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Meeting on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Implications for Geneva-based Negotiations and National Legislation
Geneva, Switzerland. 11 Sept 2002
The purpose of this meeting was to give a briefing on the Treaty and stimulate discussion of the possible implications of the Treaty for Geneva-based negotiations, particularly those related to TRIPS and the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.
The last part of the meeting was devoted to a discussion on balancing farmers' and breeders' rights in national legislation in the context of Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement.
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| Agenda | Secretariat | |
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| Draft Report | Secretariat | |
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| International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | José Esquinas-Alcázar | |
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| INTERNATIONAL SEED TREATY: a model for governance of genetic resources? | Patrick Mulvany, ITDG | |
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| The relationship between the TRIPs Agreement and the CBD and Protection of TK | Ruchi Tripathi ActionAid | |
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| Need for Confirmation that Nothing in the TRIPs Agreement should undermine farmers' rights including farmers' right to save, use, exchange and sell farm saved seed | Ruchi Tripathi ActionAid | |
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| Farmers' and Breeders' Rights in the African Model Law | H.E. Mrs. Sophia Asimenye Kalinde/Permanent Observer/Ambassador, Permanent Delegation of the African Union (talk given in her absence after an unavoidable early departure) | |
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| Opening remarks by the Officer-in-Charge, DITC UNCTAD | Abdelaziz Megzari | |
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| Implications of the Treaty in the Context of Relevant Activities in the WTO by the Intellectual Property Division, WTO Secretariat; and | Jayashree Watal / Julio Alvarado Property Division, WTO Secretariat; and Minister, Permanent Mission of Bolivia |  |
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| Implications of the International Treaty for PGFRA in the context of the WIPO IGC on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge & Folklore by Acting Director, Traditional Knowledge Division, WIPO Secretariat; and | Virginia Pérez Pérez | |
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| The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act 2001 - India Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India to the WTO; | Rajesh Aggarwal | |
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Contacts
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| Rafe Dent | Webmaster | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5791 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 | |
| Sophia Twarog | Economic Affairs Officer | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5082 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 | |