Chapter 3
The Future of IPRs in theMultilateral Trading System
ISSUES FOR THE MEXICO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
The first question to address is which issues developing countries should pay special attention to for the forthcoming Mexico Ministerial Conference (10–14 September 2002). Seven are identified in this chapter.
Public health
The Council for TRIPS was instructed by Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health to report to the General Council before the end of 2003 regarding an expeditious solution to the problem of members facing difficulty in using compulsory licensing because of insufficient or no manufacturing capacity for products in the pharmaceutical sector. At this time, there is ...
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