1. African Model Legislations for the Protection of the Rights of Communities, Farmers, Breeders and Access to Biological Resources (OAU Model Law, Algeria, 2000)

• Web page: http://www.grain.org/brl/?docid=798&lawid=2132
• Copy of the original file: African Model Legislations

2. Draft Model National Legislation on Safety in Biotechnology (African Model Law on Biosafety, Addis Ababa, June 1999)

• Web page: http://www.africabio.com/policies/MODEL%20LAW%20ON%20BIOSAFETY_ff.htm
  
• Copy of the original file: Draft Model Legislation on Safety in Biotechnology
  

3. African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Final revision (text adopted by AU Assembly on 11 July)

• Web page: http://www.africa-union.org/Official_documents/
  Treaties_%20Conventions_%20Protocols/nature%20and%20natural%20recesource.pdf
  
• Copy of the original file: African Convention on the Conservation of Nature
  

4. The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
(October 2001)

• Web page: http://www.nepad.org/2005/files/documents/inbrief.pdf
• Copy of the original file: The New Partnership for Africa's Development

5. African Intellectual Property Organization Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977, on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization (Bangui Central African Republic, February 24, 1999)

• Web page: http://www.oapi.wipo.net/en/textes/pdf/accord_bangui.pdf
  
• Copy of the original file: African Intellectual Property Organization

6. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
World Trade Organization, General Council, WT/GC/302
Preparation for the 1999 Ministerial Conference: The TRIPS Agreement

• Web page: http://www.wto.int/english/docs_e/legal_e/27-trips.pdf
  
• Copy of the original file: WT/GC/302

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