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ISOC at WSIS

ALAC statement - At Large Advisory Committee's Statement on WSIS Declaration of Principles and Plan of Actions.- from Jan 20, 2004
APC: Civil Society and (WSIS)
APCWomen Networking for Women's Empowerment and Change
Las Naciones Unidas intentan llenar vacA­o de la fractura digital La comunidad internacional vuelve a reunirse en la Cumbre de la Sociedad de la InformaciA?n con el ambicioso deseo de llenar el vacA­o de la fractura digital entre paA­ses ricos y pobres y lograr un acuerdo sobre un nuevo modelo de gobierno de internet.
Before the Summit of Solutions Efforts at making the second phase of the WSIS-05, also otherwise tagged the 'summit of solutions' may have proved successful, reports REMMY NWEKE from Germany.
WSIS Set to Begin in Tunis As SADC Lobbies Countries To Diffuse The Dakar Paper WITH the WSIS set to begin in Tunis, Tunisia, in just a few days, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is now lobbying other countries to diffuse the Dakar paper as it was not representative of the African position.
BBC NEWS Looking for ripples in the pond
Libraries The Information Society in Action
WSIS and Bulgaria
Business @ WSIS Business @ 2005 WSIS – business headlines
British Council on WSIS WSIS & The UK Civil Society Bureau - British Council
UniA?o EuropA©ia critica supervisA?o dos EUA sobre a Internet A ComissA?o EuropA©ia na sexta-feira criticou o fato da Internet estar sob supervisA?o norte-americana, mas nA?o ofereceu alternativas concretas para uma mudanA§a nessa situaA§A?o, antes da abertura de uma cA?pula internacional sobre a gestA?o da rede mundial de computadores.
Questioning the Illusion of Internet Governance By Jonathan Zittrain I confess, I don't get it. Much has been written about the apparent desire by the United Nations, spurred by China, Cuba, and other informationally repressive regimes, to "take control of the Internet." Oddly, the concrete focus of this battle -- now the topic of a Senate resolution! -- is a comparatively trivial if basic part of Net architecture: the domain name system. The spotlight on domain name management is largely a combination of historical accident and the unfortunate assignment of country code domains like .uk and .eu, geographically-grounded codes that give the illusion of government outposts and control in cyberspace.
Tug-of-War Over Internet ControlIt would be better to retain U.S. control over the Internet than to allow rights abusers such as China and Iran to have a say in regulating the web, a leading press freedom group said.
Chaos Computer Club WSIS - An Overview
CDT Center for Democracy & Technology
European Volunteer Centre - The voice of volunteering in Europe and WSIS
Choike - the portal on Southern Civil Societies About WSIS
A Global Dialogue around WSIS Prepcom 3 - article by Milton Mueller, Sept. 13, 2005
ICANN, WSIS and the Making of a Global Civil Society - Part I - article by Geert Lovink, Nov. 26, 2003
ICANN, the ITU, WSIS, and Internet Governance - article by Geoff Huston, APNIC
ICANN Reform: Establishing the Rule of Law by Hans Klein, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology (Available at: www.IP3.gatech.edu , .pdf file)
CODATA and the WSIS The 19th International CODATA Conference THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: NEW HORIZONS FOR SCIENCE - 8-10 November 2004, Berlin
Civil Society & the WSIS Civil Society Participation in the WSIS – A comunex project
Communications Rights in the Information Society (CRIS)&WSIS WSIS Tunis: List of parrallel events now online.
CTO Event Details Implementing the WSIS Action Plan -Nairobi, 25-26 March 2004
Home - The World Summit in Reflection a compendium of submissions collected by Information Technologies and International Development
United Nations Cyberschoolbus & WSIS WSIS Poster Contest 2003
EU-Kommissarin kritisiert US-Dominanz bei Internet-Aufsicht EuropA¤er fordern vor dem Weltgipfel zur Informationsgesellschaft neues Kooperationsmodell
EU-Kommissarin kritisiert US-Dominanz bei ICANN Im Vorfeld des Welt-Informationsgipfels, der an diesem Mittwoch in Tunis beginnt, hat die fA?r Medien zustA¤ndige EU-Kommissarin Viviane Reding scharfe Kritik an der US-Dominanz bei der Aufsicht A?ber das Internet geA?bt.
