– 187 – (7.2 – Other miscellaneous matters) c) that the ITU has on-going work in its various sectors, including the ITU-T Focus Group on Car Communications (FG CarCom), which has been identified as an appropriate place to address driver distraction; resolves 1 to include the theme of “ICTs and improving road safety” among those addressed at the WSIS Forum 2011, and to consider it as a theme at the “2012 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day,” in accordance with Resolution 68 (Rev. Antalya, 2006); 2 to invite all Members of the Union to take practical steps to further national and domestic policies, programs and/or educational initiatives in the use of ICTs to improve road safety, also taking into account the risks associated with unreasonable use of ICTs and driver distraction, as well as the benefits of ICTs and vehicular safety technologies, in order in to improve global road safety; instructs the Director TSB to bring this Resolution to the attention of relevant groups in ITU-T, in particular ITU-T Study Group 12 and its Focus Group on Car Communication. Ref.: Documents C10/87 and C10/92. R 1327 (C11) ITU’s role in ICTs and the empowerment of women and girls The Council, considering а) the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, adopted on 18 December 1979 by the UN General Assembly, often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination; b) the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union Resolution 70 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010) “Gender mainstreaming in ITU and promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women through information and communication technologies”; c) the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 64/289, on system-wide coherence adopted on 21 July 2010, that established the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, known as \"UN Women\" with the mandate to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women; d) the Millennium Development Goal 3 “Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women” calling to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015. The Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals were embraced by all UN Member States; e) the United Nations Secretary-General during the sixty fourth General Assembly declared that “equality for women and girls is not only a basic human right it is a social and economic imperative. Where women are educated and empowered, economies are more productive and strong. Where women are fully represented, societies are more peaceful and stable.\",