| Wednesday, 16 November 2005: Plenary Session, 10:00h-11:00h GMT+1 |
Opening
World Summit on the Information Society |
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Tunisia
His Excellency Mr. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
President |
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United Nations
His Excellency Mr. K. Annan
Secretary General |
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Switzerland
His Excellency Mr. Samuel Schmid
President |
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
His Excellency Mr. Yoshio Utsumi
Secretary General |
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International Federation for Human Rights
Ms. Shirin EBADI
President of the Defenders of Human Rights Center |
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Intel Corporation
Mr. Craig Barrett
Chairman of the Board |
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Preparatory Committee of the Tunis Phase of WSIS
His Excellency Mr. Janis Karklins
President |
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| Wednesday, 16 November 2005: Plenary Session, 11:00h-13:00h GMT+1 |
First Plenary Meeting, General Debate
World Summit on the Information Society |
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Croatia
His Excellency Mr. Stjepan Mesic
President |
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Angola
His Excellency Mr. Fernando Dias Dos Santos
Prime Minister |
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Equatorial Guinea
His Excellency Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President |
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Mozambique
Her Excellency Mrs. Luisa Dias Diogo
Prime Minister |
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South Africa
His Excellency Mr. Thabo Mbeki
President |
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Comoros
His Excellency Mr. Assoumani Azali
President |
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Zimbabwe
His Excellency Mr. Robert Mugabe
President |
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Mauritania
His Excellency Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
President of Military Council for Justice and Democracy |
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Algeria
His Excellency Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika
President |
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Qatar
His Honour Sheikh Abdulla Bin Khalifa Al-Thani
Prime Minister |
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Sudan
His Excellency Mr. Omer Hassan Ahmed Elbashir
President |
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Tajikistan
His Excellency Mr. Emomali Rahmonov
President |
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Ghana
His Excellency Mr. Alhaji Aliu Mahama
Vice-President |
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Namibia
The Right Honourable Libertina Amathila
Deputy Prime Minister |
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Cuba
His Excellency Mr. Roberto Ignacio Gonzales Planas
Minister of Computer Science and Communications |
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Alcatel
Mr. Serge Tchuruk
Chairman and CEO |
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Corporation for National Research Initiatives
Dr. Robert Kahn
President and CEO |
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United Nations University (UNU)
Professor Hans van Ginkel
Rector |
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Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
Ms. Renate Bloem
President |
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KDDI Corporation
Mr. Tadashi Onodera
President and Chairman |
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| Wednesday, 16 November 2005: Plenary Session, 15:00h-18:00h GMT+1 |
Second Plenary Meeting, General Debate
World Summit on the Information Society |
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Nepal
His Majesty Bir Bikram Shah Gyanendra
King |
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Mali
His Excellency Mr. Ousmane Issoufi Mauga
Prime Minister and Head of Government |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr. Ivo Miro Jovic
Chairperson of the Presidency |
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Lesotho
The Right Honourable Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili
Prime Minister |
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Nigeria
His Excellency Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
President |
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Congo
His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou-Nguesso
President |
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Gabon
His Excellency Mr. Jean Francois Ntoutoume Emane
Prmie Minister |
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Central African Rep.
