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The year 2010 marks the halfway point between the successful
conclusion of the WSIS in 2005 and 2015, the year by which
world leaders committed to achieve the UN Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) and WSIS targets.
The Opening Ceremony will consist of a release of a written
message to the 2010 WSIS Forum by H.E. Ban Ki Moon,
Secretary-General, United Nations and an inauguration by
panellists representing the Governments, Private Sector,
Civil Society and International Organizations:
Interactive Moderator: Mr Adrian Finnegan, ex CNN
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Dr Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), Geneva
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Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General, United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris
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Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi,
Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva
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Mr Petko
Draganov,
Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva
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Ambassador Sha Zukang,
Under-Secretary-General, United Nations - Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA),
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Mr Johannes Christian Wichard,
Deputy Director-General, Global IP Issues, World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
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H.E. Mohamed Naceur Ammar,
Minister of Communication Technologies, Tunisia
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Ms Cécile Molinier, Director,
United Nations Development Programme(UNDP), Geneva
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Mr Art Reilly, International
Chamber of Commerce, Business Action to Support the
Information Society (ICC-BASIS), Chair of the ICT Policy
Committee of the USCIB, Paris
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Mr Richard Amalvy,
Vice-Chairman of the Conference of Non Governmental
Organisations in consultative relationships with the
United Nations (CoNGO)
*Interpretation in the six UN languages
will be made available.
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OPENING
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