WIPO hits back at efforts to oust Idris
24 September 2007
Eklavya Gupte, London
The World Intellectual Property Organization has today issued a lengthy statement rebutting allegations made against Kamil Idris, its director-general
The move comes in response to efforts made by a number of countries, led by the US, to have a report detailing irregularities surrounding Idris’s age added to the agenda of the IP organization’s General Assemblies, which are being held this week.
The report, carried out by WIPO’s Internal Audit and Oversight Division and subsequently leaked to journalists in Geneva in February, said that Idris sought to change his records at WIPO to show that he was born on August 24 1954, despite signing numerous earlier documents showing his date of birth as August 24 1945.
The 2000-word statement prepared by WIPO’s secretariat said that “relentless efforts” had been taken by some...
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