115. The representative of Egypt associated his delegation with the statement made by Côte d'Ivoire on behalf of the Disclosure Group. He said that there was a continuing lack of engagement from a few Members on this issue, which had significant impact on developing countries, particularly with respect to the development prospects of the communities in these countries. He said that there was a need to introduce an amendment to the TRIPS Agreement to include a mandatory disclosure requirement, the principle of prior informed consent, and equitable benefit sharing, in order to bring the TRIPS Agreement in line with the CBD precepts. Therefore, he urged all Members to proceed in good faith towards this end. He also said that all three TRIPS issues needed to be considered in parallel and to be included as part of the horizontal process.
