World Summit on information society- Botswana

Brief background to World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

The Botswana Telecommunications Authority has been entrusted with the responsibility to coordinate the country position on the World ummit on the Information Society.

The summit follows an adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of Resolution (A/RES/ 56/183) on 21st December 2001. The resolution welcomes the organization of the summit expected to promote access by all countries to information, knowledge and communication technologies for development.

The summit is to be held in two phases, the first in Geneva, Switzerland in 2003 and the second in Tunis, Tunisia in 2005,convened under the high patronage of the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. The International Telecommunication/Union is taking a lead role in the summit preparations, in cooperation with other interested organizations and partners.

The resolution calls on all governments to actively participate in summit preparations and to be represented at the highest possible level. Also to take part are non-governmental organizations, the civil society and the private sector.

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