318. Tanzania welcomed the submission made by the delegation of South Africa. Considering the exponential growth of the E-commerce and its technical applications with embedded IP protections, and also considering the monopolies behind the AI technologies, and the fact that our economies are in the transition into the digital economy, we see the importance of the Council's role. We need to intensify discussions on this particular agenda item. At least to have an honest discussion and see what are the challenges facing developing countries, and where leverage can be drawn for developing countries to benefit from the vast expanding technology of this particular area. Therefore, extending this agenda item to continue the discussion is important as called for by the delegation of South Africa.
319. It has come at a time where there is this need, a growing need from developing countries to also participate in this area, particularly to e-commerce. Therefore, we wanted to subscribe to the proposal made and we welcome the proposal while it is still in a preliminary stage of review. We will also engage our capital to look at it in details and perhaps see the possibility to join the delegation of South Africa in that particular matter.
