12th June 2003
BUSY TRIPS COUNCIL SESSION FOCUSES ON HEALTH, BIODIVERSITY, GIS AND S&D
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Meeting on 4-5 June and again briefly on 6 June, the regular session of the Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) received a number of proposals related to health and biodiversity. While momentum for progress on the relationship between the TRIPs Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) appears to be growing, progress on TRIPs & health remains elusive. On 6 June, the TRIPs Council met for a special (negotiating) session on the multilateral register for geographical indications for wines and spirits, where countries largely repeated their traditional positions.
The Council also discussed two sets of proposals related to special and differential treatment (see related story, this issue)
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