Doha Declaration

Correa, Carlos M. 2002. Implications of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public... 

WTO Doha Declaration. 2001. Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, Doha WTO Ministerial 2001. WT/MIN(01)/DEC/2, para 7. Available at www.vrto.int [Accessed February 5, 2006]. 

Abbott, F. M. 2004. The Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health and the Contradictory Trend in Bilateral and Regional Free Trade Agreements. Geneva Quaker United Nations Office. Occasional Paper 14. Available at http //www.geneva.quno.info/pdf/ OP14AbbottfinaI.pdf [Accessed February 7, 2006]. 

Baker, B. 2004. Arthritic Flexibilities for Accessing Medicines Analysis of WTO Action Regarding Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. Indiana International Comparative Law Review 14 613-715. 

Doha WTO Ministerial 2001 Ministerial Declaration. Geneva WTO. Available... 

The debate about implementation problems has been growing steadily within the WTO (see WTO, 2000a). As a result of the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar in November 2001, WTO Members adopted the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (WTO, 2001a) and Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns (WTO, 2001b). 

The WTO Doha Ministerial discussed issues relating to the extension of the protection of GIs to products other than wines and spirits, as provided for in Article 23 of the WTO TRIPS Agreement. This will be addressed in the Council for TRIPS. Discussions on this issue, however, need to be speeded up, and the Ministerial Declaration simply acknowledges that these are on-going without committing members to a resolution. Cl sees important links between the issue of consumer confidence in organic foods and international protection of GIs. 

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