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[Myriam Horngren]

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Ação da Cris Brasil na Conferência do Rio da 2a Fase da Cúpula Mundial (CMSI)
A CRIS Brasil cresceu e se consolidou como uma articulação que reune mais de 20 organizações da sociedade civil e dezenas de ativistas que participam das lutas pelo direito humano à comunicação. Estas organizações se dedicam às mais diversas atividades, mas, através dela articulam suas ações em torno de temas relacionados ao direito da comunicação .
http://www.crisinfo.org/

NEWSROOM

European Parliament says no to software patents
6th July 2005
The European Parliament today decided by a large majority to reject the software patents directive. This rejection was the logical answer to the Commission's refusal to restart the legislative process in February and the Council's unwillingness to engage in any kind of dialogue with the Parliament.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/889

ITU urged to concentrate on teledensity
The International Telecoms Union (ITU) has been told by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to focus more of its efforts on stimulating the growth of fixed line voice telephony in developing countries.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/888

US will retain its control of internet oversight
The U.S. government will indefinitely retain oversight of the main computers that control traffic on the Internet, ignoring calls by some countries to turn the function over to an international body, said Michael D. Gallagher, assistant secretary for communications and information at the Commerce Department.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/887

NEWSROOM/CRIS

O Direito à Comunicação na Sociedade da Informação
Publicamos aqui a intervenção de Nilza Iraci (Geledés) / Marcio Alexandre (Afirma) no Painel realizado pela CRIS Brasil na Conferência do Rio.
* 09 de junho de 2005 - Nilza Iraci (Geledés) / Marcio Alexandre (Afirma)
O século XXI se inicia sob grande impacto das Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação, as TICs. Os últimos vinte anos viram acontecer transformações no cotidiano das pessoas como o boom da Internet, da telefonia móvel, da comunicação via satélite, o desenvolvimento da TV Digital, o surgimento de novas mídias tais como o CD player, o DVD etc.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/885

NEWSROOM/WSIS

WSIS and UK Civil Society
On 24th May the British Council organised a consultation meeting between Civil Society and the UK Government in the run up to the World Summit in the Information Society. CRIS members joined in the consultation as the UK was preparing to take over the presidency of the European Union in early July.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/881

CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida social, económica y cultural de las personas y las comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la información basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participación, justicia social y económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la «société de l'information» est basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l'homme et améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la société civile se réunissent afin d'aider à la construction d'une société de l'information basée sur les principes de transparence, de diversité, de participation et de justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects régionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95

The CRIS Charter
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human rights and to strengthen the social, economic and cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to this is that civil society organisations come together to help build an information society based on principles of transparency, diversity, participation and social and economic justice, and inspired by equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98


Myriam Horngren
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