A/RES/59/240 18. Stresses the need to build an inclusive information society, which is intrinsically global in nature, and that therefore national efforts need to be supported by effective international and regional cooperation among Governments, the private sector, civil society and other stakeholders, including the international financial institutions, in order, inter alia, to assist in bridging the digital divide, promoting access to information and communication technologies, creating digital opportunities and harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies for development, and invites the World Summit on the Information Society to encourage all stakeholders in this regard; 19. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session a report on globalization and interdependence; 20. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixtieth session the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”. 75th plenary meeting 22 December 2004 5