But there's another source of information, and that's effectively prior knowledge.

Indigenous knowledge belonged to indigenous peoples and any exploitation of indigenous knowledge should only be made with their free, prior and informed consent.

Sometimes indigenous traditional knowledge had entered into the public domain without free, prior and informed consent.

The free, prior and informed consent principle in the context of intellectual property can mean defensive protection in which any use of traditional knowledge, and in particular acquisition of intellectual property rights over traditional knowledge and derivatives thereof, without the prior consent of the community, can be prevented.

No external supplier without prior knowledge of the United Nations Secretariat structure would easily access procurement information on the web site.

The Subcommittee expressed support for the outcome of the Expert Group Meeting on Open source Software for Knowledge Management, held prior to the Subcommittee session.

UNDP emphasized its policy on indigenous peoples, which specifically addressed free, prior and informed consent in planning and programming, issues of resettlement, and indigenous knowledge.

Leaving matters of propriety aside, we wonder what legal and moral rights Mr. Axworthy can invoke to contact our lawyers, without our prior knowledge and approval.

That is why we do not allow patents for basic insights in mathematics. And it is why research shows that patenting genes actually reduces the production of new knowledge about genes the most important input in the production of new knowledge is prior knowledge, to which patents inhibit access.

The observer for Panama gave a recent example of practical application of the principle of free, prior and informed consent in the area of traditional knowledge, in which the Government had established a national registry for the protection of indigenous knowledge.

These SINTNCs had prior experience and knowledge of the host countries through trading activities with customers there and frequent travel by staff to host countries to serve clients.

Regional organizations in disaster prone regions can play an important role in disaster response, as they have unparalleled knowledge of local conditions and prior relationships with national decision makers.

And the point about Bayesian decision theory is it gives you the mathematics of the optimal way to combine your prior knowledge with your sensory evidence to generate new beliefs.

Precisely what free, prior and informed consent means in practice in this context, and to which forms and uses of traditional knowledge the principle should apply, were still under discussion.

In particular, the Working Group decided to encourage any relevant bodies and States to ensure that the principle of free, prior and informed consent applies when protecting traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples.

5220 Prior surveillance

a Includes adjustments to prior year contributions and expenditure and cancellations of prior year obligations.

Calls upon all States to give specific attention to the promotion and protection of the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples and to ensure that the principle of free, prior and informed consent is fully applied when protecting their traditional knowledge in their relations with non indigenous sections of the population

(g) Prior biennium adjustments

The WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, and other relevant United Nations organizations, should continue to address public domain issues in relation to free, prior and informed consent and the protection of traditional knowledge and cultural expressions and recommend possible solutions as an urgent priority.

Cancellation of prior years obligations

Free, prior and informed consent

b Prior to tax adjustments.

Savings on prior period obligations

Article 8 (j) also requires that traditional knowledge of indigenous and local communities be used only with their approval , which implies that their prior informed consent is required article 8 (j) further requires that benefits arising from the application of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices should be shared equitably with the indigenous communities concerned.

We exercise these prior to implantation.

The prior period adjustments totalled 723,000.

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed

Performance prior to continuation or rejection

(e) Free, prior and informed consent (2004)

For leading up to read prior to

5270 Prior surveillance for sensitive product categories

6170 Prior authorization for sensitive product categories

Overview of free, prior and informed consent

(a) Charges or credits relating to prior years

Counsel argues that his prior lawyer had been unable to arrange for a power of attorney to be signed prior to the complainant's rapid removal, and that the prior lawyer considered his responsibilities at an end once the complainant had been removed.

Since extensive sampling of equipment at this facility was not performed prior to 1995, the evidence of its involvement was not uncovered prior to Iraq's declaration.

Prior history of genocide or violence against a group.

3.3 In addition, the author infers from the fact that Waldemar received the District Court's notice to register the liquidation on 18 December 1995, i.e. the same day it was issued, that Waldemar had prior knowledge from the Court that this notice would be issued.

This amount consists of savings on the cancellation of obligations from the prior biennium of 3,287,665 less 9,891 exchange loss on liquidation of prior biennium IDDA obligations.

The group met from 6 to 10 November 2004, prior to the thirty third session, and from 25 to 28 April 2005, prior to the thirty fourth session.

A number of payment transactions were made without prior approval.

Sampling at this facility was not performed prior to 1995.

Prior to that was the Head of the Family Division.