Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Special Session - Fifth Special Session of the Council for TRIPS - Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Eui-Yong Chung, to the Trade Negotiations Committee

TN/IP/5World Trade Organization TN/IP/5 28 February 2003 (03-1196) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Special Session Fifth special session of the Council for trips Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Eui-yong Chung, to the Trade Negotiations Committee Status of Work The Special Session of the Council for TRIPS held its fifth meeting on 21 February 2003 on the basis of the agenda set out in WTO/AIR/2024. The agenda items were: negotiation of the establishment of a multilateral system of notification and registration of geographical indications for wines and spirits; observer status for intergovernmental organizations; and other business. Discussions regarding the first agenda item were structured along the headings of the WTO Secretariat's factual compilation of issues raised and points made by delegations so far (TN/IP/W/7), which in turn reflected the points identified in the earlier Chairman's List of Points and