Ten Candidatures Received for Post of WIPO Director General
Geneva,
January 7, 2020
PR/2020/844
Ten candidatures for the post of Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) were received by 5 p.m. (Geneva time) on December 30, 2019, the deadline fixed for the submission of names.
The candidates are (in alphabetical order of names of candidates):
- Prof. Adebambo Adewopo (Nigeria)
- Mr. Marco Matías Alemán (Colombia)
- Mr. Ivo Gagliuffi Piercechi (Peru)
- Dr. Edward Kwakwa (Ghana)
- Mr. Kenichiro Natsume (Japan)
- Mr. Dámaso Pardo (Argentina)
- Mr. Jüri Seilenthal (Estonia)
- Mr. Daren Tang (Singapore)
- Ms. Saule Tlevlessova (Republic of Kazakhstan)
- Ms. WANG Binying (China)
The WIPO Coordination Committee, which is composed of 83 member states, will meet on March 5 and 6, 2020, to nominate a candidate for appointment to this position by the WIPO General Assembly, which is scheduled on May 7 and 8, 2020.
The process of selecting a Director General is governed by the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization and the “2019 Procedures for the Nomination and Appointment of Directors General of WIPO.”
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the global forum for intellectual property policy, services, information and cooperation. A specialized agency of the United Nations, WIPO assists its 193 member states in developing a balanced international IP legal framework to meet society's evolving needs. It provides business services for obtaining IP rights in multiple countries and resolving disputes. It delivers capacity-building programs to help developing countries benefit from using IP. And it provides free access to unique knowledge banks of IP information.
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