisors. But he's not listening to the American people. A new poll out of the heartland shows that support in Iowa for the president's war policy has dropped 16 percentage points in the last two months to reach a 38% approval rate. Al-Qaeda is largely gone from Afghanistan. The Taliban have only gotten stronger as a result of troop escalations. So, why are we escalating? Do we really think we can build a nation in Afghanistan at the point of a gun? "Nation-building must be conducted by the people of nations concerned," writes Foreign Policy In Focus senior analyst Adil E. Shamoo in Nation-building in Afghanistan, the most recent addition to our South Asia focus. "This process will take decades, but that is no different than the current manner of military-led nation-building. The education of future generations will provide the nourishment for prosperous and democratic systems of government in Afghanistan. There are no shortcuts to modernity, as the case of Iraq demonstrates. To help Afghanistan, we must paradoxically engage over the long term and yet also engage from a distance so that the Afghan people are the creators of their new nation." Meanwhile, the Obama administration is doing practically nothing to reform the military budget. As FPIF research fellow Miriam Pemberton points out, 87% of our security dollars still go to the military rather than diplomacy, peacekeeping, or economic development - just as in the Bush era. "In his first speech to Congress, President Obama promised to 'reform our defense budget so we're not paying for Cold War-era weapons systems we don't use,'" Pemberton writes in Bush-Style Military Spending Not Over Yet. "To their credit, his administration did manage to knock off a few this year. Though short, it was a longer list than at any time since the period of defense cuts following the end of the Cold War. The biggest prize was the F-22 fighter jet. F-22s, which cost $350 million each, were designed to fight planes the Soviet Union planned to build and never did. The F-22 is too exotic and costly ever to have been used in the wars we are actually fighting. It deserved to die. It took a furious battle to keep this plane from coming back from the dead: The F-22's contractor has craftily placed jobs building the plane in 44 states. The Obama administration had to threaten to veto the entire defense spending bill if Congress reversed its plans for the F-22's demise. But while the Obama administration successfully cut about $10 billion in spending on such turkeys, it then added about $20 billion in additional military spending." Finally, in Postcard from…Tawang, FPIF contributor Saransh Sehgal reports from the China-India border. "Tawang is once again in the news because of a visit by the Dalai Lama to a Buddhist monastery that was his first stop after leaving China in 1959," he writes. "India's growing economic and diplomatic clout has made it more assertive in dealings with its regional rival. The government has stood firm in the face of Chinese protests over the Dalai Lama's trips to Arunachal. The religious leader's visit there is seen as a double provocation - a challenge to China's control over Tibet and to its claims over this part of India." 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The November issue of CGAP's e-newsletter PORTFOLIO is now available on-line at: http://www.cgap.org/p/site/c/template.rc/1.11.107573/

PORTFOLIO provides an inside view of new trends in microfinance - and keeps you up to date on the latest from CGAP.

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In This Issue: Making informed choices and taking effective action

> Protecting Microfinance Consumers

> SmartAid for Microfinance: Innovative Index Promotes Accountability and Change

> Helping MFIs Make Better Technology Choices: CGAP releases new IS software reviews

> Data Download: Microfinance Funding Continues to Grow

> CGAP Announcements

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Protecting Microfinance Consumers

Consumer protection is on everyone's mind these days. Around the world, the financial crisis threw the issue into bold relief for financial institutions of all kinds. With client protection already on the agenda for quite some time, microfinance has been ahead of the curve. Today, more than 450 organizations - retail microfinance providers, networks, associations, support organizations, and close to 90 investors and donors - have embraced the new Smart Campaign's Client Protection Principles, and are ready to put them into practice.

CGAP has just released "Implementing the Client Protection Principles: A Technical Guide for Investors" to help investors, for one, take action on their good intentions.

Learn more at:
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SmartAid for Microfinance:
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CGAP's SmartAid for Microfinance Index is the first index that measures and rates how funders work in microfinance. This year, eleven brave microfinance funders threw open their doors and agreed to find out if they are indeed properly equipped to provide funding and technical assistance for microfinance. The results show there is still room for improvement. While no funder was "inadequate" in its support of microfinance, none received the highest rating of "very good" either.

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To read more, please visit:
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Helping MFIs Make Better Technology Choices:
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Thinking of getting new information systems (IS) software for your microfinance institution (MFI), but don't know where to start? With more than a hundred programs to choose from, selecting a software solution can be a daunting task. But thanks to CGAP's new software reviews, it just got easier. CGAP has added 15 new product evaluations to its collection, with ten more coming down the pipe in January 2010.

The IS Program, a joint initiative of CGAP and the EU/ACP Microfinance Programme, evaluates products to help MFIs make sense of the many options out there - its Software Listings profile more than 85 products available for purchase.

To learn more, please visit:
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Data Download: Microfinance Funding Continues to Grow

24% = The amount funding for microfinance increased in 2008

For more facts and figures, please visit:
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CGAP Announcements

> Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2009

> Nomination of CGAP CEO Elizabeth Littlefield to become President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

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Title By the SMEs Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)   WIPO SMEs Newsletter is a monthly e-publication providing readers with useful intellectual property (IP) information contained in articles, case studies, forthcoming IP/SMEs relevant events, and published presentations featured on our web site. We hope you will find it useful and informative. We encourage you to share the newsletter or items of interest with friends and colleagues. For past issues and information on the activities of the SMEs Division, please visit http://www.wipo.int/sme.     WIPO NEWS   WIPO – Italy International Convention on Intellectual Property and Competitiveness of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs), Rome, Italy, December 10 and 11, 2009   More details at http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2009/wipo_sme_rom_09/index.html   The objective of the Convention is to provide the MSME stakeholders in the Government, the national Research and Development base, the university system, private sector and civil society an opportunity to discuss policies and strategies for supporting IP based entrepreneurship for a competitive MSME sector. Participation is open to officials from national IP offices, national private sector/SMEs ministries/departments/support institutions, national chamber of commerce and industry, national SME finance institutions, private equity providers, national trade facilitation institutions, SME training institutions and other SME support institutions, including civil society organizations, involved in supporting the development of internationally competitive MSMEs   Strategic Intellectual Property Management: Driving Corporate Success http://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/pdf/intellectual_property_management.pdf   We would appreciate your comments/suggestions on the proposed table of contents of the collaborative book project that WIPO has launched. All institutions or/and individuals interested in providing inputs for or collaborating with WIPO in this book project may kindly e-mail the Director, SMEs Division at guriqbal.jaiya@...   Intellectual Property (IP) Support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs):  Needs Assessment Questionnaire – A Brief Presentation of the Findings and Recommendations   83 national IP offices have responded to a needs assessment questionnaire distributed by WIPO.    The WIPO Journal: Analysis and Debate of Intellectual Property Issues   Published in association with Thomson Reuters and Sweet & Maxwell, the WIPO Journal provides an exciting new forum for debate on key IP issues   WIPO Launches Enhanced Patent Information Service   WIPO has launched an enhanced online patent information service that will improve public access to information on patents filed and granted around the world. 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The evidence from ASEAN and elsewhere shows that the process through which IPR contributes to SMEs is complex and needs to be understood in the context of business strategy and the ways technology is transferred and used by SMEs. One of the key lessons to emerge from international experiences is that national policies for promoting SME development are most successful when a number of development factors are aligned. While IPR is one of these factors, maximizing their contribution to the growth and development of SMEs in ASEAN requires matching the various components of IPR regimes to different levels and stages of firm development in different national economic contexts. 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UNCTAD, Egyptian institute to offer workshop on boosting Arab  economies and trade to meet millennium goals

Geneva, 1 December 2009 -- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in cooperation with the Egyptian Institute for Diplomatic Studies (IDS), will hold a 12-13 December workshop in Cairo for five Arab countries seeking to cooperate to spur the kind of economic progress that reduces poverty.

The workshop is part of an UNCTAD project on "Promoting sub-regional growth-oriented economic and trade policies towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in selected Arab countries."  Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Sudan, and Morocco are participating.

