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Probe says head of Wipo misled officials

By Frances Williams in Geneva

Published: February 22 2007 02:00 | Last updated: February 22 2007 02:00

The head of the World Intellectual Property Organisation could face calls for his resignation after an independent investigation found he consistently misled the organisation about his age.

A confidential report by Wipo's internal auditor, seen by the Financial Times, said Kamil Idris, director-general, misstated his age in applying for his first job at the UN agency in 1982, claiming he was born in 1945 rather than, as he now says, 1954.

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