L'ISOC France renouvelle son CA Le chapitre franA§ais de l'Internet SOCiety, dont la vocation est de promouvoir et decoordonner le dA©veloppement d'Internet au niveau mondial, vient de renouveler son conseil d'administration.
Le livre du .EU est paru ! 183 pages pour comprendre et maA®triser le nom de domaine europA©en Profitez de tout DomainesInfo pendant un an et recevez en cadeau le livre du .EU
The Daily Summit Unlocking the World Summit on the Information Society for the World
Understanding WSIS An Institutional Analysis of the UN World Summit on the Information Society, December 9, 2003 (PDF file)
Australian Government Department of Communications and Information Technology and the Arts World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) - Recent Developments
BCO WSIS Working Group iConnect online – Applying knowledge to the development
Robert's Digital Divide Network Blog Blog donation for those interested in WSIS
Digital Opportunity Channel special coverage: information society & WSIS – articles from september 2005
Disability INFormation Resources Report of the 1st meeting of the WSIS Civil Society Disability Caucus, 18th February 2005, Geneva
Diplo@WSIS WSIS - Between Geneva and Tunis
Discourse.net US Drops ICANN/DNS Bombshell (on WSIS?) an article from June 30, 2005
UE espera acuerdo que disminuya el control de E.U. en internet La UE espera que en la Cumbre de la Sociedad de la InformaciA?n, que se celebrarA? la prA?xima semana en TA?nez, se logre un acuerdo sobre un nuevo modelo de gobierno de internet, que recorte el poder de veto del que disponen las autoridades estadounidenses como ocurre en la actualidad.
eu: Internet Governance The EU and the US are at odds on the control of the servers at the heart of the internet. The issue has been declared one of two main thematic focal points of the WSIS.
European Commission IPv6 Task Force New Internet (IPv6) Workshop World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) - Side Event9th December 2003
WSISblogs The Latest News from WSIS Prepcom Bloggers
UNITAR.ORG - Information Society Programme UNITAR's initiatives to the World Summit on the Information Society.
WSIS – ICT for Development World Summit on the Information Society - Inputs and outputs
World Summit on the Information Society Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WSIS GENEVA 2003 Prep-Com2
EPIC Bookstore The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook: Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information Society
WSIS - Preparatory Activities ESCWA Activities for World Summit on the Information Society
Council of The European Union REPORT( from :. COREPER. to :. COUNCIL. No. prev. doc. 15265/04 TELECOM 181 DEVGEN 245 CONUN 45. No. Cion. com. 6423/04 TELECOM 30 DEVGEN 37 CONUN 6. Subject : World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) +Council Conclusions, Brussels, 2 December 2004
La communautA© internationale au chevet de la fracture numA©rique A Tunis Nord et Sud ont rendez-vous A partir du 16 novembre A Tunis pour la deuxiA?me phase du "Sommet mondial sur la sociA©tA© de l'information" (SMSI), une initiative du secrA©taire gA©nA©ral de l'Onu Kofi Annan qui vise A combler la "fracture numA©rique" entre pays riches et pays pauvres.
WSIS Discovers WWW And Wants In article by Dan Ackman, 12th August 2003
Delegates at the 2003 WSIS Summit on Flickr Photo Sharing
FUNGLODE Global Foundation for Democracy and Development. - The FUNGLODE is an international "think-tank", which is based in the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Showdown looms over Internet control The United States is headed for a showdown with much of the rest of the world over control of the Internet.
NGO Women Index WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Working Group
World Summit on the Information Society Gender Caucus Towards Gender Inclusion In The Global Information Society; The WSIS Gender Caucus is a multi-stakeholder group promoting gender integration and women's rights in the WSIS process.
