65. The Chairperson recalled that, at its meeting in March 2006, the Council had agreed to maintain its present method of work on these matters, and to keep this method under review to assess whether any change might prove appropriate in the light of developments. Accordingly, she suggested that the Council continue its past practice of discussing these three agenda items together on the basis of the contributions by Members.
66. She said that, in paragraph 44 of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration, Ministers had taken note of the work undertaken by the Council for TRIPS pursuant to paragraph 19 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration and had agreed that this work should continue on that basis and the progress made in the Council for TRIPS to that date. Furthermore, they had instructed the General Council to report on its work in this regard to their next Session. She noted that the draft Annual Report that had been circulated in advance of this meeting covered the Council's work in this regard. Therefore, she suggested that Members revert to the issue of how the Council should report on its work to the General Council under item P on "Annual Report".
