Code: WIPO/1/1
Committee: World Intellectual Property Organization
Subject: Patent Protection and Access to Pharmaceuticals
DRAFT RESOLUTION

Acknowledging that in situations of great urgency, public health requirements supersede intellectual property protection of essential medicines,

Recognizing the need for cooperation among States, private sector patent holders, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in improving access to essential pharmaceuticals,

Aware of the disparities between the availability of and access to essential medicines within Member States,

Reaffirming our commitment to the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health,

Deeply concerned with the current state of affairs of Member States suffering from HIV/AIDS and other epidemics or pandemics,

Acknowledging the detrimental effects of pharmaceutical market failure on the public health of developing States, especially those particularly susceptible to disease pandemics and incapable of providing necessary health care, and the potential benefits of compulsory licensing and domestic production of pharmaceuticals for specific export,

THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION,

1. Calls upon Member States experiencing a public health crisis to follow the guidelines in Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement and Article 5b of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health regarding compulsory licensing;
   
   
2. Strongly encourages developed States to assist in providing essential pharmaceuticals to developing States that are stricken by severe HIV/AIDS or other public health crises, as determined by Article 5c of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health;
   
   
3. Recognizes that exceptions to Article 28 of the TRIPS Agreement with regard to domestic production of pharmaceuticals for specific emergency situations in developing States are in accordance with Article 30 of TRIPS;
   
   
4. Recommends the Secretary General form a joint committee comprised of members from the World Trade Organization, World Health Organization, Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, and World Intellectual Property Organization to formulate coherent long-term policy in cooperation with multinational pharmaceutical corporations, NGOs, and Member States.
   
   

Code: WIPO/2/1
Committee: World Intellectual Property
Subject: Genetic Modification and Patent Protection
DRAFT RESOLUTION

Reiterating our commitment to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and the principles of patent protection contained within,

Recognizing the potential economic and social benefits associated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture,

Further recognizing the potential health risks associated with modifying the genetic make-up of consumable goods though unnatural processes,

Stressing the need for an international accreditation process by which GMOs can be evaluated,

Recognizing that a certification process establishing the safety of GMOs will contribute to an overall increase in demand for genetically modified consumables worldwide,

THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION,

1. Calls for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to establish a comprehensive certification process, to be initiated at the request of the patent holder, in order to scientifically evaluate relevant research on the candidate GMO provided by patent holders and Member States, establish its effects on public health as a result of cultivation and consumption, and determine its effects on the natural environments into which they are to be introduced, with special respect to biodiversity in accordance with the Biodiversity Convention;
   
   
2. Requests this certification process evaluate GMOs with financial cooperation from the FAO, World Trade Organization, and patent holders;
   
   
3. Further recommends that GMOs and their derived products found to be of no risk by this certification process be clearly and properly marked as such during both international transportation and retail sale;
   
   
4. Endorses the establishment of a universal symbol to distinguish FAO certified GMO products under patent in conjunction with clear labeling;
   
   
5. Encourages Member States to promote objective information regarding the implications of the GMO certification process.

Code: WIPO/2/2
Committee: World Intellectual Property Organization
Subject: Genetic Modification and Intellectual Property Rights
DRAFT RESOLUTION

Seeking the comprehensive support of the international community concerning the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) derived from all folklore and traditional knowledge,

Recognizing the contribution of folklore and traditional knowledge to scientific development,

Aware of the progress and development foreign public or private sectors achieve through the use of local traditions or resources,

Noting economic disparities between multi-national corporations who develop GMOs and farmers of developing States,

THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION,

1. Strongly encourages Member States to negotiate favorable licensing of GMOs with the States from which local traditions or resources the GMO originate;
   
   
2. Urges parties involved to cooperate to obtain mutual benefits of collaboration, which would include access to and development of biotechnology for multi-national corporations and economic stimulus within the country of origin.
   
   

Code: WIPO/3/1
Committee: World Intellectual Property Organization
Subject: Information Technology Crimes
DRAFT RESOLUTION

Recognizing the need for international cooperation in protecting information technology (IT),

Affirming the need for standardization of technical terminology,

Noting that IT security is overwhelmingly outpaced by technology crime,

Reaffirming commitment to curtail IT crime through international cooperation and enforcement by all Member States,

Realizing the detrimental effects IT crimes have on Member States and their private sectors,

THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION,

1. Calls upon States to ratify the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonogram Treaty and WIPO Copyright Treaty;
   
   
2. Affirms the applicability of the above treaties to IT and intellectual property held in intangible form;
   
   
3. Requests a periodic, joint report from International Telecommunications Union and the Internet Engineering Taskforce, in consultation with private entities, to define common technical terminology and protocols as well as to inform this body on pertinent technological evolution;
   
   
4. Recommends that States cooperate on a regional basis in order to develop, implement, and enforce coherent cyber law policy;
   
   
5. Requests that threat assessment processes be designed to appraise the security of intellectual property stored digitally;
   
   
6. Calls upon States to increase the exchange of digital information and encryption technologies for the purposes of improving the security of intellectual property;
   
   
7. Reiterates its determination to continue the international expansion of WIPOnet.

Code: WIPO/3/2
Committee: World Intellectual Property Organization
Subject: Combating Intellectual Property Crimes
DRAFT RESOLUTION

Recognizes the need for prevention and recognition of information technology crimes within the developing world,

Emphasizes various levels of development in information technology within Member States,

Seeking to develop a system of qualifications for the greater development in preventing information technology crimes,

THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION,

1. Calls for implementation of a regional, structural guideline to determine the imperative requirement of Member States within their regional levels to a standard of open-source technology set by World Intellectual Property Organization;
   
   
2. Recommends Developing States work toward the initiation of the development of information technology infrastructures that respect intellectual property on a global scale.