WSIS? WE SEIZE! an open platform for interventions in, outside of. WSIS? WE SEIZE! activities in Geneva: counter to and as an alternative to the agendas and organisations of the WSIS- before and during the WSIS the geneva03 collective organizes three different events:polimedia lab, strategic conference, High Noon
Germany at WSIS Deutsch WSIS portal
Free Software Foundation Europe WSIS - Debriefing Geneva Phase / Part I, December 10-12, report by Georg C. F. Greve
GKP - Global Knowledge Partnership GKP Activities@WSIS 2005 Information Kiosk for GKP Members
Global Unions Global Unions Information on the World Summit on the Information Society - news
World Summit on the Information Society At , in a climate of suppression of dissent, the score is 0-0 – article by Richard Stallman
Stallman's Speech at WSIS 16 July 2003 Speech at WSIS, 16 July 2003. by Richard Stallman · [image of a Philosophical Gnu]
Library Autonomous Zone Internet Governance and WSIS (blog)
Yahoo! Groups : do-wsis An information exchange forum on e-democracy and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
WSIS: Der Kampf um die Macht im Netz Auf dem zweiten UN-Weltgipfel der Informationsgesellschaft steht nach fA?nf Jahren der Diskussion das Thema internationale Netzverwaltung ganz oben auf der Agenda und verdrA¤ngt andere Themen A­ angesichts des Streits um die Macht im Internet scheint ein Scheitern des WSIS mA¶glich.
heise online - Streit beim Auftakt zu WSIS-Verhandlungen
Health On the Net (HON) HON & the WSIS: We serve the Information Society
HRI & WSIS A Human Rights Portal to the World Summit on the Information Society
IFEX: International Freedom of Expression eXchange information agency
ICANN - WSIS Working Group Public Comment Forum
ICANN Watch
International Chamber of Comerce World Summit on the Information Society - Phase 2 – an overview
ICSU in Science WSIS - Data and Information ( PAA on Data and Info. WSIS. Other ICSU Activities)
International Conference Volunteers Data and information about projects and activities: For example:The Cybervolunteers Program; Volunteering and New information Technologies: Online News of the Commission on Human Rights)
WSIS Focus Workspace WSIS Focus: document and discussion centre
International Development Research Center IDSR is a Canadian public corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. Topic of the essue: ICT4D@IDRC WSIS Tunis 2005 from 13th of January 2005
Fighting rural poverty the role of ICTs IFAD's participation at the World Summit on Information Society
International Freedom of Exchange IFEX ::Covering freedom of expression abuses and issues from around the world, with an up-to-date, searchable database of alerts and weekly Communique (newsletter)
IFLAnet - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions WSIS - Includes information on conferences, publications, and membership
International Institute for Suitable Development World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) – Information. IISD is an active stakeholder in the WSIS process, seeking to harness the power of ICTs to achieve more sustainable development around the world.
Indymedia UK WSIS 2003:December 2003: UN's World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva- an article from 13th of December 2003 (Indymedia UK is a network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues)
InfoWorld WSIS lays targets for December meeting – article by Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service September 29, 2003 (InfoWorld Media Group delivers in-depth coverage and evaluation of IT products for technology experts involved in major purchase decisions for their companies.)
IG project - Syracuse University and Georgia Insitute of Technology
International Trade Center – UNCTAD/WTO ITC at the World Summit on the Information Society: The Changing Market Place( The International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) is the focal point in the UnitedNations system for technical cooperation with developing countries in trade )
UK Internet Rights / Internet rights and Internet wrongs The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): A UK civil society perspective. - an UK portal about WSIS)
Georgia Institute of Technology Internet & Public Policy Project IP3: internet and public policy project (internet development projects; internet technology development and policy.)
IP Justice About the World Summit on the Information Society – WSIS Overview; (IP Justice is a civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property law and defends consumer rights to use digital media worldwide)
Terra Viva online WSIS - Media, Technology and Communications - Geneva 10-12 December 2003:information agency)
Iran and Information Society Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005 – an overview
U.N. World Summit on the Information Society Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005 Human Rights Caucus SMSI 2003-2005 - Caucus DDH or U.N. World Summit on the Information Society Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005 Human Rights Caucus- an overview
WSIS Islamic Republic New Agency – Irna. english version>
ISIS International Manila Isis on WSIS:Isis International-Manila is pleased to announce its involvement in the upcoming WSIS(KNOWHOW 2002 A Safari into the Cross-Cultural World of Women's Knowledge Exchange Isis International Manila onsite reports.)
