“A meeting hosted by WIPO on December 7, 2009 with a number of United Nations (UN) specialised agencies in Geneva concluded with agreement on the need for closer inter-agency collaboration in favour of visually impaired persons (VIPs). During the meeting, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry outlined the Organization’s VIP Initiative, which aims to facilitate and enhance access to literary, artistic and scientific works for the blind, visually impaired and other reading-disabled persons and stressed the importance of common activities in this area.”

Full press release available at: http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0055.html