World Summit on the Information Society

A/RES/59/220View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 44 Information and communication technologies for development, published in 2005.

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?

12 subjects

Civil Society Communication Technology Conferences Coordination Within UN System Information Information Society Information Technology International Organizations Non-Governmental Organizations Partnership Task Forces Working Groups

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Expresses its gratitude to the Government of Switzerland for having hosted the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003 and for the support and arrangements put at the disposal of the Summit;

Renews with gratitude its acknowledgement of the generous offer of the Government of Tunisia to host the second phase of the Summit, which will take place in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005;

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union on the first phase and progress in the preparations for the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society;³

³A/59/80 and Corr.1-E/2004/61 and Corr.1.

Endorses the Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action adopted by the Summit on 12 December 2003,⁴ and welcomes, in this regard, the strong development orientation of both documents, encourages developing and developed countries in partnership to continue to identify how information technologies can further contribute to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,1 and stresses the importance of the effective and timely implementation of the Plan of Action;

⁴See A/C.2/59/3.

Welcomes the contribution of Member States, relevant United Nations bodies, including the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, and other intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector to the success of the Geneva phase of the Summit;

Urges Member States, relevant United Nations bodies, including the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, and other intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector to contribute actively to the implementation of the outcome of the Geneva phase and to the preparatory process of the Tunis phase of the Summit as well as to the Summit itself in order to ensure its overall success;

Takes note of the results and decisions of the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee, held in Hammamet, Tunisia, from 24 to 26 June 2004, concerning the structure and output of the second phase of the Summit;

Welcomes the establishment of the Working Group on Internet Governance and the Task Force on Financial Mechanisms, set up in accordance with the decisions of the first phase of the Summit;

Invites countries to be represented at the highest possible political level at the second phase of the Summit, to be held in Tunis in 2005;

Reiterates its call to the international community to make voluntary contributions to the special fund established by the International Telecommunication Union to support the preparations for and holding of the Summit;

Invites the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union to transmit to the General Assembly, as soon as it is available, the report of the World Summit on the Information Society.

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