Development Goals and the Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit on the Information Society.
The IGF grew out of a previous meeting called World Summit on the Information Society that was held in Tunisia in 2005.
World Information Society Day, celebrated on 17 May, reaffirms the strong commitment made at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to build inclusive knowledge societies.
The research was supported by UNESCO within the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and as part of UNESCO's activities related to Internet Governance.
Now, as we prepare for the World Summit on the Information Society, we might spare a thought for Tim Berners-Lee, the scientist who gave us the World Wide Web.
The symposium tried to determine the issues to be followed up by ICSU organizations and by UNESCO in preparation for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva in December 2003 and in Tunis in 2005.
The Director-General outlined the main points of the Recommendation concerning the "development of public domain content" and "reaffirming the equitable balance between the interests of rights-holders and the public interest", issues which are expected to be central to the World Summit on the Information Society.
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.
The prize will be awarded at a special event in Geneva, Switzerland, parallel to the World Summit for the Information Society, on December 11.
Strenuous efforts will be needed to capitalize on the opportunities offered by the World Summit on Information Societies (WSIS) to bridge the gender divide which is already apparent within the emerging information society.
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