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| 03.12.07 | Swiss NGOs call for a moratorium on bilateral free trade agreements with developing countries Criticism of the EFTA: The Berne Declaration and Alliance Sud call for a moratorium on bilateral free trade agreements with developing countries.The EFTA countries... more |
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| 29.10.07 | Genocide in Darfur – No business with death The genocide in Darfur relies mainly on the income of the Sudanese government from the oil industry. Involved are also Swiss financial institutions such as UBS or... more |
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| 12.10.07 | Dole discontinues Paraquat use and puts additional pressure on Syngenta As reported earlier this week, Dole, the world's largest producer and marketer of fruit, vegetables, and cut flowers will no longer use Paraquat. Even as growing... more |
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| 06.08.07 | The Berne Declaration welcomes the Indian justice’s decision and demands that Novartis and Switzerland respect this decision Today the Chennai High Court of Justice returned its verdict about Novartis’ court case against the Indian patent law. The Court confirmed that section 3 (d) of the... more |
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| 12.07.07 | EU-Court Reins in Syngenta: the Beginning of the End for Paraquat. In a ground-breaking decision yesterday the EU’s Court of First Instance revoked the EU-approval for the Syngenta herbicide paraquat. The court ruled that the... more |
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| 04.07.07 | NGOs Criticize “Blue Washing” by the Global Compact At the “Public Eye on the Global Compact” in the Palais des Nations in Geneva, leading non-governmental organizations express harsh criticism regarding the Global... more |
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| 28.06.07 | NGO Protest before EFTA Ministerial Meeting in Vaduz/Liechtenstein “No world trade that only benefits the rich” is being called for by 150 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) before the trade minister’s meeting of the EFTA... more |
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| 01.05.07 | Syngenta accused of violating FAO code of conduct NGOs from Asia, Latin America, and Europe are filing a complaint with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) against the Swiss... more |
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| 06.03.07 | Vasella questioned at the General Meeting in Basel about Novartis legal action against India At Novartis General Meeting today, the Berne Declaration will urge Dr. Vasella, to drop Novartis legal action against India, which threathens access to affordable... more |
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| 15.02.07 | Former Swiss President joins Call for Novartis to Drop its Case in India Press Release: Berne Declaration, Médecins Sans Frontières, Oxfam International Geneva, 15 February 2007 – Former President of the Swiss Confederation Ruth... more |
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| 07.02.07 | Syngenta: Tidy profit at the expense of pesticide victims Tomorrow, Syngenta will present another set of splendid profit figures for the past year. With an action before the company’s corporate headquarters the Berne... more |
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| 24.01.07 | The «Public Eye Awards 2007» go to Bridgestone, Novartis and Coop On Opening Day of the World Economic Forum (WEF), The Berne Declaration and Pro Natura have for the third year selected the most irresponsible corporations.... more |
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| 11.01.07 | The Public Eye Awards: In Prosperous Times More Relevant Than Ever On Opening Day of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Berne Declaration and Pro Natura will confer for the third year their Public Eye Awards for particularly... more |
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