Internet Society (ISOC) All About ISOC Conferences – WSIS (Internet Society's Participation in: World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Geneva, 2003 - Tunis, 2005 WSIS
World Wide Volunteer WSIS Volunteer Family – the major points(description)
IT For Change WSIS:Gender Perspectives on the Information Society - South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar - 18th-19th April 2005
World Summit on the Information Society WSIS information portal – (WSIS is held in two phases. The first phase of WSIS took place in Geneva hosted by the Government of Switzerland from 10 to 12 December 2003, where 175 countries adopted a Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action. The second phase will take place in Tunis hosted by the Government of Tunisia, from 16 to 18 November 2005.)
ITWEB_The Technology News Site SA civil society prepares for WSIS an article by STAFF WRITER
ICANN at the World Summit on Information Society Stakeholders from many of ICANN's bottom-up partnership structures have participated in the WSIS process. Key representatives from these groups have organized a WSIS Working Group, through which several sessions on WSIS have been held at ICANN meetings. ICANN will participate in the second Phase of the WSIS, and attend the Tunis summit.
'Mitsprache bei ICANN? Geschenkt!' Wenige Tage vor Beginn des Weltgipfels in Tunis, bei dem es um die Zukunft der Internet-Verwaltung gehen wird, kA?ndigt sich mA¶glicherweise ein Coup der US-Regierung an.
Internet Governance The US position is politically untenable globally by Ang Peng Hwa [Dean of School of Communication and Information and Director of the Singapore Internet Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and appointed by Kofi Annan as a member of the Working Group on Internet Governance]
ICANN Working to Resolve U.N. Issue The board of directors at ICANN wants to hold a special meeting with their governmental members to discuss ways to head off the threat of U.N. intervention.
Expectations beyond Tunis by Yoshio Utsumi, ITU Secretary-General We started on the long journey to Tunis in 1998, when the government of Tunisia proposed to the ITU's Plenipotentiary Conference in Minneapolis to hold a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). We have accomplished much during this journey. At the first phase of WSIS in Geneva in December 2003, we developed a common vision of the information society. In particular, we declared our common desire and commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented society where the potential of information and communication technologies (ICT) is used to promote sustainable development and improve the quality of life. It is a society where everyone, anywhere should have an opportunity to participate and no one should be excluded from the benefits the information society offers.
FirstMonday PEER REVIEWED JORNAL ON THE INTERNET WSIS: Whose vision of an information society? - an article by Ajit K. Pyati, Volume 10, number 5 (May 2005)
The Ministry for Foregn Affairs of Finland WSIS information
WSIS @ PH- situating the World Summit on the information Society (ALIGNING PHILIPPINE ACTION PLANS WITH WSIS PRIORITIES: A POLICY WORKSHOP Philippine government and Civil Society, represented by the Philippine Information Technology and E-Commerce Council, Foundation for Media Alternatives, and UNDP)
FSF Europe - Free Sofware Foundation Europe Free Software. (aka "Libre Software" or "Open Source").
KnowProSe.com Gender Caucus Now Running Drupal – from Taran's blog, September 16, 2005
The Association for Progressive Communications European Civil Society Internet Rights Project
Guerra per il monopolio di Internet al Vertice di Tunisi Gli Stati Uniti contro l'UE, alleata con Paesi emergenti ed in via di sviluppo. La rete continuerA forse ad essere gestita da enti privati, ma il resto del mondo chiede di condividere il "quinto potere" che gli USA non sono disposti a cedere
CMSI: EE.UU. merece crA­tica igual que TA?nez [La segunda fase de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la InformaciA?n (CMSI) tendrA? lugar en TA?nez la semana prA?xima. Este artA­culo se refiere a las discusiones alrededor de la gobernanza de Internet, el seguimiento de la CMSI, aspectos de desarrollo y el enfoque de los grupos de la sociedad civil activos en el proceso de la Cumbre. La conclusiA?n: Los Estados Unidos merecen por lo menos tanta crA­tica como las autoridades tunecinas.]
