Minister Lucia Iipumbu attends World Intellectual Property Organization diplomatic conference in Geneva

The Minister of  Industrialisation and Trade attended the World Intellectual Property Organization diplomatic conference in Geneva. Some 1,200 delegates – including government Ministers – observers and other stakeholders from across the globe joined the “Diplomatic Conference,” which capped decades-long negotiations among WIPO member states on the subject. WIPO currently administers 26 treaties, including the foundational documents of the global intellectual property system dating back to the late 19th century. The most recent similarly high-level negotiation at WIPO occurred nearly a decade ago.

Ministry’s spokesperson Elijah Mukubonda: