[A2k] WIPO Development Agenda -surprising news

[Gwen Hinze]

Dear all,

Clarification and some additional information on this.

The context is discussion of paragraph 8 of a proposal from the
delegations of Algeria, Brazil and Pakistan, supported by India,  on a
mechanism for coordination within WIPO of implementation of the
Development Agenda. Paragraph 8 of that proposal requires WIPO to
provide a report on Development Agenda implementation (presumably part
of its annual report) to the UN, in accordance with WIPO's obligation
to provide an annual report to the UN under Article 6 of the 1974 UN-
WIPO Agreement (the agreement under which WIPO became a specialist
body of the UN).

Here are my notes of the dialogue that took place this in the
morning's CDIP session:

Question from delegate of France to female member of WIPO's Legal
Counsel's Office:

I think I addressed another question to the Secretariat yesterday
about paragraph 8. On Article 6 of the UN-WIPO Agreement, what is the
current status of implementation of this obligation? Are annual
reports provided?

Legal Counsel's Office staff person: At present, no. No such report is
being made to the UN.



On Nov 19, 2009, at 2:56 AM, Gwen Hinze wrote:

> At this morning' session of the WIPO CDIP 4, legal counsel from WIPO's
> Office of Legal Counsel just stated that WIPO is not in compliance
> with its obligation to report to the UN under Article 6 of the 1974
> UN-
> WIPO Agreement.
>
> <http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/agreement/index.html>
>
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