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South Centre
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Intergovernmental think tank of the Global South
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#AMR #HealthEquity #OneHealth
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We appreciate the organization by the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter of the Special Conference on the International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures & the presentations & interventions highlighting the illegality of these measures under international law &
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Agradecemos la invitación para discutir en el Webinar sobre Equidad y Gobernanza Sanitaria ante Futuras Pandemias los principales elementos en la revisión del Reglamento Sanitario Internacional y el Acuerdo sobre Pandemias relevantes para los países en desarrollo.
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We were pleased to receive Dr. Sujith Chandy, Executive Director of the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), and his colleagues, and for the opportunity to discuss future cooperation in the critical area of AMR.
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Read "Global South Development Achievements and Challenges", a recent thematic report by our partner the Global South Research Center (GSRC), co-authored by South Centre's Carlos Correa & Yuefen Li: www.gsrc-web.net/detailsSouth...
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Learn about the GUIDE Framework, a practical 5-step antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) tool designed to support prescribers, AMS teams & policymakers in developing countries to optimize antibiotic use & combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance #AMR: us5.campaign-archive.com?u=fa9cf38799...
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
... now account for around 70% for medicines & far more than 90% for vaccines & active ingredients.

See also our Research Paper "A Response to COVID-19 and Beyond: Expanding African Capacity in Vaccine Production": www.southcentre.int/wp-content/u...
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
At the Ministerial Conference on Local Production of Medicines & Other Health Technologies in Africa in Algiers, South Centre stressed the need to actively use diverse industrial policy tools to substitute the importation of pharmaceutical products in Africa, which ...
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
AI for all, not just the few 🌐

India-AI #ImpactSummit Pre-Event at UN Geneva by South Centre, @itforchange.bsky.social & CPRG India, supported by the Permanent Mission of India & IndiaAI, champions equitable #AI access through global innovation & cooperation.
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We thank the government of Algeria and the @who.int for the invitation to participate at the Ministerial Conference on Local Production of Medicines and Other Health Technologies in Algiers (27-29 November), where we will address how to promote demand for locally produced medicines.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The #UNCTAD16 side event on “Unilateral Coercive Measures: Obstacles to Trade and Sustainable Development”, organized by the Permanent Mission of Venezuela in Geneva as coordinator of the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter, sought to address the illegality under ...
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The #LBI must close the "remedy deficit," ending jurisdictional barriers, ensuring HRDD is an Obligation of Result, and establishing the Primacy of Human Rights (Art. 14) to shield states from ISDS.
#BusinessAndHumanRights #GlobalJustice
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Daniel Uribe from South Centre participated in the side event "Update on the process to elaborate a legally binding instrument on business and human rights” organised by the Permanent Mission of Ecuador in Geneva, South Centre & FES during the UN Forum on #bizhumanrights.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
... which collectively represent most of the Global South, on ongoing international tax reforms regarding the OECD Global Minimum Tax, the US domestic tax reform and the historic negotiations for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The South Centre's Abdul Muheet Chowdhary @abdulmc.bsky.social spoke at the inaugural #TaxTrendsSummit 2025 on November 5 in Washington, DC co-organized by Tax Analysts & the American Bar Association.

The presentation focused on the different perspectives of the South Centre's 55 Member States, ...
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The South Centre's Thematic Work Programme, 2026 to 2028 is now available: www.southcentre.int/work-program...
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Please join this Interactive Session on Health Diplomacy, Right to Health, Menstrual Health, and Trade.

📅 Date: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
🕒 Time: 15:00 – 16:00 (CET)

Hybrid format (In-person/Virtual)

REGISTER: docs.google.com/forms/d/1cJW...
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Complete Cycle and Call to Action 📢

From evidence to evaluation - the complete GUIDE:

Gather Evidence & Assess
Urgency & Source
Identify Choice
Define Duration
Evaluate & Review

Implement GUIDE for better patient outcomes!
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
One Health, Research & Duration Planning

Human health stewardship supports One Health

Shortest effective duration = Best outcomes

GUIDE Steps 4 & 5:
⏰ Define Duration
🔄 Evaluate & Review
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Dr. Carlos Correa, South Centre Executive Director, highlighted at the G20 Leaders' Summit that while the world is transitioning to a critical mineral-intensive future, resource-rich poor countries are stuck at the bottom of the value chain.
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The South Centre's Executive Director Dr. Carlos Correa spoke at the G20 Leaders' Summit congratulating South Africa's successful G20 Presidency & stressing that any reform of the @wto.org should be development oriented & preserve S&DT.

See statement: www.southcentre.int/sc-g20-leade...
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The South Centre's Board met virtually under the chairmanship of Pres. Thabo Mbeki to discuss the work conducted by the Centre and its financial situation & long term sustainability. The Work program for 2026-2028 was also adopted.
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Check out the latest SouthViews examining how African countries are shaping a more coherent approach to trade and climate action in the lead up to #COP30 and @wto.org #MC14: www.southcentre.int/southviews-n...
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We were pleased to receive H.E. Mr. Sharaf Sheralizoda, Ambassador and PR of the Republic of Tajikistan, and to discuss possible modalities of cooperation in different areas covered by the South Centre's Work Program.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Tackling Health Inequities

🌍 Every setting deserves quality stewardship tools.

The GUIDE Framework bridges gaps:

✅ Accessible for all health facilities

✅ Integrates WHO AWaRe & local guidelines

✅ Promotes evidence-based practice globally
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM