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GLOBAL FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE TO BE HELD

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 25 – 26 MARCH

The complex and contentious issue of Internet governance will be the focus of a Global Forum to be held from 25 to 26 March at United Nations Headquarters, as part of the sixth meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force.

ONLINE FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE LAUNCHED

INTERNET GOVERNANCE ISSUES DISCUSSED AT INTERNATIONAL

TELECOMMUNICATION UNION WORKSHOP

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UN ICT TASK FORCE GLOBAL FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE TO BE HELD, 25 – 26 MARCH

DISCOVER UN AND HAVE FUN!  CD-ROM FOR YOUNGSTERS FROM 6 TO 96 YEARS

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GENEVA, 17 December (UNECE) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) this week releases a CD-ROM featuring three interactive games that permit the young -- and the not so young -- to discover the United Nations and the UNECE, and to test their knowledge of sustainable development.

UN COMMISSIONS PROMOTE REGIONAL DIMENSION OF INFORMATION SOCIETY

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World Summit on the Information Society

Round Table (AM)

WSIS ROUND TABLE DISCUSSES DIVERSITY IN CYBERSPACE, CHALLENGES

BEFORE WORLD’S USERS AND PROVIDERS OF INTERNET

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GLOBAL INFORMATION SOCIETY SUMMIT SPURS SOLIDARITY,

ALLIANCES BUT HARD WORK, ACTION AHEAD

GENEVA, 12 December 2003 (ITU) -- The World Summit on the Information Society closed on an optimistic note of consensus and commitment, but Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Summit cautioned that the meeting was only the start of a long and complex process.

World Summit of the Information Society

Round Table (PM)

WSIS ROUND TABLE DISCUSSES HOW TO USE ICTS TO ACHIEVE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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GENEVA, 11 December (UN Information Service) -- The issue of how to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to achieve the Millennium Development Goals was this afternoon discussed by a round table of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

World Summit on the Information Society

3^rd Plenary Meeting (PM)

WSIS:  PROMOTION OF ICTS CAN HELP WORLD ATTAIN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Participants Stress ICTs Must Be Harnessed to Ensure

Sustainable Development, Inclusive Information Society Based on Human Rights

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