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Despite the European Parliament's support for the IGWG process, and its request for genuine engagement from the EU, the EU has expressed concerns about the way the IGWG process has been conducted so far, and still seems beset by obstacles that prevent it from engaging in the negotiation process.
The debate on this issue advanced through the 2-year WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG, 2006-2008) process, which resulted in the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (GSPoA).
The fourth round of the IGWG is set to take place in October 2018.
The United Nations Human Rights Council resolution 26/9 of 26 June 2014 established an open-ended intergovernmental working group (IGWG) on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.
Is the EU envisaging a common position for the October 2018 IGWG session, and if so, what process will be followed and how will the EU engage with stakeholders and the European Parliament?
Three sessions of the IGWG have taken place so far: the first two were aimed at deliberating on the content, scope, nature and form of the future international instrument, while at the third, held in October 2017, the group started preparing elements for the draft version of the legally binding instrument.
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FAO is currently providing the secretariat for the Intergovernmental Working Group IGWGG) for the elaboration of a set of voluntary guidelines to support the progressive realisation of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security.
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