GENEVA (Switzerland), June 15 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge.
It will contribute to fighting against biopiracy, thereby safeguarding genetic resources and ancestral knowledge of indigenous peoples.
The WIPO international instrument reinforces the efficacy, transparency, and quality of the patent system.
Therefore, it incorporates a mandatory requirement for disclosure of origin or source of the genetic resource and/or traditional knowledge associated with these resources.
To date, more than 30 countries have authenticated the treaty, including seven in the region: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Foreign Affairs minister signed the authentication of this treaty at the WIPO institutional headquarters, in the presence of its Director General Daren Tang.
At the meeting with the general director, a review was conducted on bilateral cooperation, such as “Uchi CreActivo: Sowing Value Through IP in the Awajun Children” project, promoting gastronomic tourism, strengthening the Chulucanas designation of origin, among others. — NNN-ANDINA
