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Ethics


Facilitation Meeting: WSIS Action Line C10 (Ethics)
UNESCO
19 May 2009, 16:00 - 17:30
ITU Headquarters, Room T103

The introductory part of the Facilitation meeting will be devoted to reports on the implementation of this Action Line by the participants and on leading trends and developments in the field of Info-Ethics.

The core deliberations will aim at covering the planned follow up initiatives by stakeholders regarding:

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Steps for promoting further respect for peace and to uphold the fundamental values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, shared responsibility, and respect for nature.

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Efforts by stakeholders in order to increase their awareness of the ethical dimension of their use of ICT.

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Measures taken in order to promote the common good, protect privacy and personal data and take appropriate actions and preventive measures, as determined by law, against abusive uses of ICT.

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Encouragement of relevant stakeholders, especially the academia, to continue research on ethical dimensions of ICT.

This will be an interactive session.

The meeting will be hosted by Ms Miriam Nisbet, Director, Information Society Division, UNESCO. For all inquiries, please contact the C10 Action Line facilitator, Mr. Boyan Radoykov, Information Society Division, UNESCO (b.radoykov@unesco.org).

Please note that the Facilitation Meeting: WSIS Action Line C10 will be interpreted into English and French.

To follow the meeting through the web-cast, please click here!

 

 

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