[A2k] WIPO PCDA: Summary by the Chair (Feb 20-24, 2006)

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

Here is the WIPO PCDA (Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a
WIPO Development Agenda) Chair's Summary of the first session of the
PCDA (Feb 20-24, 2006)


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PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE ON PROPOSALS RELATED TO
A WIPO DEVELOPMENT AGENDA (PCDA)

First Session

Geneva, February 20 to 24, 2006


Summary by the Chair


1. The WIPO General Assembly, in its session held in September =96 October
2005, decided to =93constitute a Provisional Committee to take forward the
IIM process to accelerate and complete the discussions on proposals
relating to a WIPO Development Agenda and report with any
recommendations to the General Assembly at its September 2006 Session=94.
It was also decided that the =93Provisional Committee shall have two
one-week sessions, and the deadline for submission of new proposals
shall be the first day of the first session of the Committee=94. The First
Session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO
Development Agenda (PCDA), was held from February 20 to 24, 2006.

2. Ninety-eight Member States and 48 Observers participated in the session.

3. The PCDA decided to admit, on an ad hoc basis, two non-accredited
Non-Governmental Organizations, (NGOs) namely Association of 3D-Trade-Human
Rights-Equitable Economy and The Authors Guild, without implications as
to their status for future WIPO meetings.

4. The PCDA unanimously elected Ambassador Rigoberto Gauto Vielman,
Permanent Representative of Paraguay, as Chair, and Ambassador Muktar
Djumaliev, Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan, as Vice-Chair.

5. The PCDA adopted the draft agenda as proposed in document PCDA/1/1 Prov.

6. The PCDA discussed a proposal by the African Group, entitled =93The
African Proposal for the Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO=94
(IIM/3/2 Rev.), a proposal by Chile (PCDA/1/2), a proposal by Colombia
(PCDA/1/3), a proposal by the United States of America, =93For the
establishment of a partnership program in WIPO: An elaboration of issues
raised in document IIM/1/2=94 (PCDA/1/4), and a proposal by Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of),
Kenya, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa, the United Republic of
Tanzania, Uruguay and Venezuela, entitled =93Establishment of a
Development Agenda for WIPO: A Framework for achieving concrete and
practical results in the near and longer terms=94 (PCDA/1/5).

7. After consultations with the Regional Group Coordinators and the
Member States/Groups, which had submitted proposals in =91actionable and
operational form=92, the Chairman prepared a set of clusters and requested
the said Member States/Groups to place their respective proposals in the
most appropriate cluster. These clusters and proposals are contained in
the Annex to this Summary. The Annex will form the basis for discussions
at the Second Session of the PCDA, scheduled to be held from June 26 to
30, 2006.


8. The PCDA noted that the Draft Report of the First Session would
contain all the interventions made during the current session and also
the Chairman=92s Summary. This Draft Report will be prepared by the
Secretariat and communicated to the Permanent Missions of the Member
States by March 17, 2006. The Draft Report would also be made available,
in electronic form and on the WIPO website, to the Member States, IGOs
and NGOs by the same date. Comments on the Draft Report should be
communicated in writing to the Secretariat by April 4, 2006. The revised
Draft Report would then be available by April 25, 2006 and considered
for adoption at the beginning of the Second Session of the PCDA.

9. The PCDA considered and noted the contents of this Summary by the Chair.