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The Third Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is the last major global Preparatory Event for the World Summit and will be held in Geneva from September 15th-26th., 2003
The main objective of the Third Preparatory Committee meeting will be to continue and follow-up the discussions on both the draft declaration and the action plan building on the work of The Second Preparatory Meeting held in Geneva 17-28 February. PrepCom3 will finalize two working documents: a draft declaration and an action plan. The documents are based on the common vision that the information society is seen as an economic and social system where knowledge and information constitute the fundamental sources of well-being and progress and embraces the concept that the information society is one in which highly-developed ICT networks, equitable access to information, appropriate content in accessible formats and effective communication can help people to achieve their potential, promote sustainable economic and social development, and improve the quality of life for all, states that without the widespread and innovative use of ICTs, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals may prove impossible to attain. The working document proposes that confidence, trust and security are also essential to the full functioning of this information society and calls for guarantees to be provided to users of media, communication and information networks against cybercrime and child pornography as well as for the protection of privacy and confidentiality.
The information society has reached different levels of development across the regions and countries of the world. It will therefore be necessary to design a flexible |
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International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Over the last 135 years, the Union's mandate has expanded to cover the invention of voice telephony, the development of radiocommunications, the launch of the first communications satellites, and, most recently, the technological convergence that heralds the dawn of a new,...
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