[Political chapeau / Tunis Commitment
Idea
Text
From
Geneva to
Tunis
1.
We, the representatives of the peoples of the world, have gathered in
Tunis from 16-18 November 2005 for this second phase of the World Summit on
the Information Society (WSIS) to reiterate our unequivocal support for the
Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action adopted at the first phase of the World
Summit on the Information Society in Geneva in December 2003. We reaffirm our
desire and commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-
oriented Information Society, premised on the purposes and principles of the Charter
of the United Nations, international law and effective multilateralism, and respecting
fully and upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, so that people
everywhere can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge, to
achieve their full potential and to promote sustainable development, to improve
quality of life, to eradicate poverty and to attain the internationally-agreed
development goals of the Millennium Declaration.
2.
The Tunis Summit represents a unique opportunity for us to strengthen the
confidence in the future while its core subjects concerning the Information Society
shift world attention away from narrowly-defined concepts to global ones, which
transform peoples’ activities and interactions in ways that challenge traditional
assumptions. The implementation of the commitments undertaken in the Geneva
Summit is taking place amidst accelerating development of ICTs, which impact
policies, human, economic, social and cultural development, bringing about profound
changes in society.
3.
This Summit is an important stepping-stone in the world’s efforts to eradicate
poverty and to attain the internationally-agreed development goals of the Millennium
Declaration. By the Geneva decisions, we established a solid long-term link between
the WSIS process, and other major United Nations conferences and summits. We call
upon governments and all stakeholders to join together to implement the
commitments set forth in the Geneva Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action. In
this context, the outcomes of the recently concluded Summit meeting of the General
Assembly on the review of the implementation of the Millennium Declaration are of
special relevance.
Document: WSIS-II/PC-3/DOC/8-E
8 August 2005
Source:
Doc. WSIS-II/PC-2/DOC/3-E (Group of Friends text)
Original: English
President of the PrepCom of the Tunis Phase
POLITICAL CHAPEAU AND OPERATIONAL PLAN
(CHAPTERS ONE AND FOUR)
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