Recognizing WSIS Impacts
- Synopsis of the Opinion
- Supporters Letter
- Statements
- WSIS
- Geneva Plan of Action
- ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences
- PP 2010 – Guadalajara, Mexico
- PP Resolution 2
- PP Resolution 21
- PP Resolution 22
- PP Resolution 23
- PP Resolution 24
- PP Resolution 25
- PP Resolution 30
- PP Resolution 31
- PP Resolution 34
- PP Resolution 35
- PP Resolution 36
- PP Resolution 58
- PP Resolution 64
- PP Resolution 70
- PP Resolution 71
- PP Resolution 73
- PP Resolution 100
- PP Resolution 101
- PP Resolution 102
- PP Resolution 112
- PP Resolution 113
- PP Resolution 122
- PP Resolution 123
- PP Resolution 124
- PP Resolution 128
- PP Resolution 129
- PP Resolution 130
- PP Resolution 131
- PP Resolution 133
- PP Resolution 135
- PP Resolution 136
- PP Resolution 137
- PP Resolution 138
- PP Resolution 139
- PP Resolution 140
- PP Resolution 143
- PP Resolution 149
- PP Resolution 157
- PP Resolution 169
- PP Resolution 170
- PP Resolution 172
- PP Resolution 174
- PP Resolution 175
- PP Resolution 177
- PP Resolution 178
- PP Resolution 179
- PP Resolution 180
- PP Resolution 181
- PP Resolution 182
- PP Resolution 183
- PP Resolution 184
- PP 2014 – Busan, Republic of Korea
- PP Resolution 2
- PP Resolution 21
- PP Resolution 58
- PP Resolution 64
- PP Resolution 70
- PP Resolution 71
- PP Resolution 101
- PP Resolution 102
- PP Resolution 123
- PP Resolution 130
- PP Resolution 131
- PP Resolution 133
- PP Resolution 135
- PP Resolution 137
- PP Resolution 139
- PP Resolution 140
- PP Resolution 157
- PP Resolution 162
- PP Resolution 174
- PP Resolution 177
- PP Resolution 180
- PP Resolution 185
- PP Resolution 187
- PP Resolution 188
- PP Resolution 189
- PP Resolution 190
- PP Resolution 191
- PP Resolution 195
- PP Resolution 196
- PP Resolution 197
- PP Resolution 199
- PP Resolution 200
- PP Resolution 201
- PP Resolution 203
- PP 2010 – Guadalajara, Mexico
- World Telecommunications Development Conferences
- WTDC 2010 – Hyderabad, India
- WTDC Resolution 5
- WTDC Resolution 7
- WTDC Resolution 8
- WTDC Resolution 11
- WTDC Resolution 13
- WTDC Resolution 15
- WTDC Resolution 16
- WTDC Resolution 17
- WTDC Resolution 20
- WTDC Resolution 21
- WTDC Resolution 22
- WTDC Resolution 23
- WTDC Resolution 24
- WTDC Resolution 30
- WTDC Resolution 31
- WTDC Resolution 32
- WTDC Resolution 34
- WTDC Resolution 35
- WTDC Resolution 36
- WTDC Resolution 37
- WTDC Resolution 38
- WTDC Resolution 39
- WTDC Resolution 40
- WTDC Resolution 44
- WTDC Resolution 45
- WTDC Resolution 46
- WTDC Resolution 47
- WTDC Resolution 48
- WTDC Resolution 50
- WTDC Resolution 52
- WTDC Resolution 53
- WTDC Resolution 54
- WTDC Resolution 55
- WTDC Resolution 56
- WTDC Resolution 58
- WTDC Resolution 59
- WTDC Resolution 62
- WTDC Resolution 63
- WTDC Resolution 64
- WTDC Resolution 65
- WTDC Resolution 66
- WTDC Resolution 67
- WTDC Resolution 68
- WTDC Resolution 69
- WTDC Resolution 70
- WTDC Resolution 71
- WTDC Resolution 72
- WTDC Resolution 73
- WTDC Resolution 74
- WTDC 2014 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- WTDC Resolution 22
- WTDC Resolution 23
- WTDC Resolution 30
- WTDC Resolution 37
- WTDC Resolution 40
- WTDC Resolution 43
- WTDC Resolution 45
- WTDC Resolution 50
- WTDC Resolution 54
- WTDC Resolution 63
- WTDC Resolution 64
- WTDC Resolution 69
- WTDC Resolution 73
- WTDC Resolution 77
- WTDC Resolution 78
- WTDC Resolution 79
- WTDC Resolution 80
- WTDC Resolution 82
- WTDC 2010 – Hyderabad, India
- World Telecommunications Standards Assemblies
- WTSA 2012 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- WTSA Resolution 1
- WTSA Resolution 7
- WTSA Resolution 17
- WTSA Resolution 20
- WTSA Resolution 22
- WTSA Resolution 29
- WTSA Resolution 33
- WTSA Resolution 43
- WTSA Resolution 44
- WTSA Resolution 45
- WTSA Resolution 47
- WTSA Resolution 48
- WTSA Resolution 49
- WTSA Resolution 50
- WTSA Resolution 52
- WTSA Resolution 53
- WTSA Resolution 54
- WTSA Resolution 55
- WTSA Resolution 56
- WTSA Resolution 57
- WTSA Resolution 58
- WTSA Resolution 59
- WTSA Resolution 64
- WTSA Resolution 69
- WTSA Resolution 70
- WTSA Resolution 73
- WTSA Resolution 74
- WTSA Resolution 75
- WTSA Resolution 76
- WTSA 2012 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
WTSA Resolution 69
WTSA RESOLUTION 69 (Rev. Dubai, 2012)
Non-discriminatory access and use of Internet resources
The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (Dubai, 2012),
- considering
- that one of the purposes of ITU laid down in Article 1 of the ITU Constitution is “to maintain and extend international cooperation among a ll its Member States for the improvement and rational use of telecommunications of all kinds”,
