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WIPO E WIPO/GRTKF/IC/9/11 ORIGINAL: English DATE: March 15, 2006 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION GENEVA intergovernmental committee onintellectual property and genetic resources,traditional knowledge and folklore Ninth Session Geneva, April 24 to 28, 2006 Republic of South Africa: IndigEnous Knowledge Systems Policy Document submitted by South Africa By a note dated February 22, 2006, the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva confirmed a request that a document, transmitted by a letter dated Novembe