Ambassador Alfredo Suescum (Panama)

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

12 CONTRIBUTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TO FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF ENVIRONMENTALLY RATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

278. I simply wanted by way of clarification to say that in previous discussions I recall a discussion where there was opposition between the United States and China and it was made clear by the Secretariat and it is in the rules of this Council that any issue proposed for discussion by a Member must be discussed. Therefore there is no prior factor or rule preventing the matter from being discussed in due time. So I think that a priori we cannot say whether this item is going to be standing or otherwise. I think Ecuador has brought this topic to the fore for discussion and I think it ought to be discussed on that basis. This should not spark off a discussion at this stage but I simply wanted to make clear that given that we have Members seeking to discuss things, however odd they may seem, for example, IP and Sport, we have discussed it. This should be the case for Ecuador also. If Ecuador feels that the discussion has not been exhausted, then it could be included again on the future agenda for the Council after. Ecuador is fully within its rights as a sovereign delegation to table matters for discussion in this forum as it deems appropriate.

The Council took note of the statements made.

12.1. The Chairman recalled that, at the Council's meeting in March 2013, Ecuador had briefly presented, under "Other Business", its submission entitled "Contribution of Intellectual Property for Facilitating the Transfer of Environmentally Rational Technology" (document IP/C/W/585). That document had been discussed at the Council's meeting in June 2013 under an item on "Intellectual Property, Climate Change and Development" that had been put on the agenda at the request of Ecuador.

12.2. The representatives of Ecuador, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Indonesia, Cuba, China, United States, European Union, India, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Chile, Australia, Switzerland, Brazil and Venezuela took the floor. The statements will be reproduced in an addendum to the present record.

12.3. The Council took note of the statements made.

IP/C/M/74, IP/C/M/74/Add.1