His Excellency Mr. Francois Bozize Yangouvonda
President |
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Latvia
Her Excellency Mrs. Vaira Vike-Freiberga
President |
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Lebanon
His Excellecy General Emile Lahoud
Presidnet |
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Senegal
His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Wade
President |
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Tonga
His Royal Highness Lavaka ata Ulukalala
Prime Minister |
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Zambia
His Honour Lupando Mwape
Vice President |
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Botswana
His Honour Seretse Khama Ian Khama
Vice President Lt. Gen. |
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Serbia
His Excellency Mr. Zoran Sami
President of the Assembly |
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Palestine
His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
President |
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Israel
His Excellency Mr. Silvan Shalom
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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United Kingdom
The Right Honourable Alun Michael
Minister of State for Industry and Regions |
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India
His Excellency Dayanidhi Maran
Minister for Communications and Information Technology |
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International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Professor Divina Frau-Meigs
Vice-president |
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Mr. Michel Jaraud
Secretary-General |
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Vivendi Universal
Mr. Jean-Bernard Levy
Chairman of the Management Board and CEO |
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ECPAT International
Mr. Mark Capaldi
Deputy Director |
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| Wednesday, 16 November 2005: Plenary Session, 18:00h-20:00h GMT+1 |
Third Plenary Meeting, General Debate
World Summit on the Information Society |
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Spain
His Excellency Mr. José Montilla Aguilera
Minister of Indurstry, Trade and Tourism |
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Ukraine
His Excellency Mr. Viktor Bondar
Minister of Transport and Communications |
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Hungary
His Excellency Mr. Kálmán Kovács
Minister Informatics and Communications |
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Brazil
His Excellency Mr. Gilberto Gil
Minister of Culture |
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Finland
Her Excellency Ms. Mari Kiviniemi
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development |
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Italy
His Excellency Mr. Lucio Stanca
Minister of Innovation and Technologies |
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Greece
His Excellency Mr. Michael Liapis
Minister of Transport and Communications |
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Mexico
His Excellency Mr. Jorge Alvarez Hoth
Under Minister |
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Germany
Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach
State Secretary of Economy |
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Ireland
Mr. Brendan Tuohy
Secretary General |
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Monaco
His Excellency Mr. Philippe Blanchi
Ambassador and Permanent representative |
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European Community
Ms. Viviane Reding
Commissioner |
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Andorra
Ambassador Francesc Bonet Casas
Ambassador and Pemanent Representative |
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Huawei
Mr. Tao Deng
Vice President |
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Dr. Florence E. Etta-Akinaina
Co-ordinator ICT Policy Project Kenya |
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The World Bank
Ms. Katherine Sierra
Vice President |
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Microsoft International
Mr. Jean-Philippe Courtois
President |
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University of Toronto
Mr. Derrick De Kerckhove
Director, McLuhan Program, Faculty of Information Studies |
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ZTE Corporation
Mr. Lirong Shi
Senior Vice President |
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AHCIET
Mr. Luis Di Benedetto
President |
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| Thursday, 17 November 2005: Plenary Session, 09:00h-13:00h GMT+1 |
Fourth Plenary Meeting, General Debate
World Summit on the Information Society |
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Morocco
His Excellency Mr. Driss Jettou
Prime Minister |
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China
His Excellency Mr. Ju Huang
Deputy Prime Minister |
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Kuwait
His Excellency Mr. Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Ssabah
Minister of Communications |
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Bulgaria
Mr. Plamen Vatchkov
Chairman of the State agency for Information Technology and Communications |
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Lithuania
His Excellency Mr. Antanas Zenonas Kaminskas
Chancellor of the Government |
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Mauritius
His Excellency Etienne Sinatambou
Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications |
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Philippines
His Excellency Mr. Virgilion L. Perna
Chairman of the Philippine Commission on Information and Communication Technology |
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Singapore
His Excellency Dr. Boon Yang Lee
Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts
Information, Communications and the Arts |
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United Arab Emirates
His Excellency Mr. Sultan Al Mmansouri
Minister of Communications |
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Estonia
His Excellency Mr. Edgar Savisaar
Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications |
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Jordan
Her Excellency Ms. Nadia Al-Saeed
Minister of Information and Communication Technology |
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Russia
His Excellency Mr. Leonid D. Reiman
Minister for Information Technologies and Communications |
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Syria
His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Bashir Al Mounajed
Minister of Telecommunications and Technology |
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Thailand
His Excellency Mr. Sora-at Klinpratoom
Minister of Information and Communication |
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Korea (Rep. of)
His Excellency Mr. Jun-Hyong Roh
Vice Minister of Information and Communication |
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Myanmar
Mr. Nyunt Swe
Deputy Permanent Representative |
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Sri Lanka
Her Excellency Sarala Fernando
Ambassador |
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Tanzania
Professor Mark J Mwandosya
Minister of Communications and Transport |
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Denmark
Mr. Uffe Toudal Pedersen
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science, technology and Innovation |
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Iceland
Mr. Gudmundur Arnason
Permanent Secretary |
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Oman
His Excellency Sheikh Al Fadel bin Mohamed Bin Ahmed Al-Harthy
Undersecretary for Development Affairs |
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Slovenia
Dr. Janez Mozina
State Secretary |
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Trinidad and Tobago
Ms. Gillian MacIntyre
Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration and Information |
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Pakistan
His Excellency Masood Khan
Ambassador |
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Belgium
His Excellency Francois Roux
Ambassador |
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura
Director General |
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France Telecom
Mr. Didier Lombard
CEO |
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Mr. Yoshio Utsumi
Secretary-General |
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Centre Feminin pour la Promotion du Developpement (CEFEPROD)
Ms. Delphine Nana Mekounter
General Coordinator |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc.