The project has been undertaken to promote development-driven trade strategies among Arab economies -- not only to expand trade but also to reduce unemployment and poverty. The formulation of such strategies is vital given ongoing trade liberalization efforts across the Arab region and efforts to achieve the MDGs.

The Cairo meeting will review and discuss economic and trade policies, trade indices, and the link between trade policy and regional integration among Arab countries that can lead to lower poverty, more job creation, and faster economic growth. The workshop will be attended by national and international experts, senior government representatives of participating countries, senior representatives of the League of Arab States (LAS), representatives from the Egyptian private sector, and economists and international trade experts.

The meeting and overall project target MDGs 1 and 8.  Goal 1 aims at halving extreme poverty by 2015.  Goal 8 calls for fostering a global partnership for development by promoting growth-oriented regional integration.

The workshop will be opened at 9:15 a.m. on 12 Dec. by Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry. Also speaking will be Mohamed Rifaah El-Tahtawi, Director of the IDS; Heiner Flassbeck, Director of UNCTAD's Division on Globalization and Development Strategies; and Mahmoud Elkhafif, Coordinator of UNCTAD's Assistance to the Palestinian People Unit.

The workshop agenda also includes discussions and presentations on Egypt's trade and economic policies; the state of play of the Doha round of trade negotiations; the Greater Arab Free Trade Area; the state of Arab economies in the multilateral global trading system; and the state of human development in Arab countries.

The two-day meeting will be held at the IDS, 1 Omar Makram Mosque Street, El Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt.

A previous workshop was convened in Beirut last July as part of the activities of the same project, and a third is planned for Morocco in the spring of 2010.  The project is being carried out by UNCTAD's Assistance to the Palestinian People Unit. It seeks to assist participating countries in achieving successful Arab regional integration, enhancing their trade policy-making capacities, fostering cooperation at the policy level, and strengthening statistical capacities to provide timely and reliable data for economic and trade policy decisions.

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Hé olvidado el vinculo de una de las videos:
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Subject: New videos: unions against climate change - Nouvelles videos: les
syndicats contre le changement climatique - Nuevas videos: los sindicatos contra
el el cambio climático
Importance: High

One week before the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen, Sustainlabour has produced, with the assistance of the ITUC, 3 short
videos on climate change.

You can watch the videos on youtube at the following links:

Union of Green - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajT4NzMhNYI

Making it Happen - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvsZwfasPrY

The Way Forward - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1ipyS1bZhA

Do not hesitate to forward them to all your lists and contacts and post them to
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This Conference is a key event in the flight against climate change, join us in
making Copenhagen a success for the planet, a success for workers and a success
for social justice. For more information, please visit the special ITUC website
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Une semaine avant la Conférence sur le Changement Climatique des Nations Unies
COP15 à Copenhague, Sustainlabour a produit, avec l'assistance de la CSI, 3
petites vidéos sur le changement climatique.

Vous pouvez regarder ces vidéos sur youtube aux liens suivant:

Union of Green - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajT4NzMhNYI

Making it Happen - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvsZwfasPrY

The Way Forward - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1ipyS1bZhA

N'hésitez pas à transmettre ces vidéos à tous vos contacts et listes ainsi qu'`a
les ajoutez à vos sites web.

Cette Conférence est un évenemment clé dans le lutte contre le changement
climatique, rejoignez nous pour faire de Copenhague un succès pour la planète,
pour les travailleurs et pour la justice sociale. Pour plus d'informations,
veuillez visiter le site web spécial de la CSI http://climate.ituc-csi.org/


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Una semana antes de la Conferencia sobre el Cambio Climático de las Naciones
Unidas COP 15 en Copenhague, Sustainlabour ha producido con la ayuda de la CSI,
3 vídeos de corta duración sobre el cambio climático.

Usted puede ver estos videos en YouTube con los siguientes enlaces:

Union of Green - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajT4NzMhNYI

Making it Happen - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvsZwfasPrY

The Way Forward - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1ipyS1bZhA

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las en sus sitios web.

Esta Conferencia es una momento clave en la lucha contra el cambio climático,
unete a nosotros para hacer de Copenhague un éxito para la planeta, para los
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3 vídeos de corta duración sobre el cambio climático.

Usted puede ver estos videos en YouTube con los siguientes enlaces:

Union of Green - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajT4NzMhNYI

Making it Happen - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvsZwfasPrY

The Way Forward - Climate Change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1ipyS1bZhA

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26 novembre 2009=0D

MULTILATERALISME 2.0 =96 les ministres du commerce vont-ils relever le d=E9=
fi?=0D

Par Anne-Laure Constantin, IATP=0D

CONTENU=0D

I. LA LUTTE POUR TENTER DE CONCLURE DOHA: les n=E9gociateurs avancent lente=
ment pour aller nulle part=0D

II. LES MININISTRES ARRIVENT A GENEVE: que vont-ils faire de cette opportun=
it=E9?=0D

III. UN NOUVEAU MUR A FAIRE TOMBER: quels efforts pour y parvenir?=0D

IV. DATES A RETENIR=0D

L'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) se pr=E9pare pour sa 7e conf=E9re=
nce minist=E9rielle<http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFXXk=
9RBAAATVRTUVEG> qui se d=E9roulera du 30 novembre au 2 d=E9cembre 2009 =E0 =
Gen=E8ve. Tandis que les ministres du commerce font leur valise, certains d=
oivent se demander si le voyage vaut la peine. Plus d=92un an apr=E8s l=92e=
ffondrement de la rencontre mini-minist=E9rielle de juillet 2008, les n=E9g=
ociations de Doha n=92ont pas avanc=E9 d=92un iota. Elles auraient m=EAme r=
ecul=E9, d=92apr=E8s certains repr=E9sentants de pays en d=E9veloppement.=
=0D

Confront=E9 =E0 des crises multiples, le monde a urgemment besoin d=92une n=
ouvelle mani=E8re d=92envisager les =E9changes commerciaux, que l=92on nomm=
e =AB Multilat=E9ralisme 2.0 =BB dans le vocabulaire diplomatique Mais les =
dirigeants n=92aiment pas le changement. Que faudra-t-il pour les convaincr=
e?=0D

I. LA LUTTE POUR TENTER DE CONCLURE DOHA: les n=E9gociateurs avancent lente=
ment pour aller nulle part=0D

Dans la d=E9claration finale du Sommet du G20<http://open.iatp.org/phplist/=
lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFXX09RBAAATVRTUVEG> qui a eu lieu =E0 Pittsburgh en s=
eptembre 2009, les gouvernements s=92engageaient =E0 =AB faire aboutir le C=
ycle de Doha en 2010 =BB. Cette intention a r=E9sonn=E9 jusqu=92=E0 Gen=E8v=
e, o=F9 les n=E9gociateurs se sont demand=E9s comment transposer cet object=
if dans la r=E9alit=E9. Le Directeur g=E9n=E9ral de l=92OMC, Pascal Lamy, a=
  propos=E9 un programme de travail intensif pour les mois d=92octobre et de=
  novembre. Mais les capitales n=92ont envoy=E9 aucune nouvelle instruction =
et aucun nouveau Repr=E9sentant am=E9ricain au commerce n=92est arriv=E9 =
=E0 Gen=E8ve. Des r=E9unions ont donc eu lieu, certaines ne durant pas plus=
  d=92une demi-heure par manque de mati=E8re, d=92autres atteignant des nive=
aux de complexit=E9 sans pr=E9c=E9dent pour pr=E9tendre =E0 des engagements=
  - comme les discussions sur les listes d=92engagement pour l=92agriculture=
, par exemple. Mais aucun progr=E8s n=92a =E9t=E9 r=E9alis=E9. Lors du Comi=
t=E9 des n=E9gociations commerciales le 23 octobre dernier, de nombreux mem=
bres se sont plaints du fait que les n=E9gociations r=E9gressaient. Les dir=
igeants du G20, lorsqu=92ils se r=E9uniront la prochaine fois, auront vite =
fait de =AB passer en revue les progr=E8s des n=E9gociations=BB, (comme ils=
  ont promis de le faire en juin 2010): repousser une fois de plus le d=E9la=
i pour conclure un accord dans le Cycle de Doha ne devrait leur prendre que=
  quelques minutes !=0D

