Official Opening Segment
WSIS
Session 354
12:00–13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00), Monday, 7 September 2020
Real-time human captioning
Opening Ceremony
The opening segment will inaugurate the final week of the Virtual WSIS 2020 Forum and will consist of opening statements from the WSIS 2020 hosts, co-organizers, partners and representatives of stakeholders engaged in the WSIS Process.
Panellists
Mr. Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General
International Telecommunication Union
Ms. Isabelle Durant
Deputy Secretary-General
UNCTAD
Mr. Xing Qu
Deputy Director-General
UNESCO
H.E Eng. Majed Sultan Al Mesmar
Deputy Director General, Telecommunication Sector
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), UAE (Platinum Partner)
H.E. Dr. Mohammed Saud Al-Tamimi
Governor
Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), Saudi Arabia (Gold Plus Partner)
Mr. Liu Zhenmin
Under-Secretary General
UNDESA
Mr. Li Yong
Director General
UNIDO
Ms. Fang Liu
Secretary General
ICAO
Mr. Lassina Zerbo
Executive Secretary
CTBTO
Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Executive-Secretary
UNESCAP
H.E. Ms. Katrina Naut
Ambassador
Permanent Representative, Mission Dominican Republic, Geneva
WSIS Action Lines
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C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
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C2. Information and communication infrastructure
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C3. Access to information and knowledge
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C4. Capacity building
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C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
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C6. Enabling environment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-government
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-business
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-learning
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-health
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-employment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-environment
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-agriculture
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-science
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C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
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C9. Media
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C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
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C11. International and regional cooperation
Sustainable Development Goals
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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
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Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
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Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
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Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
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Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
