[Upd-discuss] WIPO Development Agenda: First day of the First PCDA

[Judit Rius Sanjuan]

The first meeting of the WIPO Provisional Committee for Proposals 
Related to a Development Agenda (PCDA) meets from 20 February to 24 
February 2006 in Geneva and I am representing Union for the Public 
Domain this time.

New proposals from Chile 
<http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=55592>, Colombia 
<http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=56472>, United 
States <http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=56552> 
and the 15 countries of the Friends of Development 
<http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=56613> Group 
have been presented and hopefully will be discussed during the following 
4 days. Today, the countries' delegations presented the different 
proposals (including the African Group Proposal from the 3IIM) and made 
general statements. The chairman, Ambassador Gauto from Paraguay, seems 
committed to force substantive discussions. Let's see if the US and the 
European Union allow him.

For the moment, the best coverage on the first day discussions can be 
found at:
Thiru’s Blog: 
http://fromgeneva.blogspot.com/2006/02/day-1-of-wipo-pcda-meeting_20.html
IP Watch: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?cat=13

It is worthy mentioning that two reports relevant to the discussions 
have been released today: One from Consumers International in “Copyright 
and access to knowledge”
Report: 
http://www.consumersinternational.org/Shared_ASP_Files/UploadedFiles/C50257F3-A4A3-4C41-86D9-74CABA4CBCB1_COPYRIGHTFinal16.02.06.pdf

and another from 3D on "Intellectual Property, Development and Human 
Rights: How Human Rights Can Support Proposals for a World Intellectual 
Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda”
Report: http://www.3dthree.org/en/page.php?IDpage=27

To be continued...

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Judit Rius Sanjuan
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