L=92=E9l=E9ment central de l=92impasse : les h=E9sitations de l=92administr=
ation Obama en mati=E8re de politique commerciale. Pris entre le Congr=E8s =
=97 o=F9 des voix influentes continuent de r=E9clamer un acc=E8s au march=
=E9 plus important pour les entreprises bas=E9es aux Etats-Unis =97 et les =
syndicats d=E9sabus=E9s qui r=E9clament des politiques commerciales favoris=
ant les travailleurs plut=F4t que les actionnaires, le Pr=E9sident Obama do=
ute.=0D

D=92autres membres de l=92OMC =E0 Gen=E8ve ont h=E2te de voir enfin un amba=
ssadeur des Etats-Unis aupr=E8s de l=92OMC en fonction, mais le S=E9nat n=
=92a pas =E9t=E9 en mesure de nommer Michael Punke =E0 temps pour la Conf=
=E9rence minist=E9rielle. Une chose est certaine : les r=E9ponses de M. Pun=
ke aux s=E9nateurs lors du processus de nomination d=E9montrent peu d=92ent=
rain pour l=92innovation. Sur le coton, les subventions agricoles, l'acc=E8=
s aux march=E9s et les services, la plupart de ses r=E9ponses =E9taient sim=
ilaires =E0 celles d=92un repr=E9sentant de l'administration Bush. Dans une=
  r=E9ponse =E0 Max Baucus, pr=E9sident du Comit=E9 des finances du S=E9nat,=
  Punke a insist=E9 sur le fait que =AB dans le cas d'une nomination, fera t=
out pour parvenir =E0 un accord offrant d'importantes opportunit=E9s aux ex=
portateurs am=E9ricains. =BB Voil=E0 pour ce qui est des nouvelles opportun=
it=E9s promises aux pays pauvres en 2001!=0D

Pendant ce temps =E0 Gen=E8ve, le repr=E9sentant am=E9ricain au commerce in=
siste pour obtenir des informations claires sur les concessions en terme d=
=92acc=E8s aux march=E9s de la part des pays en d=E9veloppement les plus im=
portants. A cet effet, les Etats-Unis rencontrent r=E9guli=E8rement le Br=
=E9sil, la Chine, l'Inde et certains autres membres de l'OMC sur une base b=
ilat=E9rale. Mais ce processus cr=E9e davantage de frustrations que de prog=
r=E8s : de nombreux pays se plaignent d=92=EAtre exclus des n=E9gociations =
et les pays =E9mergents ont peur de se retrouver au pied du mur. La situati=
on des Etats-Unis ne constitue toutefois pas l'unique obstacle au Cycle de =
Doha. Comme le d=E9plore l=92ONG internationale Oxfam dans son rapport de j=
uillet 2009 Empty promises<http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgV=
VCVFWVk9RBAAATVRTUVEG>, l=92=E9l=E9ment =AB d=E9veloppement =BB du Cycle a =
presque totalement disparu de l'agenda, un avis partag=E9 par les n=E9gocia=
teurs des pays en d=E9veloppement =E0 Gen=E8ve. Le processus d=92engagement=
  bilat=E9ral a raviv=E9 les craintes de voir =E9merger un paquet favorisant=
  la plupart des =E9conomies importantes de la plan=E8te au d=E9triment des =
pays pauvres. Dans un communiqu=E9<http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=
=3Df09VVgVVCVFWV09RBAAATVRTUVEG> r=E9dig=E9 au Caire le 29 octobre dernier,=
  les ministres africains du commerce se sont exprim=E9s sans ambigu=EFt=E9:=
  =AB Nous sommes d=92avis que les consultations informelles bilat=E9rales e=
t plurilat=E9rales peuvent =EAtre utiles pour augmenter la compr=E9hension =
mutuelle. Cependant, ces consultations ne peuvent pas se substituer =E0 un =
authentique processus multilat=E9ral et ne devraient pas non plus porter at=
teinte aux consensus d=E9j=E0 recueillis dans le contexte multilat=E9ral. =
=BB Les neuf ann=E9es du Cycle de Doha n=92ont fait qu=92augmenter la m=E9f=
iance parmi les membres de l=92OMC. Les d=E9saccords sur la nature du manda=
t et sur la mani=E8re de mener les n=E9gociations n'ont sans doute jamais =
=E9t=E9 aussi marqu=E9s qu=92aujourd=92hui. Des observateurs du monde entie=
r se demandent ce que les ministres du commerce attendent pour le reconna=
=EEtre. Le d=E9ni ne fait qu=92entretenir un inacceptable statu quo qui ris=
que de durer quelques ann=E9es encore. La coupe est pleine.=0D

II. LES MINISTRES ARRIVENT A GENEVE: que vont-ils faire de cette opportunit=
=E9?=0D

La d=E9cision de convoquer la 7e Conf=E9rence minist=E9rielle de l=92OMC a =
=E9t=E9 approuv=E9e par le Conseil g=E9n=E9ral au mois de mai dernier. Comm=
e le dispose l=92accord fondateur de l'OMC, ses membres doivent se r=E9unir=
  =AB au moins une fois tous les deux ans =BB au niveau minist=E9riel. Cepen=
dant, depuis la rencontre de Hong Kong en 2005, Pascal Lamy attendait la co=
nclusion de Doha avant de reconvoquer les ministres du commerce. Quatre ans=
  plus tard, aucun accord final n=92est en vue et l=92OMC risque de perdre s=
a cr=E9dibilit=E9. A la place, les ministres du commerce sont invit=E9s =E0=
  d=E9battre de =AB l=92OMC, du syst=E8me commercial multilat=E9ral et de l=
=92environnement =E9conomique mondial =BB, une mani=E8re de les encourager =
=E0 prendre l=92OMC comme point de r=E9f=E9rence en termes de stabilit=E9 =
=E9conomique. Plus sp=E9cifiquement, les ministres vont se concentrer sur l=
a =AB r=E9vision des activit=E9s de l=92OMC, y compris du programme de trav=
ail de Doha =BB le premier jour et sur =AB la contribution de l=92OMC =E0 l=
a reprise, =E0 la croissance et au d=E9veloppement =BB le jour suivant.=0D

Les sujets de discussion entourant ces deux vastes th=E8mes ne manquent pas=
: les ministres pourraient par exemple d=E9battre des le=E7ons tir=E9es de =
la crise des prix alimentaires par rapport =E0 la contribution de l'OMC =E0=
  la s=E9curit=E9 alimentaire et tirer des conclusions sur comment poursuivr=
e la r=E9forme des r=E8gles commerciales agricoles. De fait, d=92apr=E8s un=
  rapport<http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWVE9RBAAATVRTU=
VEG> du Minist=E8re de l=92agriculture des Etats-Unis (USDA) datant de 2008=
, =AB la d=E9pendance aux importations alimentaires a augment=E9 au cours d=
es trente derni=E8res ann=E9es. =BB Pour les pays les moins d=E9velopp=E9s =
notamment, l=92=E9tude de l'USDA arrive =E0 la conclusion que =96 comme con=
s=E9quence de cette d=E9pendance =97 l=92augmentation des prix de 2007 entr=
a=EEnera une augmentation de huit pourcent du d=E9ficit alimentaire (c'est-=
=E0-dire la quantit=E9 de nourriture n=E9cessaire pour augmenter la consomm=
ation de toutes les cat=E9gories de revenus vers le seuil nutritionnel de 2=
100 calories par personne environ). Une raison suffisante pour reconsid=E9r=
er les suppos=E9s b=E9n=E9fices du libre-=E9change en termes de s=E9curit=
=E9 alimentaire ?=0D

