Azerbaijan elected to WIPO body
Baku, October 5 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Berne Union, the governing body of the World Intellectual Property Organization working for the protection of art and literary works.
Azerbaijan became a member of the steering committee, which plays a special role in the WIPO activity.
The elections to the committee are held every two years. The organization comprises three governing bodies - the General Assembly, the WIPO Conference and the WIPO Coordination Committee.
This year, the elections were held in the frame of the 51st session of the General Assembly meeting of WIPO member states, held in Geneva from September 23 to October 2.
Reports on the WIPO activities and the assemblies of conventions and treaties, which are under the administrative control of the organization, were discussed at the meeting, and the participants also approved the program and budgets of new projects.
The General Assembly also admitted Azerbaijan to the WIPO committee on programming and budgeting. By becoming member of Coordination Committee, Azerbaijan gained a right to take part in and vote for election of director general.
An Azerbaijani delegation led by Ramiz Hasanov, chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent, attended the 51st session of the General Assembly of WIPO. Mr Hasanov also met Director General of WIPO Francis Gurry to discuss bilateral cooperation issues. Hasanov invited the director general to Azerbaijan.
The Assembly includes countries that are members of the Paris and Berne conventions. Azerbaijan, which is a member of both conventions, is also represented in this assembly.
Azerbaijan is also a member of the assemblies on conventions and treaties.
The Copyright Treaty is an international agreement which provides legal protection of the copyright in the new information era. 90 countries including the leading nations of the world joined the agreement as of the beginning of 2013. Azerbaijan acceded to the treaty in 2006.
Azerbaijan is a member of WIPO since 1995.
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