Internet se podrA­a desintegrar por rebeliA?n contra el dominio de Estados Unidos PaA­ses encabezados por Brasil, China e India proponen la creaciA?n de un ente multiestatal para el manejo de la red. E.U. dice que no cedera control.
Linux Professiona Institute LPI @ WSIS - The Global Debate on Information Technology. (LPI is pleased and honoured to be a part of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) conference, sponsored by the United Nations and the International Telecom Union.)
>The International Journal for Communication Studies The World Summit on the Information Society and its Legacy for Global Governance, by Marc Raboy Universite de Montreal - The International Journal for Communication Studies, vol. 66, nos. 3-4, (June-July) 2004 (PDF file)
Michael Geist – personal website WSIS, WIPO Meetings Highlight Growing Digital Policy Divide – published on September 18, 2005
CONGO - The Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations WSIS Information - WSIS Phase II (Conference Of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council)
Advisory Commettiee to the Congressional Internet Causus Global Internet Governance: Should there be an enhanced role for the U.N.? Overview, September 12, 2005
WSIS Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus Welcome (Welcome to the web site of the Internet Governance Caucus of the Civil Societygroups at WSIS
NewsForge The online Newspaper for Linux and Open Source RMS covers WSIS article related to Government and Regulatory, Feature, and Business December, by: Richard Stallman December 16, 2003
Norway The Permenant Delegation in Geneva World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (Genevedelegasjonen) - Web site of the Norwegian Mission in Geneva
USA geben Internet-Kontrolle nun doch ab: Web-Verwaltung A¶ffentlich ausgeschrieben Lange haben sich die USA geweigert, jetzt wird's ernst: Die US-Regierung plant laut Medienberichten, die Internet-Verwaltung abzugeben und A¶ffentlich auszuschreiben. Bislang ist die Icann zwar in privater Hand, steht aber unter der Kontrolle des US-Handelsministeriums. Ihr Vertrag zur Vergabe der Internet-Adressen (IANA) lA¤uft im MA¤rz aus, mehrere Staaten sowie die Uno forderten deshalb in der Vergangenheit, diese unter internationale Kontrolle zu stellen.
Internet showdown in Tunis The UN's WSIS began with a high-minded purpose: to bridge the technological gap between richer and poorer nations. But now the WSIS event, which begins Nov. 16 in Tunisia, hastransformed into a week-long debate about who should control key portions of the Internet.
US stands firm over Internet control Q&A US ambassador David Gross talks about the US Internet governance sentiment approaching next week's UN Summit
UN fights US over internet's future They are five letters you have probably never heard of: ICANN. But that obscurity is about to end. Since 1998 ICANN has been the nearest thing to a governing body for the internet, regulating domains and protocol numbers, and allocating addresses. The debate over its future now pits the US against most of the rest of the world, and the increasingly bitter argument is set to come to a head at a United Nations conference in Tunis next week.
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
OpenDemocracy free thinking for the world Open Archive
Gee, when did we give away the Internet? (An analysis of news about WSIS - Now that the mainstream media have announced that the Internet is up for grabs, they are presenting the debate falsely as a two-sided fight between ICANN .
O'Reilly – website Gee, when did we give away the Internet? (An analysis of news about WSIS)by Andy Oram, published on Dec. 10, 2003 ( The web site: Designed for Civil Society: More on Free Software from WSIS - (Blogs. City of Bits · Clay Shirky · Cybersoc · David Brake · Demos Greenhouse Headshift · Johnnie Moore · Many 2 Many · Nancy White · Neighbourhoods and others)
First draft of a statement - World Summiton the Information Society Geneva 2003 Tunis 2005 International Symposium on the Information Society, Human Dignity and Human Rights Palais des Nations, Geneva, 3-4 November 2003 Statement on Human Rights, Human Dignityand the Information Society 1
PICISOC WSIS – opinion from forum, published on 01 of May, 2005
UNESCO UNESCO and World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) - (UNESCO and WSIS Current Topic About WSIS · Geneva Phase · UNESCO Thematic Meetings for WSIS · Tunis Phase · Action Directory · Preparation Team)
Privaterra – (Blog) Blog. 10/07/05: Speakers for the Summit / my position on nominations from Tunisia. 10/04/05: Reservation on process - list of speakers for Tunis and other topics
Building the wired world The advance teams are already gathered in Tunisia ahead of next weeks second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, and those of us on the press list are being deluged with announcements, releases, notices and invitations to meetings.
