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World Summit on the Information Society

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Organisations / Events

Description: The Summit is being held under the high patronage of Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General, with the International Telecommunication Union taking the lead role, in cooperation with other interested UN agencies, and will occur in two phases:

Geneva 2003: First Phase

The first phase of the World Summit will take place in Geneva hosted by the Government of Switzerland from 10 to 12 December 2003. It will address the broad range of themes concerning the Information Society and adopt a Declaration of Principles and plan of action, addressing the whole range of issues related to the Information Society.

Tunis 2005: Second Phase

The second phase of the World Summit will take place in Tunis hosted by the Government of Tunisia, from 16 to 18 November 2005. Development themes will be a key focus in this phase, and it will assess progress that has been made and adopt any further plan of action to be taken.
Web sites: - World Summit on the Information Society - Official Website  |  www.wsis.org

Organisers:
-- International Telecommunication Union
-- United Nations
Authors on the CD ROM:
-- Samassékou, Adama

Related Web Sites:
-- Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie sur le Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information  |  http://smsi.francophonie.org
-- Asia-Pacific Regional Conference for the WSIS  |  www.wsis-japan.jp
-- CERN - Role of Science in the Information Society Conference  |  http://rsis.web.cern.ch
-- Cities e World-Lyon 2003 - World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society  |  www.cities-lyon.org
-- Civil Society News Center for the World Summit on the Information Society  |  http://prepcom.net/wsis
-- Comunex - Civil Society Participation in the WSIS  |  http://comunex.comunica.org/wsis/
-- Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors - CCBI/WSIS  |  www.iccwbo.org/home/e_business/wsis.asp
-- Digital Opportunity Channel - special coverage: information society & WSIS  |  www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/4732
-- EPFL Switzerland - The Environment and ICT Working Group  |  www.wsis.ethz.ch
-- Global Unions Information on the World Summit on the Information Society - WSIS  |  www.global-unions.org/wsis.asp
-- GlobalCN - Plateform of community networks  |  www.globalcn.org
-- ICT4D - The ICT for Development platform  |  www.ict-4d.org
-- ITU - Gender and WSIS  |  www.itu.int/ITU-D/gender/GenderWSIS
-- ITU - International Telecommunication Union  |  www.itu.int
-- Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Conference for the WSIS  |  www.indotel.org.do/wsis/
-- Latinoamerica en la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información  |  http://lac.derechos.apc.org/wsis/
-- NGO Gender Strategies Workung Group  |  www.genderit.org
-- Online discussion forum on Information Society  |  www.dgroups.org/groups/IS/
-- OpenWSIS  |  www.openwsis.org
-- Pan European Regional Conference for the WSIS  |  www.wsis-romania.ro
-- Regional Conference Africa for the WSIS  |  www.geneva2003.org/bamako2002/
-- Site de consultation du gouvernement français sur le SMSI  |  http://smsi.internet.gouv.fr
-- Swiss Executive Secretariat for the WSIS  |  www.wsisgeneva2003.org
-- The events Plateform of the WSIS  |  www.wsis-online.net
-- Tunis 2005 - WSIS  |  www.smsitunis2005.org
-- UN Volunteers and the WSIS  |  www.unites.org/wsis/
-- UNESCO and the World Summit on the Information Society  |  www.unesco.org/wsis
-- World Electronic Media Forum  |  www.wemfmedia.org
-- World Forum on Communication Rights - Geneva 11th December 2003  |  www.communicationrights.org
-- World Summit Award 2003 - 2005  |  www.wsis-award.org
-- World Summit on the Information Society Meeting Point  |  www.wsis-cs.org
-- Worldsummit2003.de - Heinrich Böll Stiftung  |  www.worldsummit2003.de
-- WSIS - World Summit on the Information Society - Executive Secretariat - Civil Society Division  |  www.geneva2003.org
-- Youth Creating Digital Opportunities - WSIS Youth Caucus  |  www.ycdo.net

Learn more about:
- Articles
-- Article of the book Girard, B., and Seán Ó Siochrú. Civil society embroiled in the system (2003)
-- Article of the book Swiss Document Samassékou, Adama. Civil society, key actor of the information society (2003)
-- Article of the book Swiss Document Grunder, Roland. Small and medium enterprises at the margins (2003)
-- Swiss Document Boulé, Fabrice. Sommet mondial de la société de l'information Genève 2003: La Suisse, marraine trop discrète ou fine diplomate? (2002)
-- Swiss Document Boulé, Fabrice. Sommet mondial de la société de l'information Genève 2003: L'Afrique à l'assaut de la fracture numérique (2002)
-- Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information: l'Afrique première au départ (2002)
-- Article of the book Swiss Document Boulé, Fabrice. Switzerland and the World Summit on the Information Society: challenges and risks (2003)
-- Article of the book Hamelink, Cees J.. The global information society: visions, people and power (2003)
- Declarations / Plans
-- A/RES/56/183 - Resolution adopted by the General Assembly (2002)
-- Swiss Document Contribution of Switzerland to the WSIS Intersessional Meeting (2003)
-- ECOSOC Resolution 1296 (XLIV) - Arrangements for Consultation with Non-Governmental Organizations (1968)
-- ECOSOC Resolution E/1996/31 - Consultative relationship between the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (1996)
-- Indigenous Position Paper for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (2003)
-- Projet de Déclaration de Lyon (2003)
-- Swiss Document Proposals for the Declaration of Principles for the World Summit on the Information Society (2003)
-- Swiss Document Propositions pour le plan d'action du Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information (2003)
-- The Bamako Declaration (2002)
-- The Bávaro Declaration (2003)
-- The Beirut Declaration (2003)
-- The Bucharest Declaration (2002)
-- The Tokyo Declaration (2003)
-- WSIS - Draft action plan - February 2003 (2003)
-- WSIS - Draft Declaration of Principles - September 2003 (2003)
-- WSIS - Draft Plan of Action - September 2003 (2003)
- Speeches
-- Pimienta, Daniel. Civil Society Opening Statement to the PREPCOM I - WSIS (2002)
-- Swiss Document Leuenberger, Moritz. Combler ensemble le fossé digital (2002)
-- Top, Amadou. Message à la Cérémonie d'Ouverture de la Conférence régionale africaine - SMSI (2002)
-- Annan, Kofi. Message du Secrétaire Général à la Conférence Régionale Africaine (2005)
-- Swiss Document Furrer, Marc. PrepCom I - WSIS - Opening address by State Secretary Marc Furrer Switzerland, Host Country (2002)
-- Swiss Document PrepCom I - WSIS - Statement by Switzerland - Content and Themes (2002)
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