<h1>TRIPS compliance should circumscribe IPR commitments, preserving states' ability to protect public health and access to medicines.</h1> A UN political declaration recognized affordable medicines and stated that IP protection and enforcement should be implemented consistent with TRIPS while supporting states' rights to protect public health; India's negotiating stance is that international IPR commitments must be strictly circumscribed by TRIPS compliance and India's existing domestic IPR framework to preserve policy space for affordable generic medicines.