KEI Statement to WIPO GA on Advisory Committee on Enforcement
This was read today, September 30, 2011, at the WIPO GA
Agenda Item 33 (iii), the Advisory Committee on Enforcement
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Ecuador’s proposal to WIPO General Assembly to convene a Diplomatic Conference on a Treaty for Persons with Reading Disabilities
On Thursday, 29 September 2011, Ecuador made the following intervention at the WIPO General Assembly (GA) during the consideration of a Report on the Work of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) which called for the WIPO GA to convene a diplomatic conference in 2012 on a treaty on copyright exceptions for persons with reading disabilities provided that SCCR23 reached agreement on a negotiating text for the TVI.
Gracias señor Presidente.KEI general statement to 49th WIPO General Assemblies on the SCCR + Semi-live blogging of SCCR discussions
This is the statement delivered by KEI at WIPO’s consideration of the Report on the Work of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). There was no decision point on agenda item 29 which took note of the Report of the SCCR.
Statement of Asian Group at WIPO General Assembly 2011: L&Es, AV treaty and broadcasting
On Thursday, 29 September 2011, Pakistan made the following intervention on behalf of the Asian Group during WIPO’s discussion of the Report of the Standing Committee on Copyright and related Rights. On the matter of exceptions and limitations, the Asian Group stated:
General Statement of Brazil at WIPO General Assembly 2011
Brazil’s general statement to the WIPO General Assembly in 2011 was delivered on Monday, 26 September 2011 by HE Roberto Azevedo, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the WTO and other Economic Organizations in Geneva. With respect to a disabilities treaty, Brazil stated,
KEI general statement to 49th WIPO General Assemblies, 27 September 2011
KEI general statement to 49th WIPO General Assemblies
Statement of Knowledge Ecology International
49th Session of the WIPO Assemblies
Tuesday, 27 September 2011Mr. Chairman,
As Knowledge Ecology International is taking the floor for the first time, I would like to congratulate you upon your election as Chair of the General Assembly.
General Statement of South African Ambassador on behalf of the African Group at WIPO General Assembly 2011
The following intervention was delivered on 26 September 2011 by H.E. Abdul Minty, Ambassador and Permanent of the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations and other International Organizations, on behalf of the African Group. This is what the African Group said about limitations and exceptions:
2011 WIPO General Assembly begins week long meeting
The 49th WIPO General Assembly began today, in a packed hall of the CICG convention center. The agenda and other documents for the meeting is available here. The Director General, Francis Gurry, began his talk focusing on financial challenges, and, among other things, several references to the work of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). Gurry talked about progress on the AV treaty, and progress on an “instrument” for persons with disabilities. He talked about the new SCCR work program on the broadcast treaty. He did not mention the WIPO work on libraries, education or other copyright limitations and exceptions issues.
The meeting is webcast. Countries have been given 5 minutes for opening statements.
Continue ReadingKEI notes from Eighth Round of TPPA Negotiations
Krista Cox wrote these notes on September 13, 2011, reporting on the eighth round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Continue Reading
What the 2001 Doha Declaration Changed
As the UN meets to discuss non-communicable diseases, one area of controversy is the effort by White House trade officials and the European Commissioner for Trade to block any mention in a Political Declaration of the November 14, 2001 WTO Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health.
This note explains why the Doha Declaration was important, and what USTR and DG-Trade are trying to do in the NCD resolution. I will start with a very quick history of the events that led to the 2001 WTO resolution.