Comme alternative, les ministres pourraient se demander si une lib=E9ralisa=
tion accrue des services financiers est une strat=E9gie raisonnable en sach=
ant que les r=E8gles d=E9finies ne sont elles-m=EAmes pas appliqu=E9es; ils=
  pourraient =E9galement se demander si faciliter les =E9changes pour le sec=
teur des biocarburants aidera =E0 freiner le changement climatique au vu de=
s derniers signes...Les sujets de discussion ne manquent pas. Les ministres=
  pourraient faire le point sur l=92impasse de Doha et d=E9finir de nouvelle=
s r=E8gles qui permettraient de s'assurer que l'OMC est en mesure de releve=
r les d=E9fis du 21e si=E8cle.=0D

Mais aucun de ces sujets pourtant cruciaux ne sera plac=E9 au c=9Cur du d=
=E9bat. Le sujet principal de la rencontre ne soul=E8ve en r=E9alit=E9 que =
peu d=92attention. Au lieu de cela, les ministres vont se pencher sur une s=
=E9rie de rapports traitant de sujets secondaires allant de l'e-commerce au=
x restrictions dans le cadre de la balance des paiements en passant par les=
  =E9changes dans l=92aviation civile. Dans un deuxi=E8me temps, les repr=E9=
sentants vont entamer des n=E9gociations pour essayer de faire progresser D=
oha.=0D

Le 16 octobre 2009, l=92Inde a fait circuler une proposition<http://open.ia=
tp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWVU9RBAAATVRTUVEG> au nom d=92un grou=
pe plus important de pays pour initier un processus permettant de =AB r=E9v=
iser le fonctionnement [de l=92OMC], son efficacit=E9 et sa transparence et=
  de consid=E9rer les am=E9liorations syst=E9miques, de mani=E8re opportune =
=BB. Cette proposition n=92a pas soulev=E9 l=92enthousiasme. Cependant, ell=
e fera l=92objet de discussions lors de la rencontre minist=E9rielle et pou=
rrait se transformer en mandat pour le Conseil g=E9n=E9ral. Ce serait un pa=
s dans la bonne direction. Cependant, =E0 moins que les membres de l=92OMC =
ne d=E9cident d=92=EAtre s=E9rieux dans leur =E9valuation sur les cons=E9qu=
ences de 25 ann=E9es de r=E8gles concoct=E9es par le Cycle de l'Uruguay pou=
r leur =E9conomie, il est fort probable que ce processus ne soit rien de pl=
us qu=92un exercice formel.=0D

R=E9cemment, Pascal Lamy a demand=E9 que la Conf=E9rence minist=E9rielle =
=AB facilite l'engagement politique requis pour conclure le Cycle l'an proc=
hain =BB (discours du 17 novembre au Conseil g=E9n=E9ral<http://open.iatp.o=
rg/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWUk9RBAAATVRTUVEG>). Les ministres ont =
=E9t=E9 mis en garde contre la tentation de s=92=E9loigner de l=92habituell=
e d=E9claration de soutien pour une conclusion rapide du cycle, en d=E9pit =
du fait que ces d=E9clarations se sont av=E9r=E9es vaines au cours des quat=
re derni=E8res ann=E9es.=0D

III. UN NOUVEAU MUR A FAIRE TOMBER: quels efforts pour y parvenir?=0D

Le 9 novembre 2009, l=92Europe c=E9l=E9brait le 20e anniversaire de la chut=
e du mur de Berlin. Les festivit=E9s tournaient pour la plupart autour du t=
riomphe des droits politiques et civils sur la dictature et la censure. Pou=
rtant, de nombreux observateurs en ont profit=E9 pour parler de la confusio=
n que la fin du monde bipolaire a d=E9clench=E9e non seulement en Europe ma=
is =E9galement dans le reste du monde. Parmi eux, Pascal Lamy a d=E9clar=E9=
  que =AB la fin de la guerre froide a pris tout le monde de court (=85) =BB=
. En 1989, un nouvel ordre mondial voyait le jour. Cependant, ses structure=
s de gouvernance n=92ont pas =E9t=E9 suffisamment =E9labor=E9es ni d=E9batt=
ues. Il n=92y a jamais eu de conf=E9rence de Bretton Woods ou de San Franci=
sco apr=E8s 1989. Par cons=E9quent, les structures de gouvernance mondiales=
  ne sont pas adapt=E9es au contexte, ce qui explique nombre de probl=E8mes =
rencontr=E9s actuellement (discours<http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=
=3Df09VVgVVCVFWU09RBAAATVRTUVEG> =E0 l=92Universit=E9 de Bocconi =E0 Milan =
le 9 novembre).=0D

M. Lamy n=92est pas all=E9 jusqu=92=E0 convoquer une conf=E9rence de Bretto=
n Woods pour le 21e si=E8cle, peut-=EAtre car elle emp=EAcherait la conclus=
ion du Cycle de Doha. Une telle proposition aurait cependant l=92avantage d=
=92inclure certains critiques de M. Lamy, qui d=E9cr=E8tent depuis des ann=
=E9es que le syst=E8me multilat=E9ral a besoin d'=EAtre revisit=E9. Si la c=
rise =E9conomique et financi=E8re colossale que travers le monde aujourd=92=
hui n=92est pas suffisante pour d=E9clencher cette r=E9forme, quel =E9v=E9n=
ement le sera?=0D

Malheureusement, on ne peut nier la r=E9alit=E9: les gouvernements et les i=
nstitutions intergouvernementales sont incapables de collaborer pour s'atta=
quer aux crises multiples qu'ils affrontent. Derni=E8rement, le Sommet mond=
ial sur la s=E9curit=E9 alimentaire<http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=
=3Df09VVgVVCVFWUE9RBAAATVRTUVEG> organis=E9 par l'Organisation des Nations =
Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) du 16 au 18 novembre 2009,=
  n=92a produit que des discours vides. De plus, les pays d=E9velopp=E9s ess=
aient de diminuer l=92importance du Sommet de l=92ONU sur le climat<http://=
open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWUU9RBAAATVRTUVEG> (Copenhague=
) =E0 mesure que celui-ci se rapproche. Bien que l=92on progresse dans notr=
e compr=E9hension des origines de la crise financi=E8re, c'est encore insuf=
fisant. Et ces processus sont men=E9s ind=E9pendamment les uns des autres, =
comme c=92est le cas des n=E9gociations de Doha, au lieu de les consid=E9re=
r dans leur ensemble.=0D

Les n=E9gociations de Doha se sont enlis=E9es tant parce que l'ordre du jou=
r n=92est plus d=92actualit=E9 que parce que le nouvel =E9quilibre des pouv=
oirs ne permet pas les m=EAmes prises de d=E9cision que pendant le Cycle de=
  l=92Uruguay, lorsque deux membres (les Etats-Unis et l=92Union europ=E9enn=
e) pouvaient convenir d=92un accord et l'imposer aux autres membres. Le Br=
=E9sil a =E9t=E9 le premier grand pays en d=E9veloppement =E0 prendre un r=
=F4le de leader =E0 l=92OMC. Il a =E9t=E9 suivi par l=92Inde et plus r=E9ce=
mment, par la Chine. D=92autres pays en d=E9veloppement sont =E9galement pl=
us conscients des r=E8gles du jeu et les pays africains ont pu actionner un=
  levier gr=E2ce au cas du coton. La crise =E9conomique mondiale et la mani=
=E8re dont le G20 a supplant=E9 le G8 comme forum central de d=E9cision =E9=
conomique ne fait que renforcer le poids des pays =E9mergents.=0D

L=92OMC a besoin de s=92orienter vers une nouvelle version du multilat=E9ra=
lisme =96 une vision plus interactive, d=E9centralis=E9e et centr=E9e sur l=
es besoins des utilisateurs, c'est-=E0-dire une approche qui place les int=
=E9r=EAts des personnes au centre: un sorte de =AB multilat=E9ralisme 2.0 =
=BB Tout d=92abord, cela implique de remettre l'accent sur le pr=E9ambule d=
e l'Accord de Marrakech instituant l'OMC, qui d=E9finit des objectifs globa=
ux pour l'organisation: =AB am=E9lioration des conditions de vie =BB, =AB d=
=E9veloppement durable =BB et =AB protection de l=92environnement =BB. L=92=
obsession autour des droits de douane et des subventions au d=E9triment des=
  objectifs de politique publique doit prendre fin.=0D

