64. My country's position has been expressed repeatedly in this Council. We believe that it should be possible to review Article 27.3(b) so as to enable the Council to examine the patentability of all life forms or parts thereof. Ecuador's view is that this type of patent should be prohibited, since life or parts thereof should not be considered a tradeable good subject to inventions or patents.
65. We have also said that we consider that there is a close relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the CBD, and we therefore reiterate the need for multilateral legal instruments that can improve the use of genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, and give them effective and adequate protection. In this regard, Ecuador believes there is a need to establish legal mechanisms to allow disclosure of the source of origin, prior informed consent, and access to, and the equitable sharing of, benefits in order to protect genetic resources and traditional knowledge.
66. We reiterate our support for the proposal that the CBD Secretariat inform this Council of the negotiations conducted in the framework of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization. The information provided will help to enhance our judgement, thus improving the quality of our discussions.
67. Lastly, several years ago, Ecuador suggested that the Secretariat prepare an update of the factual notes on previous topics, since the last compilation of the ideas discussed was produced in 2006. We believe that updated versions of documents IP/C/W/368/Rev.1, IP/C/W/369/Rev.1 and IP/C/W/370/Rev.1 would provide us with a clearer idea of what was already discussed a number of years ago, the aim being for Members to have an updated picture that could contribute to informing the debate on these issues, thus enabling us to move forward in our discussions. We will see if we were right or not and if this updating actually takes place, but we must be given the opportunity to conduct discussions on the basis of more detailed information that could be presented by the Secretariat in a neutral manner without compromising any of the Members' positions.