Mr. Masao Nakamura
President and CEO |
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International Federation of Journalists
Mr. Aidan White
Secretary General |
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Mr. Abdoulie Janneh
Executive Secretary |
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Access2Democracy
Professor Nicholas Negroponte
Chairman of the MIT MIT Media Lab and Founder of One Laptop per Child |
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| Thursday, 17 November 2005: Plenary Session, 14:00h-16:45h GMT+1 |
Fifth Plenary Meeting, General Debate
World Summit on the Information Society |
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Armenia
His Excellency Mr. Andranik Margaryan
Prime Minister |
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Netherlands
His Excellency Mr. Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst
Vice Prime Minister |
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Liechtenstein
Dr. Martin Meyer
Minister of Transport and Telecommunications |
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Indonesia
His Excellency Dr. Sofyan A. Djalil
Minister for Communication and Information Technology |
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Chile
His Excellency Mr. Carlos Alvarez
Minister of Economy |
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Ethiopia
His Excellency Mr. Tefera Waluwa
Minister of Capacity Building |
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Moldova
His Excellency Mr. Vladimir Molojen
Minister of Information Development |
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Czech Rep.
Her Excellency Mrs. Dana Berova
Minister of Informatics |
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Viet Nam
His Excellency Mr. Do Trung Ta
Minister |
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Japan
His Excellency Mr. Heizo Takenaka
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communicaions |
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Portugal
His Excellency Professor José Mariano Gago
Minister of Sciences, Technologies, and Higher Education |
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Slovakia
His Excellency Mr. Pavol Prokopovic
Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications |
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Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Her Excellency Gertrude Kitembo
Minitster of Posts, Telephones and Telecommunications |
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Turkey
His Excellency Mr. Binali Yildirim
Minister of Transport |
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Norway
Mr. Raymond Johansen
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
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Poland
His Excellency Janusz Stanczyk
Undersecretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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Kazakhstan
Mr. Kairat Abusseitov
Permanent Representative |
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Uruguay
Mr. Ricardo Gonzalez Arenas
Ambassador |
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Sweden
Her Excellency Astrid Dufborg
Ambassador |
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Digital Solidarity Fund
Mr. Guy-Olivier Segond
President |
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SK Telecom
Mr. Jung Nam Cho
Vice Chairman and CEO |
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World Federation of United Nations Association (WFUNA)
Mrs. Bruna Molina Faidutti
Deputy Secretary General |
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OneWorld International
Ms. Latha Gauri
Community Reporter, Member of Self Help Group, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty |
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| Thursday, 17 November 2005: Plenary Session, 17:00h-20:00h GMT+1 |
Sixth Plenary Meeting, General Debate
World Summit on the Information Society |
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Switzerland
His Excellency Mr. Moritz Leuenberger
Vice President |
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Jamaica
His Excellency The Honourable Burchell Whiteman
Minister of Information |
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Colombia
Her Excellency Dr. Martha Pinto De Hart
Minister of Communications |
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Egypt
His Excellency Dr. Tarek Kamel
Minister of Communication and Information Technology |
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France
His Excellency Mr. Thierry Breton
Minister of economy, finances and industry |
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Guatemala
Engineer Oscar Chinchilla Guzman
Superintendente de Telecommunicationes |
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Austria
His Excellency Mr. Franz Morak
State Secretary at the Federal Chancellery |
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Romania
His Excellency Mr. Zsolt Nagy
Minister of Communications and Information Technology |
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Bhutan
His Excellency Lyonpo Leki Dorji
Minister for Information and Communication |
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The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
His Excellency Mr. Dzemali Mehazi
Minister of Transport |
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Dominican Rep.
