73. The representative of Bolivia supported the statement of the Sri Lankan representative and said that in the Council for Trade in Goods, Members had faced considerable problems getting approval for waivers. He said that he would prefer a mechanism that provided legal certainty and would assure countries that if they had a public health crisis they could take steps to tackle this immediately without having to resort to an internal debate in the WTO. He concluded that this was his major concern and the reason why he did not favour a solution based on waivers.
