A/RES/57/295 2. Emphasizes the need for coordination and synergy between programmes and activities of the United Nations system and the crucial role that information and communication technologies can play in facilitating such coordination; 3. Requests the Secretary-General, as Chairman of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to work closely with organizations of the United Nations system and with the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force to develop a comprehensive information and communication technologies strategy for the United Nations system, taking into account the following elements: (a) Encouraging the system-wide application and use of information and communication technologies to strengthen the United Nations capacity to create, share and disseminate knowledge and to help to make the United Nations more efficient and effective in the delivery of services to Member States; (b) Mainstreaming and integrating information and communication technologies more fully into development and technical cooperation activities of the organizations of the system; (c) Building collaborative networks and communities of practice among organizations of the system; (d) Developing, where appropriate, common platforms for services such as databases, documentation and meetings; (e) Encouraging the use of information and communication technologies to promote the exchange of experiences and to enhance information-sharing among the organizations of the system and between the organizations and Member States; (f) Developing comprehensive system-wide training programmes aimed at building the capacities of the system to take full advantage of information and communication technologies; 4. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a progress report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, under the item entitled “Information and communication technologies for development”. 79th plenary meeting 20 December 2002 2