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WIPO/GRTKF/IC/16/INF/8
WIPO
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: February 19, 2010
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
GENEVA
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES,
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE
Sixteenth Session
Geneva, May 3 to 7, 2010
POLICIES, MEASURES AND EXPERIENCES REGARDING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES: SUBMISSION BY ZAMBIA
Document prepared by the Secretariat
1.
At its fifteenth session, held from December 7 to 11, 2009, the Intergovernmental
Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and
Folklore (‘the Committee’):
“invited Member States and observers to make available to the Secretariat papers
describing regional, national and community policies, measures and experiences
regarding intellectual property and genetic resources before February 12, 2010, and
requested the Secretariat to make these available as information documents for the next
session of the Committee.” […]
2.
Further to the decision above, the WIPO Secretariat issued a circular to all Committee
participants, dated January 15, 2010, recalling the decision and inviting participants to make
their submissions before February 12, 2010.