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AVP/DC/15
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DATE: JUNE 23, 2012

Diplomatic Conference on the Protection ofAudiovisual Performances

Beijing, June 20 to 26, 2012

SECOND REPORT OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Prepared by the Secretariat

1.
The Credentials Committee (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”), established onJune 20, 2012, by the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances,
met for the second time on June 23, 2012.
2.
The Delegations of the following States, elected members of the Committee by the
Diplomatic Conference, attended the meeting: Azerbaijan, China, Japan, Paraguay, Slovenia,Zimbabwe (6).
3.
The President of the Committee, elected by the Diplomatic Conference, wasMr. Garikai Kashitiku (Zimbabwe). The Vice-Presidents, elected by the Diplomatic Conference,
were Mr. Yan Xiaohong (China) and Mr. Grega Kumer (Slovenia).
4.
In accordance with Rule 9 (1) of the Amended Rules of Procedure adopted by theConference on June 20, 2012 (document AVP/DC/2, hereinafter referred to as “the Rules ofProcedure”), the Committee examined the credentials and full powers received since its firstmeeting on June 21, 2012.

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5.

The Committee found in order:(a)

as far as Member Delegations are concerned,(i) the credentials and full powers (that is, credentials for participating in theConference and signing the Final Act of the Conference, and full powers to sign the Treaty to be
adopted by the Diplomatic Conference) of the delegations of the following (19) States:
Benin
BurundiCôte d’Ivoire
CyprusDjibouti
EcuadorFranceJamaica
JordanMadagascar
Mauritania
Mauritius
Peru
Republic of Moldova
Sao Tomé and Principe
Senegal
Spain
Syrian Arab Republic
Zimbabwe(ii) the credentials without full powers to sign the Treaty (that is, credentials forparticipating in the Conference and signing the Final Act of the Conference) of the delegationsof the following (11) States:
Austria
Comoros
Cuba
India
MyanmarNigeria
Romania
Samoa
South Africa
Swaziland
United Arab Emirates
The Committee took note of the fact that the delegations of some Member States had indicatedthat although they had presented credentials, they were not in a position, by virtue of theirinternal constitutional processes, to sign the Final Act (Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Thailand). The Committee expressed the wish that any other concerneddelegations inform the Secretariat of that fact.
(b) as far as Observers are concerned, the letters or documents of appointment ofrepresentatives of the following (9) non-governmental organizations:AVP/DC/15
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American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)
Asociación Nacional de Intérpretes (ANDI)
Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT)
British Copyright Council (BCC)
Center for Performers’ Rights Administration (CPRA) of GEIDANKYO
International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
Sociedad Argentina de Gestión de Actores Intérpretes (SAGAI)
Society for Collective Administration of Performer’s Rights (ADAMI)6.
The Committee recommends to the Conference, meeting in Plenary, to accept thecredentials and full powers of the delegations mentioned in paragraph 5 (a)(i), above, thecredentials of the delegations mentioned in paragraph 5 (a)(ii), above and the letters ofappointment mentioned in paragraph 5 (b), above.
7.
The Committee decided that a report on its meeting should be prepared by the Secretariatand issued as its report, to be presented by the President of the Committee to the Conference,meeting in Plenary.
8.
It is recalled that credentials and/or full powers have been submitted by the following
Member and Special delegations:(a) the credentials and full powers (that is, credentials for participating in theConference and signing the Final Act, and full powers to sign the Treaty to be adopted by theDiplomatic Conference) of the delegations of the following States: Belgium, Belize, Benin,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark,Djibouti, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica,Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco,Nicaragua, Niger, Peru, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome andPrincipe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland,
Syrian Arab Republic, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tunisia, UnitedStates of America, Uruguay, Zimbabwe (60).
(b) the credentials without full powers to sign the Treaty (that is, credentials forparticipating in the Conference and signing the Final Act) of the delegations of the following
States: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,Barbados, Belarus, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Comoros,Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, , Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, European
Union, Fiji, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran(Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic
Republic, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, , Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal,Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines,Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia,Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad
and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,
United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Viet Nam (81).

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