The
UN
General Assembly Resolution 56/183) 
(21 December 2001) recognises:
"the
urgent need to harness the potential of knowledge and
technology for promoting the goals of
the United
Nations (UN) Millennium Declaration and to find
effective and innovative ways to put this potential
at
the service of development for all".
The United
Nations Millennium Summit, held in in
September 2000, defined a set of goals to be achieved
for a more peaceful, prosperous and just
world. The
UN Millennium Declaration (8 September 2000)
contains a commitment to
"ensure that the
benefits of new technologies, especially information and communication technologies ... are available to
all".
While access to ICTs can educate,
entertain and enrich our lives, ICTs, together with
other tools, can also play a part in helping to
achieve the much broader goals of the Millennium
Declaration. The Millennium Declaration Goals (MDGs)
can be divided into four sub-themes that may help
structure the Plan of Action to be developed at WSIS:
Development
and poverty eradication
Democracy and governance
Our
common heritage: cultural diversity and
sustainable development
Protecting
the vulnerable and meeting the special needs of
Africa
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