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(WSIS-II/PC-3/DOC/8-E)

Alternate 10+11: We shall strive unremittingly, therefore, to promote universal,

ubiquitous, equitable and affordable access to ICTs for people everywhere, to ensure

that the benefits of the Information Society are more evenly distributed among and

within societies, and to bridge the digital divide in order to create digital opportunities

for all. In so doing, we shall pay special attention to the roles and special needs of all

countries and all segments of society and we reaffirm the commitments taken in this

regard in the Geneva Declaration of Principles.

To that end, we shall pay special attention to the roles and particular needs

of all countries and all segments of society, and reaffirm the commitments taken in

this regard in the Geneva Declaration.

To that end we shall pay special attention to the role and particular

needs of children, young people, women, marginalized and vulnerable groups of

society including migrants, internally displaced persons and refugees, unemployed

and underprivileged people, minorities and nomadic people, people with disabilities,

poor people, particularly those living in remote, rural and marginalized urban areas,

indigenous peoples, people of developing countries, countries with economies in

transition, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, Landlocked

Developing Countries, Highly Indebted Poor Countries, countries and territories

under occupation, and countries recovering from conflict or natural disasters.

Alternate 11B. To that end, we shall pay special attention to the role and particular

needs of the youth, women and older people and to the special situation of indigenous

peoples. We also recognize the role and special needs of marginalized and vulnerable

groups of society including the disabled, migrants, internally displaced persons,

refugees, underprivileged and poor people and of people of countries facing adverse

economic situations, geographic isolation, occupation, conflicts or natural disasters.

We hereby undertake further commitments to …

We commit ourselves to mobilising resources, including human resources, to ….*

We are convinced that our goals can be accomplished through the involvement,

cooperation and partnership of governments and all stakeholders and that

international cooperation and solidarity at all levels are indispensable if the fruits of

the Information Society are to be shared equitably by all.

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