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World Summit on the Information Society (view source)
Revision as of 10:05, 9 December 2014
, 9 years agoChanges regarding the WSIS Executive Secretariat
The High-Level Summit Organizing Committee (HLSOC) was established with the support of UN Secretary General [[Kofi Annan]] to coordinate the efforts of the United Nations in the preparation, organization and holding of WSIS. The ITU Secretary General served as Chairman of HLSOC, and it was further composed of a representative of the UN Secretary General and Executive Heads of other international organizations such as the [[WIPO|World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO), World Bank, [[WTO|World Trade Organization]] (WTO), [[ILO|International Labor Organization]] (ILO), [[UNDP|United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP), etc.<ref>[http://www.itu.int/wsis/basic/roles.html HLSOC]</ref>
The High-Level Summit Organizing Committee (HLSOC) was established with the support of UN Secretary General [[Kofi Annan]] to coordinate the efforts of the United Nations in the preparation, organization and holding of WSIS. The ITU Secretary General served as Chairman of HLSOC, and it was further composed of a representative of the UN Secretary General and Executive Heads of other international organizations such as the [[WIPO|World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO), World Bank, [[WTO|World Trade Organization]] (WTO), [[ILO|International Labor Organization]] (ILO), [[UNDP|United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP), etc.<ref>[http://www.itu.int/wsis/basic/roles.html HLSOC]</ref>
===Members of HLSOC===
==The WSIS Executive Secretariat==
The WSIS Executive Secretariat was run by ITU under the responsibility of the Secretary General of the ITU and Secretary General of the Summit, Mr. [[Yoshio Utsumi]]
Other members of the Executive Secretariat include:
The Secretariat was headed by
* Mr. [[Charles Geiger]]- Executive Director of the Tunis Phase of the Summit
* Mr. [[Pierre Gagne]], Executive Director of the Geneva Phase of the Summit
Mr. [[Alain Clerc]] and Ms. [[Louise Lassonde]] were Heads of the Civil Society Division of the Executive Secretariat for the Geneva Phase of the Summit
Other members of the Executive Secretariat included:
* Mr. [[Art Levin]], Chief of the ITU Coordination, External Relations and Communication Units
* Mr. [[Art Levin]], Chief of the ITU Coordination, External Relations and Communication Units
* Dr. [[Tim Kelly]], Chief of ITU Strategy and Policy Unit
* Dr. [[Tim Kelly]], Chief of ITU Strategy and Policy Unit