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Ambassador Dacio Castillo (Honduras)
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
11 REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD UNDER ARTICLE 66.1 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT
11.32. The representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said that S&D treatment for developing and least-developed country Members was a fundamental principle in the WTO and the proposal tabled before this Council was a good example of how to implement such treatment. Therefore, he supported an extension of the transition period, either in its proposed wording or in any other agreed language.
IP/C/M/72