Tournament: Jack Howe | Round: 2 | Opponent: Marlborough ED | Judge: Joel Lemuel
CP: Member nations of the World Trade Organization should enter into a prior and binding consultation with the World Health Organization over reducing intellectual property protections by implementing a one-and-done approach for patent protection. Member nations will support the proposal and adopt the results of consultation.
WHO says yes – it supports increasing the availability of generics and limiting TRIPS
Hoen 03 ~(Ellen T., researcher at the University Medical Centre at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands who has been listed as one of the 50 most influential people in intellectual property by the journal Managing Intellectual Property, PhD from the University of Groningen) "TRIPS, Pharmaceutical Patents and Access to Essential Medicines: Seattle, Doha and Beyond," Chicago Journal of International Law, 2003~ JL
However, subsequent resolutions of the World Health Assembly have strengthened the WHO's mandate in
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access to drugs, local manufacturing capacity, and the development of new drugs
Consultation displays strong leadership, authority, and cohesion among member states which are key to WHO legitimacy
Gostin et al 15 ~(Lawrence O., Linda D. and Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University, Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Public Health Law and Human Rights, JD from Duke University) "The Normative Authority of the World Health Organization," Georgetown University Law Center, 5/2/2015~ JL
Members want the WHO to exert leadership, harmonize disparate activities, and set priorities
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Organization generously, grant it authority and flexibility, and hold it accountable.
Murtugudde 20 ~(Raghu, professor of atmospheric and oceanic science at the University of Maryland, PhD in mechanical engineering from Columbia University) "Why We Need the World Health Organization Now More Than Ever," Science, 4/19/2020~ JL
WHO continues to play an indispensable role during the current COVID-19 outbreak itself
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and trade restrictions. WHO coordinates and helps build capacity to implement IHR.
Murphy 20 ~(Chris, U.S. senator from Connecticut serving on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee) "The Answer is to Empower, Not Attack, the World Health Organization," War on the Rocks, 4/21/2020~ JL
The World Health Organization is critical to stopping disease outbreaks and strengthening public health systems
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international anti-pandemic infrastructure without the World Health Organization at the center.