17. Notes that the latter proposal, in particular, enjoys strong support from developing countries which see names traditionally associated with their products being pirated by western producers; welcomes also the lead taken by the EU in setting out useful proposals for clarifying the relationship of TRIPs with the Convention on Biodiversity, traditional knowledge and folklore, and for strengthening farmers’ rights, and regrets that discussions on all these issues seem to be deadlocked;

25. Stresses the paramount importance, underlined in paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPs Agreement and Public Health, of better access to medicines for developing countries in order to foster development through the preservation of human life, and the need to fully integrate this dimension in the development policy of the EU and invites the Commission to play a leading role in order to securing multilaterally agreed solutions to effective access to medicines. Reaffirms the EU's commitment to examining, inter alia, the relationship between the TRIPs agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the protection of traditional knowledge and folklore and the p ...[+++]rotection of geographical indications, with a view to taking into account the specific interests of developing countries.