143. The representative of Benin, speaking on behalf of the African Group, said that the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health was of vital importance for the African Group, and particularly for the least developed countries belonging to that group. The process under way for the amendment of the Agreement would enable countries having insufficient or no capacities for the production of medicines to benefit from flexibilities in the form of licences to be granted by WTO Members possessing infrastructure for the production of medicines for export to countries lacking such capacities. African countries would work with their trading partners to implement the Decision.
