At 17:57 -0500 20/02/02, Jay Fenello wrote: >The ITU, to the rescue ... > > >http://www.geneva2003.org/home/index01.htm > > Background > >The international community is organizing a World Summit on the >Information Society. It will take place in two phases: in Geneva, >December 2003, to be followed up in Tunis two years later. > >The Information Society is at the heart of the political, social, >cultural and economic questions confronting us in the beginning of >the 21st century. The focus of the Information Society Summit is not >technology but the human being - we must keep in mind that it is not >enough to be connected to resolve the fundamental problems that >exist in the world. > >What values do we embrace to ensure that the Information Society >becomes a vehicle for democracy, justice, equality, the respect for >individuals and peoples, their personal and social development? What >is the role of communication in shaping the future of the society we >want to build?
Well, for starters, somehow ITU needs to get full control of it all, so that someone with clout and raw power can make sure that it does what everyone needs, according to the assessments of the countries that are signatories to ITU. This of course ignores the fact that many of the signatories are no where near being democratic, or even right minded;-)... HOGWASH IS WHAT I CALL IT;-)...\Stef
