– 41 – (1.2 – Other finance matters) D 507 (C-2002) Repayment of outstanding amounts owed by the Republic of Uzbekistan over five years The Council, having examined the report by the Secretary-General on arrears and special arrears accounts (Addendum 1 to Document C02/32), decides to authorize the Secretary-General to cancel the interest on overdue payments owed at today’s date by the Republic of Uzbekistan in the amount of CHF 157 935.20 subject to the full repayment of the debt in compliance with the terms of the repayment agreement. Ref.: Documents C02/66 and C02/83. D 509 ITU financial arrangements for WSIS (C-2002) The Council, recalling Resolution 73 of Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998) about the role of the ITU in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) implementation, as well as Resolution 1158 of Council 2000 and Resolution 1179 of Council 01, considering a) that the United Nations General Assembly, taking note of the action plan presented by the Secretary-General of the ITU to the Administrative Committee on Coordination, in December 2001 adopted Resolution 56/183 concerning WSIS implementation, and welcomed the Resolution 1179 of Council 01 in which the Council endorsed the proposal of the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union to hold the Summit at the highest possible level in two phases, the first in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003 and the second in Tunis in 2005, pursuant to Resolution 73 (Minneapolis, 1998) of the Plenipotentiary Conference of the ITU; b) that UNGA Resolution 56/183 invites the international community to send voluntary contributions to a Special Trust Fund created by ITU to finance, in particular, the preparations for and the holding of the Summit, considering further a) the work already carried out by ITU Council, notably in Resolutions 1158 and 1179; b) that Council Resolution 1174 has set aside a sum for ITU activities relevant to the WSIS and that Council Resolution 1179 instructs the Secretary-General to actively solicit extra-budgetary funding and resources for each of the two phases of the WSIS process, taking into account Resolution 11 (Minneapolis, 1998) concerning World and Regional telecommunication exhibitions and forums and ITU Council Resolution 1196 concerning ITU preparations for the WSIS; having examined a) the report of the Secretary-General on developments since the last Council session in connection with the preparation of the World Summit on the Information Society, contained in Document C02/26; b) the report of the Chairman of the WSIS Liaison Committee on the activities with regard to WSIS preparations, contained in Documents C02/52 and C02/41,