A/RES/72/200
Information and communications technologies for sustainable development
Recalling its resolution 70/299 of 29 July 2016 on the follow-up and review of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level,
Reaffirming its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action
Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which
is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports and
complements it, helps to contextualize its means of implementa tion targets with
concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and soli darity,
Recalling 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
Noting the references to information and communications technologies
contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa
Action Agenda, and reiterating calls for close alignment between the World Summit
on the Information Society process and the 2030 Agenda, as well as other relevant
intergovernmental outcomes,
Recalling 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, 5 held in New York on 15 and 16 December 2015,
in which it took stock of the progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of
the World Summit, addressed potential information and communications technology
gaps and identified areas for continued focus,
Reaffirming its common desire and commitment to the World Summit on the
Information Society vision as laid out in the Geneva Declaration of Principles,
Recognizing that information and communications technologies present new
opportunities and challenges and that there is a pressing need to address the major
impediments that developing countries face in accessing new technologies, stressing
the need to address prevailing challenges to bridge the digital divides, both between
and within countries and between women and men, and between girls and boys, and
to harness information and communications technologies for development, and
recalling the need to emphasize quality of access to bridge digital and knowledge
divides, using a multidimensional approach that includes speed, stability,
affordability, language, local content and accessibility for persons with disabilities,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General 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, 6
Noting the call for the continuation of annual reports on the implementation of
the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, through the
Commission on Science and Technology for Development, to the Economic and
Social Council, and reaffirming the role of the Commission, as set forth in Council
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See resolution 60/252.
Resolution 70/125.
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