Gurry succeeds Idris as WIPO DG
22 September 2008
Eklavya Gupte, London
WIPO’s 36th General Assembly got off to a smooth start today as Francis Gurry was formally appointed as the organisation’s new director-general
Gurry was appointed by acclamation and subsequently made an acceptance speech.
He thanked the member states for appointing him as the director-general and confessed that the nomination and appointment process had been "a long, at times tense and always interesting one".
"I assure you that I will be working with, and for, all member states and doing whatever it lies within my competence to do to overcome divisions and to seek positions and decisions that can find the broadest possible support among the member states of the organisation," he said.
He added that he will call for...
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