International Instrument for the Protection of Translators

At its eighteenth session, the General Conference adopted resolution 6.13, in which it considered it desirable thatan international instrumenton the protection of translators be prepared without in any way diminishing the protection which may be derived from existing international conventions relating to copyright, and that such an instrument should take the form of a recommendation to Member States within the meaning of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution. Pursuant to Article 10 (1) of the Rules of Procedure concerning Recommendations to Member States and International Conventions covered by the terms of Article IV, paragraph 4, of the Constitution, the Director-General has prepared this preliminary report setting forth the position withregardto theproblem to be regulated and to the possible scope of the regulating action proposed. This preliminary report, together with the first draft of a recommendation on this subject, is submitted to Member States for their comments and observations. A final report containing a draft textof a recommendation will be prepared on the basis of these comments and observations and will be submitted to a special committee of governmental experts which is scheduled to meet from 28 June to 7 July 1976. This special committee will submit a dra ft which has its appro val to Member States, with a view to its consideration by the General Conference at its nineteenth session.