Par ailleurs, les gouvernements doivent d=E9battre des d=E9tails des nouvea=
ux accords, en int=E9grant d=92autres parties int=E9ress=E9es. Le monde reg=
orge d=92id=E9es, qu=92elles proviennent du milieu acad=E9mique, des expert=
s de la soci=E9t=E9 civile ou m=EAme de repr=E9sentants gouvernementaux. In=
clure les r=E9gionalismes et dessiner un r=F4le pour l=92OMC en construisan=
t des ponts entre les diff=E9rents accords en est une. Revoir les processus=
  de prise de d=E9cision pour permettre l=92int=E9gration et la transparence=
  en est une autre. Il est =E9vident que l=92OMC doit =E9galement revoir sa =
relation au syst=E8me multilat=E9ral ainsi que sa mani=E8re de d=E9f=E9rer =
aux comp=E9tences d'autres organes intergouvernementaux de droits humains e=
t de d=E9veloppement plut=F4t que de r=E9duire les mandats de ces organes =
=E0 un =E9l=E9ment de la matrice de la politique commerciale.=0D

Dans son discours =E0 Milan, Pascal Lamy a =E9voqu=E9 cinq ingr=E9dients qu=
i fonctionnent pour un syst=E8me de gouvernance: le leadership; la l=E9giti=
mit=E9; la propri=E9t=E9; l=92efficacit=E9 afin d=92aboutir =E0 des r=E9sul=
tats pour le bien des populations ; et la coh=E9rence. En effet, il s=92agi=
t l=E0 de bons indices de r=E9f=E9rence pour =E9valuer la gouvernance mondi=
ale ainsi que la contribution de l=92OMC. Les ministres du commerce vont-il=
s s=92en servir pour =AB revoir les activit=E9s de l=92OMC =BB ? Les groupe=
s de la soci=E9t=E9 civile se r=E9unissant en marge de la conf=E9rence vont=
  certainement le faire.=0D

IV. DATES A RETENIR=0D

30 nov. - 2 d=E9cembre: 7e Conf=E9rence interminist=E9rielle de l=92OMC=0D

7 -18 d=E9cembre: Conf=E9rence des Nations Unies sur le changement climatiq=
ue (UNFCCC)=0D

27 =96 31 janvier 2010: Rencontre annuelle du Forum =E9conomique mondial =
=E0 Davos, Suisse=0D

