Delegates to the Nov. 16-18 World Summit on the Information Socie...
Delegates to the Nov. 16-18 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) shouldn’t reopen old debates but instead focus on implementing existing agreements, the European Commission (EC) said Mon. The Commission outlined 4 negotiating points in the run-up to…
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WSIS: (1) Build on emerging economies’ progress by backing greater Internet access. (2) Take a holistic approach to bridging the digital divide by mobilizing human, financial and technological resources to integrate information and communications technologies into development policies. (3) Find a “new cooperation model” to put into effect WSIS language on the role in Internet governance of govts., the private sector, civil society, international organizations and other entities. (4) “Insist” on simplicity and efficiency as hallmarks of any mechanism used to ensure implementation of the action plan agreed to at the 2003 summit, along with WSIS political follow-up, and that implementation make full use of existing United Nations organizations, govt. agencies, the private sector and civil society.