Ambassador Dennis Francis (Trinidad & Tobago)

Argentine

E; F; G REVIEW OF THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 27.3(B); RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE

122. The representative of Argentina said that his delegation did not support the artificial parallelism between the three TRIPS issues as proposed in document TN/C/W/52. He said that Argentina also suffered from misappropriation of genetic resources but did not endorse the solution proposed by the co sponsors of that document, nor support amending the TRIPS Agreement. He said that Members should continue discussions on the TRIPS/CBD issue without forgetting that substantive work was being done in WIPO and the CBD.

IP/C/M/58