United Nations A/RES/60/252 General Assembly Distr.: General 27 April 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 49 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 March 2006 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.50 and Add.1)] 60/252. World Summit on the Information Society 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 and 59/220 of 22 December 2004, Recalling also 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 as endorsed by the General Assembly, 2 Recalling further the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 3 Recognizing that the implementation and follow-up of the World Summit should be an integral part of the integrated follow-up of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields and should contribute to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and should not require the creation of any new operational bodies, Acknowledging the urgent need to bridge the digital divide and to assist developing countries, including least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, and countries with economies in transition to benefit fully from the potential of information and communication technologies, Reaffirming the potential of information and communication technologies as powerful tools to foster socio-economic development and contribute to the realization of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, Stressing the importance of the contribution of the Summit to the building of a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society so as to enhance digital opportunities for all people in order to help to bridge the digital divide, _______________ 1 See A/C.2/59/3, annex. See resolution 59/220. 3 See resolution 60/1. 2 05-50272