ITU-T and WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

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ITU-T and World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Introduction

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a UN Summit in which ITU played the leading managerial role, was held in two phases, in Geneva 10-12 December 2003 and in Tunis 16-18 November 2005. The Geneva Declaration of Principles (para 64) recognizes, inter alia, that ITU’s core competence in standards development is of crucial importance in building the Information Society. This page provides some links to ITU-T’s work related to WSIS.

Relevant documents

Follow-up of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) within ITU-T (Document WG-WSIS/11/7, submitted to the 11th meeting of WG-WSIS, Geneva, 13-14 June, 2007)	Website of Council Working Group on WSIS (WG-WSIS)
Final report of WG-WSIS chairman submitted to 2007 session of Council (C07/21)	TIES account required.
Council Resolution 1282 (adopted, 14 September 2007) on ITU’s role in implementing the outcomes of WSIS	TIES account required.
WSIS Output Documents Geneva Declaration of Principles (2003) Geneva Plan of Action (2003) Tunis Commitment (2005) Tunis Agenda for the Information Society (2005)	3D Virtual Booklet (Flash Player required)

Resources

Main WSIS website
Consultation on ITU’s role in international public policy issues relating to the Internet (Res. 102). This consultation was carried out in early 2007 by means of a questionnaire. The responses were analysed and reported to WG-WSIS. The conclusions were included in the WG-WSIS chair’s report to Council 2007 (C07/21).	Resolution 102 on ITU’s role international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet
Bridging the Standardization Gap (Resolution 123)
WSIS implementation. ITU has specific responsibility as facilitator for: Action Line C2: Information and Communication Infrastructure Action Line C5: Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs The 2008 cluster of WSIS action line facilitation meetings will be held 13-23 May 2008. The 2007 cluster was held from 14-25 May 2007 Stocktaking of WSIS-related activities
ITU’s activities related to WSIS
ITU/UNCTAD “World Information Society Report 2007: Beyond WSIS” (2nd edition, May 2007), Full report [13.5 MB] and Executive Summary [7.7 MB]