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Urgent: Fight for Access to Medicines, Feb 8th, DC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sanjay Basu)
Sat Jan 18 05:48:09 2003
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Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 10:43:39 +0000
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From: Sanjay Basu <Sanjay.Basu@balliol.oxford.ac.uk>
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>Please forward widely and excuse multiple postings.
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>--URGENT DEMONSTRATION TO FIGHT FOR ACCESS TO MEDICINES--
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>Join hundreds from around North America as they "die in" on the
>steps of the US Trade Rep!
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>Oppose the US Trade Representative's Attempts to Block Access to
>Medicines Worldwide
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>Why: The US Trade Rep has consistently undermined the WTO "Doha"
>Agreement, which declared that he and other trade representatives
>would not block "access to medicines for all". The Trade Rep has
>threatened other countries with trade sanctions and has blocked
>deals on drug access to undermine poor countries' abilities to
>obtain affordable medicines, in line with keeping a monopoly on drug
>prices for the US pharmaceutical industry. Come express your
>opposition before he tries to pass his plans at the next WTO council
>meeting, Feb 10-11th.
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>Background info: www.geocities.com/medicinepolicy
>Questions: access_camp@yahoo.com
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>Demonstration:
>When: Saturday Feb 8th, Noon
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>Where: US Trade Representative headquarters, 600 17th Street, N.W.,
>Washington DC: corner of F and 17th, one block from the White House
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>What: A mass "die in" outside the USTR's door, symbolizing the folks
>who will die from lack of access to medicines. Even if you don't
>want to 'die', come support the vigil and rally outside, and bring
>empty pill canisters to stack at the door of our trade rep.
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>We can help with transportation: vans/buses are coming from
>everywhere--Massachusetts through North Carolina. E-mail
>access_camp@yahoo.com for info.
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>Does your organization want to endorse this event? E-mail
><organization name>, <city>, <state abbreviation> in the subject
>line to access_camp@yahoo.com
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