Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO members
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations.

WIPO currently has 184 member states,[1]. 183 of the UN Members as well as the Holy See are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states of Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and the states with limited recognition. Palestine has observer status.[2]

History

  • 27 March 2000 Dominican Republic joins [3]

References

  1. ^ List of members states of WIPO. Consulted on 2008-09-11.
  2. ^ Palestine WIPO status
  3. ^ [1] Consulted on 2011-01-15.

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