Press Release: Internet: Commission seeks global partnership on Internet governance, freedom of expression and the combat against cyber-repression

To keep up the momentum of the successful World Summit on Information Society (Tunis, 16-18 November 2005), the European Commission on 27 April 2006 set out its priorities for implementing the international policy commitments made at the Summit. These priorities included safeguarding and strengthening human rights, in particular the freedom to receive and access information.

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European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/172: Internet governance and the Commission’s follow up to the World Summit on the Information Society: Frequently Asked Questions, 27.4.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/172&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

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