WIPO General Assembly, 2006
September 30, 2006
[actually agreed to on 2 Oct. 2006]
ITEM 10: PROTECTION OF BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS
Draft Decision
Outcome from the informal consultations, September 27-30, 2006,
Prepared by the Chairman of the SCCR
1. The General Assembly approves the convening of the Diplomatic
Conference on the Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting
Organizations under the conditions set out in paragraph 4 below from
November 19 to December 7, 2007, in Geneva. The objective of this
Conference is to negotiate and conclude a WIPO treaty on the
protection of broadcasting organizations, including cablecasting
organizations. The scope of the treaty will be confined to the
protection of broadcasting and cablecasting organizations in the
traditional sense.
2. The Revised Draft Basic Proposal (Document SCCR/15/2) will
constitute the Basic Proposal with the understanding that all Member
States may make proposals at the Diplomatic Conference.
3. The meeting of a preparatory committee will be convened for June
2007 to prepare the necessary modalities of the Diplomatic
Conference. The preparatory committee will consider the draft rules
of procedure to be presented for adoption to the Diplomatic
Conference, the lists of States, as well as intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations to be invited to participate in the
conference, as well as other necessary organizational matters.
4. Two special sessions of the Standing Committee on Copyright and
Related Rights to clarify the outstanding issues will be convened,
the first one in January 2007, and the second one in June 2007 in
conjunction with the meeting of the preparatory committee. It is
understood that the sessions of the SCCR should aim to agree and
finalize, on a signal-based approach, the objectives, specific scope
and object of protection with a view to submitting to the Diplomatic
Conference a revised basic proposal, which will amend the agreed
relevant parts of the Revised Draft Basic Proposal referred to in
Paragraph 2. The Diplomatic Conference will be convened if such
agreement is achieved. If no such agreement is achieved, all further
discussions will be based on Document SCCR/15/2.
5. The WIPO Secretariat will organize, in cooperation with the
Member States concerned, and at the request of Member States,
consultations and information meetings on the matters of the
Diplomatic Conference. The meetings will be hosted by the inviting
Member States.
6. The General Assembly is invited to approve the convening of the
Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of the Rights of
Broadcasting Organizations, from November 19 to December 7, 2007,
and its preparatory arrangements as recommended by the fifteenth
session of the SCCR and as amended above.