SCN: UN Adopts Resolution On World Summit On Information Society

[patrick]

Doug,

Thanks for passing this along. It's about time the UN addressed this.
Maybe they took it for granted or simply overlooked how the world has
changed so dramatically over the last 5 years.

I've been on the net since 1990, so it always seems to be a bit of a
surprise to see an organization finally see that there is this
wonderful information age that has been around for more than 2 years.

Patrick
Seattle Community Network

--- Doug Schuler <douglas at scn.org> wrote:
> FYI...
> 
> > 
> > From: "Irfan Khan" <khania at super.net.pk>
> > To: <s-asia-it at apnic.net>
> > [from UNESCO Observatory Newsletter - No 118 - January 11, 2002]
> > 
> > UN Adopts Resolution On World Summit On Information Society
> > 
> > 
> > The United Nations has taken a major step toward bridging the
> digital
> > divide with the adoption, by the General Assembly, of a
> resolution
> > which welcomes the organisation of the World Summit on the
> > Information Society. The summit, which is expected to promote
> access
> > by all countries to information, knowledge and communications
> > technologies for development.
> > 
> > [complete story at]
> > http://allafrica.com/stories/200201100296.html
> > 
> 
> BTW, there is a preparatory meeting planned for DIAC-02
> (http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/diac02) this spring (May 16-19)
> in Seattle.
> 
> -- Doug
> 
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