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

Ambassador D. Mwape (Zambia)
1 NEGOTIATION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTILATERAL SYSTEM OF NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES AND SPIRITS
1.130. The representative of Kenya said his delegation, as a sponsor of the W/52 proposal, supported a one-pronged approach on the three issues of GI extension, TRIPS-CBD and GI register. Kenya was ready to support the establishment of a multilateral system of notification and registration of GIs and consider participating in it if, and only if, such a system also covered products beyond than wines and spirits.
The Special Session took note of the statements made.
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