Minutes - TRIPS Council - View details of the intervention/statement

Ambassador Mero (United Republic of Tanzania)
13 The United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel Report on Access to Medicines
625. The Government of Canada considers access to medicines for poor and disadvantaged populations to be a key priority in our ongoing efforts to promote global health and prosperity. 626. Canada reported on our broad array of programmes promoting access to medicines on several occasions yesterday and during the Article 66.2 Workshop on Monday so I will refrain from repeating these for a fourth time during this TRIPS Council session. 627. Canada welcomes the attention that the Report of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines has drawn to this important issue since it was released on 14 September. 628. However, Canada will require further time to consider this detailed report and its various recommendations. 629. For Canada, such recommendations touch on a variety of complex domestic policies, laws and regulations related to intellectual property, health and pharmaceuticals, which fall under the responsibility of several Federal Government departments and agencies who are collectively studying the Report. 630. Canada is pleased to be part of the discussion today and to learning more about the views of other Members that have established their national positions on the HLP Report.
The Council took note of the statements made and agreed to take the matter up as an ad hoc agenda item at its next meeting.
70. The Chairman said that Brazil, China, India and South Africa had requested that this item be added to the agenda. They had submitted a communication that briefly introduced the item, circulated in document IP/C/W/619.

71. The representatives of India, Brazil, South Africa, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the Russian Federation, the United States, Canada, the European Union, Chile, Australia, Switzerland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Plurinational State of Bolivia and Norway took the floor.

72. The representatives of the Holy See, WHO, UNCTAD, and UNAIDS took the floor.

73. The representative of the Secretariat took the floor.

74. The Council took note of the statements made and agreed to take the matter up as an ad hoc agenda item at its next meeting.

IP/C/M/83, IP/C/M/83/Add.1