WSIS follow up: APC at the Commission on Science and Technology for Development

analia — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

GENEVA 24 mayo 2009 (APC)

“The post WSIS clock is ticking and many challenges remain,” said APC executive director Anriette Esterhuysen at the opening of the twelfth session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSDT). Among these challenges, she talked about WSIS principles related to human rights: “In many countries from the developed world and the developing world there is still a sense that freedom of information is perceived more as a threat than as an enabler, as a driver for learning and innovation and for more transparent and accountable governance.” CSDT is reviewing progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) outcomes at the regional and international levels.

WSIS Follow up: APC contribution to the session on Development-oriented policies for an inclusive information society

analia — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:14:39 +0100

The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is one of the UN bodies that took up the follow up of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).