Mongolia to chair WTO TRIPS Council
EconomyUlaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the World
Trade Organization L.Purevsuren was appointed as chair of the WTO Council for
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Council),
one of the three subsidiary
bodies of the organization.
In its
meeting on February 28, the WTO General Council agreed on the slate of names
for chairpersons to WTO bodies who will preside the councils for a year.
The WTO TRIPS
Council is responsible for monitoring the operation of the Agreement on
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, an international legal agreement
between WTO and is member states, in particular, the member’ compliance with
their obligations.