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

H.E. Ambassador Dr Walter Werner
10 TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING
285.   New Zealand would like to thank all Members who have presented under this agenda item. We have found the presentations to be thoughtful and interesting. We recognize the importance of this topic, and consider that the sharing of examples, national experiences and viewpoints to be a useful exercise. We look forward to sharing this information with interested persons back in capital.
33.   The Chair said the TRIPS Council had regularly conducted annual reviews of technical cooperation and capacity building activities at its end of the year meeting, based on reports submitted by developed country Members, international organizations and the WTO Secretariat. In line with past practice, he suggested the following approach:
a. The next review should take place at the meeting of the TRIPS Council, scheduled for 89 November 2018;

b. Developed country Members were invited to submit information on their activities, pursuant to Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement. Other Members who also engage in technical cooperation were, of course, encouraged to share information if they so wished;

c. Intergovernmental organizations with observer status in the TRIPS Council, as well as the WTO Secretariat, were invited to report on their relevant activities; and

d. The deadline to submit written information would be set on 12 October 2018, i.e. four weeks prior to the TRIPS Council meeting, in order to allow timely circulation before the meeting.
34.   The Council so agreed.
IP/C/M/89, IP/C/M/89/Add.1