Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Implementation Issues under Item l of the Agenda of the Council for TRIPS (Issues under Paragraph 12(b) of the Doha Ministerial Declarati[...]ion) - Communication from Cuba

World Trade Organization IP/C/W/394 10 January 2003 (03-0134) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Original: Spanish IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES UNDER ITEM "L" OF THE AGENDA OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRIPS (ISSUES UNDER PARAGRAPH 12(b) OF THE DOHA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION) Communication from Cuba This document reproduces the statement by Cuba received from the Permanent Mission of Cuba by means of a communication dated 27 November 2002. _____________ As you are aware, Mr Chairman, this Council has so far been unable to analyse the problems and concerns relating to the issues covered by item "L" of its agenda (implementation issues under paragraph 12(b) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration). This is due to the workload under the Doha Work Programme and attention required by other critical issues, such as finding a solution to the problem specified in paragraph 6 of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health and th