When it Comes to Designing an International Internet Governance Model (As discussed at The World Summit on the Information Society) (Summary) by M. B. Kasenova

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Economic impact of the world summit on sustainable development by JH Martins, C Van Aardt

“…South Africa hosted the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002.  …”
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World Humanitarian Summit: Meeting Expectations or Falling Short? by Cook, Alistair David Blair

“…The World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul, Turkey on 23 and 24 May 2016 saw 9,000 delegates from governments, United Nations agencies and civil society come together to address a ‘broken humanitarian system’. …”
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L’ONU face à la société de l’information by Louise Lassonde

“…The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) organized by the United Nations in 2003-2005 has, for the first time, established the cornerstone of an international political consensus on the values and strategic orientations of the information society. …”
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The 1976 Bali Summit: ASEAN shifts gears by Desker, Barry

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OSCE AFTER THE ASTANA SUMMIT - May 20, 2011 by Paraschiva Bădescu

“…Eleven years after the last Summit in Istanbul (1999), OSCE Heads of States and Governments met together, in Astana, on 1st and 2nd December, in order to assess the evolution of the situation in the region and to address the urgent problems such as reform of the OSCE, protracted conflicts, transnational threats and the situation in Afghanistan. …”
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Teaching and Learning from Environmental Summits: COP 21 and Beyond by Selin, Noelle E

“…High-profile environmental summits like the recent Paris climate conference (COP 21) offer an opportunity to incorporate real-world, timely issues into teaching and learning about global environmental governance. …”
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Les Défis du Lien Entre Humanitaire et Développement: le Cas du “Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development” by Lukasz Urbaniak, João Casqueira Cardoso

“…In the light of recent experiences, including the World Humanitarian Summit, both strategies may mutually combine, in order to benefit local populations. …”
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BRICS Countries: Participation in the Governance Reform of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. What are the Results? by L. N. Krasavina

“…The author made conclusions about the effectiveness of the BRICS countries’ participation in the IMF and the World Bank Group governance reform regarding the increase of their share in quotas and votes, and their representation in the form of appointment of their own Executive Director to the IMF Executive Board. …”
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Monitoring compliance with high-level commitments in health: the case of the CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases by T Alafia Samuels, John Kirton, Jenilee Guebert

“…The CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases – the first government summit ever devoted to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – was convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Trinidad and Tobago in September 2007. …”
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Registering transparency: the making of the international clinical trial registry platform by the world health organization (2004–2006) by Loreto Fernández-González

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Russian Initiatives in Internet Governance by S. S. Shirin

“…The article is devoted to the research of Russian initiatives concerning its participation in international system of Internet governance. In the research, conceptual and theoretic basis for participation of state governments in Internet governance is given, academic discourse of this issue is assessed, the review of main Russian initiatives made from 2005 (since the second stage of the World Summit on Information Society) till the present day is carried out. …”
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G20 and global governance : can it do better? by Grenville, Stephen

“…Can this exclusive group of world leaders be the hope of global governance?…”
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Building a 'Harmonious World': A Mission Impossible? by Zou Keyuan

“…In September 2005, President Hu Jintao called for a 'harmonious world' at the summit for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. …”
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The extent to which nation states have attempted to govern and are continually attempting to govern the internet until today with specific reference to the United States of America... by Daud, Mahyuddin

“…A working group established after a United Nations initiated World Summit on the Information Society ('WSIS') proposed the following definition of internet governance as part of its June 2005 report: Internet governance is the development and application by Governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. …”
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Coalition models of international communications in context of global governance (case of BRICS) by Felix Izosimovich Sharkov, Alexander Vasil’evich Ponedelkov

“…The article describes the process of formation of information and communication models in global governance, in which the functions of information and communication mechanisms of global governance are primarily associated with the development of regulations governing key areas of international cooperation (exchange of information) of state and non-state actors in world politics and economics. …”
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When it comes to designing an International Internet Governance Model. Part 2 (Summary) by M. B. Kasenova

“…The final documents of the Summit envisaged that the realization of the goals and objectives of putting information and communication technologies to use, of establishing an Information Society, and of governance of the Internet would be taken up at the third phase of the World Summit in 2015. …”
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Food price volatility and hunger alleviation – can Cannes work? by Hajkowicz Stefan, Negra Christine, Barnett Paul, Clark Megan, Harch Bronwyn, Keating Brian

“…The issue is a high priority for many international agencies and national governments. At the Cannes Summit in November 2011, the G20 leaders agreed to implement five objectives aiming to mitigate food price volatility and protect vulnerable persons. …”
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Multi-Stakeholder Internet Governance and International Law: Common Concepts or New Approach? by Amirsaed Vakil, Hessam Norouzpour

“…After the first World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) which was held in 2003, and faced with the acceptance of governments and other stakeholders in the cyber space, it draw serious attention and became operational. …”
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Improvement of the complex mechanism of state administration of E-government process on the regional level by K. G. Kondakov, Z. O. Nadyuk

“…This role was especially distinguished in Geneva and Tunis Declarations (2003, 2005), which were adopted on the World summits on issues of information society. Having analyzed the organizational structure of the public authorities, which are involved into the process of introduction and development of the electronic administration and its regulatory provisioning on the national and regional levels, it has been found that on the regional level typical structural subdivisions (departments, administrations, units, sectors), which should coordinate the development and introduction of the e-administration (except Dnipropetrovsk region), are absent. …”
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