H.E. Ambassador Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter

South Africa

14 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PUBLIC INTEREST: BEYOND ACCESS TO MEDICINES AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES TOWARDS A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TRIPS FLEXIBILITIES

595.   South Africa thanks all Members who contributed to this discussion. I am very encouraged by the level of engagement that we are seeing on this particular topic it has not seen like this for a long time and it is a good precedent going forward. So, from that point of view, we also watch with interest as we develop further topics on the intersection between IP and public interest.

The Council took note of the statements made.

55.   The Chair said that this item had been put on the agenda at the request of South Africa. A communication concerning had been circulated in document IP/C/W/666. She invited South Africa to introduce the item.
56.   The representative of South Africa took the floor to introduce the item.
57.   The representatives of Nigeria; Indonesia; Chile; Tanzania, on behalf of the African Group; Colombia; China; Malaysia; Zimbabwe; India; Chinese Taipei; Canada; the United Kingdom; the European Union; Ecuador; Australia; Switzerland; the United States of America; Sri Lanka; Japan; and the WHO took the floor.
58.   The Council took note of the statements made.

IP/C/M/95, IP/C/M/95/Add.1