Pacific Islands Regional Advisor banned from major World IT Meeting At a preliminary meeting in Geneva preparing for the WSIS meeting, the Pacific Islands Regional Advisor on this major global initiative was last week excluded from observing proceedings.
USA beharren auf Internet-Macht Bislang hatten sich die USA mit der Kontrolle A?ber das Internet auffallend zurA?ckgehalten. Selbst im Kriegsfall blieben die Seiten der jeweiligen Gegner in allen bekannten FA¤llen Online. Das kA¶nnte sich jedoch A¤ndern. In Vorbereitung des UN-Weltinformationsgipfels haben mehrere Senatoren einen Antrag in das Parlament eingebrach, welcher die Macht Washingtons A?ber die internationalen Rootserversysteme zementieren soll.
Radio Non Grata Reporters Without Borders presents its delegation of cyber-dissidents and bloggers – an information about the participants in Geneva to a WSIS, Prepcom, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 17- 25 FEBRUARY 2005- an article
Regional Conference on the Information Society RCIS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 8 -10 June 2005 – Regional Prepratory Ministerial Conference of latin America and the Caribbean for the second phase of The World Summit on the Information Society
>ISOC @ WSIS meeting December 2003 The root server system Overview. - presentation by Joao Damas, ISC (PDF file)
COS'E' IL WSIS COS'E' IL WSIS, an article by Alan Toner. 4 october 2003. - in Italian
Social Rights Bulgaria. Networking Bulgarian NGOs Online WSIS online gender discussions – an article, publishted on 17th August 2005 (The WSIS Gender Caucus is currently conducting a series of online discussions to try and develop gendered perspectives on three central themes that are being taken up at the Tunis phase of WSIS, namely, Financing ICTD, Internet Governance, and Implementation and follow-up of WSIS.)
Smart Mobs WSIS delegates bugged by RFIDs – posted December 14, 2003 (Smart Mobs is about: Mobile communication, pervasive computing, wireless networks, collective action.)
World Summit on the Information Society Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005 Message from Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia, and other news. English version of the same site US Department of State The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Phase I, 10-12 December 2003, Geneva.
ICTA-NA WSIS Position Paper Persons with Disabilities in the Information Society - Comments on the draft declaration of principles and plan of action of the World Summit on the Information Society, May 2003
Textually.org – all about texting, SMS and MMS The HelloWorld Project- announcment from september 07, 2003
Debate over internet governence hots up The European Commission hopes a meeting next week will come up with an agreement to allow governments more direct influence over the domain name system that guides traffic around the Internet. A UN report has put forward a more multi-national approach to running the Internet, which serves a billion users worldwide. The organisation says this would be more democratic and transparent.
Showdown over control of Net expected at U.N. summit On the global Internet these days, the United States is less trusted and more alone. The worldwide network was born on U.S. shores, but that matters little to the growing number of nations now demanding shared control.
Last thing free society needs is a web of control Surrendering the internet to UN regulation would change it all - for the worse, writes Alan Anderson.
Das Ende von Icann als "Netzverwaltung"? Etwas vereinfacht lautet die Gleichung zur Beschreibung der Internet-Verwaltung momentan wie folgt: "Netzverwaltung = Icann". Doch das kA¶nnte sich A¤ndern. SPIEGEL ONLINE liegen Informationen vor, wonach die USA wichtige Verwaltungsfunktionen in Zukunft auf dem Wege einer A¶ffentlichen Ausschreibung vergeben wollen.
