• FINAL REPORT – WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENTCONFERENCE – Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 30 March – 10 April 2014
• Table of Contents
• INTRODUCTION – Conference Preparation, Official Openingand Conference Structure
• PART A – Dubai Declaration
• PART B – ITU-D Contribution to the Draft ITU Strategic Plan
• Annex – Glossary of the strategic plan for the Unionfor 2016-2019
• PART C – Dubai Action Plan
• Section 1 – Introduction
• Section 2 – Objectives and outputs
• Objective 1 – Foster international cooperation on telecommunication/ICT development issues
• Objective 2 – Foster an enabling environment for ICT developmentand foster the development of telecommunication/ICT networks as well as relevant applications and services, including bridging the standardization gap
• Objective 3 – Enhance confidence and security in the use of telecommunications/ICTs, and roll-out of relevant applications and services
• Objective 4 – Build human and institutional capacity, provide data and statistics, promote digital inclusion and provide concentrated assistance to countries in special need
• Objective 5 – Enhance environmental protection, climate-change adaptation and mitigation and disaster-management efforts through telecommunications/ICTs
• Section 3 – Regional Initiatives
• AFRICA REGIONAL INITIATIVES
• AMERICAS REGIONAL INITIATIVES
• ARAB STATES REGIONAL INITIATIVES
• ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL INITIATIVES
• CIS REGIONAL INITIATIVES
• EUROPE REGIONAL INITIATIVES
• Section 4 – Resolutions and Recommendations
• RESOLUTION 1 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Rules of procedure of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector
• RESOLUTION 2 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Establishment of study groups
• RESOLUTION 5 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Enhanced participation by developing countries in the activities of the Union
• RESOLUTION 8 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Collection and dissemination of information and statistics
• RESOLUTION 9 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Participation of countries, particularly developing countries, in spectrum management
• RESOLUTION 10 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Financial support for national spectrum-management programmes
• RESOLUTION 11 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Telecommunication/information and communication technology services in rural, isolated and poorly served areas and indigenous communities
• RESOLUTION 13 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Resource mobilization and partnerships for acceleratingtelecommunication/information and communication technologydevelopment
• RESOLUTION 15 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Applied research and transfer of technology
• RESOLUTION 16 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Special actions and measures for the least developed countries, small island developing states, landlocked developing countries and countries with economies in transition
• RESOLUTION 17 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Implementation of regionally approved initiatives at the national, regional, interregional and global levels
• RESOLUTION 18 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Special technical assistance to Palestine
• RESOLUTION 20 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Non-discriminatory access to modern telecommunication/information and communication technology facilities, services and related applications
• RESOLUTION 21 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Coordination and collaboration with regional organizations
• RESOLUTION 22 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Alternative calling procedures on international telecommunication networks, identification of origin and apportionment of revenues in providing international telecommunication services
• RESOLUTION 23 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Internet access and availability for developing countries and charging principles for international Internet connection
• RESOLUTION 24 (Rev. Dubai 2014) – Authorization for the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group to act between world telecommunication development conferences
• RESOLUTION 25 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Assistance to countries in special need: Afghanistan, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Timor Leste
• RESOLUTION 26 (Rev. Doha, 2006) – Assistance to countries in special need: Afghanistan
• RESOLUTION 27 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Admission of entities or organizations to participate as Associates in the work of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector
• RESOLUTION 30 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Role of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector in implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society
• RESOLUTION 31 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Regional preparations for world telecommunication development conferences
• RESOLUTION 32 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – International and regional cooperation on regional initiatives
• RESOLUTION 33 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Assistance and support to Serbia for rebuildingits destroyed public broadcasting system
• RESOLUTION 34 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – The role of telecommunications/information and communication technology in disaster preparedness, early warning, rescue, mitigation, relief and response
• RESOLUTION 35 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) Support for development of the African information and communication technology sector
• RESOLUTION 36 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Support for the African Telecommunication Union
• RESOLUTION 37 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Bridging the digital divide
• RESOLUTION 38 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Development of the Youth Forum in the Telecommunication Development Bureau
• RESOLUTION 39 (Istanbul, 2002) – Agenda for connectivity in the Americas and Quito Action Plan
• RESOLUTION 40 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Group on capacity-building initiatives
• RESOLUTION 43 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Assistance for implementing IMT – International Mobile Telecommunications
• RESOLUTION 45 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Mechanisms for enhancing cooperation on cybersecurity,including countering and combating spam
• RESOLUTION 46 (Doha, 2006) – Assistance and promotion for indigenous communities in the world: Information society through information and communication technology
• RESOLUTION 47 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Enhancement of knowledge and effective application of ITU Recommendations in developing countries, including conformance and interoperability testing of systems manufactured on the basis of ITU Recommendations
• RESOLUTION 48 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Strengthening cooperation among telecommunication regulators
• RESOLUTION 50 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Optimal integration of information and communication technologies
• RESOLUTION 51 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Provision of assistance and support to Iraqto rebuild and re-equip its public telecommunication systems
• RESOLUTION 52 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Strengthening the executing agency role of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector
