-
2
-
WSIS-II/PC-3/DOC/2-E
Force on the Financial Mechanisms for ICT for Development to study and report on these issues
during the second phase.
III.
OUTCOME OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SUMMIT
4.
As decided by Governments at the first phase of the Summit, the Preparatory Committee
held its first session (PrepCom-1) in the first half of 2004 from 24 to 26 June at the Medina
Conference Center, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia. Ambassador Janis Karklins of Latvia was
elected as the President of the PrepCom of the Tunis Phase. PrepCom-1 was attended by
425 delegates representing 127 Governments and the European Community, 272 observers from
113 organizations representing civil society (business entities and non-governmental organizations)
as well as 71 observers from 33 international organizations and three entities with standing
invitation from the United Nations General Assembly.
5.
PrepCom-1 decided on the focus of the Tunis phase, the outputs and the structure of the
preparatory process. It set the dates and duration for PrepCom-2 and established the Group of
Friends of the President of the PrepCom (informally called “Group of Friends of the Chair”(GFC)),
which was to prepare, with the assistance of the WSIS Executive Secretariat (ES), the document to
serve as a basis for negotiations at PrepCom-2. The report of PrepCom-1 and the documentation for
the meeting can be found at: https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/preparatory2/hammamet/index.html.
IV.
OUTCOME OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE PREPARATORY
COMMITTEE
6.
PrepCom-1, decided to hold the second meeting of the Preparatory Committee in Geneva,
from 17 to 25 February 2005. The meeting was attended by more than 1’700 delegates from
149 Governments, 53 intergovernmental organizations, UN bodies and agencies, 208 civil society
entities and 30 business entities.
The Preparatory Committee heard the Interim report on Stocktaking as well as reports on regional
conferences and thematic meetings held prior to PrepCom-2.
7.
The document prepared by the GFC was accepted by delegates as the basis for negotiations.
This document included a Political Chapeau and an Operational part with the following four
chapters:
Chapter 1 entitled “From Words to Actions: a Summit of sustainable solutions” related to
the Implementation of the WSIS Geneva Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action.
Chapter 2 on Financial Mechanisms for bridging the digital divide.
Chapter 3 on Internet Governance (to be prepared following publication of the WGIG
report).
Chapter 4 on the Follow-up to the WSIS.
8.
Chapter 2 on Financial Mechanisms reached a high level of consensus during negotiations.
Work on that chapter benefited from the Report of the Task Force on Financial Mechanisms, which
was presented, by Mr. Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for
development policies of the UNDP. The Report of the TFFM is available at:
https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/preparatory2/pc2/index.html. The revised version of chapter two is
contained in the annex to Document WSIS-II/PC-2/DOC/11(Rev.1).
9.
With respect to Chapter 3 on Internet Governance, delegations made initial comments,
following a presentation of a preliminary report of the Working Group on Internet Governance.