[iwar] World Summit on the Information Society

From: Ralph Wasmer <rwasmer@swbell.net>
Date: Wed Dec 03 2003 - 18:23:32 PST

Notice to the Press
   Office of the Spokesman
   Washington, DC
   December 2, 2003

   World Summit on the Information Society

   The World Summit on the Information Society will be held in Geneva, December
   10-12. The aim of the Summit is to develop a common vision and
understanding of
   the information society, drawing up a strategic plan of action for its
   concerted development.

   The Summit is also to define an agenda covering the objectives to be
achieved
   and the resources to be mobilized. The roles of the various partners (Member
   States, UN agencies, private sector and civil society) in ensuring a smooth
   coordination of the practical establishment of the information society
around
   the world will also be at the heart of the Summit and its preparation.

   Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications
   and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
will head
   the United States Delegation to the Summit. Ambassador Gross will
discuss the
   U.S. position on the need for increased Internet infrastructure and access
   worldwide. He will stress that technical management and control of the
Internet
   can best be accomplished by the private sector using appropriate
public-private
   partnerships to reflect the international nature of the Internet. And that
   innovation, expanded services, broader participation, and lower prices will
   arise most easily in a market-driven arena.

   Ambassador Gross will conduct a briefing for the press Wednesday,
December 3,
   2003, at 11:00 a.m. in the State Department Briefing Room. Pre-set time for
   cameras: 10:30 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance. Pick-up time for
stills and
   writers: 10:15 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance.

   Media representatives who plan to attend must present one of the following
   press credentials: (1) a U.S. Government-issued identification card
(Department
   of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press
   Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from
   their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist,
   accompanied by an official photo identification (driver s license or
passport).

   For further information, please contact Martha Deutscher, Bureau for
Economic
   and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State at (202) 647-4864.

   2003/1218

   [End]

   Released on December 2, 2003
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