[Ip-health] 83 countries determine the fate of WIPO (ie-who will be the new DG)?

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

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83 countries determine the fate of WIPO (ie-who will be the new DG)?
March 28th, 2008 by Thiru Balasubramaniam

The WIPO Coordination Committee will meet in extraordinary session on
May 13-14, 2008, to =93nominate a person for appointment by the General
Assembly as WIPO Director General. The nominations received from WIPO
Member States in response to the Circular C.N. 2833 are now available.=94

The fifteen proposals for candidacy from Ms. Alicja Adamczak (Poland),
Mr. Toufiq Ali (Bangladesh), Mr. Jorge Amigo Casta=F1eda (Mexico) , Mr.
Gjorgji Filipov (The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Mr. Jos=E9
Gra=E7a Aranha (Brazil), Mr. Francis Gurry, (Australia), Mr. Masood Khan
(Pakistan) , Mr. Enrique A. Manalo (Philippines), Mr. Mauro Masi
(Italy), Mr. James Otieno Odek (Kenya), Mr. Philippe Petit (France) ,
Mr. Bojan Pretnar (Slovenia), Mr. Boris P. Simonov (Russian
Federation) , Mr. Yoshiyuki Takagi (Japan) and Mr. Jos=E9 Delmer Urbizo
(Honduras) are contained in this link along with their respective CVs.

Information Concerning Procedures, Membership and Voting

According the procedures containing below, only the 83 members of the
WIPO Coordination listed below may exercise their votes to nominate
the future WIPO Director-General.

     Afghanistan (ad hoc), Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia,
Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, C=F4te d=92Ivoire,
Cuba, Democratic People=92s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
Ethiopia (ad hoc), Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland,
India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New
     Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian
Federation, Senegal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland (ex officio), Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine,
United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia (83)

Here is a list of the 101 WIPO Member States that are NOT members of
the WIPO Coordination Committee. This means they can attend the
Coordination Committee as observers but cannot vote during the
Coordination Committee to decide the next Director General of WIPO.

     Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Bahamas, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Greece,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See,
Honduras, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lao People=92s
Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia,
Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Rwanda,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Serbia,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, The former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,
Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet
Nam, Zambia (101).


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Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
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