World Summit of Information Society Forum 2022

2022 JUN 1

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Why in news?

  • The Minister of State for Communications attended the opening ceremony of World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) forum 2022, being organized by International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

About World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2022:

  • The WSIS Forum is co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD in close collaboration with all WSIS Action Line Facilitators/Co-Facilitators
  • Headquarters: Geneva.
  • It represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ICT for development community.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Consider the following statements:

1. World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) forum 2022 is co-organized by International Telecommunications Unions, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD

2. World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) is one of the specialized agencies of United Nations

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer