WIPO Director General Meets Prime Minister of Singapore

Geneva, July 28, 2009
PR/2009/598

At a meeting on July 28, 2009, WIPO Director General, Mr. Francis Gurry, and the Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, discussed issues relating to Asia’s growing importance in the international intellectual property system, WIPO’s capacity building activities in the South East Asian region, climate change and the role of intellectual property, and the role of balanced national intellectual property regimes in promoting development and growth. The Director General and the Prime Minister emphasized the fruitful cooperation between WIPO and Singapore, as evidenced by the recent strengthening of the WIPO Singapore Office.

Full press release at: http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0028.html