SC Report on 66th Series of Meetings of WIPO Assemblies, October 2025
Building Up a Balanced Global Intellectual Property System: Report of the WIPO Assemblies’ Sixty-sixth Series of Meetings
Health, Intellectual Property and Biodiversity Programme, South Centre
This report reviews the key discussions and outcomes of the 66th Series of Meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Assemblies held in July 2025. The Assemblies addressed important governance, oversight, and norm-setting issues. Key developments included the launch of the process to appoint a new Director General, decisions on committee compositions and approval of the 2026/27 Program and Budget. Developing countries advocated for more inclusive participation in governance, balanced priority setting on norm-setting work, and stronger implementation of the Development Agenda.
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This article was tagged: Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS), Development Agenda, Executive Committee of the Berne Union, Executive Committee of the Paris Union, Intellectual Property, Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP), WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE), WIPO Assemblies, WIPO Coordination Committee, WIPO Director-General, WIPO IGC, WIPO Program and Budget Committee (PBC), WIPO SCT, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
