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World Summit of Information Society

Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens OnlinePublished 2 May 2020Open access
Voigt, Sonja
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Abstract

WSIS origins and timelineUnlike many other UN summit processes, UN General Assembly Resolution 56/183 (21 December 2001) endorsed holding the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in two phases rather than the traditional one.The fi rst phase took place in Geneva from 10-12 December 2003 and the second phase took place in Tunis, from 16-18 November 2005.For a complete history of the U.N. resolutions, see the International Telecommunications Union Web site (Figure 1) listing (ITU Resolutions 2006).Geneva phase: 10-

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