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ORIGINAL: English
DATE: April 7, 2000
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
GENEVA
assemblies of the member states of wipo
Thirty-Fifth Series of Meetings
Geneva, September 25 to October 3, 2000
GENERAL INFORMATION
Memorandum of the Secretariat
1. This document deals with the sessions of the following 21 Assemblies and other bodies of the Member States of WIPO and of the Unions administered by WIPO that will meet in ordinary or extraordinary sessions for the period from September25 toOctober 3, 2000:
(1) WIPO General Assembly, twenty-sixth (12th extraordinary) session
(2) WIPO Conference, eighteenth (4th extraordinary) session
(3) WIPO Coordination Committee, forty-fifth (31st ordinary) session
(4) Paris Union Assembly, thirtieth (16th extraordinary) session
(5) Paris Union Conference of Representatives, twenty-seventh (13thextraordinary) session
(6) Paris Union Executive Committee, thirty-seventh (36th ordinary) session
(7) Berne Union Assembly, twenty-sixth (12th extraordinary) session
(8) Berne Union Conference of Representatives, twentieth (6th extraordinary) session
(9) Berne Union Executive Committee, forty-third (31st ordinary) session
(10) Madrid Union Assembly, thirtysecond (19th extraordinary) session
(11) Hague Union Assembly, nineteenth (7th extraordinary) session
(12) Hague Union Conference of Representatives, nineteenth (7thextraordinary) session
(13) Nice Union Assembly, nineteenth (5th extraordinary) session
(14) Nice Union Conference of Representatives, eighteenth (4thextraordinary) session
(15) Lisbon Union Assembly, sixteenth (3rd extraordinary) session
(16) Lisbon Union Council, twenty-third (3rd extraordinary) session
(17) Locarno Union Assembly, nineteenth (6th extraordinary) session
(18) IPC [International Patent Classification] Union Assembly, eighteenth (6thextraordinary) session
(19) PCT [Patent Cooperation Treaty] Union Assembly, twenty-ninth (17thextraordinary) session
(20) Budapest Union Assembly, sixteenth (6th extraordinary) session
(21) Vienna Union Assembly, twelfth (4th extraordinary) session
Members
2. The members of each of the 21 Assemblies and other bodies of the Member States are the following:
(1) WIPOGeneralAssembly:[1] Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize (as from June 17, 2000), Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, CapeVerde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, CostaRica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic (as from June27,2000), Ecuador, Egypt, ElSalvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, HolySee, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, NewZealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar (as from July5,2000), Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, SaintKittsand Nevis, Saint Lucia, SaintVincent and the Grenadines, SanMarino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, SierraLeone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, SouthAfrica, Spain, SriLanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Trinidadand Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UnitedArab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia[*], Zambia, Zimbabwe (162).
(2) WIPOConference:1 In addition to the States members of the WIPOGeneral Assembly listed above: Andorra, Angola, Bhutan, BruneiDarussalam, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Nepal, Samoa, SaudiArabia, Seychelles, Somalia, Yemen (162+13=175).
(3) WIPOCoordinationCommittee: Algeria, Angola (adhoc), Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam (adhoc), Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, CostaRica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal(adhoc), Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, SriLanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland (exofficio), The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen (adhoc) (72).
(4) ParisUnionAssembly:[2] Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize (as from June17,2000), Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, CostaRica, Côted’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, CzechRepublic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, ElSalvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar (as from July5,2000), Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, SaintKittsandNevis, SaintLucia, SaintVincent and theGrenadines, SanMarino, SaoTome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, SouthAfrica, Spain, SriLanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Theformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, VietNam, Yugoslavia[*], Zambia, Zimbabwe (156).
(5) ParisUnionConferenceofRepresentatives:2 Dominican Republic, Nigeria, Syrian Arab Republic (3).
(6) Paris Union Executive Committee:
Ordinarymembers: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Burundi, China, Colombia, CostaRica, Cuba, Denmark, France, Ghana, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, SriLanka, Swaziland, Switzerland (exofficio), The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela (37).
