H.E. Ambassador Dr Walter Werner

United States of America

13 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST: PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY

470.   The United States wishes to object to a continuation of this agenda item and recommends that, if the proponents would like to continue to discuss it, to follow the rules of procedure and submit it as an ad hoc agenda item at the appropriate time.

44.   The Chair said that China and South Africa had initially requested the agenda item on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Promoting Public Health through Competition Law and Policy". It had also been cosponsored by Brazil and India. A communication had been circulated in document IP/C/W/643 and its addendum.
45.   The representatives of South Africa; Brazil; China; India; Indonesia; the United States; the European Union; Switzerland; the Republic of Korea; Australia; Japan; New Zealand; and UNCTAD took the floor.
46.   The Council took note of the statements made.

IP/C/M/89, IP/C/M/89/Add.1