WSIS Tunisia: Informal Discussions to Start in Tunis Tomorrow
01-03-2004 (Paris)
Two-day preliminary discussions on the process, content and themes of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in Tunis, Tunisia from 16 to 18 November 2005, are due to start tomorrow in the Tunisian capital.
The informal meeting is organized by the Government of Tunisia and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in anticipation of the preparatory meeting agreed upon in Geneva on 12 December 2003 by the Heads of State and Government. It will bring together the members of the Intergovernmental Bureau of the Summit, representatives of the international organizations that are members of the High Level Summit Organizing Committee (HLSOC) including UNESCO, as well as members of the International Civil Society Bureau and of the Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI).
The UN General Assembly has from the outset called upon all the constituents of the international community to play an active part in and contribute fully to the various stages of the Summit, bearing in mind the uniqueness of its process and the institutional framework of its preparation, as well as imperative of synergy between its two phases.
The UN General Assembly has from the outset called upon all the constituents of the international community to play an active part in and contribute fully to the various stages of the Summit, bearing in mind the uniqueness of its process and the institutional framework of its preparation, as well as imperative of synergy between its two phases.
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· Background: UNESCO building Knowledge Societies
· Action Directory
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