Information and communications technologies
for sustainable development
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Nations system entities, including the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and
the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), to support the implementation and
monitoring of the action lines contained in the outcome documents of the World
Summit on the Information Society by enhancing the emphasis on gender equality
and women’s empowerment, and reaffirms the commitment to ensuring women’s full
participation in decision-making processes related to information and
communications technologies;
21. Notes the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the
Information Society at the regional level, facilitated by the regional commissions, as
observed in the report of the Secretary-General on the progress made in the
implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit at the regional
and international levels; 9
22. Encourages the United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized
agencies, within their respective mandates and strategic plans, to contribute to the
implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, and
emphasizes the importance of allocating adequate resources in this regard;
23. Acknowledges the extension of the mandate of the Internet Governance
Forum through 2025, as set out in the outcome document 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; 8
24. Recognizes the importance of the Internet Governance Forum and its
mandate as a forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue on various matters, as reflected in
paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, 6 including discussion
of public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance, and requests
the Secretary-General to continue to submit, as part of his annual reporting on the
progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World
Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels,
information on the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations
contained in the report of the Working Group on Improvements to the Internet
Governance Forum, 13 in particular those on enhancing the participation of developing
countries;
25. Stresses the need for the enhanced participation of Governments and
stakeholders from all developing countries, in particular the least developed
countries, in all meetings of the Internet Governance Forum, and in this regard invites
Member States, as well as other relevant stakeholders, to support the participation of
Governments and all other stakeholders from developing countries in the Forum
itself, as well as in the preparatory meetings;
26. Notes the work of the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation,
established by the Chair of the Commission on Science and Technology for
Development as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 70/125, to
develop recommendations on how to further implement enhanced cooperation as
envisioned in the Tunis Agenda, and also notes that the Working Group ensured the
full involvement of Governments and other relevant stakeholders, in particular from
developing countries, taking into account all their diverse views and expe rtise;
27. Also notes that the Working Group held five meetings between September
2016 and January 2018 at which it discussed inputs from Member States and other
stakeholders, as stipulated by the General Assembly in its resolution 70/125;
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