[Ecommerce] WIPO IIM (First session): Summary by Chair

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

The draft report of the first session of the WIPO IIM (prepared by the
Secretariat) has been made available on the WIPO website on the
following link. The text below is the chair's summary of the meeting.

Thiru Balasubramaniam

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_Summary by the Chair_

1. =93The WIPO General Assembly, in its Thirty-First (15^th Extraordinary)
Session held at Geneva, from September 27 to October 5, 2004, decided to
convene
inter-sessional intergovernmental meetings to examine the proposals
contained in document WO/GA/31/11 (Proposal by Argentina and Brazil for
the Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO), as well as
additional proposals of Member States. The first session of the
Inter-Sessional Intergovernmental Meeting (IIM) on a Development Agenda
for WIPO was held from April 11 to 13, 2005.

2. Hundred Member States, 18 Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) and 40
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) participated in the session.

3. The IIM decided to admit, on an/ ad hoc/ basis, 17 non-accredited
NGOs, as per the attached list, without implications as to their status
for future WIPO meetings.

4. The IIM unanimously elected Ambassador Rigoberto Gauto Vielman,
Permanent Representative of Paraguay, as Chair, and Ambassador Dimiter
Tzantchev, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria, as Vice-Chair.

5. The IIM adopted the draft agenda as proposed in document IIM/1/1
Prov. with the addition of Item 7. Adoption of the Report.

6. The IIM discussed a proposal by Argentina and Brazil (co-sponsored by
Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran, Kenya, Peru,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Venezuela) relating to the
Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO (documents WO/GA/31/11
and WO/GA/31/14), an additional elaboration of the =93Group of Friends of
Development=94 relating to a Proposal to Establish a Development Agenda
for WIPO: An Elaboration of Issues Raised in Document WO/GA/31/11
(document IIM/1/4), a proposal by the United States of America for the
Establishment of a Partnership Program in WIPO (document IIM/1/2), a
proposal by Mexico on Intellectual Property and Development (document
IIM/1/3), and observations by the United Kingdom relating to IP and
Development (document IIM/1/5).

7. Given the need for indepth examination of the proposals, it was
considered that more time would be required by Member States to examine
them. The IIM decided to continue discussions and consideration of the
proposals at the next session of the IIM, which would take place from
June 20 to 22, and that a third session of three days would be held in
July 2005 on dates which would be communicated by the Secretariat to the
Member States as soon as possible. Member States may submit in writing
to the Secretariat additional proposals on the establishment of a
development agenda for consideration at the next session of the IIM. To
facilitate discussions at that next session, the Chairman invited those
Member States, which had made or would be making proposals, to submit
them in operational and actionable language to the Secretariat, in writing.

8. The IIM 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 April 25, 2005. The Draft Report would also be made available,
in electronic form and on the WIPO website, to the Member States, IGOs
and NGOs within the same deadline. Comments on the Draft Report should
be communicated in writing to the Secretariat by May 4, 2005. The
revised Draft Report would then be made available by May 11, 2005, and
would be considered for adoption at the beginning of the said next
session of the IIM.

/9//.// The IIM considered and noted the contents of this summary by the
Chair.=94/