http://www.alliancesud.ch daily 1 2009-05-29T13:25:07Z http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/other/rules-for-business-2013-rights-for-people Lack of coherence, no global vision, no to binding measures – when it comes to regulating internationally active corporations, much remains to be done in Switzerland. The «Corporate Justice» campaign being mounted by Alliance Sud and over 50 other organizations hopes to change that. Home 2012-01-04T15:43:46Z Page http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/other/the-foreign-minister2019s-legacy Micheline Calmy-Rey’s stubbornness has irked many at one time or another, us included. On balance, however, she and her management team are leaving behind a foreign policy legacy worth continuing. It may be described with the terms «universalism» and «active neutrality». Home 2012-01-04T15:57:27Z Page http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/climate/southern-reservations-about-the-green-economy Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil is again playing host to UN Member States and Heads of Government in the metropolis beside Sugar Loaf Mountain. It is hoped that next June's «Rio+20» meeting will give fresh impetus to sustainable development. Success in that regard will depend on the future willingness of the North to share the limited resources fairly with the South. Home 2012-01-04T15:42:38Z Page http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/trade/fta-india-fights-back-over-its-generics India refuses to include TRIPS-plus intellectual property rules in the planned free trade agreement with the European Union. It specifically rejects the data exclusivity being sought by pharmaceutical companies in drug approval processes.That could also scuttle the negotiations with Switzerland. Home 2012-01-04T15:44:11Z Page http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/aid/the-oecd-development-cooperation-of-the-future Development cooperation should greatly expand its topic range and pay more attention to global public goods. This is the general tenor of the report published by the «forward thinker», the OECD, to mark the 50th anniversary of its Development Assistance Committee DAC. Home 2012-01-04T15:44:49Z Page http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/rearming-tax-haven-switzerland A parliamentary motion is obliging the Swiss Government to look for new loopholes for foreign tax dodgers. Introducing trusts and front companies like those available in the UK and the USA should open up new opportunities for the Swiss financial centre. Home 2012-01-04T15:51:13Z Page