IIM/1 - Intersessional Intergovernmental Meeting (IIM)

IIM/1 - Intersessional Intergovernmental Meeting

In October 2004, WIPO's General Assembly to hold a series of meetings devoted to country proposals on a development agenda. The first of these, the IIM/1 - Intersessional Intergovernmental Meeting, is held on 11-13 April, 2005, in Geneva.

Joint Statement of Consumers International and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue.

Information in Spanish from CPSR-Purú

WIPO Documents

Conference homepage.
April 6, 2005. Press release. WIPO to Host Meetings on Intellectual Property and Development.

Country Proposals

April 6, 2005. U.K. Proposal
April 6, 2005. Group of Friends of Development Proposal
April 1, 2005. Mexico Proposal
March 18, 2005. U.S. Proposal

Country Statments

NGO Statments

Press Releases and Reports from the meeting

April 14, 2005. Free Press. U.S. ignores public interest at World Intellectual Property Organization.
April 13, 2005. Pablo Ortellado for the Media trade Monitor. WIPO's Development Meeting - Day Two (April 12).
April 12, 2004. Thiru Balasubramaniam, Gwen Hinze and Ren Bucholz. Notes on day Two.
April 11, 2005. Thiru Balasubramaniam, Gwen Hinze and Ren Bucholz. Notes on Day One.

News Stories

April 15, 2005. William New for Intellectual Property Watch. Reform Debate Trips Up WIPO Development Aid Meeting.
April 15, 2005. Martin Khor for the North-South Development Monitor. WIPO to hold two more Development Agenda meetings by July.
April 14, 2005. William New for Intellectual Property Watch. Non-Profits, Industry Offer Views On WIPO Development Agenda.
April 14, 2005. Martin Khor for the North-South Development Monitor. South countries elaborate on their WIPO development agenda.
April 13, 2005. Bridges Weekly Trade news Digest. Governments meet in Geneva to Discuss WIPO Development Agenda.
April 13, 2005. William New for IP-Watch. WIPO Development Agenda Talks Move Ahead.
April 13, 2005. Martin Khor and Sangeeta Shashikan for the North-South Development Monitor. North-South differences emerge in WIPO development meeting.
April 11, 2005. William New for IP-Watch. Nations Clash On Future Of WIPO Development Agenda.
April 11, 2005. Martin Khor for the North-South Development Monitor. Developing countries present comprehensive plan to reform WIPO.

Problems with NGO Accreditation

April 11, 2005. List of 17 NGOs accredited on first day of the meeting.
March 10, 2005. James Love, CPTech. WIPO Accreditation for April 11 meetings on Development Agenda.
March, 2005. Pedro de Paranaguá Moniz, Cory Doctorow and Pedro Antonio Dourado de Rezende. Sign-On Letter to WIPO calling for Transparemcy, Participation, Balance and Access.
No Date. Electronic Frontier Foundation. Graph showing WIPO-accredited NGOs. Balance in the WIPO Development Agenda?
March 10, 2005. Cory Doctorow for P2PNet News. WIPO IP meeting ban.
March 7, 2005. Linux Electrons. WIPO Shutting Out Public Interest Organizations.
March 7, 2005. Electronic Frontier Foundation. WIPO Shutting Out Public Interest Organizations.
March 2, 2005. WSIS - Civil Society. WSIS Civil Society Press Release on WIPO Accreditation.
February 23, 2005. William new for IP-Watch. WIPO Asked To Explain NGO Accreditation Process.

The list of NGOs accredited in February, 2005, can be found here. To apply for NGO accreditation, contact:

Edward Kwakwa, Legal Counsel,
World Intellectual Property Organization
34 Chemin des Colombettes
1211 Geneva 20
tel: +41 22 338-9676
fax: +41 22 338-8444
email: edward.kwakwa@wipo.int

Also, we ask that NGOs seeking accreditation CC Thiru Balasubramaniam at CPTech's Geneva Office. (thiru@cptech.org)

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