Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Office in Geneva Y.Ambrazevich meets the Director General of WIPO

On September 23, 2021, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva Yuri Ambrazevich met with WIPO Director General Daren Tang.

The meeting was held in anticipation of the 62nd Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the WIPO Member States, scheduled for October 2021.

Y.Ambrazevich outlined the practical importance of cooperation between Belarus and the Organization on the entire spectrum of issues of intellectual property protection. In October 2020, Belarus joined the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works, in July 2021 Belarus became a member to the WIPO Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs. The Organization provided practical assistance to Belarus in organizing Summer School on Intellectual Property in July 2021.

D.Tang positively noted the progressive dynamics of WIPO-Belarus interaction over the last years and confirmed the readiness to expand bilateral cooperation to support innovations, to advance commercialization of intellectual property. The WIPO Director General welcomed the activities of the Belarusian side to support innovation, which allowed Belarus to improve its ranking in the Global Innovation Index 2021.

The Permanent Representative of Belarus conveyed to the Head of WIPO the invitation from the Prime Minister to pay an official visit to the Republic of Belarus.

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