Her Excellency Dr. Margarita Cedeno De Fernandez
First Lady and Minister |
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Georgia
His Excellency Mr. Alexander Lomaia
Minister of Education and Science |
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Honduras
Mr. Jesus A. Meja
Comissionor of National Commission of Telecommunications |
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El Salvador
Mr. Eduardo Calix
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Presidential Commissioner for Puebla Panama |
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Argentina
Mr. Tulio Del Bono
Secretary of Science and Technology |
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Australia
Ms. Fay Holthuyzen
Deputy Secretary of Communications, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts |
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Nicaragua
His Excellency Mr. William Jacoby Salazar
Executive Secretary of the Council of Science and Technolgy |
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New Zealand
Mr. Winston Roberts
Information Strategist, National Library |
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Canada
Honourable Mac Harb
Member of the Senate |
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Marshall Islands
Mr. Jorelik Tibnon
Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation |
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Malta
Her Excellency Tanya Vella
Ambassador |
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Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)
Ms. Magaly Pazello
Focal Point for WSIS |
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International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Mr. Guy Sebban
Secretary General |
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United Nations Fund for International Partnership (UNFIP)
Mr. Amir Dossal
Executive Director |
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Iranian Civil Society Organizations Training and Research Center
Ms. Sussan Tahmasebi
Founding Member |
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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Mr. Philippe Petit
Deputy Director General |
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| Friday, 18 November 2005: Plenary Session, 09:00h-13:00h GMT+1 |
Seventh Plenary Meeting, General Debate
World Summit on the Information Society |
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Swaziland
His Excellency Mr. Absalom Themba Dlamini
Prime Minister |
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Vatican
His Excellency Archbishop John Patrick Foley
Archbishop |
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Barbados
Her Excellency Ms. Lynette Eastmond
Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Business Development |
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Bangladesh
The Right Honourable Abdul Moyeen Khan
Minister of Science and Information Communication Technology |
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Malaysia
His Excellency Lim Keng Yauk
Minister of Energy Water and Communications |
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Yemen
His Excellency Mr. Abdulamlik Al-Moalemi
Minister of Communication |
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Maldives
His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Saeed
Minister of Transport and Communication |
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Samoa
His Honour Palusalue Faapo II
Minister of Communications and Information Technology |
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Azerbaijan
His Excellency Mr. Ali Abbasov
Minister for Communications and Information Technologies |
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Brunei Darussalam
His Honour Pehin Dato Abu Bakar Apong
Minister of Communication |
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United States of America
His Excellency Dr. John Marburger
Special Representative of President and President's Science and Technology Adviser |
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Timor Leste
His Excellency Dr. Ovidio De Jesus Amaraé
Minister of Transport and Communications |
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Malawi
Her Excellency Ms. Patricia Kaliati
Minister of Information and Tourism |
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Afghanistan
His Excellency Amirzai Sangin
Minister of Communication |
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Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
His Excellency Professor Mohammad Soleymani
Minister of Communication and Technology |
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Guinea
Her Excellency Hadja Aissatou Bela Diallo
Minister of Information |
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Benin
His Excellency Mr. Frederic Dohou
Minister of Communication and Promotion of New Technology |
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Kenya
Mr. James Rege
Permanent Secretary |
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Ecuador
Dr. Juan Carlos Solines Moreno
President of the National Council of Telecommunications-CONATEL |
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Cyprus
Mr. Chalalambos Soteriou
Planning Officer for ICT Strategy |
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Uzbekistan
Mr. Asadjon Khodjaev
Deputy Director-General of Communications and Information Agency |
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Belarus
His Excellency Sergei Aleinik
Ambassador |
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Uganda
His Excellency Kweronda Ruhemba
Ambassador |
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Albania
Mr. Armand Teliti
Deputy Minister of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunication |
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Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Mr. Pier Ferdinando Casini
President |
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IP Justice
Ms. Robin D. Gross
Executive Director |
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Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Mr. Edouard Dayan
Director-General |
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African Development Bank (AfDB)
Mr. Donald Kaberuka
President |
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World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)
Mr. Mohamed Tijani Bem Jemaa
Vice Chairman of The Committee on Information and Communication |
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United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Mr. Marcel A. Boisard
Executive Director |
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Council of Europe
Ms. Maud de Boer Buquicchio
Deputy Secretary General |
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Internet Society (ISOC)
Ms. Lynn St Amour
President |
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Mr. Shoji Nishimoto
Assistant Administrator |
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| Friday, 18 November 2005: Plenary Session, 14:00h-16:00h GMT+1 |
Eighth Plenary Meeting, General Debate
World Summit on the Information Society |
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Micronesia
Honourable Andrew Robert Yatilman
Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure |
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Saudi Arabia
His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Jamil Mulla
Minister of Communication and IT |
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Burkina Faso
His Excellency Mr. Adama Fofana
Minister for Relations with Parliament and Spokesman of Government |
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Libya
His Excellency Abdul Rahmane Mohamed Chalghom
Minister of Foreign Affair |
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Niger
His Excellency Mr. Oumarou Hadary
Minister of ICT |
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Lao P.D.R.
