English: WIPO/GRTKF/IC/11/5(a) Annex, page 26 their welfare and economic, cultural and social benefit and reward the contribution made by them to their communities and to the progress of science and socially beneficial technology; Promote conservation and preservation of traditional knowledge (iv) promote and support the conservation and preservation of traditional knowledge by respecting, preserving, protecting and maintaining traditional knowledge systems and providing incentives to the custodians of those knowledge systems to maintain and safeguard their knowledge systems; Empower holders of traditional knowledge and acknowledge the distinctive nature of traditional knowledge systems (v) be undertaken in a manner that empowers traditional knowledge holders to protect their knowledge by fully acknowledging the distinctive nature of traditional knowledge systems and the need to tailor solutions that meet the distinctive nature of such systems, bearing in mind that such solutions should be balanced and equitable, should ensure that conventional intellectual property regimes operate in a manner supportive of the protection of traditional knowledge against misappropriation, and should effectively empower traditional knowledge holders to exercise due rights and authority over their own knowledge; Support traditional knowledge systems (vi) respect and facilitate the continuing customary use, development, exchange and transmission of traditional knowledge by and between traditional knowledge holders; and support and augment customary custodianship of knowledge and associated genetic resources, and promote the continued development of traditional knowledge systems; Contribute to safeguarding traditional knowledge (vii) contribute to the preservation and safeguarding of traditional knowledge and the appropriate balance of customary and other means for their development, preservation and transmission, and promote the conservation, maintenance, application and wider use of traditional knowledge, in accordance with relevant customary practices, norms, laws and understandings of traditional knowledge holders, for the primary and direct benefit of traditional knowledge holders in particular, and for the benefit of humanity in general; Repress unfair and inequitable uses (viii) repress the misappropriation of traditional knowledge and other unfair commercial and non-commercial activities, recognizing the need to adapt approaches for the repression of misappropriation of traditional knowledge to national and local needs; Respect for and cooperation with relevant international agreements and processes (ix) take account of, and operate consistently with, other international and regional instruments and processes, in particular regimes that regulate access to and benefit-sharing from genetic resources which are associated with that traditional knowledge; Promote innovation and creativity
French: En conséquence, les délibérations sur cette question devraient faire en sorte que l’octroi de droits de propriété intellectuelle relatifs aux savoirs traditionnels soit lié au respect des exigences constituées par le consentement préalable donné en connaissance de cause et le partage des avantages en exigeant que les demandes d’octroi de droits de propriété intellectuelle contiennent des preuves à cet égard.