World Summit on the Information Society

A/RES/60/252View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 49 Information and communication technologies for development, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2002–2006

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	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Technology and logistics	11

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Technology and logistics	11	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

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?

17 subjects

Civil Society Communication Technology Conferences Development Finance Digital Divide Funds Information Policy Information Society Information Technology Inter-Agency Cooperation Intergovernmental Organizations International Days Internet Non-Governmental Organizations Programmes of Action Report Preparation Tunisia

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Expresses its gratitude to the Government of Tunisia for having hosted the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society 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 second phase of the Summit;⁵

⁵See A/60/687.

Endorses the Tunis Commitment and the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society adopted by the Summit at its second phase;4

Welcomes the contribution of Member States, relevant United Nations bodies and other intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector to the success of the Tunis phase of the Summit;

Also welcomes the strong development orientation of the outcomes of both the Geneva and the Tunis phases of the Summit, and urges their full implementation;

Further welcomes progress achieved by the Summit towards a multi-stakeholder approach in building a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society, and acknowledges that Governments could play an important role in that process;

Welcomes the Digital Solidarity Fund, established in Geneva as an innovative financial mechanism of a voluntary nature, open to interested stakeholders, with the objective of transforming the digital divide into digital opportunities for the developing world by focusing mainly on specific and urgent needs at the local level and seeking new voluntary sources of “solidarity” financing;

Reiterates that the process towards enhanced cooperation to be started by the Secretary-General will involve all relevant organizations and all stakeholders in their respective roles, as mentioned in paragraph 71 of the Tunis Agenda;

Invites the Secretary-General, in an open and inclusive process, to convene a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue called the Internet Governance Forum, in accordance with the decisions made at the Tunis phase of the Summit;

Welcomes the importance attached by the Summit, as reflected in the Tunis Agenda, to multi-stakeholder implementation at the international level, which should be organized taking into account the themes and action lines in the Geneva Plan of Action1 and moderated or facilitated by United Nations agencies, where appropriate;

Urges Member States, relevant United Nations bodies and other intergovernmental organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector, to contribute actively, inter alia by initiating actions, where appropriate, to the implementation and follow-up of the outcomes of the Geneva and Tunis phases of the Summit;

Requests the Economic and Social Council to oversee the system-wide follow-up of the Geneva and Tunis outcomes of the Summit, and to that end requests the Council, at its substantive session of 2006, to review the mandate, agenda and composition of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, including considering strengthening the Commission, taking into account the multi-stakeholder approach;

Decides to proclaim 17 May annual World Information Society Day to help to raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide;

Also decides to conduct an overall review of the implementation of the Summit outcomes in 2015;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council, by June 2006, a report on the modalities of the inter-agency coordination of the implementation of the Summit outcomes, including recommendations on the follow-up process, for consideration at the substantive session of the Council.

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