Side Event

Disclosure of Origin at the CBD, WIPO and the WTO: Conflict, Coherence or Complementarity?

Organizer
Center for International Environmental Law/South Centre

Date and Time
24 January 2008 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 6)

The panel will discuss the different approaches to the disclosure of origin issue at the WTO, WIPO and the CBD and examine areas of overlap, potential areas of conflict and the future of disclosure of origin provisions in the three fora.