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

Ambassador Chak Mun See (Singapore)
L NON-VIOLATION COMPLAINTS
226. The representative of Australia said that his delegation's interest in promoting substantive TRIPS Council work on this issue was well-known. Its paper already illustrated that there were useful clarifications that could attract a consensus, even though this was an intrinsically difficult issue. Whilst thinking on this issue was still at an early stage, he urged delegations to consider the recommendations in Australia's paper as a way of advancing towards substantive outcomes. Korea's non-paper was a further valuable contribution to the debate. Such contributions were more likely to advance Members' collective interest rather than relinquishing the Council's mandate and letting the issue be determined by default.
IP/C/M/29