[A2k] WIPO Development Agenda -surprising news

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Gwen and all,

  Just out of curiosity did the legal offices staff person
offer any explanation as to why no report was done or is
forthcomming?  Secondly was this same staff person ask
specifically why they were not complying with UN article
6 as you indicated below?  Has the UN secretariat been
formally or informally notified that the WIPO legal staff
and/or those otherwise responsible withing WIPO are failing
to comply with Artyicle 6 requirements?

-----Original Message-----
>From: Gwen Hinze <gwen@eff.org>
>Sent: Nov 19, 2009 6:14 AM
>To: Gwen Hinze <gwen@eff.org>
>Cc: a2k discuss list <a2k@lists.essential.org>, The Public Voice <coalition@mailman.thepublicvoice.org>
>Subject: Re: [A2k] WIPO Development Agenda -surprising news
>
>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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