The World Summit on the Information Society being organized by ITU in co-operation with UNESCO and other UN agencies in December this year, with a second round in 2005, will need to tackle head-on the problem of inequitable access to telecommunications and the handicap this poses for global development.

UNESCO: INTERVIEW

In talks with the UN secretary-general, Kofi Anan, a third round of which is slated for later this month, Iraqi negotiators have hinted, ever so slightly, that a return of weapons inspectors may be on the cards.

ECONOMIST: Sharpening sanctions

The round table is the only gathering of its kind to facilitate UN Inter-Agency collaboration on communication for development.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES