Cablegate: Bahrain: April 11-13 Wipo Session On Intellectual
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UNCLAS MANAMA 000421
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI DBERNS
STATE PASS USTR JBUNTIN
PARIS FOR USOECD
GENEVA FOR USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD KIPR EAID KPAO OIIP BA WIPO
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: APRIL 11-13 WIPO SESSION ON INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT
REF: STATE 47851
Per reftel, EconOff March 19 raised U.S. concerns about
Brazil's "Development Agenda" proposal at WIPO to Ministry of
Industry and Commerce Assistant Undersecretary of Foreign
Trade, Shaikh Daij Al Khalifa. Shaikh Daij said officials
from Manama would not be attending the meeting, but he
pledged to pass information on the U.S. position to Saleh Y.
Al-Saleh, the senior Bahraini commercial attach in Geneva.
Shaikh Daij requested that USTR/Geneva be in direct contact
with Al-Saleh about the issue. Al-Saleh can be reached at:
office (41) 22 758 0457; mobile (41) 79 370 6623.
MONROE