At its 50th plenary meeting, on 23 July 2004, the Economic and Social Council, taking note of the second annual report of the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force,65
(a) Welcomed the valuable contribution of the Task Force to harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies for advancing development, in particular its role in anchoring the agenda of the World Summit on the Information Society in the development goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration,43 and in supporting the
64 A/59/86-E/2004/69.
65 See E/2004/62 and Corr.1.
follow-up to the first phase of the Summit, held in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003, and the preparation of its second phase, to be held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005;
(b) Encouraged the Task Force to continue promoting information and communication technologies for development worldwide, including through contributing to the World Summit on the Information Society process.
