The last day of the 16th meeting of WIPO's copyright committee has just begun. As we listen to a presentation on WIPO's arbitration and mediation center, we've been handed a set of draft conclusions for the meeting.

There's still some discussion, including NGO comments on the broadcast treaty, to come, but here's the draft conclusions, which will be discussed towards the end of the day.

STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS Sixteenth Session, March 10 to 12, 2008-03-12 DRAFT CONCLUSIONS

Protection of audiovisual performances

The outcome of the deliberations in the course of the sixteenth session of the SCCR will be reported to the General Assembly.

- The Delegations who took the floor expressed their willingness to take up further discussions on the substance, with the aim of finding a way forward. Some Delegations stressed the importance of finding a way to resolve the outstanding substantive issues.

- The Secretariat was requested to prepare a factual document summarizing the outcome of the activities organised in accordance with the request of the General Assembly.

- The Secretariat will continue to organise seminars on the regional and national level, and was requested to organise an information meeting in the context of the next session of the SCCR.

- The matter will be maintained on the agenda of the next session of the SCCR.

Exceptions and limitations

The basis for deliberations of the SCCR on this item was the proposal made in the present session by Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua and Uruguay, which elaborates further the proposal by the Delegation of Chile (SCCR/ 13/5). Many of the Delegations who took the floor supported the proposal, emphasized the importance of it and expressed their willingness to participate in the discussions on this issue. Several Delegations underlined the need for speedy action to improve the access of visually impaired persons to protected works.

- The Secretariat was requested to make, in addition of the existing study reports, a study on exceptions and limitations for the benefit of educational activities, including distance education and the trans- border aspect in it.

- The Secretariat was requested to organize, in conjunction with the next session of the SCCR, an informative session on existing and forthcoming studies.

- The Committee will prepare a more detailed work plan on this item in its next session.

- The matter will be maintained on the agenda of the next session of the SCCR.

Protection of broadcasting organizations

- The Delegations who took the floor expressed their interest in continuing the work on this item.

-The matter will be maintained on the agenda of the next session of the SCCR.

Future work of the Committee

-Consideration on the future work and the work plan of the Committee will continue in the next session of the SCCR, on the basis of the outcome of the discussion in the present session.

Next session of the SCCR

The next sesion of the SCCR will be convened xx , 2008