Mr. Martin Glass (Hong Kong, China)

Argentine

C; D; E 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

45. The representative of Argentina did not support the artificial parallelism between three TRIPS issues as proposed in document TN/C/W/52. She said that misappropriation of genetic resources and traditional knowledge was a serious problem but her delegation did not support the disclosure proposal as contained in document TN/C/W/52. Members should continue discussions on the TRIPS/CBD without losing sight of the substantive on-going work in WIPO and the CBD.

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