MOVING FORWARD WITH SAMPLE SHARING NEGOTIATIONS

UNCLAS JAKARTA 000894 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR EAP/MTS, G/AIAG, L/DL, EAP/EX, AND OES/IHA USAID FOR ANE/CLEMENTS AND GH/CARROLL DEPT ALSO PASS TO HHS/WSTEIGER/ABHAT/MSTLOUIS AND HHS/NIH DEPT ALSO PASS TO DOJ for OFL GENEVA FOR WHO/HOHMAN USDA/FAS/OSTA BRANT, ROSENBLUM USDA/APHIS ANNELLI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG SUBJECT: MOVING FORWARD WITH SAMPLE SHARING NEGOTIATIONS REF: A) STATE 4753 B) JAKARTA 826 1.(SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. ¶2. (SBU) Dr. Widjaja Lukito, Ministry of Health lead negotiator for sample sharing, told us on May 6 that he would like to continue sample sharing negotiations by video teleconference (VTC) either the morning of May 8 or May 9. He is proposing a 7:00 a.m. (Jakarta) start time which would allow Australia to participate at 10:00 a.m. (Canberra time) along with Washington (8:00 p.m.) Widjaja is departing Indonesia on May 10 and will not be returning until May ¶26. ¶3. (SBU) Widjaja suggested that VTC discussions take up where the Sydney March 17-19 talks concluded and that the same agenda items be discussed. But he stressed the importance of including the renaming of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN) to reflect the fact that the system will be different. Indonesia proposes that the system be renamed to the WHO Influenza Network (WIN). According to Widjaja, Indonesia's priorities on benefits sharing are tiered pricing and a global vaccine stockpile (whether real or virtual) that guarantees developing countries access to vaccine at affordable prices. ¶4. (SBU) Widjaja indicated he will ask that someone from Ministry of Foreign Affairs attend the VTC along with another representative from the Ministry of Health. ¶5. (SBU) Action requested: please inform us whether we should arrange the proposed VTC on May 8 or May 9 Jakarta time. HUME