Day 1, WIPO PCDA meeting

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Subject: [A2k] FromGeneva: Day 1 of WIPO PCDA meeting
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:03:17 +0100
From: Thiru Balasubramaniam <thiru <at> cptech.org>
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http://fromgeneva.blogspot.com/2006/02/day-1-of-wipo-pcda-meeting_20.html

      Day 1 of WIPO PCDA meeting

Monday, 20 February 2006
Thiru Balasubramaniam

The first meeting of the WIPO Provisional Committee for Proposals
Related to a Development Agenda (PCDA) meets from 20 February to
24 February. The morning session commenced at 12:43 PM and broke
up at 12:57 PM. The reason for the abbrievated morning session
was intense pre-meeting negotiations on electing a Chair for the
PCDA. One candidate favored by the Group B countries (mainly
industrialized Members) was the Ambassador of Romania. The
candidate favored by many developing countries was Ambassador
Rigoberto Gauto Vielman. Finally, after much deliberation, the
candidate from Romania withdrew from the race. When the morning
session convened, Nigeria on behalf of the African Group formally
nominated Ambassador Gauto (Paraguay) as Chair and the Ambassador
of Kyrgyzstan as Vice-Chair. Thailand, on behalf of the Asian