Eastern and Southern Africa Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue On Trade, Intellectual Property And Biological Resources 
Nairobi, Kenya  30-31 July 2001

ICTSD: Selection of Electronic Documents and Other Resource on Trade, Intellectual Property and Biological Resources in Eastern and Southern Africa

Chair's introductory remarks (Roundtable 1)

Adronico Oduogo ADEDE (L'etwal International, Kenya): The Political Economy of the TRIPs Agreement - Origins and History of Negotiations

H.E. Boniface Guwa CHIDYAUSIKU (Permanent Mission of Zimbabwe to the UN in Geneva): Article 27.3(b) of TRIPS - The Review Process in the WTO and the Developments at Regional/National Level

Edward CHISANGA (Permanent Mission of Zambia in Geneva): Should Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Rules Be Renegotiated?

Johnson A. EKPERE (Department of Agric. Extension & Rural Development, University of Ibadan, Nigeria): The OAU Model Law and Africa's Common Position on the TRIPs Review Process

Sophia KERWEGI APIO (Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Laboratory, Uganda) : The Implication of TRIPs Agreement for the Commercialisation of Africa's Genetic Resources

Gus LE BRETON (Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources, Zimbabwe) : Trade in Biological Resources in Southern Africa

Robert J. L. LETTINGTON (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya): A Place for Agriculture at the Trade and Environment Table? Negotiations for a Revised International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources in the Context of TRIPs and the CBD

Mwananyanda Mbikusita LEWANIKA (National Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Zambia): Traditional Knowledge - Recognition and Protection

Francis MANGENI (African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya): Implementing the Agreement on TRIPs in Africa

John MUGABE (African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya): Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TIPRs) and Biotechnology - Emerging International Policy Issues

James OTIENO-ODEK (University of Nairobi, Kenya): Towards Trips Compliance - Kenya's Experience And Legislative Reforms

Rosemary WOLSON (University of Cape Town, Office of Industry Liaison, Research Support Services, South Africa): Towards TRIPs compliance - South Africa's experience and legislative reforms