[Ecommerce] Re: [A2k] Note Verbale from Brazil to WIPO regarding the regional consultation on the broadcast treaty

[Jeff Williams]

Their and all,

  Seems yet again that WIPO is at it's gamesmanship of a disinclusive
and strongly likely destructive nature.  Why, is the more important
question.

Thiru Balasubramaniam wrote:

> This note verbale was sent to the International Bureau of the World
> Intellectual Property Organization on July 1, 2005.
>
> Thiru
>
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>
> The Permanent Mission of Brazil in Geneva presents its compliments to
> the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization
> and, regarding the personal invitation issued by WIPO to the Regional
> Consultation Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean on the
> Protection of Broadcasting Organizations, which will take place in
> Cartagena, Colombia, from 4 to 6 July 2005, is honored to inform that
> Dr. Ot=E1vio Carlos Afonso dos Santos, Copyright Manager at the Ministry
> of Culture of Brazil - the only Brazilian Official invited to
> participate in the said consultations, in his personal capacity =96 will
> not be able to attend the meeting, for health reasons.
>
> The Permanent Mission of Brazil would like to take this opportunity to
> express its reservations with respect to the fact that invitations have
> been issued to official government representatives to participate in
> their =93personal capacity=94, in a consultation meeting meant to =93enco=
urage
> a regional consensus=94 on ongoing work relating to the possible
> negotiation of a multilateral treaty.
>
> The Permanent Mission regrets the fact that the Government of Brazil was
> not invited to participate in the regional consultations through
> conventional diplomatic channels. The Mission regrets, equally, the lack
> of transparency with which the consultations have been organized,
> including the fact that the agenda and program of work of the meeting
> have not been made available.
>
> In light of the above considerations, the Government of Brazil does not
> consider itself to be a participant in the consultations and will not be
> bound by their outcome.
>
> Brazil will not associate itself with any documents that may be adopted
> by the meeting.
>
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Regards,

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