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WTO/ESCAP Regional Workshop on the TRIPS Agreement
and Public Health for the Asia-Pacific Region
Date
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25-27 July 2007 |
Venue
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Macao, China |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
World Trade Organization (WTO)
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Objective
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To provide technical training for mid-level government officials
who are involved in the formulation and implementation of
intellectual property rights-related policies in the Asia-Pacific
Region on dispute resolution systems regarding intellectual
property rights. |
Documentation
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Opening statement
 Mr. Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, UNESCAP
Theme I: Establishing the Basis for the Use of the Paragraph 6
System
Introduction to the WTO Overview of the TRIPS Agreement
Roger Kampf, Counsellor, WTO Secretariat
Patents and provisions in WIPO treaties relevant to public
health
Octavio Espinosa, Director, Legislative and Legal
Advice Division, WIPO
TRIPS Provisions of Direct Relevance to Public Health
Roger Kampf, Counsellor, WTO Secretariat
Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public
Health
Jayashree Watal, Counsellor, Intellectual Property
Division, World Trade Organization
Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on
the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health
Jayashree Watal, Counsellor, Intellectual Property
Division,World Trade Organization
Theme II: Making the Paragraph 6 System Work
EU Regulation on Compulsory Licensing
Patrick Ravillard, Principal Administrator, GD Trade,
European Commission
Globalization, TRIPS and access to medicines
Germán Velásquez, Associate Director, Department
of Technical Cooperation for Essential Drugs and
Traditional Medicine, WHO
Trade, TRIPS and Health: Findings from the ESCAP 2007
Theme Study
Marc Proksch, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
A Work Programme dedicated to the Development
Perspective of Intellectual Property
Kiyoshi Adachi, Legal Officer, International
Arrangements, UNCTAD
The Implementation of the Paragraph 6 System
Mr. Eric Noehrenberg, Director, International Trade and
Market Policy, and Director, Public Health Advocacy,
International Federation of Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers Associations
Making Paragraph 6 System Work
Dilip Shah, Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical
Alliance
Implementation of Paragraph 6 System: Some Practical
Experiences and Observations
Hu Yuanqiong, Advocacy Advisor, Campaign for
Access to Essential Medicines, Médecins sans
frontières, Beijing Office
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Participants
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Programme
Information note for participants
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Marc Proksch
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: proksch.unescap@un.org
Ms. Yang Zhendai
Associate Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: yangz@un.org
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Last updated: 6 September 2007 |
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