15. The Chairperson said that, as foreshadowed at the Council's meeting in June, she had consulted Members to see if solutions could be found to some procedural issues, which had been discussed at that meeting. While those discussions had helped clarify certain issues, she was still not in a position to report any new development in delegations' positions.
16. Regarding agenda item 3, she noted that the Council had not been provided information on important developments that many WTO Members had seen in this area over the last decade. In particular, there had been no responses or updates, since 2003, to the Illustrative List of Questions on Article 27.3(b) (IP/C/W/122), and only 25 Members had responded at all. Likewise, there had been no notifications of domestic mechanisms to protect genetic resources and traditional knowledge. She encouraged Members to submit responses to the Checklist or update their respective previous responses, and notify any relevant changes in their legislation.
17. The representatives of China; South Africa; Ecuador; Brazil; the Plurinational State of Bolivia; Haiti on behalf of the LDC Group; the United States; Japan; the European Union; Canada; Australia; Switzerland; India; and the Republic of Korea took the floor.
18. The Chairperson encouraged Members to have further discussions to resolve the outstanding issues, and said that she stood ready to assist.
19. The Council took note of the statements made and agreed to revert to the matters at its next meeting.
