Modalities for the Overall Review by the General Assembly of the Implementation of the Outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society

A/RES/79/277View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 15 Information and communications technologies for sustainable development, published in 2025.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2014–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/277	Modalities for the overall review by the General Assembly of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society	798	88%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/302	Modalities for the overall review by the General Assembly of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society	724	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Communication Technology Conferences Digital Divide Information Technology Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Decides that the overall review will be concluded by a two-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly, to be preceded by an intergovernmental preparatory process that also takes into account inputs from all relevant stakeholders of the World Summit on the Information Society;

Also decides to convene the high-level meeting of the General Assembly, at the highest possible level, on 16 and 17 December 2025, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the General Assembly;

Further decides that the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with Member States, will invite, in addition to all Member and observer States and observers, representatives of all relevant stakeholders of the World Summit on the Information Society to speak during the high-level meeting, and in this regard also encourages the participation of those stakeholders in the meeting;

Decides that the overall review by the General Assembly shall take stock of the progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society and address potential information and communications technology gaps and areas for continued focus, as well as addressing challenges, including bridging the digital divide, and harnessing information and communications technologies for development;

Requests the President of the General Assembly, in 2025, to appoint two co-facilitators to lead, on the basis of, among other relevant inputs, submissions from Member and observer States and observers, and the final report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, an intergovernmental negotiation process, which will include preparatory meetings, resulting in an intergovernmentally agreed outcome document, for adoption at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly;

Decides that during the preparatory process for the high-level meeting, the President of the General Assembly will organize informal interactive consultations with all relevant stakeholders of the World Summit on the Information Society, in order to collect their inputs for the intergovernmental negotiation process.

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