February 2006
International Telecommunication Union
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“In the Tunis phase of the Summit,
we will be closing one chapter on
the development of a common
vision of the Information Society,
and we will be opening a new
and much bigger chapter, on the
implementation of that vision”
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Latin America and the Caribbean
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“The Internet is… a unique and grand
collaboration. If its benefits are to spread
around the world, we must promote
the same cooperative spirit among
governments, the private sector, civil
society and international organisations”
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“In the Information Society, we become
richer by sharing what we have, not
by hoarding it…. What is required is a
new pact between “haves” and “have-
nots”.
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“An Information Society (means) one
in which human capacity is expanded,
built up, nourished and liberated,
by giving people access to the tools
and technologies they need, with the
education and training to use them
effectively”
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“We have shared the vision of an
Information Society that is people-
centered, inclusive and development-
oriented… A society where anyone,
anywhere has an opportunity to
participate and no one is excluded.”
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“The Information Society’s very life
blood is freedom... Without openness,
without the right to seek, receive
and impart information and ideas
through any media and regardless of
frontiers, the information revolution
will stall”.
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