Contributions and involvement at the WORLD SUMMIT FOR THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (WSIS) Sitio web de la actividad
Descripción de la actividad:
WSIS Phase I: Inclusion of children in Geneva Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action - CHI has facilitated the inclusion of children and young people, including child pornography issues, in the Geneva Declaration and Plan of Action. This is mentioned in Article 11, 13 and 16.
WSIS Phase II: Inclusion of children in Geneva Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action - CHI contributed to WSIS II by submitting proposed text changes to Tunis documents to further include children and young people in the ICT agenda. CHI also led a consultative and participatory process with various child-focused NGOs and international networks to submit a joint statement.
The key recommendations are to:
1. Place children in Telecoms agenda by requesting member state parties’ to pass a resolution stating that ITU recognises the importance of children in the telecoms agenda as they form a key group of future telecom users.
2. Recognise child helplines as a strategy for reaching out to children and young people and request member state parties’ to issue a three or four-digit toll-free number for each respective country’s child helpline. This number can be the universal access number earmarked for children, similar to emergency services numbers currently offered in many countries and should be accessible from both landline and mobile phones.
3. Recognise the negative use and impact of ICTs that exploit children, especially pertaining to pornography, paedophilia and trafficking for sexual exploitation. To work with child-protection NGOs and the larger civil society to protect children from being exploited through ICT’s by ensuring that the necessary regulations are set in place, without resorting to the ‘easiest’ solution of prohibiting access.
4. Emphasise the importance of technology for birth registration
5. Emphasise the importance of technology in education (formal/ informal sector)
2 side-events have also been planned for 19 and 21 September in Prepcom-3. The side-events will provide a platform to take forward the initiative.
Líneas de acción de la CMSI relacionadas con esta actividad: Tema 1. La función de los gobiernos y de todas las partes interesadas en la promoción de las TIC para el desarrollo
Tema 2. Infraestructura de la información y la comunicación
Tema 3. Acceso a la información y al conocimiento
Tema 5. Crear confianza y seguridad en la utilización de las TIC
Tema 7. Aplicaciones de las TIC: ventajas en todos los aspectos de la vida
Tema 11. Cooperación internacional y regional
Tema 12. Logros de objetivos y metas de la CMSI (Sección B del Plan de Acción)
Tema 15. Hacia la segunda fase de la CMSI (Túnez) (Sección F del Plan de Acción)
Socios:
Child-focused NGOs and networks including Childnet International, Child Rights Information Network, ECPAT, EURONET, Global Movement for Children, Plan International, Save the Children UK and UNICEF