- considering further
- a) the outcome documents of the World Summit on th e Information Society (WSIS), Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, including the WSIS Declaration of Principles, especially §§ 11, 19, 20, 21 and 49 thereof;
- b) the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet (A/HRC/20/L.13),
- noting
- that § 48 of the WSIS Declaration of Principles recogni zed that: “The Internet has evolved into a global facility available to the public and its governance shoul d constitute a core issue of the information society agenda. The international management of the Internet should be multilateral, transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of governments, the private sect or, civil society and international organizations. It should ensure an equitable distribution of resources, facilitate access for all and ensure a stable and secure functioning of the Internet, taking into account multilingualism”,
- recognizing
- a) that the second phase of WSIS (Tunis, N ovember 2005) identified ITU as the possible moderator/facilitator for the following WSIS action lines from the Plan of Action: C2 (Information and communication infrastructure) and C5 (Building confidence and security in use of the ICTs);
- b) that the Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadala jara, 2010) entrusted the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) with a range of ac tivities aimed at implementing the WSIS (Tunis, 2005) outcomes, a number of those activities havi ng to do with Internet-related issues;
- c) Resolution 102 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on ITU’s role with regard to international public policy issues pertaini ng to the Internet and the management of Internet resources, including domain names and addresses;
- d) that management of the registration and alloca tion of Internet domain names and addresses must fully reflect the geographical nature of the Internet, ta king into account an equitable balance of interests of all stakeholders,
- e) Resolution 64 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on non-discriminatory access to modern telecommunication/information and communication technology (ICT) facilities, services and applications, including applie d research and transfer of technology, on mutually agreed terms;
- f) Resolution 20 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010) of the World Telecommunication Development Conference, on non-discriminatory access to telecommunication/IC T facilities, services and related applications;
- g) Opinion 1 of the fourth World Telecommunicati on/ICT Policy Forum, on Internet-related public policy matters, and the Lisbon Consensus 2009 on the same matters,
- taking into account
- a) that ITU-T is dealing with technical and policy issues related to IP-based networks, including the Internet and next-generation networks;
- b) that a number of the resolutions of this assembly deal with Internet-related issues;
- c) the global and open nature of the Internet as a driving force in accelerating progress towards development in its various forms;
- d) that discrimination in accessing the Internet could greatly affect the developing countries ;
- e) that ITU-T is playing a key role in bridging standardization gap between developed and developing countries,
- resolves to invite Member States
- 1 to refrain from taking any unila teral and/or discriminatory acti ons that could impede another Member State from accessing public Internet sites and us ing resources, within the spirit of Article 1 of the Constitution and the WSIS principles;
- 2 to report to the Director of the Telecommunica tion Standardization Bureau (TSB) on any incident of this kind referred to in resolves 1 above,
- instructs the Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
- 1 to integrate and analyse the informati on on incidents reported from Member States;
- 2 to report this information to Member States, through an appropriate mechanism;
- 3 to report to the Telecommunication Standardi zation Advisory Group (TSAG) on progress on this resolution, in order for TSAG to evaluate the effectiveness of its implementation;
- 4 to report on progress on this resolution to the next world telecommunication standardization assembly,
- instructs the S ecretary-General
- to report annually to the ITU Counc il on progress on this resolution,
- invites Member States and Sector Members
- to submit contributions to the ITU-T study groups that contribute to the prevention and avoidance of such practices.
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