After a last-minute compromise on the hot issue of internet governance, the focus of the Tunis World Summit on the Information Society, which ended on 18 November 2005, lay on development issues.
The International Council for Science (ICSU) has released an agenda for action on science in the information society for preparation of the World Summit on Information Society to be held in December 2003.
In a Communication adopted on 22 May, the Commission set out the EU's key objectives for the 10-12 December 2003 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
A Ministerial pan-European Conference in preparation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will take place in Bucharest (Romania) from 7-9 November 2002.
Yesterday's Internal Market Council did not reach a political agreement on the amended proposal for a Directive on copyright and related rights in the Information society
