Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Comments on Implementation of the 30 August 2003 Agreement (Solution) on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health - Communication from the United States

World Trade Organization IP/C/W/444 18 March 2005 (05-1149) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Original: English comments on implementation of the 30 august 2003 agreement (solution) on the trips agreement and public health Communication from the United States The following communication, dated 9 March 2005, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the United States. It was circulated as an advance copy for the Council's March 2005 meeting. _______________ This paper sets forth the position of the United States with respect to the implementation of the 30 August 2003 solution pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health and its transformation into an amendment to the TRIPS Agreement. the agreement On 14 November 2001, at the Doha Ministerial Conference, Members adopted the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. Paragraph 6 of