Juin 2010: Sommet du G20 au Canada=0D

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   <p>26 novembre 2009<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <h2>MULTILATERALISME 2.0 =96 les ministres du commerce vont-ils relever l=
e=0D
   d=E9fi?<o:p></o:p></h2>=0D
   <p>Par Anne-Laure Constantin, IATP<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>CONTENU<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>I. LA LUTTE POUR TENTER DE CONCLURE DOHA: les n=E9gociateurs avancent =
lentement=0D
   pour aller nulle part<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>II. LES MININISTRES ARRIVENT A GENEVE: que vont-ils faire de cette=0D
   opportunit=E9?<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>III. UN NOUVEAU MUR A FAIRE TOMBER: quels efforts pour y parvenir?<o:p=
></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>IV. DATES A RETENIR<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>L'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) se pr=E9pare pour sa <a=0D
   href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFXXk9RBAAATVRT=
UVEG">7e=0D
   conf=E9rence minist=E9rielle</a> qui se d=E9roulera du 30 novembre au 2 d=
=E9cembre=0D
   2009 =E0 Gen=E8ve. Tandis que les ministres du commerce font leur valise,=
=0D
   certains doivent se demander si le voyage vaut la peine. Plus d=92un an a=
pr=E8s=0D
   l=92effondrement de la rencontre mini-minist=E9rielle de juillet 2008, le=
s=0D
   n=E9gociations de Doha n=92ont pas avanc=E9 d=92un iota. Elles auraient m=
=EAme recul=E9,=0D
   d=92apr=E8s certains repr=E9sentants de pays en d=E9veloppement.<o:p></o:=
p></p>=0D
   <p>Confront=E9 =E0 des crises multiples, le monde a urgemment besoin d=92=
une=0D
   nouvelle mani=E8re d=92envisager les =E9changes commerciaux, que l=92on n=
omme =AB=0D
   Multilat=E9ralisme 2.0 =BB dans le vocabulaire diplomatique Mais les diri=
geants=0D
   n=92aiment pas le changement. Que faudra-t-il pour les convaincre?<o:p></=
o:p></p>=0D
   <h2>I. LA LUTTE POUR TENTER DE CONCLURE DOHA: les n=E9gociateurs avancent=
=0D
   lentement pour aller nulle part<o:p></o:p></h2>=0D
   <p>Dans <a=0D
   href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFXX09RBAAATVRT=
UVEG">la=0D
   d=E9claration finale du Sommet du G20</a> qui a eu lieu =E0 Pittsburgh en=
=0D
   septembre 2009, les gouvernements s=92engageaient =E0 =AB faire aboutir l=
e Cycle de=0D
   Doha en 2010 =BB. Cette intention a r=E9sonn=E9 jusqu=92=E0 Gen=E8ve, o=
=F9 les n=E9gociateurs=0D
   se sont demand=E9s comment transposer cet objectif dans la r=E9alit=E9. L=
e Directeur=0D
   g=E9n=E9ral de l=92OMC, Pascal Lamy, a propos=E9 un programme de travail =
intensif=0D
   pour les mois d=92octobre et de novembre. Mais les capitales n=92ont envo=
y=E9=0D
   aucune nouvelle instruction et aucun nouveau Repr=E9sentant am=E9ricain a=
u=0D
   commerce n=92est arriv=E9 =E0 Gen=E8ve. Des r=E9unions ont donc eu lieu, =
certaines ne=0D
   durant pas plus d=92une demi-heure par manque de mati=E8re, d=92autres at=
teignant=0D
   des niveaux de complexit=E9 sans pr=E9c=E9dent pour pr=E9tendre =E0 des e=
ngagements -=0D
   comme les discussions sur les listes d=92engagement pour l=92agriculture,=
  par=0D
   exemple. Mais aucun progr=E8s n=92a =E9t=E9 r=E9alis=E9. Lors du Comit=E9=
  des n=E9gociations=0D
   commerciales le 23 octobre dernier, de nombreux membres se sont plaints d=
u=0D
   fait que les n=E9gociations r=E9gressaient. Les dirigeants du G20, lorsqu=
=92ils se=0D
   r=E9uniront la prochaine fois, auront vite fait de =AB passer en revue le=
s=0D
   progr=E8s des n=E9gociations=BB, (comme ils ont promis de le faire en jui=
n 2010):=0D
   repousser une fois de plus le d=E9lai pour conclure un accord dans le Cyc=
le de=0D
   Doha ne devrait leur prendre que quelques minutes !<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>L=92=E9l=E9ment central de l=92impasse : les h=E9sitations de l=92admi=
nistration Obama=0D
   en mati=E8re de politique commerciale. Pris entre le Congr=E8s =97 o=F9 d=
es voix=0D
   influentes continuent de r=E9clamer un acc=E8s au march=E9 plus important=
  pour les=0D
   entreprises bas=E9es aux Etats-Unis =97 et les syndicats d=E9sabus=E9s qu=
i r=E9clament=0D
   des politiques commerciales favorisant les travailleurs plut=F4t que les=
=0D
   actionnaires, le Pr=E9sident Obama doute.<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>D=92autres membres de l=92OMC =E0 Gen=E8ve ont h=E2te de voir enfin un=
  ambassadeur=0D
   des Etats-Unis aupr=E8s de l=92OMC en fonction, mais le S=E9nat n=92a pas=
  =E9t=E9 en=0D
   mesure de nommer Michael Punke =E0 temps pour la Conf=E9rence minist=E9ri=
elle. Une=0D
   chose est certaine : les r=E9ponses de M. Punke aux s=E9nateurs lors du p=
rocessus=0D
   de nomination d=E9montrent peu d=92entrain pour l=92innovation. Sur le co=
ton, les=0D
   subventions agricoles, l'acc=E8s aux march=E9s et les services, la plupar=
t de ses=0D
   r=E9ponses =E9taient similaires =E0 celles d=92un repr=E9sentant de l'adm=
inistration=0D
   Bush. Dans une r=E9ponse =E0 Max Baucus, pr=E9sident du Comit=E9 des fina=
nces du S=E9nat,=0D
   Punke a insist=E9 sur le fait que =AB dans le cas d'une nomination, fera =
tout=0D
   pour parvenir =E0 un accord offrant d'importantes opportunit=E9s aux expo=
rtateurs=0D
   am=E9ricains. =BB Voil=E0 pour ce qui est des nouvelles opportunit=E9s pr=
omises aux=0D
   pays pauvres en 2001!<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>Pendant ce temps =E0 Gen=E8ve, le repr=E9sentant am=E9ricain au commer=
ce insiste=0D
   pour obtenir des informations claires sur les concessions en terme d=92ac=
c=E8s=0D
   aux march=E9s de la part des pays en d=E9veloppement les plus importants.=
  A cet=0D
   effet, les Etats-Unis rencontrent r=E9guli=E8rement le Br=E9sil, la Chine=
, l'Inde=0D
   et certains autres membres de l'OMC sur une base bilat=E9rale. Mais ce=0D
   processus cr=E9e davantage de frustrations que de progr=E8s : de nombreux=
  pays se=0D
   plaignent d=92=EAtre exclus des n=E9gociations et les pays =E9mergents on=
t peur de se=0D
   retrouver au pied du mur. La situation des Etats-Unis ne constitue toutef=
ois=0D
   pas l'unique obstacle au Cycle de Doha. Comme le d=E9plore l=92ONG intern=
ationale=0D
   Oxfam dans son rapport de juillet 2009 <a=0D
   href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWVk9RBAAATVRT=
UVEG">Empty=0D
   promises</a>, l=92=E9l=E9ment =AB d=E9veloppement =BB du Cycle a presque =
totalement=0D
   disparu de l'agenda, un avis partag=E9 par les n=E9gociateurs des pays en=
=0D
   d=E9veloppement =E0 Gen=E8ve. Le processus d=92engagement bilat=E9ral a r=
aviv=E9 les craintes=0D
   de voir =E9merger un paquet favorisant la plupart des =E9conomies importa=
ntes de=0D
   la plan=E8te au d=E9triment des pays pauvres. Dans <a=0D
   href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWV09RBAAATVRT=
UVEG">un=0D
   communiqu=E9</a> r=E9dig=E9 au Caire le 29 octobre dernier, les ministres=
  africains=0D
   du commerce se sont exprim=E9s sans ambigu=EFt=E9: =AB Nous sommes d=92av=
is que les=0D
   consultations informelles bilat=E9rales et plurilat=E9rales peuvent =EAtr=
e utiles=0D
   pour augmenter la compr=E9hension mutuelle. Cependant, ces consultations =
ne=0D
   peuvent pas se substituer =E0 un authentique processus multilat=E9ral et =
ne=0D
   devraient pas non plus porter atteinte aux consensus d=E9j=E0 recueillis =
dans le=0D
   contexte multilat=E9ral. =BB Les neuf ann=E9es du Cycle de Doha n=92ont f=
ait qu=92augmenter=0D
   la m=E9fiance parmi les membres de l=92OMC. Les d=E9saccords sur la natur=
e du=0D
   mandat et sur la mani=E8re de mener les n=E9gociations n'ont sans doute j=
amais=0D
   =E9t=E9 aussi marqu=E9s qu=92aujourd=92hui. Des observateurs du monde ent=
ier se=0D
   demandent ce que les ministres du commerce attendent pour le reconna=EEtr=
e. Le=0D
   d=E9ni ne fait qu=92entretenir un inacceptable statu quo qui risque de du=
rer=0D
   quelques ann=E9es encore. La coupe est pleine.<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <h2>II. LES MINISTRES ARRIVENT A GENEVE: que vont-ils faire de cette=0D
   opportunit=E9?<o:p></o:p></h2>=0D
   <p>La d=E9cision de convoquer la 7e Conf=E9rence minist=E9rielle de l=92O=
MC a =E9t=E9=0D
   approuv=E9e par le Conseil g=E9n=E9ral au mois de mai dernier. Comme le d=
ispose=0D
   l=92accord fondateur de l'OMC, ses membres doivent se r=E9unir =AB au moi=
ns une=0D
   fois tous les deux ans =BB au niveau minist=E9riel. Cependant, depuis la=
=0D
   rencontre de Hong Kong en 2005, Pascal Lamy attendait la conclusion de Do=
ha=0D
   avant de reconvoquer les ministres du commerce. Quatre ans plus tard, auc=
un=0D
   accord final n=92est en vue et l=92OMC risque de perdre sa cr=E9dibilit=
=E9. A la=0D
   place, les ministres du commerce sont invit=E9s =E0 d=E9battre de =AB l=
=92OMC, du=0D
   syst=E8me commercial multilat=E9ral et de l=92environnement =E9conomique =
mondial =BB,=0D
   une mani=E8re de les encourager =E0 prendre l=92OMC comme point de r=E9f=
=E9rence en=0D
   termes de stabilit=E9 =E9conomique. Plus sp=E9cifiquement, les ministres =
vont se=0D
   concentrer sur la =AB r=E9vision des activit=E9s de l=92OMC, y compris du=
  programme=0D
   de travail de Doha =BB le premier jour et sur =AB la contribution de l=92=
OMC =E0 la=0D
   reprise, =E0 la croissance et au d=E9veloppement =BB le jour suivant.<o:p=
></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>Les sujets de discussion entourant ces deux vastes th=E8mes ne manquen=
t pas:=0D
   les ministres pourraient par exemple d=E9battre des le=E7ons tir=E9es de =
la crise=0D
   des prix alimentaires par rapport =E0 la contribution de l'OMC =E0 la s=
=E9curit=E9=0D
   alimentaire et tirer des conclusions sur comment poursuivre la r=E9forme =
des=0D
   r=E8gles commerciales agricoles. De fait, d=92apr=E8s <a=0D
   href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWVE9RBAAATVRT=
UVEG">un=0D
   rapport</a> du Minist=E8re de l=92agriculture des Etats-Unis (USDA) datan=
t de=0D
   2008, =AB la d=E9pendance aux importations alimentaires a augment=E9 au c=
ours des=0D
   trente derni=E8res ann=E9es. =BB Pour les pays les moins d=E9velopp=E9s n=
otamment,=0D
   l=92=E9tude de l'USDA arrive =E0 la conclusion que =96 comme cons=E9quenc=
e de cette=0D
   d=E9pendance =97 l=92augmentation des prix de 2007 entra=EEnera une augme=
ntation de=0D
   huit pourcent du d=E9ficit alimentaire (c'est-=E0-dire la quantit=E9 de n=
ourriture=0D
   n=E9cessaire pour augmenter la consommation de toutes les cat=E9gories de=
  revenus=0D