(7) Berne Union Assembly:[3] Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize (as from June17,2000), Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, CapeVerde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côted’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, ElSalvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Guyana, Haiti, HolySee, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar (as from July5,2000), Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, SaintKittsandNevis, SaintLucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, SouthAfrica, Spain, SriLanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Theformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, TrinidadandTobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UnitedKingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates ofAmerica, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia*, Zambia, Zimbabwe (141).
(8) Berne Union Conference of Representatives:3 Lebanon, Madagascar, NewZealand (3).
(9) Berne Union Executive Committee:
Ordinarymembers: Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Iceland, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland (exofficio), Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania (32).
(10) Madrid Union Assembly: Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, SanMarino, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia* (64).
(11) Hague Union Assembly:[4] Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Senegal, Slovenia, Suriname, Switzerland, Theformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Yugoslavia* (24).
(12) Hague Union Conference of Representatives:4 Egypt, Holy See, Indonesia, Spain, Tunisia(5).
(13) Nice Union Assembly:[5] Algeria, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, RussianFederation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Theformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Yugoslavia* (58).
(14) Nice Union Conference of Representatives:5 Lebanon, Tunisia (2).
(15) Lisbon Union Assembly:[6] Algeria, Bulgaria, BurkinaFaso, Congo, CostaRica, Cuba, CzechRepublic, France, Gabon, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Togo, Tunisia, Yugoslavia* (17).
(16) Lisbon Union Council:6 Haiti, Mexico (2).
(17) Locarno Union Assembly: Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, Yugoslavia*(37).
(18) IPC Union Assembly: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia (as from November25,2000), Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Malawi, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay (as from October 19, 2000) (45).
(19) PCT Union Assembly: Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize (as from June17, 2000), Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Dominica, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique (as from May18,2000), Netherlands, NewZealand, Niger, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, SriLanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Theformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uzbekistan, VietNam, Yugoslavia[*], Zimbabwe (108).
(20) Budapest Union Assembly: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, CzechRepublic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, SouthAfrica, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, UnitedKingdom, United States of America, Yugoslavia* (48).
(21) Vienna Union Assembly: Austria, Cuba, France, Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay (15).
Observers
3. The following States may be represented by observers:
(1) in the WIPO GENERAL ASSEMBLY*, any State which, without being a member of that Assembly, is a member of the WIPO Conference;
(2) in the WIPO CONFERENCE*, any State which, without being a member of that Conference, is a member of the United Nations or of any of the United Nations specialized agencies (other than WIPO);
(3) in the WIPO COORDINATION COMMITTEE*, any State which, without being a member of that Committee, is a member of the WIPO Conference;
(4) in the PARIS UNION ASSEMBLY*, any State which is
(i) a member of the Paris Union Conference of Representatives,
(ii) a member of WIPO without falling into the preceding category and not being a member of the Paris Union Assembly;
(5) in the PARIS UNION CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES*, any State which is
(i) a member of the Paris Union Assembly,
(ii) a member of WIPO without falling into the preceding category and not being a member of the Paris Union Conference of Representatives;
(6) in the PARIS UNION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE*, any State which, without being a member of that Committee, is a member of the Paris Union;
(7) in the BERNE UNION ASSEMBLY[* ], any State which is
(i) a member of the Berne Union Conference of Representatives,
(ii) a member of WIPO without falling into the preceding category and not being a member of the Berne Union Assembly;
(8) in the BERNE UNION CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES*, any State which is
(i) a member of the Berne Union Assembly,
(ii) a member of WIPO without falling into the preceding category and not being a member of the Berne Union Conference of Representatives;
(9) in the BERNE UNION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE*, any State which, without being a member of that Committee, is a member of the Berne Union;
(10) in the MADRID UNION ASSEMBLY*, any State which, without being a member of that Assembly, is a member of the Paris Union;
(11) in the HAGUE UNION ASSEMBLY*, any State which, without being a member of that Assembly, is a member of the Paris Union;
(12) in the HAGUE UNION CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES*, any State which, without being a member of that Conference, is a member of the Paris Union;
(13) in the NICE UNION ASSEMBLY*, any State which, without being a member of that Assembly, is a member of the Paris Union;
(14) in the NICE UNION CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES*, any State which, without being a member of that Conference, is a member of the Paris Union;
(15) in the LISBON UNION ASSEMBLY*, any State which, without being a member of that Assembly, is a member of the Paris Union;