102. The newly elected Chairman paid tribute to the immense contribution by Ambassador Menon in chairing the Council over the previous year, including his efforts that had led to the adoption by the General Council, on 30 August 2003, of the important decision on the "Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health". He also thanked Members for their confidence in electing him to chair the Council for the coming year. He noted that the Council had a full menu of important tasks ahead, including those mandated under the relevant provisions of the Doha Declaration and paragraph 11 of the General Council decision on TRIPS and Public Health. He looked forward to working closely with all the delegations and the Secretariat and to having their full cooperation and support in taking forward the various agenda items to meet the many challenges ahead.
