[Chapter-delegates] ACTA did not fare well today...

[Desiree Miloshevic]

Hi Alejandro

Thank you for keeping us abreast with the developments in Mexico.

I found this Google translate link very useful http://bit.ly/mexico-acta

Best

Desiree
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On 5 Oct 2010, at 21:53, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:

> Hi,
>
> a few minutes ago, the Senate of Mexico approved unanimously an  
> agreement to:
>
> 1. form a plural group of Senators to study ACTA;
>
> 2. have this group call for public discussions and consultations on  
> ACTA;
>
> 3. request that the Executive suspend negotiations of ACTA until the  
> consultations are made.
>
> We have had a small participation in this through our constant  
> interaction with a leading Senator and the Senate's Science and  
> Technology Commission, which he chairs.
>
> During the session today I made a call for a moratorium instead of  
> an all-out all-or-nothing motion by a group of Senators that just  
> called for the Government to retire from the Agreement, which was  
> very unlikely to pass.
>
> Others will be better informed as to our degree of influence. The  
> good thing is the real-time news that the vote passed... and ACTA  
> didn't.
>
> Formally the Senate has no immediate say on treaties. Like  
> elsewhere, it is supposed to wait till it they are signed, then  
> ratify. However, a recent law does obligate the Executive to inform  
> the Senate as treaties are being negotiated. That was grounds enough  
> to give today's vote some teeth.
>
> The story is only beginning...
>
> Yours,
>
> Alx
>
>
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