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The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is held in two phases. The
first phase of WSIS took place in Geneva hosted by the Government of Switzerland from
10 to 12 December 2003. The
objective of the first phase was to develop and foster a clear statement of
political will and take concrete steps to establish the foundations for an
Information Society for all, reflecting all the different interests at
stake.
At
the Geneva Phase of WSIS nearly 50 Heads of state/government and
Vice-Presidents, 82 Ministers, and 26 Vice-Ministers and Heads of
delegation as well as high-level representatives from international
organizations, private sector, and civil society provided political support
to the WSIS
Declaration of Principles and Plan of
Action
that were adopted on 12 December 2003. More than 11,000
participants from 175 countries attended the Summit and related events.
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