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Friday, February 25, 2005

WIPO has come under Fire from NGOs fearing Exclusion from Key Meetings.

From

Intellctual Property Watch:

"[...]The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has come under fire from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) fearing exclusion from key meetings in April on WIPO’s Development Agenda. But a spokeswoman from the Geneva-based U.N. body on Wednesday said it is complying with its mandate for meeting accreditations. [...]

According to CP Tech, WIPO appears to be denying all requests for ad hoc accreditation (for NGOs that are not already permanent WIPO NGO observers); and has indicated that permanent accredited NGOs may be limited to one- or two-member delegations, which CP Tech said would “greatly” skew participation in favour of right-owner NGOs as they already far outnumber other accredited non-governmental groups.

In addition, CP Tech said, WIPO has rejected or ignored requests to balance participation between right-owner and consumer-interest NGOs. [...]"