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Tuesday, December 23, 2003

A "Landmark International Agreement"

An item in the latest update from BioMed Central is: World Governments throw their weight behind Open Access. An excerpt: "Governments from 176 countries including the UK have signed a landmark international agreement that explicitly supports Open Access. Described as the 'constitution of the information society', the Geneva Principles and Action Plan were adopted at the United Nations sponsored World Summit on the Information Society in Switzerland this month".