International
Baby Food Action Network and Baby Milk Action have posted an update on the
World Health Organization's moves towards developing tighter ties with
corporations through its new Framework of Engagement with non-State Actors. The News Minute also covers the developing story.
"The
long-running debate about how WHO interacts with corporations is coming to
crisis point," reports IBFAN. "In the context of its Reform Process
WHO Secretariat has been working on a new Framework of Engagement with non-State
Actors -- a term which applies equally to corporations, big philanthropies and
public interest groups."
IBFAN
states that, "There seems to be a lack of political will to sort out this
critical component of much needed comprehensive, coherent and effective public
interest safeguards in the face of giant companies and private funding for
public purposes. Instead the document refers frequently to the need for ‘mutual
respect’ and ‘trust’ and proposes that a key principle for relations with WHO
is inclusiveness of all actors."
"Never
has the need for an organization like the WHO been more necessary. And never
has the organization been spread so thin that it appears rudderless and
searching for relevance," comments The News Minute.
"The draft framework of the resolution is yet to take a stand on how
conflict of interest will be managed – or whether it should be at all – and
instruments available to countries to independently conduct due
diligence."
WHO
opens the doors wide to corporate influence (IBFAN Baby Milk
Action, May 19, 2015)
Did
the WHO just invite corporates to set health policy? (The News
Minute, May 19, 2015)
--Rob Wipond, News Editor
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