Kofi Annan, Tim Berners-Lee Greet the World Summit Event for Schools

Students and educators participating in the World Summit on the Information Society are laying the foundation for a global infrastructure of school networks and a culture of peace. On 10 December in cooperation with the CERN SIS-Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee sent an email to summit participants at 800 schools in 80 countries using the NeXT computer that was used to invent the World Wide Web. The U.N. Cyberschoolbus and the European Schoolnet co-organized the World Summit Event for Schools.