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In this IISD Commentary, IISD Project Manager Terri Willard reviews the February 2005 Preparatory Committee meeting of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Willard, who has been actively enagaged in the WSIS process since 2002, describes the meeting, identifies some weaknesses and casts an eye toward the remainder of the process.
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