Bridges Trade BioRes • Volume 2 • Number 1 • 24th January 2002
WIPO Convenes High-Level Forum on Traditional Knowledge
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On 21-22 January, the Sultanate of Oman hosted a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) ministerial forum on “Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge: Our Identity, Our Future”. The forum brought together ministers and senior policy makers from around the world to discuss and exchange experiences on the various cultural, social and economic issues surrounding protection of traditional knowledge. The meeting covered the following five themes: the relevance of applying the intellectual property system for the protection of traditional knowledge; traditional knowledge — a bridge between civilizations and cultures; traditional knowledge — a source of wealth creation; the economic value of traditional knowledge; the future - what lies ahead. Speakers included Prince el Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, Bhoutros Bhoutros Ghali, Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophonie, and Amara Essy, Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity.
Information on the WIPO Forum including background documents is available on the WIPO website..
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