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Ambassador Mero (United Republic of Tanzania)
Korea, Republic of
13 The United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel Report on Access to Medicines
663. Korea is still in the process of interagency discussions, as this Report covers a variety of issues and makes a number of comprehensive recommendations. Before that, our delegation would like to share our preliminary opinion. 664. First, Korea believes that the protection of IPRs and public health, including access to medicines, are compatible with each other. The two values can be pursued in a balanced manner. Second, Korea supports the current IP norms under the TRIPS Agreement in principle. Third, we are open to discussions on this issue.
The Council took note of the statements made and agreed to take the matter up as an ad hoc agenda item at its next meeting.
70. The Chairman said that Brazil, China, India and South Africa had requested that this item be added to the agenda. They had submitted a communication that briefly introduced the item, circulated in document IP/C/W/619.

71. The representatives of India, Brazil, South Africa, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the Russian Federation, the United States, Canada, the European Union, Chile, Australia, Switzerland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Plurinational State of Bolivia and Norway took the floor.

72. The representatives of the Holy See, WHO, UNCTAD, and UNAIDS took the floor.

73. The representative of the Secretariat took the floor.

74. The Council took note of the statements made and agreed to take the matter up as an ad hoc agenda item at its next meeting.

IP/C/M/83, IP/C/M/83/Add.1