The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify him of the deposit by the Government of the Republic of the Gambia, on October 21, 1991, of its instrument of accession to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and amended on October 2, 1979.
The Republic of the Gambia has not heretofore been a member of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property ("Paris Union"), founded by the Paris Convention.
The Paris Convention, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and amended on October 2, 1979, will enter into force, with respect to the Republic of the Gambia, three months after the date of this notification, that is, on January 21, 1992. On that date, the Republic of the Gambia will become a member of the Paris Union.
The Republic of the Gambia will belong to Class S for the purpose of establishing its contribution towards the budget of the Paris Union.
October 21, 1991