His Excellency Professor Bountiem Phissamay
Minister to the Prime Minister's Office |
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Gambia
Honourable Nenneh MacDoual-Gaye
Secretary of State for Communication, Information & Technology |
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Kyrgyzstan
His Excellency Mr. Muktar Djumaliev
Ambassador and Permanent Representative |
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Venezuela
Her Excellency Raquel Alexandra Poitevien Cabral
Ambassador |
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Bolivia
Engineer Sergio Antonio Toro
Executive Director |
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Peru
Mr. Rafael Muente
Chief of the Bureau of E-government and Information Technologies |
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Souvereign Military Order of Malta
His Excellency Dr. Franz Graf von Harnoncourt-Unverzagt
President, Council for Communications |
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PrepCom of the Geneva Phase
His Excellency Mr. Adama Samassekou
President |
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| Friday, 18 November 2005: Plenary Session, 16:00h-17:30h GMT+1 |
Eighth Plenary Meeting, Report from Multi-stakeholder Events
World Summit on the Information Society |
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National Youth Campaigns and Beyond Tunis as youth
Ms. Titi Akinsanmi
Global Facilitator of WSIS Youth Caucus of SchoolNet Africa |
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The Business View on Critical Issues for the Information Society
Mr. Richard McCormick
Honorary Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce |
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Information Commons for Science Initiative
Professor Shuichi Iwata
President of CODATA of the International Council for Science |
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African Research and Education Networking
Mr. Robert Aymar
Director General of CERN |
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UNESCO's Parallel Events during the Tunis phase of WSIS
Ms. Elizabeth Longworth
Director of Information Society Division of UNESCO |
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Message of Youth to Heads of State and Government and to International Organizations
Miss. Inès Chermiti
Association Jeunes-Sciences de Tunisie |
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Indigenous Peoples and the Information Society
Mr. Joe Shirley, Jr
President of Navajo Nation / OCCAM |
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UN ICT Tast Force and its contribution to the WSIS process
Mr. José Antonio Ocampo
Under-Secretary-General of UN |
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UTICA's events during the Tunis Phase of WSIS
Mr. Mondher Ben Ayed
Union Tunisienne pour l'Industrie, le Commerce et l'Artisanat (UTICA) |
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Second World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society
Mr. Karmelo Saenz de la Maza / Mr. Abbes Moshen
President of the Basque Association of Municipalities / Mayor of Tunis and President of the Tunisian Association of municipalities//AMRSI |
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Libraries - the Information Society in Action
Dr. Alex Byrne
President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions |
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Conferences and Campaign on Volunteering and ICTs
Ms. Viola Krebs
Secretary-General of IC Volunteers |
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Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society
Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura
Representative for WSIS of the DAISY Consortium |
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WSIS Implementation: Gender Caucus past, present and post Tunis
Ms. Lettie Tembo-Longwe
WSIS Gender Caucus Interim Chairperson/World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters |
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Report on Roundtable for a Multilingual Cyberspace with the Participation of All in the Information and Shared Knowledge Society
Her Excellency Prof. Essayed Nagia
Commissioner of the African Union |
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Open Access to Scientific Information
Dr. Francis Muguet
Director of the Scientific Information Development Laboratory of ENSTA |
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Global Knowledge Partnership Forum
Miss. Rinalia Abdul Rahim
Executive Director of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) |
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ITU's Events during the Tunis phase of WSIS
Mr. Roberto Blois
Deputy Secretary General of ITU |
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