Ambassador Duong Chi Dung at a meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Photo: VNA)Geneva (VNA) – Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head ofVietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN, the WTO and other internationalorganisations in Geneva, has been elected Chairman of the World IntellectualProperty Organisation (WIPO) General Assembly for 2018-2019.
The election was made by representatives of all191 WIPO member countries at the WIPO General Assembly’s 49th session thatopened in Geneva on October 2.
Ambassador Dung was the candidate of countriesin the Asia-Pacific region, which has not had any representatives serving asChairperson of the WIPO General Assembly for 12 years.
He said his election with the absolute supportof the all 191 member countries showed their trust in and support to Vietnam.It was also the result of active contributions by the Vietnamese mission inGeneva and himself to WIPO’s activities.
He also appreciated the Vietnamese mission’sstrong electioneering and the solidarity among ASEAN and Asian-Pacific nationswhich advocated Vietnam’s candidacy.
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The country’s candidacy for and election as the Chairof the WIPO General Assembly are to continue demonstrating Vietnam’s multilateralforeign policy and being a responsible and proactive member with practicalcontributions to the building of policies and regulations at multilateralorganisations and forums, Dung added.
WIPO, founded in 1967, isone of the 16 specialised agencies of the United Nations.
WIPO is the first and also the most importantpartner of Vietnam in terms of international cooperation in intellectualproperty. It has provided the country with much assistance in law making,capacity building, personnel training, and public awareness improvement.-VNA
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