United Nations A/RES/57/238 General Assembly Distr.: General 31 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 84 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Second Committee (A/57/529/Add.3)] 57/238. World Summit on the Information Society The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 56/183 of 21 December 2001, Recalling also the Meeting of the General Assembly devoted to information and communication technologies for development, held in New York on 17 and 18 June 2002, 1 Welcoming the preparations for the World Summit on the Information Society undertaken at the national and regional levels, and encouraging all countries to intensify their work, Welcoming also the regional conference held in Bamako from 25 to 30 May 2002, in the context of the preparatory process of the Summit, Welcoming further the establishment of the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on the Information Society, and encouraging Member States to support it in accomplishing its task, Welcoming the convening of the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee, held at Geneva from 1 to 5 July 2002, Welcoming also the decision of the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force to contribute actively to the preparatory process for the Summit and, to that end, to hold its next meeting at Geneva on 21 and 22 February 2003, 1. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General containing the report of the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union on the ongoing preparatory process for the World Summit on the Information Society; 2 2. Invites the Member States concerned to participate actively in the regional conferences to be held under the auspices of the regional commissions in _______________ 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Plenary Meetings, 104th to 106th meetings (A/56/PV.101–104), and corrigenda. 2 A/57/71-E/2002/52 and Add.1. 02 55516