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World Intellectual Property Organization

(Encyclopedia)World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. WIPO became an agency in 1974, but its roots go back to 1883 when the need for i...

Jurong Industrial Estate

(Encyclopedia)Jurong Industrial Estate: see Singapore. ...

World Court

(Encyclopedia)World Court, popular name of the Permanent Court of International Justice, established pursuant to Article 14 of the Covenant of the League of Nations. The protocol establishing it was adopted by the ...

world's fair

(Encyclopedia)world's fair: see exposition.

World's View

(Encyclopedia)World's View, Zimbabwe: see Malindidzimu Hill. ...

sea, law of the

(Encyclopedia)sea, law of the, international agreement regulating the use and exploitation of the world's oceans. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) calls for limited, and strictly controlled, mining of...

World Bank

(Encyclopedia)World Bank: see International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. ...

Committee for Industrial Organization

(Encyclopedia)Committee for Industrial Organization: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ...

World Cup

(Encyclopedia)World Cup: see baseball; hockey, ice; rugby; soccer. ...

Leopold II, king of the Belgians

(Encyclopedia)Leopold II, 1835–1909, king of the Belgians (1865–1909), son and successor of Leopold I. His reign saw great industrial and colonial expansion. In 1876 he organized, with the help of H. M. Stanley...