WIPO DG, Morocco Call for Ratification of "Books for Blind" Treaty
Channel: World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO
Date: 2015-11-04

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry and Morocco’s Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson Mustapha Khalfi call on African States to ratify the “Books for Blind” Marrakesh Treaty. DG Gurry and Minister Khalfi both attended a three-day high-level conference on Intellectual Property for an Emerging Africa taking place in Dakar, Senegal, from November 3-5, 2015.

The Marrakesh Treaty boosts access to books for the benefit of hundreds of millions of people who are blind, visually impaired and print-disabled. 

About the Marrakesh Treaty:
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/marrakesh/

About the "Intellectual Property for an Emerging Africa" conference:
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2015/african_ministerial_conference.html

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