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Ambassador Chak Mun See (Singapore)
L REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 71.1
176. Introducing his delegation's paper, the representative of Australia said that his delegation had endeavoured to take into account comments made by other delegations at the previous meeting. The key areas that had been revised when comparing the text with the earlier non-paper were, first, the need to take into account the trade and development impact on developing countries during the course of this review. Regarding the substantive areas that the review could cover, the paper suggested ways of implementing the Agreement that optimized Members' interests, especially in the areas of biotechnology, traditional knowledge and genetic resources and of making implementation of the Agreement more consonant with the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. His delegation would provide further information regarding its own implementation of the Agreement to illustrate how this process could work and draw attention to the options available to advance social and economic interests under the Agreement.
IP/C/M/28