International Publishers Association:
125 years of promoting and protecting publishing

Category: All Time

World Copyright Volumes I-V

1953

Other IPA notable occasions International Publishers Congress renamed as International Publishers Association.  

1952

IPA Secretary General Hans Conzett (1915 – 1996) – honorary.   Other IPA notable occasions IPA office moves to Zurich.   World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Universal Copyright Convention adopted in Berne, Switzerland.

1950

World IP/FtP/ book-related developments UNESCO Florence Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials approved.

1949

World IP/FtP/ book-related developments First post-war Frankfurt Book Fair held in St. Paul’s Church.

1948

World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948 Berne Convention, Brussels Text adopted, remaining in force in some countries even after the 1967 Stockholm and 1971 Paris revisions, until WTO TRIPS 1994.

1936: Stanley Unwin (1884–1968) UK

1947

IPA President Stanley Unwin (UK).

1946

World IP/FtP/ book-related developments The International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation becomes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

1936

IPA President Stanley Unwin (UK).