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Talks Continue in Provisional Committee for a Development
Agenda (PCDA) at WIPO
26-30 June 2006 The
Provisional Committee for a Development Agenda (PCDA) at WIPO is
holding its final meeting 26-30 June 2006 in Geneva to make
recommendations to the 2006 WIPO General Assembly that are intended to
incorporate a development dimension into WIPO's work. The
UN Specialized Agency has been under fire recently, particularly from
developing countries and public interest groups, to reform its norms
and practices in accordance with the United Nations' mandate of
promoting social and economic development. WIPO has been
criticized as mainly promoting the narrow private interest of large
intellectual property holders in the US and Europe. The
Development Agenda at WIPO is an effort by 15 developing countries to
reassert WIPO's public interest mission. It began in 2004 when
the General Assembly adopted a proposal by the Group of Friends of
Development for WIPO to examine the issue and then make a set of
recommendations to the General Assembly for reform at WIPO. On
23 June 2006 the Group of Friends of Development submitted a set of
recommendations (PCDA/2/2) that the PCDA could decide to adopt at
the
conclusion of this week's meeting and send to the General Assembly this
fall. The recommendations synthesize existing proposals and would
focus the final committee meeting's debate in a productive way. Last
year, the United States and Europe objected
to making any substantive recommendations to the WIPO General Assembly,
necessitating the extension in the process until at least this year's
General Assembly. IP
Justice is in Geneva this week with a number of other public interest
groups to participate at the final PCDA meeting and advocate for a
robust Development Agenda at WIPO. More Information: IP Justice Intervention Statement at 2nd PCDA Meeting(PCDA/2/2): "Proposal on the Decision of the PCDA on the Establishment of a WIPO Development Agenda" submitted by the Group of Friends of Development on 23 June 2006 IP Justice: 138 NGOs Sign Statement to Support Friends of Development Proposal IP Justice Webpage on WIPO Development Agenda Treaty |
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