27.01.2004
Press-freedom groups are urging organisers to cancel plans to hold the 2005 WSIS follow-up summit in Tunisia. The second phase of the WSIS should not be held there because of Tunisia's alleged human-rights abuses.
06.01.2004
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura has welcomed the clear and unambiguous reaffirmation of the human right to freedom of expression by the World Summit on the Information Society.
We have compiled this backgrounder to give you a complete picture of the WSIS from the perspective of the civil society. Explains academic concepts and issues related to knowledge society, notes activities and concerns of the civil society, and lists actors and organisations involved in the WSIS process as well as links to related Websites.
