9. The representative of South Africa agreed with the statements made by India and others. While his delegation would accept the agenda as proposed, seeing that item K was only a temporary item on the agenda, it also questioned the value of placing this item on the agenda of the Council, given that the content of the paper was very technical and referred to customs procedures. His delegation consisted of intellectual property officials and would not have the capacity to engage in any discussion on this paper without asking its customs officials to attend.
