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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.
This opening High-Level Plenary Session of the WSIS Forum
2010 will solicit the views and feedback from participants
on how far we have come in turning targets into action.
Access to ICTs, and broadband in particular, could help
facilitate the achievement of many of the education and
public health goals contained in the MDGs. This Plenary
Session considers whether the WSIS targets are on track to
be achieved by 2015, and whether the WSIS targets can
facilitate progress towards the MDGs, especially in view of
the severe repercussions and detrimental impact of the
recent financial crisis on developed and developing
countries alike.
Interactive Moderator: Mr Adrian Finnegan, ex CNN
Introductory Remarks: Mr Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid,
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau,
International Telecommunication Union, Geneva
Guests of honour:
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H.E. Adama
Samassékou, Former
President of PrepCom of the Geneva Phase of the WSIS
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H.E. Janis Karklins, Former
President of PrepCom of the Tunis Phase of the WSIS
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H.E. Genc
Pollo, Minister of State for Reforms and Relation
with Parliament, Albania
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H.E. Ivo
Ivanovski, Minister of Information Society, FYR of
Macedonia
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H.E.
Hassam Baryalai, Deputy Minister, Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology, Afghanistan
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H.E. Hoda
Baraka, Deputy to the Minister, Ministry of
Information Technologies and Communications, Egypt
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H.E.
Stanley Simataa, Deputy Minister, Ministry of
Information and Communications Technology, Namibia
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Ms
Khédija Hamouda Ghariani, Secretary-General of the
Arab Information and Communication Technology
Organization, Tunisia
*Interpretation in the six UN languages
will be made available.
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HIGH LEVEL PLENARY SESSION
Remote Participation
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