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World Summit on the Information Society

A/RES/56/183View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 95cScience and technology for development, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2002–2006
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/60/252
  • 2006A/RES/60/252World Summit on the Information SocietyLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2005A/RES/59/220World Summit on the Information SocietyCompare with previous version
  • 2003A/RES/57/238World Summit on the Information SocietyCompare with previous version
  • 2002A/RES/56/183World Summit on the Information Society

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics
ConferencesInformationInformation SocietyLeast Developed CountriesParticipantsReport PreparationTrust Funds

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes the resolution adopted by the Council of the International Telecommunication Union at its 2001 session, in which the Council endorsed the proposal of the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union to hold the World Summit on the Information Society at the highest possible level in two phases, the first in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003 and the second in Tunis in 2005, pursuant to resolution 73 adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union at its 1998 session, held in Minneapolis, United States of America;
2
Recommends that the preparations for the Summit take place through an open-ended intergovernmental preparatory committee, which would define the agenda of the Summit, finalize both the draft declaration and the draft plan of action, and decide on the modalities of the participation of other stakeholders in the Summit;
3
Invites the International Telecommunication Union to assume the leading managerial role in the executive secretariat of the Summit and its preparatory process;
4
Invites Governments to participate actively in the preparatory process of the Summit and to be represented in the Summit at the highest possible level;
5
Encourages effective contributions from and the active participation of all relevant United Nations bodies, in particular the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, and encourages other intergovernmental organizations, including international and regional institutions, non-governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector to contribute to, and actively participate in, the intergovernmental preparatory process of the Summit and the Summit itself;
6
Invites 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 second half of 2002, in the preparatory meetings to be held in the first half of 2002 and in 2003, and in the Summit itself;
7
Invites the Secretary-General of the United Nations to inform all heads of State and Government of the adoption of the present resolution;
8
Invites the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union to submit to the General Assembly, at its fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth sessions, through the Economic and Social Council, for information, a report on the preparations for the Summit.

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