[WSIS CS-Plenary] Liberation/Francia: l'accord Microsoft-UNESCO - English translation

[Carlos Afonso]

Unesco remains totally silent regarding critiques or requests for 
clarification on this agreement. By the way, UNDP and IDRC have signed 
similar agreements with M$. Ah, the power of money...

--c.a.

Rui Correia wrote:

>Dear All
>
>Herewith a rushed translation of the French text found in the link provided
>by Martin Oliveira to the French newspaper in which it was published today.
>The translation was fed through translation software and then polished up
>where necessary for comprehension - it is far form being a perfect product;
>it was done only in the interest of sharing this article. The names of the
>authors and their affiliation appear at bottom
>
>Regards, Rui
>___________________________________________________________________________
>Liberation newspaper, Paris - 5/1/2005
>
>On November 17, Bill Gates, on a trip to Paris, returned visit to the head
>office of UNESCO to sign an agreement of partnership with the organization.
>The agreement defines eight objectives for which UNESCO and Microsoft
>[...]
>

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