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Interim Financial Statement for 1996; Status of the Payment of Contributions on July 1, 1997 AB/XXXI/5 ORIGINAL: English WIPO DATE: August 29, 1997 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION GENEVA GOVERNING BODIES OF WIPO AND THE UNIONS ADMINISTERED BY WIPO Thirty-First Series of Meetings Geneva, September 22 to October 1, 1997 ACTIVITIES FROM JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 30, 1997; INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1996; STATUS OF THE PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS ON JULY 1, 1997 Report of the Director General n:\postoff\menezes\govbody\intro.doc AB/XXXI/5 page i INTRODUCTION The present document consists of three Parts: Part I, Activities from January 1 to June 30, 1997; Part II, Interim Financial Statement for 1996; and Part III, Status of the Payment of Contributions on July 1, 1997. The full names of the organizations, etc., designated by their acronyms are indicated in Annex E of this document. It is to be noted that, as concerns the reporting on activities, the September-October 1997 sessions of the WIPO Governing Bodies will have before them not only the present document but also two other documents, namely: (i) a document dealing with the activities of the calendar year 1996 (document AB/XXXI/4); (ii) a document summarizing, on 14 pages, the activities of the 18 months from January 1996 to June 1997 (document AB/XXXI/6), that is, the period which, in detail, is covered by document AB/XXXI/4 and the present document. n:\postoff\menezes\govbody\contents.doc AB/XXXI/5 page ii CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction PART I: ACTIVITIES FROM JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 30, 1997 1 - 1000 Chapter I: Activities of the Governing Bodies and their Committees 1 - 17 Governing Bodies 1 - 11 Budget and Premises Committees 12 - 17 Chapter II: Development Cooperation Activities 18 - 706 Development of Human Resources 20 - 418 Africa 20 - 124 Arab Countries 125 - 168 Asia and the Pacific 169 - 298 Latin America and the Caribbean 299 - 418 Development of National and Regional Legislation and its Enforcement; Institution Building; Adherence to WIPO-Administered Treaties 419 - 693 Africa 419 - 481 Arab Countries 482 - 538 Asia and the Pacific 539 - 624 Latin America and the Caribbean 625 - 693 Other Development Cooperation Activities 694 - 706 Interregional Sectoral Support 694 Development, in Developing Countries, of Access to the Technological Information Contained in Patent Documents and its Dissemination 695 - 699 WIPO Medals for Inventors 700 - 706 Chapter III: Normative and Other Activities for the Improvement of the Legal Protection of Intellectual Property 707 - 739 Protection of Folklore 708 - 710 Broadcasting and New Communication Technologies 711 - 715 Digital Technology and Copyright 716 - 722 The Proposed Patent Law Treaty 723 - 729 Recording and Indicating Trademark Licenses 730 - 733 Trademarks and Internet Domain Names 734 - 736 Business Identifiers 737 n:\postoff\menezes\govbody\contents.doc AB/XXXI/5 page iii Paragraphs Names and Emblems of Non-Profit Organizations 738 Inventions Made or Used in Outer Space 739 Chapter IV: International Classification and Standardization Activities 740 - 770 WIPO Permanent Committee on Industrial Property Information (PCIPI) 742 - 763 International Patent Classification Union 764 - 768 Nice Union for the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks 769 - 770 Chapter V: International Registration Activities 771 - 831 PCT System (Patent Cooperation Treaty) 772 - 802 New Contracting States 772 - 773 Statistics 774 - 782 Automation 783 - 785 Publications 786 - 793 Training and Promotion 794 - 795 Development of the PCT System 796 - 802 Madrid System (International Registration of Marks) 803 - 822 New Adherences; Membership in the Madrid System 803 - 805 Statistics 806 - 807 Automation 808 - 810 Publications 811 - 816 Training and Promotion 817 - 821 Development of the Madrid System 822 Hague System (International Deposit of Industrial Designs) 823 - 831 New Contracting States 823 Statistics 824 - 825 Automation 826 Publications 827 - 828 Training and Promotion 829 - 830 Development of the Hague System 831 Chapter VI: Arbitration and Mediation Activities 832 - 843 Arbitrators and Mediators 833 Training and Promotion 834 - 840 Internet Domain Name Disputes 841 Publications 842 - 843 n:\postoff\menezes\govbody\contents.doc AB/XXXI/5 page iv Paragraphs Chapter VII: Activities for