WTO head urges G20 leaders to negotiate IP waiver
10:37 am Friday, May 21st, 2021
(Reuters) – The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday called on the leaders of the Group of 20 nations to make progress in negotiations on a proposal to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines.
“We must act now to get all ambassadors to the table to negotiate a text,” WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said at the virtual G20 health summit. “We have to sit down and negotiate if we want to save lives.”
(Reporting by Emma Farge; editing by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi)