   vers le seuil nutritionnel de 2100 calories par personne environ). Une ra=
ison=0D
   suffisante pour reconsid=E9rer les suppos=E9s b=E9n=E9fices du libre-=E9c=
hange en=0D
   termes de s=E9curit=E9 alimentaire ?<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>Comme alternative, les ministres pourraient se demander si une=0D
   lib=E9ralisation accrue des services financiers est une strat=E9gie raiso=
nnable=0D
   en sachant que les r=E8gles d=E9finies ne sont elles-m=EAmes pas appliqu=
=E9es; ils=0D
   pourraient =E9galement se demander si faciliter les =E9changes pour le se=
cteur=0D
   des biocarburants aidera =E0 freiner le changement climatique au vu des=
=0D
   derniers signes...Les sujets de discussion ne manquent pas. Les ministres=
=0D
   pourraient faire le point sur l=92impasse de Doha et d=E9finir de nouvell=
es=0D
   r=E8gles qui permettraient de s'assurer que l'OMC est en mesure de releve=
r les=0D
   d=E9fis du 21e si=E8cle.<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>Mais aucun de ces sujets pourtant cruciaux ne sera plac=E9 au c=9Cur d=
u d=E9bat.=0D
   Le sujet principal de la rencontre ne soul=E8ve en r=E9alit=E9 que peu d=
=92attention.=0D
   Au lieu de cela, les ministres vont se pencher sur une s=E9rie de rapport=
s=0D
   traitant de sujets secondaires allant de l'e-commerce aux restrictions da=
ns=0D
   le cadre de la balance des paiements en passant par les =E9changes dans=
=0D
   l=92aviation civile. Dans un deuxi=E8me temps, les repr=E9sentants vont e=
ntamer des=0D
   n=E9gociations pour essayer de faire progresser Doha.<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>Le 16 octobre 2009, l=92Inde a fait circuler <a=0D
   href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWVU9RBAAATVRT=
UVEG">une=0D
   proposition</a> au nom d=92un groupe plus important de pays pour initier =
un=0D
   processus permettant de =AB r=E9viser le fonctionnement [de l=92OMC], son=
=0D
   efficacit=E9 et sa transparence et de consid=E9rer les am=E9liorations sy=
st=E9miques,=0D
   de mani=E8re opportune =BB. Cette proposition n=92a pas soulev=E9 l=92ent=
housiasme.=0D
   Cependant, elle fera l=92objet de discussions lors de la rencontre=0D
   minist=E9rielle et pourrait se transformer en mandat pour le Conseil g=E9=
n=E9ral.=0D
   Ce serait un pas dans la bonne direction. Cependant, =E0 moins que les me=
mbres=0D
   de l=92OMC ne d=E9cident d=92=EAtre s=E9rieux dans leur =E9valuation sur =
les cons=E9quences=0D
   de 25 ann=E9es de r=E8gles concoct=E9es par le Cycle de l'Uruguay pour le=
ur=0D
   =E9conomie, il est fort probable que ce processus ne soit rien de plus qu=
=92un=0D
   exercice formel.<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>R=E9cemment, Pascal Lamy a demand=E9 que la Conf=E9rence minist=E9riel=
le =AB=0D
   facilite l'engagement politique requis pour conclure le Cycle l'an procha=
in =BB=0D
   (<a href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWUk9RBAAA=
TVRTUVEG">discours=0D
   du 17 novembre au Conseil g=E9n=E9ral</a>). Les ministres ont =E9t=E9 mis=
  en garde=0D
   contre la tentation de s=92=E9loigner de l=92habituelle d=E9claration de =
soutien pour=0D
   une conclusion rapide du cycle, en d=E9pit du fait que ces d=E9clarations=
  se sont=0D
   av=E9r=E9es vaines au cours des quatre derni=E8res ann=E9es.<o:p></o:p></=
p>=0D
   <h2>III. UN NOUVEAU MUR A FAIRE TOMBER: quels efforts pour y parvenir?<o:=
p></o:p></h2>=0D
   <p>Le 9 novembre 2009, l=92Europe c=E9l=E9brait le 20e anniversaire de la=
  chute du=0D
   mur de Berlin. Les festivit=E9s tournaient pour la plupart autour du trio=
mphe=0D
   des droits politiques et civils sur la dictature et la censure. Pourtant,=
  de=0D
   nombreux observateurs en ont profit=E9 pour parler de la confusion que la=
  fin=0D
   du monde bipolaire a d=E9clench=E9e non seulement en Europe mais =E9galem=
ent dans=0D
   le reste du monde. Parmi eux, Pascal Lamy a d=E9clar=E9 que =AB la fin de=
  la guerre=0D
   froide a pris tout le monde de court (=85) =BB. En 1989, un nouvel ordre =
mondial=0D
   voyait le jour. Cependant, ses structures de gouvernance n=92ont pas =E9t=
=E9=0D
   suffisamment =E9labor=E9es ni d=E9battues. Il n=92y a jamais eu de conf=
=E9rence de=0D
   Bretton Woods ou de San Francisco apr=E8s 1989. Par cons=E9quent, les str=
uctures=0D
   de gouvernance mondiales ne sont pas adapt=E9es au contexte, ce qui expli=
que=0D
   nombre de probl=E8mes rencontr=E9s actuellement (<a=0D
   href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWU09RBAAATVRT=
UVEG">discours</a>=0D
   =E0 l=92Universit=E9 de Bocconi =E0 Milan le 9 novembre).<o:p></o:p></p>=
=0D
   <p>M. Lamy n=92est pas all=E9 jusqu=92=E0 convoquer une conf=E9rence de B=
retton Woods=0D
   pour le 21e si=E8cle, peut-=EAtre car elle emp=EAcherait la conclusion du=
  Cycle de=0D
   Doha. Une telle proposition aurait cependant l=92avantage d=92inclure cer=
tains=0D
   critiques de M. Lamy, qui d=E9cr=E8tent depuis des ann=E9es que le syst=
=E8me=0D
   multilat=E9ral a besoin d'=EAtre revisit=E9. Si la crise =E9conomique et =
financi=E8re=0D
   colossale que travers le monde aujourd=92hui n=92est pas suffisante pour=
=0D
   d=E9clencher cette r=E9forme, quel =E9v=E9nement le sera?<o:p></o:p></p>=
=0D
   <p>Malheureusement, on ne peut nier la r=E9alit=E9: les gouvernements et =
les=0D
   institutions intergouvernementales sont incapables de collaborer pour=0D
   s'attaquer aux crises multiples qu'ils affrontent. Derni=E8rement, le <a=
=0D
   href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWUE9RBAAATVRT=
UVEG">Sommet=0D
   mondial sur la s=E9curit=E9 alimentaire</a> organis=E9 par l'Organisation=
  des=0D
   Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) du 16 au 18 nove=
mbre=0D
   2009, n=92a produit que des discours vides. De plus, les pays d=E9velopp=
=E9s=0D
   essaient de diminuer l=92importance du <a=0D
   href=3D"http://open.iatp.org/phplist/lt.php?id=3Df09VVgVVCVFWUU9RBAAATVRT=
UVEG">Sommet=0D
   de l=92ONU sur le climat</a> (Copenhague) =E0 mesure que celui-ci se rapp=
roche.=0D
   Bien que l=92on progresse dans notre compr=E9hension des origines de la c=
rise=0D
   financi=E8re, c'est encore insuffisant. Et ces processus sont men=E9s=0D
   ind=E9pendamment les uns des autres, comme c=92est le cas des n=E9gociati=
ons de=0D
   Doha, au lieu de les consid=E9rer dans leur ensemble.<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>Les n=E9gociations de Doha se sont enlis=E9es tant parce que l'ordre d=
u jour=0D
   n=92est plus d=92actualit=E9 que parce que le nouvel =E9quilibre des pouv=
oirs ne=0D
   permet pas les m=EAmes prises de d=E9cision que pendant le Cycle de l=92U=
ruguay,=0D
   lorsque deux membres (les Etats-Unis et l=92Union europ=E9enne) pouvaient=
=0D
   convenir d=92un accord et l'imposer aux autres membres. Le Br=E9sil a =E9=
t=E9 le=0D
   premier grand pays en d=E9veloppement =E0 prendre un r=F4le de leader =E0=
  l=92OMC. Il a=0D
   =E9t=E9 suivi par l=92Inde et plus r=E9cemment, par la Chine. D=92autres =
pays en=0D
   d=E9veloppement sont =E9galement plus conscients des r=E8gles du jeu et l=
es pays=0D
   africains ont pu actionner un levier gr=E2ce au cas du coton. La crise=0D
   =E9conomique mondiale et la mani=E8re dont le G20 a supplant=E9 le G8 com=
me forum=0D
   central de d=E9cision =E9conomique ne fait que renforcer le poids des pay=
s=0D
   =E9mergents.<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>L=92OMC a besoin de s=92orienter vers une nouvelle version du multilat=
=E9ralisme=0D
   =96 une vision plus interactive, d=E9centralis=E9e et centr=E9e sur les b=
esoins des=0D
   utilisateurs, c'est-=E0-dire une approche qui place les int=E9r=EAts des =
personnes=0D
   au centre: un sorte de =AB multilat=E9ralisme 2.0 =BB Tout d=92abord, cel=
a implique=0D
   de remettre l'accent sur le pr=E9ambule de l'Accord de Marrakech institua=
nt=0D
   l'OMC, qui d=E9finit des objectifs globaux pour l'organisation: =AB am=E9=
lioration=0D
   des conditions de vie =BB, =AB d=E9veloppement durable =BB et =AB protect=
ion de=0D
   l=92environnement =BB. L=92obsession autour des droits de douane et des s=
ubventions=0D
   au d=E9triment des objectifs de politique publique doit prendre fin.<o:p>=
</o:p></p>=0D
   <p>Par ailleurs, les gouvernements doivent d=E9battre des d=E9tails des n=
ouveaux=0D
   accords, en int=E9grant d=92autres parties int=E9ress=E9es. Le monde rego=
rge d=92id=E9es,=0D
   qu=92elles proviennent du milieu acad=E9mique, des experts de la soci=E9t=
=E9 civile=0D
   ou m=EAme de repr=E9sentants gouvernementaux. Inclure les r=E9gionalismes=
  et=0D
   dessiner un r=F4le pour l=92OMC en construisant des ponts entre les diff=
=E9rents=0D
   accords en est une. Revoir les processus de prise de d=E9cision pour perm=
ettre=0D
   l=92int=E9gration et la transparence en est une autre. Il est =E9vident q=
ue l=92OMC=0D
   doit =E9galement revoir sa relation au syst=E8me multilat=E9ral ainsi que=
  sa=0D
   mani=E8re de d=E9f=E9rer aux comp=E9tences d'autres organes intergouverne=
mentaux de=0D
   droits humains et de d=E9veloppement plut=F4t que de r=E9duire les mandat=
s de ces=0D
   organes =E0 un =E9l=E9ment de la matrice de la politique commerciale.<o:p=
></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>Dans son discours =E0 Milan, Pascal Lamy a =E9voqu=E9 cinq ingr=E9dien=
ts qui=0D
   fonctionnent pour un syst=E8me de gouvernance: le leadership; la l=E9giti=
mit=E9; la=0D
   propri=E9t=E9; l=92efficacit=E9 afin d=92aboutir =E0 des r=E9sultats pour=
  le bien des=0D
   populations ; et la coh=E9rence. En effet, il s=92agit l=E0 de bons indic=
es de=0D
   r=E9f=E9rence pour =E9valuer la gouvernance mondiale ainsi que la contrib=
ution de=0D
   l=92OMC. Les ministres du commerce vont-ils s=92en servir pour =AB revoir=
  les=0D
   activit=E9s de l=92OMC =BB ? Les groupes de la soci=E9t=E9 civile se r=E9=
unissant en=0D
   marge de la conf=E9rence vont certainement le faire.<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <h2>IV. DATES A RETENIR<o:p></o:p></h2>=0D
   <p>30 nov. - 2 d=E9cembre: 7e Conf=E9rence interminist=E9rielle de l=92OM=
C<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>7 -18 d=E9cembre: Conf=E9rence des Nations Unies sur le changement cli=
matique=0D
   (UNFCCC)<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>27 =96 31 janvier 2010: Rencontre annuelle du Forum =E9conomique mondi=
al =E0=0D
   Davos, Suisse<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
   <p>Juin 2010: Sommet du G20 au Canada<o:p></o:p></p>=0D
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WTO CONFERENCE: TRADE UNIONS INSIST JOBS COME FIRST

