World Summit on the Information Society

A/RES/57/238View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 84c Science and technology for development, published in 2003.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2002–2006

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/60/252

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2006	A/RES/60/252	World Summit on the Information Society	862	21%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/220	World Summit on the Information Society	522	23%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/238	World Summit on the Information Society	628	26%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/183	World Summit on the Information Society	846	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2006

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2006	A/60/1005	Modalities of the inter-agency coordination of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, including recommendations on the follow-up process report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/60/252

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Civil Society Conferences Developing Countries Information Society Intergovernmental Bodies International Cooperation Least Developed Countries Non-Governmental Organizations Private Sector Public Information Regional Commissions Task Forces Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General containing the report of the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union on the ongoing preparatory process for the World Summit on the Information Society;³

³A/57/71-E/2002/52 and Add.1.

Invites the Member States concerned to participate actively in the regional conferences to be held under the auspices of the regional commissions in Bucharest in November 2002 and in Bávaro, Dominican Republic, and Tokyo in January 2003;

Encourages non-governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector to contribute further to, and actively participate in, the intergovernmental preparatory process for the Summit and in the Summit itself, according to the modalities of participation established by the Preparatory Committee;

Encourages all relevant United Nations bodies and other intergovernmental organizations, including international and regional institutions, as well as the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, to enhance their cooperation in and support to the preparatory process for the Summit;

Recommends that the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society be used for arranging events related to the Summit;

Recommends also that, while addressing the whole range of relevant issues related to the information society, all actors involved adopt a coordinated approach to addressing the needs of all countries, including developing countries, in particular the least developed countries;

Requests the International Telecommunication Union, in the context of its leading managerial role in the preparatory process for the Summit, in close cooperation with the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and in coordination with other information offices of the United Nations system, to launch a public information campaign to raise global awareness of the Summit, within the existing resources and through voluntary contributions;

Reiterates its call to the international community to make voluntary contributions to the special trust fund established by the International Telecommunication Union to support the preparations for and the holding of the Summit, as well as to facilitate the effective participation of representatives of developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, in the regional meetings to be held in the first half of 2003, the preparatory meetings to be held in 2003 and the Summit itself;

Invites countries to send representation at the highest political level to the Summit, which will be held at Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003 and at Tunis in 2005;

Invites the Secretary-General of the United Nations to inform all heads of State and Government about the importance of the forthcoming Summit;

Invites the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union to submit to the General Assembly for information, at its fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth sessions, through the Economic and Social Council, a report on the preparations for the Summit.

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