The second UNGIS meeting took place in Paris, at UNESCO Headquarters on Tuesday, 17 July 2007.

• Remarks by ITU Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré
  

  As Chairman of the United Nations Group on the Information Society during its inaugural year, it is a great pleasure to be here this morning at UNESCO to address this second meeting of the Group. WSIS has been an important landmark in the global effort to eradicate poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015. WSIS has placed ICTs at the center of the UN Agenda. [Read more...]

  
  
• Remarks by Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura
  I am delighted to welcome you to the Second Meeting of the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS), of which UNESCO today takes over the chairmanship. I wish to extend a special welcome to Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union. Let me congratulate Dr Touré for his leadership, and for the achievements the ITU has made as Chair of UNGIS over the past twelve months. [Read more...]