76. The representative of Brazil said that his delegation considered the adoption of the Declaration to be a landmark in the history of the WTO and that it attached great importance to the discussions on the implementation of its paragraph 6. His delegation believed that the issue was of crucial importance to developing countries and it was for this reason that it had sought to engage and participate actively and constructively in the discussions. He said that in the course of discussions during the previous year his delegation had moved far from its preferred options for a solution. He recalled that his delegation had made a number of considerable concessions and that in late December, after a few weeks of very intensive consultations and negotiations, it had stated in an open-ended meeting of the TRIPS Council that it was in a position to join a consensus on the document presented by the Chairman on 16 December 2002 as a compromise solution.
77. He recalled that in the course of these discussions his delegation had also repeatedly stated that it could only accept a solution that would be in line with the spirit and letter of the Declaration. As paragraph 6 was part of that Declaration, any solution to the problems identified by that paragraph had to respect the integrity of the Declaration as a whole. He stated that his delegation had not been in a position to accept a solution that would amount to a re-interpretation or re-writing of other parts of the Declaration and that this position remained unchanged. He reiterated his delegation's commitment, given the considerable importance it attached to the issue at stake, to seeking and finding a multilateral and permanent solution which was within the scope of the mandate given by Ministers in Doha.
