{"id":695,"date":"2013-06-18T22:01:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T02:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internetdistinction.com\/wsisimpacts\/?page_id=695"},"modified":"2015-06-30T00:06:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T04:06:39","slug":"wtdc_20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/internetdistinction.com\/wsisimpacts\/wsis\/wtdc\/wtdc-2010\/wtdc_20\/","title":{"rendered":"WTDC Resolution 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WTDC RESOLUTION 20 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Non-discriminatory access to modern telecommunication and information technology facilities, services and related applications<\/span><\/h4>\n

The World Telecommunication Development Conference (Hyderabad, 2010),<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • recalling<\/span>\n
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    • Resolution 20 (Rev. Doha, 2006) of the World Telecommunication Development Conference,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • recalling also<\/span>\n
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      • a)Resolution 64 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, and the importance of telecommunications\/information and communication technologies (ICTs) for political, economic, social and cultural progress;<\/span><\/li>\n
      • b)the decisions of the two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) concerning non-discriminatory access, in particular \u00a7\u00a7 15, 18 and 19 of the Tunis Commitment and \u00a7\u00a7 90 and 107 of the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • taking into account<\/span>\n
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        • a)that ITU plays an important role in the promotion of global telecommunication standardization and development;<\/span><\/li>\n
        • b)that, to this end, the Union coordinates efforts aimed at securing harmonious development of telecommunication facilitiesin all its Member States,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • taking into account further<\/span>\n
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          • that this conference, like its predecessors, is required to formulate a viewpoint and draw up proposals on issues determining a worldwide strategy for the development of ICTs, services and applications, and facilitate mobilization of the necessary resources to that end,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • noting<\/span>\n
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            • a)that modern ICT facilities, services and applications are established, in the main, on the basis of ITU-R and ITU-T Recommendations;<\/span><\/li>\n
            • b)that ITU-R and ITU-T Recommendations are the result of the collective efforts of all those taking part in the standardization process within ITU and are adopted by consensus by the members of the Union;<\/span><\/li>\n
            • c)that limitations on the access to telecommunication and information technology facilities, services and applications on which national telecommunication development depends and which are established on the basis of ITU-R and ITU-T Recommendations constitute an obstacle to the harmonious development and compatibility of telecommunications \/ ICTs worldwide,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • recognizing<\/span>\n
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              • that full harmonization of telecommunication\/ICT networks is impossible unless all countries participating in the work of the Union without exception enjoy non-discriminatory access to new telecommunication and information technologies and modern telecommunication\/ICT facilities and services, without prejudice to national regulations and international commitments within the competence of other international organizations,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • resolves<\/span>\n
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                • that there should be non-discriminatory access totelecommunication and information technologies, facilities, services and applications established on the basis of ITU-R and ITU-T Recommendations,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • encourages the Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau<\/span>\n
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                  • to engage in partnerships orstrategic cooperation with parties which respect access to telecommunication\/ICT facilities, services and applications without discrimination,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                  • requests the Secretary-General<\/span>\n
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                    • to transmit this resolution to the forthcoming Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara, 2010) for consideration,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                    • invites the Plenipotentiary Conference<\/span>\n
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                      • to consider this resolution with a view to taking measures to foster global access to modern telecommunication and information technologies, facilities, servicesand applications,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                      • invites administrations<\/span>\n
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                        • to help telecommunication equipment manufacturers and service providers in ensuring that telecommunication and information technologies, facilities, services and applications established on the basis of ITU-R and ITU-T Recommendations are made available to the use of the public without any discrimination, in accordance with the decisionsof the two phases of WSIS in this regard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n