Tietoyhteiskunta.fi WSIS – info about WSIS in Finish
World Summit Event for Schools (WSES) Activities Online Activities September-December 2003
World Summit Event for Schools (WSES)
The WFUNA Task Force on WSIS The Danish Task Force – official website
The Institute@WSIS - The official website (Concept The Institute@... is committed to translating sustainable development policies into practice. By providing practical, high quality training to participants of key United Nation’s (UN) and other international meetings and supporting course participants long-term through its website)
ACCRA COMMITMENTS FOR WSIS TUNIS 2005 The Africa Regional Conference, preparatory to the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society was held at the Accra International Conference Center at Accra, Republic of Ghana from February 2-nd and to 4-th, 2005. (PDF file)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Monitoring the Information Society: Data, Measurement and Methods (Geneva, 8-9 December 2003)
Canadian Commission for Unesco - Culture, Communication and Information World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Background.
UN-NGLS web Section on WSIS Welcome to the UN-NGLS web Section on WSIS
United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force World Summit on the Information Society -Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - UNIDO SME Panel during the WSIS, 9 Dec. 2003
UNITeS, UN Volunteers and the WSIS UNITeS News. UN Volunteers and the WSIS. WSIS · UNVolunteers successful participation in the WSIS - January 2004
UNITeS Resource Center UNITeS Volunteers Apply ICTs and Contribute to Millennium Development Goals MDGs
United Nations University and WSIS Regional Meeting Associated Side Events of the Asian Regional Conference for World Summit on Information Society (WSIS). The United Nations University Centre and the UNU/Institute of Advanced Studies will act as the venue for associated side events of the Asian Regional Conference for WSIS on 11-12 January 2003.
Virtual Activism closing the digital divide World summit on the information society & Virtual Activism (More info:Virtual Activism is a nonprofit organization registered in Rhode Island, USA.Virtual Activism provides web design, training, and other services to eligible non-profit organizations across the Globe, and specially to NGOs working in.)
Wsis: Stanca contro il monopolio USA "A Tunisi lavoreremo per contenere le aspirazioni di quei Governi che vogliono trarre la possibilitA?A di condizionare il libero sviluppo di Internet". Lo ha detto Lucio Stanca, Ministro per l'Innovazione e le Tecnologie, in un'audizione alle Commissioni Affari Esteri e Comunitari, Cultura, Scienza e Istruzione e Trasporti, Poste e Telecomunicazioni della Camera in vista del Summit Mondiale sulla SocietA A dell'Informazione-WSIS, promosso dall'Assemblea Generale dell'ONU dal 16 al 18 novembre in Tunisia.
Keep the Internet Free Delegates from around the world will gather next week in Tunisia for what is known as the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Few people are aware of WSIS's existence, its mission or the purpose of this conference. That is unfortunate, since the principal agenda item calls for a wholesale change in governance of the Internet that could lead to a significant setback for global freedom of information.
Tunisian Authorities block our Side-Event The Heinrich BA¶ll Foundation had planned a meeting for our partners in Tunis on 14 November 2005. This by-invitation-only event was supposed to take place at the cultural centre "El Teatro", which had been booked for this purpose month ago. News has just reached us that the management of El Teatro was instructed by the authorities not to host the meeting due to "security reasons."
Working Group on Internet Governance Background on WGIG & All WGIG Meetings of WGIG; The WGIG Report
Ronda Hauben's report from the WGIG website (.doc file)
Womenspace Women, Policy and the Internet: WSIS Links: World Summit on the Information Society - Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005 and others
World-Information.Org InfoPaper for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis 2005 (+WSIS in Geneva 2003 and all texts in printable format.)
World Summit on Information Society Current news about WSIS – and all the informatin related to the topic.
