182. Reconvening the meeting on 31 March, the Chairman referred to the further consultations he had held to see whether progress could be made towards a TRIPS Council recommendation to the General Council by the end of March on an amendment to the TRIPS Agreement to replace the provisions of the paragraph 6 Decision. These consultations had showed a continuing divergence of views among delegations on some key issues, especially relating to the content of the amendment. Since then, he had been contacted by some delegations and, in the light of their request, had reconvened the suspended formal meeting of the Council in order to provide an opportunity for delegations to make statements on TRIPS and public health.
