Post by account_disabled on Jan 2, 2024 5:40:45 GMT
The US Embassy in Thailand sent a letter to General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Minister and 7 other ministers involved to oppose the glyphosate ban. Claiming that it will affect the export of US products to Thailand. The BIOTHAI page refers to Mr. Suriya's interview. Therefore, Rungruangkit Minister of Industry Revealed to the media that “Before traveling to China, officials brought documents for me to sign at the airport stating that the US Embassy Said that if glyphosate is banned it will have negative effects. Please have this one available. Because I still can't find another one to replace it.” affairs of Thailand For the benefit of biotechnology corporations Looking back to 1997, or more than 20 years ago.
Thai Intellectual Rights Network which is the name of the Country Email List network of academics and civil society which was later known under the name BIOTHAI in collaboration with the Institute of Thai Traditional Medicine Ministry of Public Health At that time, Dr. Pennapa Sapcharoen was the director. Jointly draft a law to protect and promote Thai traditional medical wisdom. At the same time, on the one hand, they have jointly pushed for laws to protect plant varieties. Both of which have important principles: Prevent cases of biopiracy with multinational corporations taking advantage of biological resources and local wisdom and patenting them as monopolies which aside from the resource owner not receiving any benefit It also prevents resource owners from being able to research and develop the benefits of their own local resources and knowledge in the future.
Both bills are among the first legal models in the world to be developed based on principles. “National sovereignty over biological resources” to counter biopiracy During the legislative drafting process Suddenly a letter from the US Embassy was sent to the Ministry of Public Health. to threaten that the draft law is incompatible with the intellectual property rights agreement under the World Trade Organization; and threaten the interests of U.S. pharmaceutical and seed companies. But the group of lawmakers from both the Ministry of Public Health side and the Ministry of Agriculture was not shaken. We responded by organizing an international conference to announce that Enactment of the two laws of Thailand It is in accordance with the principles of international law in The Convention on Biological Diversity and the WTO's own TRIPS Agreement that allows each country to enact laws that have specific characteristics or sui generis.
Thai Intellectual Rights Network which is the name of the Country Email List network of academics and civil society which was later known under the name BIOTHAI in collaboration with the Institute of Thai Traditional Medicine Ministry of Public Health At that time, Dr. Pennapa Sapcharoen was the director. Jointly draft a law to protect and promote Thai traditional medical wisdom. At the same time, on the one hand, they have jointly pushed for laws to protect plant varieties. Both of which have important principles: Prevent cases of biopiracy with multinational corporations taking advantage of biological resources and local wisdom and patenting them as monopolies which aside from the resource owner not receiving any benefit It also prevents resource owners from being able to research and develop the benefits of their own local resources and knowledge in the future.
Both bills are among the first legal models in the world to be developed based on principles. “National sovereignty over biological resources” to counter biopiracy During the legislative drafting process Suddenly a letter from the US Embassy was sent to the Ministry of Public Health. to threaten that the draft law is incompatible with the intellectual property rights agreement under the World Trade Organization; and threaten the interests of U.S. pharmaceutical and seed companies. But the group of lawmakers from both the Ministry of Public Health side and the Ministry of Agriculture was not shaken. We responded by organizing an international conference to announce that Enactment of the two laws of Thailand It is in accordance with the principles of international law in The Convention on Biological Diversity and the WTO's own TRIPS Agreement that allows each country to enact laws that have specific characteristics or sui generis.