Speeches
(Items 4 and 5 of the agenda of the Assemblies of Member States of WIPO : Forty-Seventh Series of Meetings)
- Report of the Director General
Video (September 22, 2009) - Statement by the outgoing Chairman of the WIPO General Assembly, Ambassador Martin I. Uhomibhi
- Statement by the newly elected Chairman of the General Assembly, Ambassador Alberto Dumont
| Country | Representative |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Mr. Hamid Temmar, Minister for Industry and Investment Promotion Speech   |
| Angola | Dr. Kiala Ngone Gabriel, Vice Minister for Industry |
| Azerbaijan | Mr. Ramiz Hasanov, Chairman of the State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents |
| Bahrain | Mr. Nezar Al-Baharna, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs |
| Bangladesh | Mr. Dilip Barua, Minister for Industries |
| Benin | M. Roger Dovonou, Minister for Industries Speech |
| Bulgaria | Mr. Vezhdi Letif Rashidov, Minister for Culture Speech |
| Cambodia | Mr. Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister, Minister of Commerce Speech |
| Cameroon | Mr. Badel Ndanga Ndinga, Minister of Industry, Mines and Technological Development of Commerce |
| China | Mr. Tian, Lipu, Commissioner (Vice-Minister) of State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) Speech |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Ms. Amah Marie Tehoua, Minister of Industry and Promotion of Private Sector Speech |
| Croatia | Mrs. Tamara Obradovic-Mazal, State Secretary for Public Procurement |
| Cuba | Ms. América Santos Rivera, Vice Minister for Science, Technology and Environment |
| Ecuador | Mr. Ramiro Noriega Fernández, Minister of Culture |
| Ethiopia | Mr. Juneydi Saddo, Minister for Science and Technology Speech |
| Ghana | Mr. Ebo Barton-Oduro, Deputy Minister for Justice |
| Grenada | Mr. Rohan Phillip, Attorney General and Vice Minister for Legal Affairs |
| Guatemala | Mr. Oscar Erasmo Velàsquez, Vice Minister for Economy Speech |
| Iraq | Mr. Maher Dalli Ibrahim Al-Jaffer, Minister for Culture |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | Mr. Ahmad Touyserkani, Deputy Head of the Judiciary, and the Head of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Kenya | Mr. Henry Kiprono Kosgey, Minister for Industrialization |
| Lesotho | Mrs. Mpeo Mahase Moila, Minister for Law and Constitutional Affairs, and for Justice, Human Rights and Rehabilitation Speech |
| Liberia | Ms. Miata Beysolow, Minister for Commerce and Industry |
| Madagascar | Mr. Richard Désiré Fienena, Minister for Economy and Industry |
| Maldives | Mr. Mohamed Rasheed, Minister for Economic Development |
| Mali | Mr. Ahmadou Abdoulaye Diallo, Minister for Industry, Investments and Commerce |
| Malta | Mr. Jason Azzopardi, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economy and Investment |
| Morocco | Mr. Khalid Naciri, Minister for Communication Speech |
| Namibia | Mr. Hage G. Geingob, Minister for Trade and Industry Speech |
| Nepal | Mr. Mahendra Prasad Yadav, Minister for Industry Speech |
| Nigeria | Mr. Achike Udenwa, Minister for Trade and Industry |
| Paraguay | Mr. José María Vargas Peña, Vice Minister for Industry Speech |
| Serbia | Prof. Dr. Miloš Nedeljkovic, State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technological Development |
| Senegal | Mr. Ousmane Ngom, Minister of State and Minister for Mines, Industry, and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Speech |
| Sierra Leone | Mr. A. Serry-Kamal, Attorney General and Minister for Justice |
| Slovakia | Mr. Pavol Kristof, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic |
| South Africa | Ms. Bongi Maria Ntuli, Deputy-Minister for Trade and Industry Speech |
| Sri Lanka | Mr. Hewa Ralalage Mithrapala, Minister for Consumer Services Speech |
| Sudan | Mr. Wek Mamer Kuol, State Minister for Justice |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Mr. Abdul al Khalek Alaani, Deputy Minister for Economy and Trade Speech |
| Tajikistan | Mrs. Larisa Kisliakova, Deputy Minister for Economy and Trade |
| Tanzania | Mrs. Mary Nagu, Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mr. Peter Taylor, Minister for Legal Affairs |
| Tunisia | Mr. Afif Chelbi, Minister for Industry, Energy, and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises |
| Turkey | Prof. Dr. Yusuf Balci, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey |
| Uganda | Mr. Kiddu Makubuya Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs |
| Viet Nam | Mr. Nguyen Quan, Vice Minister for Science and Technology |
| Zambia | Mr. Richard Tonde Taima, Deputy Minister for Commerce, Trade and Industry |