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European, American and Japanese electronic waste poisoning the environment in Ghana
28.08.2008
A Greenpeace analysis of soil and sediment taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards in Ghana has revealed severe contamination with hazardous chemicals.
Greening Internet Governance
22.11.2006
Among hundreds of other issues, environment protection made its way to the discussion in the first Internet Governance Forum. The event was called by UN’s Secretary General in November to guide the development of Internet, following upon the World Summit on the Information Society (2003 – 2005).
EDRI: IGF-UN innovation or just another conference?
15.11.2006
Looking at the IGF meeting from the perspective of European Digital Rights, the interesting point is to which extent the IGF may advance the protection and promotion of human rights such as privacy, freedom of expression, access to information etc. in the digital world.
WSIS: Whose information society? Developing country and civil society voices in the World Summit on the Information
27.10.2006
Discussion paper by David Souter
WSIS in Tunisia - high security and low communication
15.11.2005
BlueLink’s representative at the meeting Milena Bokova reports impressions from the event.
Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Conference on WSIS - the Perspective of a Bulgarian Civil Society Participant
20.05.2005
Reflections of BlueLink’s representative Milena Bokova at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) related event, which took place in Japan, 16-18 May 2005.
WSIS PrepCom 2 - the perspective of a Bulgarian civil society participant
16.03.2005
Observations and thoughts on the last preparatory meeting for the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), by Milena Bokova, BlueLink Information Network (Geneva, 20-24 February 2005).
Whose “information society”?
14.04.2004
Was WSIS worth it? The general verdict on the recent United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held in December 2003 was a thumbs-down. The Summit outcomes were limited after an arduous and expensive process. However, argues Anriette Esterhuysen, APC's executive director, from the perspective of many civil society organisations that participated actively, the WSIS has created a new opportunity for solidarity across ideological, sectoral and geographical divides.
