WSIS 2003

The first phase of the UN World Summit on the Information Society was held in Geneva in December 2003. The Integrated Project “Making democratic institutions work” (IP1) acted as coordinator for the different Council of Europe sectors who contributed to the Political Message from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to the World Summit on the Information Society (CM(2003)87final – see below). This Message sets out the core values which the Council of Europe felt should be included in the final declaration and action plan of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe (Warsaw, 17 May 2005).

Political message from the Committee of Ministers to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
(Geneva, 10-12 December 2003)
. English version:
. Spanish version
. Arabic version:
. Russian version:
. Spanish version

Democracy, human rights and the rule of law in the Information Society
Contribution by the Council of Europe to the 2nd Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on the Information Society (Geneva, 17-28 February 2003)