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

Ambassador D. Mwape (Zambia)
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
B NEGOTIATION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTILATERAL SYSTEM OF NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES AND SPIRITS
72. The representative of Venezuela congratulated the Chairman on his appointment and expressed his appreciation for the work accomplished by Ambassador Karen Tan. He said his delegation supported the interventions by El Salvador, Guatemala and Cuba with respect to the need for beginning work on the issue of special and differential treatment. This could not be postponed because a GI register, as part of the Doha Development Agenda, should not imply more financial burdens for developing countries, consistent with the Doha Development Agenda. Participation in the register should be voluntary and GIs should only be valid for the territory in which they had been granted. His delegation was also concerned that developed countries continued to tell developing countries what would be most appropriate for them.
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