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Council Working Group on WSIS & SDGs

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​The WG-WSIS was created in 20​02 (see Resolution 1196). In November 2006, PP-06 endorsed the relevant work already undertaken and/or to be carried out by ITU in implementing the WSIS outcomes, under the aegis of the Council Working Group on WSIS (WG-WSIS), requesting the Council to maintain the WG-WSIS in order to facilitate member​​ship input and guidance on the ITU implementation of relevant WSIS outcomes and to elaborate proposals to the Council that may be necessary for adapting ITU to its role in building the information society. (Resolution 140​).​​​

Terms of Reference ​

  1. to facilitate inputs from membership on the ITU implementation of relevant WSIS outcomes, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, through its regular meetings and circular letters, questionnaires or other appropriate methods of query; 
  2. to oversee, consider and discuss ITU's implementation of the WSIS outcomes and achievement of the SDGs and related ITU activities, and, within the financial limits set by the Plenipotentiary Conference, to make resources available as appropriate;
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​​​More information on the meetings of the (former) Dedicated Group on international Internet-related public policy issues as well as the newly established CWG-Internet is available here​.​​​​



Meetings and Documents

Forty-first meeting: Wednesday, 2 October (all day) to Thursday,
   3 October 2024 (morning)

 

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Fortieth meeting: Thursday, 1 February (p.m) to Friday, 2 February 2024 (all day), Geneva (Switzerland)

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  • ​​​Report on the Outcomes of the CWG-WSIS&SDG Meetings held since Council 21

    • Adhering to the template to be used by all Council Working Groups, the four-year report has been additionally edited to fi​t the proposed length a​nd format, and does not reflect the outcomes of the Group's last two meetings in its entirety. Therefore, an additional report on the Outcomes of the CWG-WSIS&SDG meeting held since Council-21 has been produced by the Chairman and were available f​or comments until ​​​ 8​ February 2022.

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    • Report on the Outcomes of the CWG-WSIS&SDG Meetings held since PP-18

      This report summarizes t​​he main outcomes of the Council Working Group on WSIS&SDG (CWG-WSIS&SDG) meetings after PP-18. Members were invited to consider this document to be submitted to the ITU Council 2022 and for final approval for the ITU P​lenipotentiary Conference 2022. Comments and inputs from the group members were to be received by 7 February 2022.

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    • Draft ITU Council Contribution to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2022

      As decided during the 38th meeting of the CWG-WSIS&SDG, the draft ITU Council Contribution to the 2022 HLPF was posted online for additional comments by CWG-WSIS&SDG members, to be submitted by 18 February 2022.

      Draft ITU Council Contribution to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2022 ​(a​s of 4 February 2022)

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    • Thirty-eighth meeting: Wednesday 19 January 2022 (pm) to ​Thursday 20 January 2022 (pm)​, virtual


    ​​​​​​  All previous meetings

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  • Facilitate inputs from membership on the ITU implementation of relevant WSIS outcomes
  • ​The CWG-WSIS&SDG is open to lTU Member States and Sector Members
  • ​​Chair: Ms Cynthia Lesufi (South Africa). She was confirmed at the 2023 session of the ITU Counc​il (11-21 July 2023).
  • Vice-chairs:
    see: Vice-Chairs

​​​In follow up to the Res. 1334 (C​ouncil-13) an open and inclusive WSIS+10 Multistakeholder​ Preparatory Platform was established to develop drafts of the outcome documents for consideration by the WSIS+10 High-Level Event.

​​More information on the High-level Meeting on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society ​is available ​here...​​

Key Resolutions

  • Resolution 71​ (Rev. Bucharest, 2022) 
    Strategic plan for the Union for 2024-2027​
  • ​Re​solution 140 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022)
    ITU's role in implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as in their follow-up and review processes​
  • Resolution 101​ (Rev. Bucharest, 2022)
    Internet Protocol-based networks
  • Resolution 102 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022)
    ITU's role with regard to international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet and the management of Internet resources, including domain names and addresses
  • Resolution 133 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022​)
    Role of administrations of Member States in the management of internationa​lized (multilingual) domain names
  • Resolution 1332 (modified 2023)
    ITU's role in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development​​​
  • Resolution 1334​ (modified 2023)
    IITU role in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  • Resolution 1305 ​(modified 2019)
    Role of the Dedicated Group in identifying Internet-related Public Policy issues
  • WTDC Resolution 30 (Rev. Kigali, 2022) 
    Role of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector in implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  • WTSA Resolution 75 (Rev. Geneva, 2022)
    The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector's contribution in implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, ta​king into account the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development​
  • WRC Resolution 61-3​ (Rev. Dubai, 2023)
    ITU-R's contribution in implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development​
  • UNGA Resolutions
    A/RES/70/125, A/RES/70/1, A/71/212​, A/70/299, A/70/684​, A/RES/73/218; A/RES/78/132; A/RES/78/160​
  • UN ECOSOC Resolution E/RES/2023/31​​
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