Brussels, 30 November 2009 (ITUC OnLine):As the 7^th WTO Ministerial Conference opens in Geneva, a 60-strong trade union delegation at the talks have issued a 6-point set of demands for the negotiatiors, drawn up following a Trade Union Conference on 29 November addressed by WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, Trade Ministers of Brazil, South Africa, Argentina, the EU’s lead negotiator and ILO Executive Director Kari Tapiola.

“At this time of near-record levels of unemployment in many countries, it would be foolhardy to promote accelerated trade liberalisation without taking into account its implications for jobs and growth”, said ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder.  “The priority for all countries is escaping the jobs crisis and the Doha WTO Round must be judged on the basis of the impact it would make on that objective.  Its future will be determined in that light.”   

Other priorities in the trade union statement include addressing employment and industrial development needs of developing countries in the “NAMA” negotiations on manufactures; introducing a moratorium on financial services liberalisation under “GATS”; to establishing a fair and transparent WTO acccession process; and renegotiating the WTO’s Article XXIV on regional integration, to prevent undue burdens being placed on developing countries negotiating bilateral trade agreements.  

 “The economic crisis has shown the need for all parts of the multilateral system to pull together in order to achieve recovery,” said Ryder.  “The WTO needs to catch up with the rest.  Since  the ILO is recognised as the agency providing governments with policy guidance on employment and social protection, it should be invited to take full part in WTO working groups, negotiating groups and committee structures.  Development based on the decent work agenda including core labour standards must be mainstreamed in all WTO programmes and negotiations.”

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Which Countries Will the Millennium Challenge Corporation Select for
Fiscal Year 2010?
2:00pm--3:30pm
Center for Global Development, Lobby-level Conference Center
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On December 9th, the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) will meet to select the countries that will be
eligible to apply for funds from the FY2010 pool of resources. This
deliberation marks the seventh round of the MCC eligibility selection
process, and many interesting factors come into play this year. In
addition to examining individual country performance on the
indicators, the MCA Monitor explores current issues affecting the
MCC's selection process including income graduation, budget
uncertainty, second compacts, and successful compact implementation in
a new paper entitled "Round Seven of the MCA." This event features a
discussion with Sheila Herrling, Director of CGD's Rethinking U.S.
Foreign Assistance Program, about the MCA Monitor's selection
forecast and what principles should guide the MCC Board and new
management team as they choose eligible countries for FY2010.

Thursday, December 3, 2009
British Development Policy and the Conservative Party
10:00am--11:30am
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Andrew Mitchell, MP, Shadow Minister for International Development,
will be speaking about the UK Conservative Party's development policy
and plans, including the main elements of the "green paper" issued
recently. One World Conservatism (pdf, 523KB) lays out the Tory
strategy for fighting global poverty and how the UK aid regime may
change if the Conservative Party wins next year's elections. CGD
President
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Nancy Birdsall will offer remarks and Todd Moss, CGD Vice
President for Corporate Affairs, and Senior Fellow, will moderate the
discussion.

Friday, December 4, 2009
Lessons Learned in Addressing HIV Infection among Haitian Adolescents
1:30pm--3:00pm
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Haitian girls and young women living in Port-au-Prince are
particularly vulnerable to HIV infection, with a much higher HIV
prevalence than the general population. Since the early 1980s, the
Haitian Study Group on Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections
(GHESKIO) has provided care for HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted
infections (STIs), diarrhea, and tuberculosis (TB) through its
community- and clinic-based services. In her presentation,
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Dr. Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Secretary General of GHESKIO, will
discuss the successes and limitations of GHESKIO's work to curb HIV
infection among adolescent girls--with a specific emphasis on the
challenges of working with a population with high levels of poverty
and violence. CGD Vice President for Programs and Operations, and
Senior Fellow, Ruth Levine, will chair.



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