UNGIS

The WSIS+20 Review, concluded at the United Nations General Assembly in December 2025, marked two decades of global efforts to build a people centred, inclusive and development oriented information society. The Outcome Document (A/RES/80/173) of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society was adopted by consensus on 17 December 2025.

📌 UNGIS‑Related Mandates in A/RES/80/173:

¶67 — Financing mechanisms: establish an internal task force (report to CSTD in 2027)

• • • Full text (verbatim):
      “We invite the International Telecommunication Union, as the secretariat of the United Nations Group on the Information Society, working with the World Summit action line facilitators and other members of the Group, within existing resources, to establish an internal task force to conduct an assessment of gaps and challenges and to submit concrete recommendations on strengthening financial mechanisms for digital development for developing countries, building on and complementing existing best practices, including those of multilateral financial institutions, development partners and other relevant stakeholders, such as the private sector. We further request that the work be completed and the outcomes of the work be reported to the Commission on Science and Technology for Development at its thirtieth session, in 2027, … We also invite the internal task force to monitor financial commitments for the implementation of these outcomes.”

¶113 — Action Line roadmaps: coordinate with UNGIS

• • • Full text (verbatim):
      “We request the action line facilitators, in coordination with the United Nations Group on the Information Society, to develop targeted and result‑oriented implementation road maps for their respective action lines and the outcomes of the present resolution, linking the World Summit action lines with relevant Sustainable Development Goal targets and Global Digital Compact commitments, including potential targets, indicators and metrics to facilitate monitoring and measurement, and to report on the outcomes of this work to the Commission on Science and Technology for Development at its thirtieth session, in 2027.”

¶121 — Strengthen UNGIS; ITU secretariat; annual rotating Chair; expand membership

• • • Full text (verbatim):
      “We call for the continuation and strengthening of the work of the United Nations Group on the Information Society, with a Chair rotating on an annual basis and a secretariat provided by the International Telecommunication Union, as the United Nations system inter‑agency mechanism for advancing policy coherence and programme coordination on digital matters. We invite the Group to enhance its agility, efficiency and effectiveness and expand its membership to further United Nations entities, with a view to fostering multi‑stakeholder dialogue, partnership‑building and a review of progress on digital cooperation.”

¶122 — Joint implementation road map: request to UNGIS (deliver to CSTD in 2026)

• • • Full text (verbatim):
      “Building on this work and consistent with the recommendations of the Economic and Social Council, we request the United Nations Group on the Information Society, within existing mandates and resources, to prepare a joint implementation road map, to be presented for the consideration of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development at its twenty‑ninth session, in 2026. The road map should aim to strengthen coherence between the World Summit and the Global Digital Compact, ensuring a unified, resource‑efficient approach to digital cooperation that avoids duplication and maximizes synergies across the United Nations system.”