United Nations
A/RES/68/198
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 January 2014
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 16
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2013
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/68/435)]
68/198. Information and communications technologies
for development
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 56/183 of 21 December 2001, 57/238 of 20 December
2002, 57/270 B of 23 June 2003, 59/220 of 22 December 2004, 60/252 of 27 March
2006, 62/182 of 19 December 2007, 63/202 of 19 December 2008, 64/187 of
21 December 2009, 65/141 of 20 December 2010, 66/184 of 22 December 2011 and
67/195 of 21 December 2012,
Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolutions 2006/46 of 28 July
2006, 2008/3 of 18 July 2008, 2009/7 of 24 July 2009, 2010/2 of 19 July 2010,
2011/16 of 26 July 2011 and 2012/5 of 24 July 2012, and taking note of Council
resolution 2013/9 of 22 July 2013 on the assessment of the progress made in the
implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the
Information Society,
Recalling further the Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action adopted
by the World Summit on the Information Society at its first phase, held in Geneva
from 10 to 12 December 2003, 1 and endorsed by the General Assembly, 2 and the
Tunis Commitment and the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society adopted by
the Summit at its second phase, held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005, 3 and
endorsed by the Assembly, 4
Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 5
Recalling also the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the
Millennium Development Goals and its outcome document, 6 as well as the special
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1
See A/C.2/59/3, annex.
See resolution 59/220.
3
See A/60/687.
4
See resolution 60/252.
5
Resolution 60/1.
6
Resolution 65/1.
2
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