Statement, October 2021
Statement by the South Centre to the 2021 Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO
The South Centre is the intergovernmental think tank of developing countries based in Geneva. We are of the view that a central goal of WIPO as part of the UN system is to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. A balanced and flexible international intellectual property system, with adequate safeguards, can be supportive of the SDGs, as set by SDG 3b. Global supply and access to Covid-19 countermeasures can be accelerated with increased cooperation and removal of IP barriers. WIPO should support its Members to reach agreement on a temporary waiver of the TRIPS Agreement.
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Statement by the South Centre to the 2021 Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO
This article was tagged: Access to Medicines, Biologics, COVID-19, Genetic Resources, Intellectual Property, Pandemic, Patent, Public Health, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCE), Traditional Knowledge, TRIPS, TRIPS Waiver, WIPO Assemby, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
