GENEVA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Wednesday nominated Singapore's Mr. Daren Tang for the post of WIPO director general.
The WIPO Coordination Committee, consisting of 83 member states, nominated Tang after two rounds of voting from an initial list of six candidates.
The WIPO General Assembly will meet in an extraordinary session in May to confirm Tang's nomination.
"I am humbled and honored by the nomination of the WIPO Coordination Committee as the director general-nominee," Tang said in a short speech after the voting.
"There were many well-qualified candidates who contested through a fair, open and transparent process, and this shows how important WIPO is to the global community," he said.
Tang currently serves as the chief executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.
The incumbent WIPO Director General, Mr. Francis Gurry, ends his term on Sept. 30.