Volunteering and ICTs: Establishing the Framework for Action WSIS Volunteer Family, Phase 1 Report
Women of Uganda Network Gender Caucus Statement For Inclusion in Bamako 2002 Declaration, The African Regional Preparatory Meeting For the World Summit on the Information Society May 25-30 2002; ( More on the site: WSIS - Uganda. Links & Resources.Women & Gender · Agriculture · Business · Development · Education)
UN WSIS Contributory Conference on ICT & Creativity Strategies for a creative Information Society - UN WSIS CONTRIBUTORY CONFERENCE ON ICT & CREATIVITY Vienna, Austria, June 2-3 2005
www.wsis.com - All the best resources on the net Info portal
WSIS.nl - Fill the Gap! - 3 - Towards an inclusive information society
WSIS Arabic News Information Agency - no english version
Asian Civil Societies Response to the World Summit on the Information Society WSIS Preparatory Committee 3, September 15, 2003 - September 26, 2003, Location: Geneva International Conference Center (CIGC) Geneva,Switzerland
World Summit Award The World Summit on the Information Society WSA News (More info:The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global contest for selecting and promoting the World’s best e-contents and applications.)
WSA-JAPAN Information about The WSA-JAPAN Contest. (More: The WSA-JAPAN contest is the first regional contest in Asia, which has implemented the WSA Software and Contest guidelines for their selection: all the contest procedures and the jury evaluation are fully supported by the ICNM/WSA contest software solution.)
WSIS – Canada Canada at the World Summit on the Information Society.(the official website)
WSIS Civil Society Meeting Point - All information about the wsis-cs.org domain.
The Pan Arab Conference on WSIS- Phase II The Pan Arab Conference on WSIS- Phase II; An Arab Regional Dialogue League of Arab States- Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Cairo 8-10th of May 2005
The Environment and ICT Working Group- http://www.wsis.ethz.ch/ 2005 calendar of events with relevance to our group
WSIS-Finance Working Group on Financing Mechanisms (Site of the WSIS Civil Society Working Group on Financing Mechanisms. (Its goal is to gather all concerned Civil Society stakeholders in a large, open, inclusive and transparent debate and to promote coordinated efforts, within a friendly, equitable and constructive North-South dialogue and the respect of linguistic diversity.)
World Summit on the Information Society - Geneva 2003 Website of the Swiss Executive Secretariat for the World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva 2003)
World Summit on the Information Society Indonesia World Summit on the Information Society – all information needed
Iran and World Summit on the Information Society An Informatic site about WSIS and Iran's participation and proceedngs.
Regional Civil Society Forum on the Information Society the Middle East The civil society forum for middle east, central and West Asia will be held by the Iranian Civil Society Organizations Resource Center
Zivilgesellschaftlicher WSIS-Koordinierungskreis: Presse – no english version
WSIS Japan Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Conference - Tokyo, 16-17 May 2005
wsis-online.net WSIS online.net is a community platform to connect all actors addressing the issues of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
The National Academies WSIS Collection (The National Academies WSIS Collection Reports and other material from the National Academies pertaining to the World Summit on the Information Society
WSISPapers – a portal of Southern civil societies A directory of southern Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
WSIS - West Side Institutional Synagogue - New York, NY WSIS - New York Synagogue. Learn about WSIS, Mission Statement, how to contactus and more.
WSIS CIVIL SOCIETY WORKING GROUP Working Group - Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks (More info:The Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks (PCT) working group is one of the Thematic Working Groups of the Civil Society at the World Summit on the Information Society.)
WSIS - Pan European Regional Conference, Bucharest 7-9 Nov, 2002 The Regional Ministerial Conference, based on the UN/ECE membership, in preparation of the World Summit on the Information Society Bucharest, 7-9 November 2002
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) & Pakistan WSIS - National Consulation in Pakistan – Islamabad, November 17-19,2003
World Summit on the information society Africa Preparatory Conference Accra Ghana Second Africa Preparatory Conference for the WSIS, which is held in Accra, Ghana on the 2-4 February 2005
WSIS Civil Society Working Group - Scientific Information – Version 2.2 CURRENT TOPICS of ACTUALITY (More info:This is the WWW site of the thematic Working Group (WG) dealing with Scientific Information, within the framework of the Civil Society contribution to the World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS) organized by the United Nations.
Canada at the World Summit on the Information Society Canada at WSIS- official website
Area 808:Internet: Social and Policy Aspects Youth Reach Out for WSIS, posted on October 10, 2005