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December 10, 2003
In the news,
the Financial Times
previews the summit, and highlights the Swiss Government's success in getting almost all groups "inside the tent" (although, frankly, the strain within the tent is
starting to show). The Guardian promotes the role of the UN in a
leader devoted to WSIS - but claims that "in this case it (the UN) starts with a clean sheet and an ocean of goodwill.
Really?
Also,
Wired News reports that Kofi Annan "reaffirmed media freedoms and the rights of ordinary people" in
his address to
WEMF. Plus Taiwan
berates the UN for kow-towing to China, Open Democracy
debates the summit,
Botswana an ICT leader, and Switzerland is an
honoured host.
