World Summit of the Information Society

Closing Meeting (PM)

WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY CONCLUDES FIRST PHASE

BY ADOPTING DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND PLAN OF ACTION

Affirms Right to Freedom of Expression; Recommends Creation of National Cyber

Strategies in All Countries by 2005; Requests Working Group on Internet Governance

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E-SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE LAUNCHED TODAY AT INFORMATION SUMMIT

Will Connect Pupils, Villagers across Developing World

GENEVA, 12 December (UN Information Service) -- The Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) was launched today at the World Summit on the Information Society.  The Initiative seeks to connect thousands of schools and villages in the developing world through information and communication technologies (ICT).

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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INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS LAUNCH ‘GLOBAL E-POLICY RESOURCE NETWORK (ePol-NET)

AT WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY

Inter-Active Discussion

UN PUBLIC INFORMATION CHIEF MODERATES DISCUSSION ON DIGITAL DIVIDE,

ICTS, EDUCATION THROUGH INTERNET

Conference Video-links Students from Turkey, Uganda

With Counterparts from United Nations Geneva International School

World Summit on the Information Society

2^nd Plenary Meeting (AM)

WSIS:  INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT END IN THEMSELVES,

BUT WAY TO FIGHT POVERTY

Many Speakers Support Creation of Digital Solidarity Fund

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World Summit on Information Society

Round Table (PM)

FIRST ROUND TABLE OF WSIS DISCUSSES CREATING DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES

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The first high-level round table of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held this afternoon with Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal, opening an interactive dialogue which was moderated by Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce.