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Civil Society Draft Declaration - 30 Nov 2005 - download

Civil Society Orientation Kit - download

UNCTAD website at WSIS

20 Civil Society Fellowships for Summit in Tunis - Download the Application Form

Press Release - 30 September 2005

Draft Final Interim Report

All Document and Contributions of PrepCom-3

Media Accreditation to the Tunis phase of the WSIS is now open

Information for Participants to 2nd Summit (Tunis, 16 to 18 November 2005) - more

Civil Society Orientation Session, organized by CONGO, Geneva, 18 September

Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Chair - (Geneva, 5-6 September 2005)

Entities who wish to participate in PrepCom-3 and/or the Summit and who were not accredited in previous PrepComs, should submit an accreditation request form to the Executive Secretariat by 8 August 2005. more

Advanced Draft of Stocktaking Report (Geneva, 19-30 September 2005)

Release of WGIG Report

Press Release on release of WGIG report

WGIG - Background Report on Internet Governance

Information on Phase II PrepCom-3

Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting, To be held in mid-2005 (date and venue TBD)

Informal Consultations 13 June 2005

World Forum on the Information Society (Tunis, 14-16 Nov 2005) - Call for Papers

Contact Details of CSB Familes and Focal Points (updated: August 2005)

ITU - WSIS Thematic Meeting on Cybersecurity, 28 June- 1 July 2005, Geneva, Switzerland

Government of Republic of Korea (MIC/KADO)/ITU - Thematic Meeting on "Multi-stakeholder partnerships for Bridging the Digital Divide", 9-10 June 2005, Seoul, Korea

Latin America and the Caribbean, 8-10 June 2005, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

World Summit Award (WSA)/Government of Austria - World Summit Contributory Conference on ICT and Creativity, 2-3 June 2005, Vienna, Austria

Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD)/Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU)/Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA) - Asia Media Summit, 9-11 May 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

UNESCO - Multilingualism for Cultural Diversity and Participation of All in Cyberspace,
6-7 May 2005, Bamako, Mali

Government of Japan/ITU/UNU - Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Conference,
16-17 May 2005, Tokyo, Japan

UNESCO and the Club of Rome - World Conference on ICT for Capacity-Building: Critical Success Factors, 11-13 May 2005, Paris, France

The Pan Arab Conference on WSIS- Phase II; An Arab Regional Dialogue, 8-10 May 2005, Cairo, Egypt

Meeting of the UN ICT Task Force, 13-15 April, Dublin, Ireland

Digital Solidarity Fund Launch
Secretary-General's message to ceremony marking the Digital Solidarity Fund [delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva]. Geneva, 14 March 2005
Speech by Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General, ITU - Geneva, 14 March 2005

NGLS Roundup: Phase II - PrepCom-2 "Creating Financial Solidarity"

"Internet Governance draft issues paper" open for comments

Report on TFFM Meeting
(29 November 2004)

Asian Civil Society Forum Statement - (Bangkok, 25 November 2004)

Working Group on Internet Governance concludes First Meeting in Geneva - (25 November 2004)

The Marrakech Declaration
(24 November 2004)

Geneva informal meeting on financial mechanisms disappointing
(26 November 2004)

Civil Society processes in WSIS Phase II - Adaption of working methods started, lessons still to be learned
(25 November 2004)

Proposal for formation of CS Working Methods Working Group
(22 November 2004)

Second meeting - Group of Friends of the Chair (Geneva, 15-16 November 2004)

TFFM Informal Consultation Meeting (Geneva, 16 November 2004)

New team appointed to organize 2nd phase of WSIS

Civil Society well represented, US government not a member

Task Force on Financial Mechanisms

UN ICT Task Force meeting and Global Forum (Berlin, 19-20 Nov 2004)

UN establishes WGIG

First Meeting - Group of Friends of the Chair (Geneva, 22 Oct 2004)
Invitation letter - Note on GFC -
Chair's note - Chair's non-paper

UN ICT Task Force Series 5 - Internet Governance: A Grand Collaboration - Edited with Introduction by Don MacLean

Task Force on Financial Mechanisms for Information and Communication Technologies for Development launched at UN Headquarters

ICT4D--Connecting People for a Better World - Published by the Swiss Agency of Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP)

WSIS stocktaking --more
- Invitation Letter - (French - Spanish)
- Questionnaire on Stocktaking (French - Spanish)

UN task force reviews adequacy of global funding for information technologies (4 Oct 2004)

Interview with Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator, WGIG
(30 July 2004)

 

Civil Society Press Statements

Press Statement 14 Nov 2003

Press Statement 26 Sept 2003

Other

Newsroom - Press releases:
26 June
, 25 June, 24 June 2004

Newsroom - Day's Summary:
26 June
, 25 June, 24 June 2004

Civil Society discussing human rights work for phase II

Fight about CS Speaking slots in PrepCom1-Phase II Plenary

Opening Press Conference - PrepCom1, Phase II (24 June 2004)

Global support for Information Society Targets (ITU, 17 May 2004)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on World Telecommunication Day (5 May 2004)