Former Foreign Minister in new role
The Geneva based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is to hold a meeting in Colombo of eminent South Asian scientists and researchers to discuss ways of making medicines covered by patents available for developing countries at cheaper prices.

The UN agency is to hold this international meeting early next year on the maximisation of profits for the cultural industries of developing countries, following a recent meeting of its Advisory Commission in Beijing this week. Former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar attended the WIPO Advisory Commission meeting as an expert in his private capacity.

The Commission of which he is a member, focussed on two topics of particular importance to developing countries - intellectual property and public health, and managing cultural assets.

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