Does anyone know what representation ICOM - or the wider the museums sector
- will have at the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information
Society (the Information & Communication Sector equivalent of the Rio World
Summit on the Environment), which opens in Geneva on 10th December?
I know that ICOM had at least two representative in the Non-Governmental
Organisation Forum during the Rio World Summit.
For further details of Geneva see the brief note below.
Patrick Boylan
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The first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will
take place in Geneva hosted by the Government of Switzerland December
10-12, 2003. The second phase will take place in Tunis, hosted by the
Government of Tunisia, November 16-18, 2005.
The Summit website is at: http://www.itu.int/wsis
The Summit, organized under the patronage of Kofi Annan, UN
Secretary-General, aims to provide a unique opportunity for all key
stakeholders to assemble at a high-level gathering and to develop a better
understanding of the global information revolution and its impact on the
international community. It aims to bring together Heads of State,
Executive Heads of United Nations agencies, industry leaders,
non-governmental organizations, media representatives and civil society.
The roles of the various partners (Member States, UN specialized agencies,
private sector and civil society) in ensuring smooth coordination of the
practical establishment of the information society around the globe will
also be at the heart of the Summit and its preparation.
The anticipated outcome of the Summit is to develop and foster a clear
statement of political will and a concrete plan of action for achieving the
goals of the Information Society, while fully reflecting all the different
interests at stake. The nature and scope of this ambitious project will
require partnerships with public and private entities, and such
partnerships will be actively sought in the coming months.
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