E wipo/grtkf/IC/19/12 original: English date: February 23, 2012 Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore Nineteenth Session July 18 to 22, 2011, Geneva report
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Nineteenth Session
July 18 to 22, 2011, Geneva
REPORT Adopted by the Committee
Convened by the Director General of WIPO, the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (“the Committee” or “IGC”) held its nineteenth session in Geneva, from July 18 to 22, 2011.
The following States were represented: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia, Brazil, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Republic of Moldova, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe (100). The European Union and its 27 Member States was also represented as a member of the Committee.
The following intergovernmental organizations (“IGOs”) took part as observers: African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), African Union Commission (AUC), European Patent Office (EPO), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), United Nations University, World Trade Organization (WTO), World Health Organization (WHO), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and South Centre (9).
Representatives of the following non governmental organizations (“NGOs”) took part as observers: Amauta Yuyay, American Folklore Society (AFS); Art-Law Centre; Assembly of First Nations (AFN); Association for the Development of the Angolan Civil Society (ADSCA); International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), Azerbaijan Lawyers Confederation, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (CCIRF);
Civil Society Coalition (CSC); Comisión Jurídica para el Autodesarollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos (CAPAJ); Coordination of African Human Rights NGOs (CONGAF); Creators Rights Alliance (CRA); CropLife International; El-Molo Eco-Tourism, Rights and Development; Ethnic Community Development Organization (ECDO); Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); Ibero-Latin-American Federation of Performers (FILAIE); GRTKF International; Indian Council of South America (CISA); Indian Movement “Tupaj Amaru”; Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB); Institute for African Development (INADEV); Instituto Indígena Brasileiro para Propriedade Intelectual (INBRAPI); Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO); International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI); International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD); International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); International Committee of Museums of Ethnography (ICME); International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA); International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI); International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO); International Publishers Association (IPA); International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF); International Trademark Association (INTA); International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); International Video Federation (IVF); IQ Sensato; Knowledge Ecology International (KEI); L’auravetl’an Information and Education Network of Indigenous People (LIENIP); Library Copyright Alliance; Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law (MPI); Métis National Council (MNC); Mbororo Social Cultural Development Association (MBOSCUDA); Organizaciones Indigenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA); Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI); Rromani Baxt; Sámi Parliament; The International Committee for the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (INCOMINDIOS); The Saami Reproduction Rights Organization; Third World Network (TWN); Traditions for Tomorrow; Tulalip Tribes; World Self-Medication Industry (WSMI) (56).
The list of participants is annexed to this report as Annex I.
Document WIPO/GRTKF/IC/19/INF/2 Rev. provided an overview of the documents distributed for the nineteenth session.
The Secretariat noted the interventions made and recorded them on tape. This report summarizes the discussions and provides the essence of interventions, without reflecting all the observations made in detail or necessarily following the chronological order of interventions. Certain delegations handed opening statements in to the Secretariat. As these all addressed the Future Work item on the Agenda, they are included under that item in this report.
Mr. Wend Wendland of WIPO was Secretary to the nineteenth session of the IGC.
