بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم   Statement By  By Mr. Bahram Heidari Representative of  Islamic Republic of Iran before The 63rd  series of meetings of the WIPO Assemblies Agenda item 9 (i): The Intergovermental Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) (WO/GA/55/1) Geneva, 18 July  2022     Thank you Madam Chair,   Limitations and Exceptions are critical in ensuring the balanced copyright system. We welcome the extensive work that have been done into understanding the limitations and exceptions landscape better, including the regional and international conferences on limitations and exceptions that took place in 2019. Maintaining a balanced work program with regard to the issues of limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, for educational and research institutions is of great importance. SCCR should continue its work and activities towards a fair and balanced copyright system that supports creativity and advances the public interest including by promoting digital access to education and research, as well as to cultural heritage.  Therefore, Concrete progressive future work on limitations and exceptions should be a priority for the Committee.   The Committee is also fairly expected to continue to work towards an appropriate international legal instrument or instruments on limitations and exceptions for libraries, archives, museums, education and research. In this context,we would like to support the African proposal on limitations and exceptions and we are looking forward to consideration and approval of the proposal in the next meeting of the committee.  Madam Chair,  We hoped that the Committee would have productive and constructive deliberations on the revised proposal by African group on Draft Work Program on Exceptions and limitations which is based on best lessons learned from regional and international conferences on limitations and exceptions.  I  thank you Madam Chair.