WIPO Launches Arabic Website
Geneva, April 12, 2000
Press Releases PR/2000/215
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched on Wednesday an Arabic website in a bid to give wider access to important intellectual property-related material. Users can now access intellectual property resource material in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish at the WIPO website: https://www.wipo.int.
"Access to information is critical in today's knowledge-based societies," said Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General of WIPO. He added "the addition of Arabic to the WIPO website will enable an even larger number of people to access important reference materials relating to intellectual property, a key tool in capturing the value of knowledge."
In 1999, the WIPO website (the main site plus 12 subsidiary sites) registered 29 million hits from all over the world. WIPO is increasingly using the opportunities afforded by the Internet to disseminate information relating to intellectual property. Websites in other languages - Russian and Chinese - are also foreseen.
The Arabic website contains most of the treaties that are administered by WIPO, as well as general information about WIPO and intellectual property. It also provides a schedule of forthcoming meetings and access to a broad selection of conference documents. Pointers are also provided to information that is available in other languages.
For more detailed information, please contact the Media Relations and Public Affairs Section:
- Tel.: (+41 22) 338 81 61
- Fax: (+41 22) 338 88 10
- Email: publicinf@wipo.int