1954 | Zürich
IPA President Gustav Keckeis (CH).
IPA President Gustav Keckeis (CH).

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

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.

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

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

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

IPA President Karl Baur (DE).
IPA President Stanley Unwin (UK).