WIPO/UNITAR Seminar on Intellectual Property
23-24 February 2010

Securing seats or posts in various UN bodies has become a complicated and time-consuming but also important task for many election officers in the Permanent Missions. This is particularly true as the Organization’s activities have expanded and more institutions have emerged. In response to popular demand, UNITAR is offering this workshop to election officers of the permanent missions for the fourth time this year. 

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Defined as “the legal rights which result from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary and artistic fields”, intellectual property is an integral part of economic development and interactions in modern society.  In order to promote creativity and dissemination and application of its results, countries have enacted laws to protect intellectual property.  While these laws guard the creators of intellectual goods and services, they also manifest the gap between developed and developing countries in terms of access to critical technologies and resources.  Particularly with the 1994 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property, intellectual property has become a flashpoint in many bilateral relations.  

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Improving Migration Data - Migrants Count
23 February 2010

The Continued IT Education (CITE) programme is designed to offer web-based training solutions to United Nations delegates in New York. It provides unlimited access to thousands of self-paced courses (many of these are certified), e-Books, virtual labs for live, hands-on training, and other support resources. Our most popular course libraries, Office Productivity and Computer Professional provide beginner and advanced IT training. However, many other relevant course libraries are available such as Project Management. Participation is typically on a 1-year subscription basis. 

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This briefing, set in the context of the 41st Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (23-26 February 2010) will discuss the report’s five recommendations on how countries, international organizations, and the research community can significantly improve international migration data in the short run. The side-event on “Improving Migration Data – Migrants Count” will take place on 23 February from 1:45 -2:45 pm in Conference Room D.   

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