During the year 1982, India participated in the following meetings:-

(i) Meeting of the Governmental Experts on the Intellectual Property aspects of Folklore Protection held at Geneva from June 28 to July 2, 1982.

(ii) Meetings of Governing Bodies of WIPO held at Geneva from November 22-26, 1982.

(iii) Meetings of the Working Group on the formulation of guiding principles governing the problems posed by the practical implementation of the procedures for translation and reproduction under the copyright conventions held at Paris from December 6 to 10, 1982.

Under the WIPO/UNESCO Fellowships Programme for 1982, two officers from this Ministry participated in :

(i) The Copyright training course for nationals of Asia and Pacific States held at Paris from September 27 to October 1, 1982; and

(ii) Training Course in the field of copyright and neighbouring rights held at Hungary, West Germany and Switzerland from October 18 to November 23, 1982.

India received one trainee from Bangladesh for training in copyright and related fields from November 24 to December 4, 1982 under the Annual Copyright Training Programme of WIPO, 1982.

At the invitation of the Government of India, the meeting of WIPO Permanent- Committee for Development Cooperation related to Copyright and Neighbouring Rights will be held at New Delhi, from January 25 to 29, 1983. The meeting will be followed by a UNESCO/WIPO Joint International Seminar on Protection of Folklore from January 31 to February 2, 1983.

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