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Article: Civil Society innovates for influence at WSIS.(Civil Society)(World Summit on the Information Society, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations )
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- October 1, 2003
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GENEVA -- As has been the case at every recent United Nations global conference, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and representatives of civil society played an active and influential role in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
Indeed, some observers said civil society had its largest impact yet at a major UN conference, thanks to several major innovations in the procedures for interaction with governments at the WSIS. By one count, some 60 percent of the language and/or ideas in the final documents originated with civil society.
"This was the beginning of a new process," said Renate D. Bloem, president of the Conference of ...