Wipo Press Release No. 103

WIPO PRESS RELEASE NO. 103

Geneva, August 30, 1996

The WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions will take place in Geneva from December 2 to 20, 1996.

The Diplomatic Conference will consist of representatives of the 157 member States of WIPO and the European Community and, as observers, representatives of States members of the United Nations not members of WIPO, as well as of more than 100 interested intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations.

The task of the Diplomatic Conference will be to adopt three new multilateral Treaties, the drafts of which are summarized in the Annexes.

The summaries are unofficial and have no legal significance.

The official texts of the draft Treaties can be obtained free of charge from WIPO in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

ANNEX I -- STATES MEMBERS OF WIPO WITH AN INDICATION OF WHICH OF THE SAID STATES IS PARTY TO THE BERNE CONVENTION AND/OR TO THE ROME CONVENTION (Adobe PDF 8KB)

ANNEX II -- STATES NOT MEMBERS OF WIPO THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS (Adobe PDF 3KB)

ANNEX III --

• DRAFT AGENDA (Adobe PDF 17KB)

   

• DRAFT RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE (Adobe PDF 56KB)

   

• BASIC PROPOSAL FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINAL CLAUSES OF THE TREATY TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE (Adobe PDF 43KB)

   

• BASIC PROPOSAL FOR THE SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY ON CERTAIN QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE (Adobe PDF 146KB)

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