Agenda of the Fifty-First Series of Meetings of the WIPO Assemblies

September 23 to October 2, 2013

Governing Bodies and Institutional Issues
Program Performance and Financial Review
Planning and Budgeting
Progress Reports on Major Projects and Administrative Matters
Audit and Oversight
WIPO Committees and International Normative Framework
Global Intellectual Property Services
Other Assemblies
Staff Matters
Closing of the Sessions

1. Opening of the Sessions

General Information (A/51/INF/1 Rev.)
List of Preparatory Documents (A/51/INF/2 Prov.1)
List of Participants (A/51/INF/3)
List of Documents (A/51/INF/7)

2. Election of the Officers (A/51/INF/4)

3. Adoption of the Agenda

Consolidated and Annotated Agenda (A/51/1)

4. Director General’s Report (Address by the Director General) (Report of the Director General )

5. General Statements

Governing Bodies and Institutional Issues

6. Admission of Observers (A/51/2 Rev.)

7. Approval of Agreements (WO/CC/67/1)

8. Appointment of the Director General in 2014 (A/51/3)

9. Composition of the WIPO Coordination Committee; Election of the Members of the Executive Committees of the Paris and Berne Unions and Designation of the ad hoc members of the WIPO Coordination Committee (A/51/4)

10. Composition of the Program and Budget Committee (WO/GA/43/1)

Program Performance and Financial Review

11. Program Performance Report (A/51/5) (A/51/5 ADD.) (A/51/13) (A/51/14)

12. Financial Review:

2012 Financial Statements and the Status of the Payment of Contributions (WO/GA/43/2) (WO/GA/43/3) (A/51/19) (A/51/14)
Status of the Utilization of Reserves (A/51/6) (A/51/14)

13. Report on the Implementation of Cost Efficiency Measures (A/51/17) (A/51/14)

Planning and Budgeting

14. Proposed Program and Budget for the 2014/15 Biennium (A/51/7 Rev.) (A/51/INF/6) (A/51/INF/6 Add.) (A/51/INF/6 Add.2) (A/51/INF/6 Add.3) (A/51/13) (A/51/14)

15. Capital Master Plan (A/51/16) (A/51/14)

16. Budgetary Process Applied to Projects Proposed by the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) for the Implementation of Development Agenda Recommendations (A/51/15) (A/51/13)

17. Financing of Long-Term Employee Benefits at WIPO (A/51/18) (A/51/13)

18. Proposed Definition of “Development Expenditure” in the Context of Program and Budget (WO/GA/43/21) (A/51/14)

Progress Reports on Major Projects and Administrative Matters

19. Progress Report on the Implementation of a Comprehensive Integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System (A/51/8) (A/51/14)

20. Progress Report on the New Conference Hall Project and New Construction Project: (A/51/9) (A/51/14)

21. Progress Report on the Project to Upgrade the Safety and Security Standards for the Existing WIPO Buildings (A/51/10) (A/51/14)

22. Progress Report on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capital Investment Project (A/51/11) (A/51/14)

23. Progress Report on the Implementation of WIPO Language Policy (A/51/12) (A/51/14)

24. Final Report on the Implementation of the WIPO Strategic Realignment Program (SRP) (WO/GA/43/20) (A/51/14)

Audit and Oversight

25. Report by the WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (IAOC) (WO/GA/43/5) (A/51/14)

26. Report of the Selection Panel for the Appointment of the New Members of the WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (WO/GA/43/6) (A/51/14)

27. Summary Annual Report of the Director of the Internal Audit and Oversight Division (WO/GA/43/7)

28. Report by the External Auditor (WO/GA/43/8) (A/51/14)

29. Report on the Implementation of the Joint Inspection Unit Recommendations for the Review of WIPO Legislative Bodies (WO/GA/43/19) (A/51/14)

30. Governance at WIPO (WO/GA/43/18) (A/51/14)

WIPO Committees and International Normative Framework

31. Report on the Outcome of the Marrakesh Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (WO/GA/43/9 Rev.)

32. Report of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) and Review of the Implementation of the Development Agenda Recommendations (WO/GA/43/10) (WO/GA/43/11)

33. Consideration of the convening of a Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of a Design Law Treaty (WO/GA/43/12)

34. Matters Relating to the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) (WO/GA/43/13)

35. Matters Concerning the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) (WO/GA/43/14)

36. Reports on other WIPO Committees (WO/GA/43/16)

Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP);
Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT);
Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS); and
Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE)

Global Intellectual Property Systems

37. PCT System (PCT/A/44/1) (PCT/A/44/2) (PCT/A/44/3) (PCT/A/44/4 Rev.) 1

38. Madrid System (MM/A/46/1) (MM/A/46/2 Rev.)

39. Hague System (H/A/32/1) (H/A/32/2)

40. Lisbon System (LI/A/29/1)

41. WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, including Domain Names (WO/GA/43/17)

Other Assemblies and Treaties

42. Cooperation under the Agreed Statements by the Diplomatic Conference regarding the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) (WO/GA/43/15)

43. Patent Law Treaty (PLT) Assembly (PLT/A/11/1)

44. Singapore Treaty (STLT) Assembly (STLT/A/5/1)

Staff Matters

45. Annual Report on Human Resources (WO/CC/67/2) (WO/CC/67/2 Corr.) (A/51/14)

46. Revision of the Staff Regulations and Rules (WO/CC/67/3) (WO/CC/67/3 Corr.)

Closing of the Sessions

47. Adoption of the General Report and of the Individual Reports of each Governing Body (A/51/20) (WO/GA/43/22) (WO/CF/33/1) (WO/CC/67/4) (MM/A/46/3) (H/A/32/3) (PCT/A/44/5) (PLT/A/11/2) (STLT/A/5/2) (P/A/46/1) (P/EC/52/1) (B/A/40/1) (B/EC/58/1) (N/A/32/1) (LI/A/29/2) (LO/A/32/1) (IPC/A/33/1) (BP/A/29/1) (VA/A/25/1) (WCT/A/12/1) (WPPT/A/12/1)

48. Closing of the Sessions

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1. The 26th Session of the PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation was held prior to this agenda item (PCT/CTC/26).