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PrepCom-3
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This was supposed to be the last preparatory conference before the Summit in December but it was suspended without reaching an agreement on the drafts of the main documents, and will reconvene from 10-14 November and 7-9 December. [see more]
 
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The preparatory process of the first phase of the WSIS included the following meetings:

WSIS Preparatory Committee meetings (PrepComs)

  • PrepCom-1: 1-5 July 2002, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • PrepCom-2: 17-28 February 2003, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • PrepCom-3: 15-26 September 2003, 10-14 November 2003, 5-6 December 2003, and 9 December 2003, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • Intersessional Meeting between PrepCom-2 and PrepCom-3: 15-18 July 2003, Paris (France)

WSIS Regional Conferences
  • African: 25-30 May 2002, Bamako (Mali)
  • Pan European: 7-9 November 2002, Bucharest (Romania)
  • Asia-Pacific: 13-15 January 2003, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Latin America and Caribbean: 29-31 January 2003, Bávaro (Dominican Republic)
  • Western Asia: 4-6 February 2003, Beirut (Lebanon)

Other events
  • Informal meeting on content and themes: 16-18 September 2002, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • Conferences related to WSIS

Information about these events is available through the following links.




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PrepCom-3

PrepCom-3 (Choike)

In this page we include links to the main information resources for the PrepCom, both official and from the civil society.

Intersessional PrepCom2-PrepCom3

Official information

Working documents

International organizations contribution, accredited NGOs and civil society entities and working documents. They are mostly published in the six official languages of WSIS.

APC comments on World Summit on the Information Society documents (APC)

Comments on the draft declaration of principles and on the draft action plan.

Paris Intersessional Conference

From 15 to 18 July 2003, a working conference took place in Paris at the UNESCO. There, the draft summit declaration and the draft action plan were substantially being negotiated for the first time. The background is a huge delay in the preparatory process that -five months to the summit itself- created the fear of not getting everything negotiated and agreed upon at PrepCom3 in September. Working documents, Civil Society statements and contributions.

PrepCom-2

PreCom-2 information (Choike)

The Second WSIS PrepCom took place in Geneva from 17-28 February 2003. The main aim of the meeting was to produce a draft of the Declaration and Plan for Action to be discussed and approved at the Summit.

Regional conferences

Regional conferences (Choike)

Several regional meetings were hold prior to the celebration of the Geneva Summit. We include information on these events in this page.

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