14. The Chairman recalled that, at the end of the discussion of the three agenda items at the Council's December meeting, he had observed that there had been useful discussions, and that there were several constructive contributions, including suggestions and counter suggestions for a more structured discussion on some of the issues and approaches. Since then, he had continued his consultations on how future work on these items should be organized. His impression was that there was a wide view that the discussions presently taking place were both fruitful and constructive and were enabling all points of view to be put forward and explored. Thus, he did not see any need to propose any new way to organize work on these matters, and suggested that Members continue to discuss the three agenda items together on the basis of contributions by Members.
15. He recalled that, at its meeting in September 2004, the Council had received a submission from Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, India, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand and Venezuela on "Elements of the Obligation to Disclose the Source and Country of Origin of Biological Resource and/or Traditional Knowledge Used in an Invention" (IP/C/W/429/Rev.1 and add.1). Since the Council's meeting in December, Colombia and the Dominican Republic had requested that they be added to the list of sponsors of the submission (IP/C/W/429/Rev.1/Add.2 and 3). In addition, three new documents had been presented at the December meeting, one from Switzerland (IP/C/W/433), another from the United States (IP/C/W/434), and the third from Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, India, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand and Venezuela (IP/C/W/438). At that meeting, some delegations had said that they intended to comment on these submissions at the present meeting. Since the December meeting, the Council had received the following new communications: one from Peru (subsequently circulated as IP/C/W/441); another from Brazil on behalf of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Peru and Thailand (subsequently circulated as IP/C/W/442); and a third from India on behalf of Brazil and India (IP/C/W/443).
