Abstract

The first part of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) took place in Geneva from December 10 to 12, 2003. Its second part is to be held in November 2005, in Tunis. The purpose of this article is to give a brief account of the preparation and organization of the Summit (I), to present the main results of its first phase (II), to deliver a critical analysis of these results (III) and to show that the WSIS gives rise to some critical reflections on the present state of the international community (IV).