the Promotion of the Worldwide Recognition of and Respect for Intellectual Property 844 - 1000 Adherences to Treaties 846 - 847 Activities Specially Designed for Countries in Transition to Market Economy 848 Contacts with the Governments of Individual Countries Other than Developing Countries 849 - 883 Cooperation with the United Nations System of Organizations 884 - 899 Cooperation with the World Trade Organization (WTO) 900 - 915 Cooperation with Other Intergovernmental Organizations 916 - 935 Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations and Universities 936 - 982 Visits of the Director General 983 Missions of WIPO Staff 984 Publications 985 - 995 Public Information 996 - 1000 PART II: INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1996 1001 PART III: STATUS OF THE PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS ON JULY 1, 1997 1002 - 1007 DECISIONS INVITED 1008 ANNEXES ANNEX A. WIPO Development Cooperation Activities between January 1 and June 30, 1997: Beneficiary and Contributing Countries and Organizations ANNEX B. Meetings Organized by WIPO between January 1 and June 30, 1997 ANNEX C. WIPO Publications Issued between January 1 and June 30, 1997 ANNEX D. Current Information Technology Activities of the International Bureau of WIPO (Memorandum of the International Bureau prepared for the first session of the WIPO Working Group on Information Technologies for Intellectual Property (Geneva, July 14 to 18, 1997)) ANNEX E. Acronyms Used in the Present Document ANNEX F. Index of Countries and Territories, and Certain Intergovernmental Organizations n:\postoff\menezes\govbody\contents.doc AB/XXXI/5 page 3 PART I: ACTIVITIES FROM JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 30, 1997 CHAPTER I: ACTIVITIES OF THE GOVERNING BODIES AND THEIR COMMITTEES Governing Bodies 1. The WIPO Coordination Committee held its thirty-seventh session (10th extraordinary) in Geneva on March 18 and 19. The following 66 member States of the Committee were represented at the meeting: ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, CUBA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, KAZAKSTAN, KENYA, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGERIA, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, PORTUGAL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SINGAPORE, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, ZAMBIA. 2. The substantive item on the agenda of the Coordination Committee was the nomination to the post of Director General of WIPO. Ten candidatures had been received. 3. The Coordination Committee decided to nominate Mr. Kamil Idris f or appointment to the post of Director General by the General Assembly of WIPO. 4. Mr. Idris is a national of Sudan. He is, since 1994, Deputy Director General of WIPO. The appointment itself is expected to be made by the General Assembly in September 1997. —. — 5. The following three Governing Bodies of WIPO held their thirtieth series of meetings in Geneva on March 20 and 21: WIPO General Assembly, twentieth session (8th extraordinary); WIPO Coordination Committee, thirty-eighth session (11th extraordinary); Berne Union Assembly, twenty-first session (9th extraordinary). 6. The following 95 States and seven intergovernmental organizations were represented at the meetings: ALGERIA, ANDORRA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BENIN, BRAZIL, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, CROATIA, CUBA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, ERITREA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, HOLY SEE, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAMAICA, JAPAN, KENYA, KYRGYZSTAN, LATVIA, LESOTHO, LIBYA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, n:\postoff\actrep.doc AB/XXXI/5 page 4 NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, VIET NAM, YEMEN, CEC, ILO, ITU, OAU, UNESCO, WMO, WTO. 7. As regards preparatory work on a protocol concerning audiovisual performances and a treaty concerning intellectual property in databases, the Governing Bodies decided that (i) a Committee of Experts on the protocol concerning audiovisual performances would be convened for September 15 and 16, 1997, and an Information Meeting concerning intellectual property in databases would be convened for September 17 and 18. The following day, September 19, would be reserved for the adoption of the reports of both the Committee of Experts and the Information Meeting; (ii) the International Bureau would, separately for each
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