[Ecommerce] WIPO General Assembly: Agenda item on Development Agenda has been decided

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

Manon,

In answer to your question, WIPO, to the best of my knowledge, has never
had a "Provisional Committee".  The Group B countries (industralized
nations)  could not accept the term "ad hoc" and thus "Provisional
Committee" was proposed as a compromise solution by an African country
delegate.   The Group B countries were able to agree on "Provisional
Committee" and thus a deal was struck.

Thiru


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I did not know that WIPO had "Provisional Committee" (is it the same
as an "Ad hoc"?) but that is what has been created here.  The
Committee will meet twice for a week long meeting and report to the
next General Assembly in 2006.




Manon Ress wrote:

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>Background:  Almost a year ago, on October 4, 2004, the General
>Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
>agreed to adopt a proposal offered by Argentina and Brazil, the
>"Proposal for the Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO" (DA).
>
>The Friends of Development (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, the
>Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran,Kenya, Peru, Sierra Leone,
>South Africa, Tanzania and Venezuela) have been active in the 3 WIPO
>Inter-sessional Intergovernmental Meetings (IIM) with proposals
>dealing with access to knowledge, pro-consumer initiatives and
>process and structural changes that would include an analysis of the
>impact of proposed standards for intellectual property and asking for
>review of the technical assisitance programs to developing countries.
>
>Today, the 2005 WIPO General Assembly had to make a decision on what
>was going to happen to the Development Agenda discussions that are
>far from being over. I heard the discussions were difficult.  Since
>no consensus could be reached in plenary, the Chair moved to informal
>meetings that NGOs cannot attend.
>
>I did not know that WIPO had "Provisional Committee" (is it the same
>as an "Ad hoc"?) but that is what has been created here.  The
>Committee will meet twice for a week long meeting and report to the
>next General Assembly in 2006.
>
>More at http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/da.html
>
>And text of the GA's decision:
>From: Thiru Balasubramaniam <thiru@cptech.org>
>Date: October 3, 2005 3:30:39 PM EDT
>
>The WIPO General Assembly decided to adopt the following agenda item on
>the Development Agenda by consensus.
>-------------
>ITEM 13   OF THE CONSOLIDATED AGENDA
>
>Considering the need to make progress in integrating the development
>dimension in WIPO broadly so that concrete and practical results can be
>achieved in the most timely and efficient manner, the General Assembly
>hereby decides:
>
>-   To constitute a Provisional Committee to take forward the Inter-
>sessional Intergovernmental Meeting on a Development Agenda for WIPO
>(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.
>
>-   In the interim, and without prejudice to the provision of technical
>assistance, the [Permanent Committee on Cooperation for Development
>Related to Intellectual Property] PCIPD will cease to exist.
>
>-   The work of the Provisional Committee shall not prejudice the
>activities of the other WIPO bodies in discussing all matters relevant
>to development.
>
>-   The Provisional 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.
>
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>Manon Anne Ress
>manon.ress@cptech.org,
>www.cptech.org
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