• RESOLUTION 53 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Strategic and financial framework for the elaboration and implementation of the Dubai Action Plan
• RESOLUTION 54 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Information and communication technology applications
• RESOLUTION 55 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Mainstreaming a gender perspective1 for an inclusiveand egalitarian information society
• RESOLUTION 57 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) – Assistance to Somalia
• RESOLUTION 58 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Telecommunication/information and communication technology accessibility for persons with disabilities, including persons with age-related disabilities
• RESOLUTION 59 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Strengthening coordination and cooperation among the three ITU Sectors on matters of mutual interest
• RESOLUTION 60 (Hyderabad, 2010) – Assistance to countries in special situations: Haiti
• RESOLUTION 61 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Appointment and maximum term of office of chairmen andvice-chairmen of study groups in the ITU TelecommunicationDevelopment Sector and of the TelecommunicationDevelopment Advisory Group
• RESOLUTION 62 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Measurement concerns related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields
• RESOLUTION 63 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – IP address allocation and facilitating the transition to IPv6 in the developing countries
• RESOLUTION 64 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Protecting and supporting users/consumers of telecommunication/information and communication technology services
• RESOLUTION 65 (Hyderabad, 2010)
• RESOLUTION 65 (Hyderabad, 2010) – Improving access to healthcare services by using information and communication technologies
• RESOLUTION 66 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Information and communication technology and climate change
• RESOLUTION 67 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – The role of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector in child online protection
• RESOLUTION 68 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Assistance to indigenous peoples within the activities of the Telecommunication Development Bureau in its related programmes
• RESOLUTION 69 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Facilitating creation of national computer incident response teams, particularly for developing countries, and cooperation between them
• RESOLUTION 70 (Hyderabad, 2010) – Regional initiative for Central and Eastern Europe on "E-accessibility (Internet and digital television) for persons with disabilities"
• RESOLUTION 71 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) – Strengthening cooperation between Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academia of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector, including the private sector
• RESOLUTION 72 (Hyderabad, 2010) – More effective utilization of mobile communication services
• RESOLUTION 73 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) ITU centres of excellence
• RESOLUTION 74 (Hyderabad, 2010) More effective adoption of e-government services
• RESOLUTION 75 (Dubai, 2014)
• RESOLUTION 75 (Dubai, 2014) – Implementation of the Smart Africa Manifesto
• RESOLUTION 76 (Dubai, 2014) – Promoting information and communication technologies among young women and men for social and economic empowerment
• RESOLUTION 77 (Dubai, 2014) – Broadband technology and applications for greater growth and development of telecommunication/information and communication services and broadband connectivity
• RESOLUTION 78 (Dubai, 2014) – Capacity building for countering misappropriation of Recommendation ITU-T E.164 telephone numbers
• RESOLUTION 79 (Dubai, 2014) – The role of telecommunications/information and communication technologies in combating and dealing with counterfeit telecommunication/information and communication devices
• RESOLUTION 80 (Dubai, 2014) – Establishing and promoting trusted information frameworks in developing countries to facilitate and encourage electronic information exchanges between economic partners
• RESOLUTION 81 (Dubai, 2014) – Further development of electronic working methods for the work of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector
• RESOLUTION 82 (Dubai, 2014) – Preserving and promoting multilingualism on the Internet for an inclusive information society
• RECOMMENDATION ITU-D 15 – Models and methods to determine the cost of national telecommunication services
• RECOMMENDATION ITU-D 16 – Tariff rebalancing and cost-oriented tariffs
• RECOMMENDATION ITU-D 17 – Sharing of facilities in rural and remote areas
• RECOMMENDATION ITU-D 19 – Telecommunications for rural and remote areas
• RECOMMENDATION ITU-D 20 – Policy and regulatory initiatives for developing telecommunications/ICTs/broadband in rural and remote areas
• RECOMMENDATION ITU-D 21 – ICT and climate change
• RECOMMENDATION ITU-D 22 – Bridging the standardization gap in association with regional groups of the study groups
• Section 5 – Study Group Questions
• QUESTION 1/1 – Policy, regulatory and technical aspects of the migration from existing networks to broadband networks in developing countries, including next-generation networks, m-services, over-the-top (OTT) services and the implementation of IPv6
• QUESTION 2/1 – Broadband access technologies, including International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), for developing countries
• QUESTION 3/1 – Access to cloud computing: Challengesand opportunities for developing countries
• QUESTION 4/1 – Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks, including next-generation networks
• QUESTION 5/1 – Telecommunications/ICTs for rural and remote areas
• QUESTION 6/1 – Consumer information, protection and rights: Laws, regulation, economic bases, consumer networks
• QUESTION 7/1 – Access to telecommunication/ICT services by persons with disabilities and with specific needs
• QUESTION 8/1 – Examination of strategies and methods of migration from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting and implementation of new services
• QUESTION 1/2 – Creating the smart society: Social and economic development through ICT applications
• QUESTION 2/2 – Information and telecommunications for e-health
• QUESTION 3/2 – Securing information and communication networks:Best practices for developing a culture of cybersecurity
• QUESTION 4/2 – Assistance to developing countries for implementing conformance and interoperability programmes
• QUESTION 5/2 – Utilization of telecommunications/ICTs for disaster preparedness, mitigation and response
• QUESTION 6/2 – ICT and climate change
• QUESTION 7/2 – Strategies and policies concerning human exposure to electromagnetic fields
• QUESTION 8/2 – Strategies and policies for the proper disposal or reuse of telecommunication/ICT waste material
• QUESTION 9/2 – Identification of study topics in the ITU-T and ITU-R study groups which are of particular interest to developing countries
• PART D – Annexes
• Annex A – Opening address: His Excellency Mohammed Ahmed al-Qamzi, Chairman of the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority United Arab Emirates
• Annex B – Opening address: Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, ITU
• Annex C – Opening address: Mr Brahima Sanou, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU
• Annex D – Statements by the delegation of the United States of America
• Annex E – List of resolutions abrogated by WTDC-14
• Annex F – New numbering and allocation of Study Group Questions
• Annex G – Status of Resolutions, Recommendations and Decisions