Document Number : WSIS+10/3/77
Submission by: Internet Democracy Project, CDT, IFLA and Access, Civil Society
Please note that this is a submission for the Third Physical meeting of the WSIS +10
MPP to be held on the 17th and 18th of February.
Document Number: S2/C/rev1
Note: This document is the result of the first reading of the document number S1.1/C and reflects the
changes and comments received at the second physical meeting of the WSIS+10 MPP. This document is available
at: http://www.itu.int/wsis/review/mpp/pages/consolidated-texts.html
This document has been developed keeping in mind the Principles.
Please note that the Geneva Declaration and the Geneva Plan of Action still remain valid until further decisions by
the General Assembly.
Draft WSIS+10 Statement on the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes
C. Challenges-during implementation of Action Lines and new challenges that have emerged
We acknowledge that the WSIS Action Lines have helped, and continue to help, in building awareness of the
importance of the [WORD ADDED] people centric, inclusive and development oriented Information Society.
[Preliminarily Agreed]
We note that the WSIS Action lines have helped, and continue to help, in constituting, enabling and supporting a
sound framework and approach for realizing the goal of an inclusive Information Society. [Preliminarily
Agreed]
We recognize
 That several challenges have been identified in the implementation of the WSIS
Action Lines that still remain and would need to be addressed in order to build the
inclusive Information Society beyond 2015. [Preliminarily Agreed]
 That in the vision of WSIS beyond 2015 in new challenges emerge in the
development and implementation of the inclusive Information Society. [Preliminarily
Agreed]
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That there is a critical need [WORDS ADDED] for integration of the WSIS and the
Post-2015 Development Agenda as appropriate. [Preliminarily Agreed]
We further recognize
the following challenges that have emerged in the implementation of Action Lines and
new challenges beyond 2015:
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More than half of the world’s population is still not connected to the
Internet, and the development of high quality information and communication
infrastructure needs to continue, especially in rural and remote areas, through the
fostering of policy frameworks that drive economic development, promote
innovation and enable the free flow of information and services. [Preliminarily Agreed
in slightly different version]
The need to protect and reinforce human rights, as referred to in the
Preamble, and in particular the rights to privacy, freedom of expression and
freedom of association, in a rapidly changing context, and to recognise their
importance to realizing economic and social development, ensuring equal respect
for and enforcement of human rights online and offline.
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COMMENT: ORIGINAL PARA 3 HAS BEEN MOVED DOWN.
The need to increase the low global, regional and national awareness
about the relevance of WSIS to national economic development-related strategies
and policies and the positive role it could play in the development of national
strategies and policies, which underpin[DELETED: s] global development of ICTs,
promote investment in ICTs and infrastructure, and foster entrepreneurship and
innovation. [Preliminarily Agreed]
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The need to continue to set realistic goals and take decisive action to reduce
the gap between developed and developing countries in terms of technology,
including in terms of their ability to create infrastructure, in particular through the
establishment of effective, enhanced financing and technology transfer actions.
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Recognising the need to ensure sufficient investment in digital inclusion
measures, allowing for innovative approaches to bring the benefits of ICT to all.
[Preliminarily Agreed in slightly different wording]
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The [WORD ADDED] need for a clear linkage between the WSIS Process at
the international level and initiatives at the national and regional level, including
bottom-up initiatives. [Preliminarily Agreed]
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Policy frameworks and other initiatives at national and regional levels, such
as the establishment of IXPs [DELETED: AND OTHER MEASURES], are required to
address the digital divide and drive economic development and social well-being,
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especially in developing and least developed countries. [DELETED: THIS] Adherence
to the concept of “access for all to ICTs”, including to broadband, remains important,
especially in developing and least developed countries and in marginalised areas in
developed countries.
Improving policies and ensuring policy coherence across key information
society sectors such as ICT, Science and Innovation, and Education to reduce a
growing skills gap between rich and poor within the same country, between
countries, and between regions of the world, which is hindering economic and social
development.
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[COMMENT: ORIGINAL PARA 9BIS AND 9BIS(ALT) DELETED]
The need for the necessary legal, policy and regulatory frameworks to be
developed using appropriate process, including multistakeholder approaches,
[DELETED: WHERE APPLICABLE], that are open, transparent, inclusive, accessible,
and encourage multistakeholder [or diverse] participation, at the national,
regional and international levels to continue to promote best access to ICT,
investment and infrastructure, foster entrepreneurship and innovation.
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Bridging inequality of access in terms of human capacities and access to
technologies, including access to bandwidth, between countries, and between
urban and rural communities within countries [DELETED: AND THE SAME
COUNTRY]. [Preliminarily Agreed in slightly different wording]
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Promoting universal access to information, knowledge and ICTs,
particularly in developing and least developed countries and among marginalised
communities in all countries, through capacity building, policies, relevant content,
media and the provision of high-quality telecoms and broadband Internet
infrastructure, including through public access points.
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The importance of narrowing the broadband divide through the
deployment of affordable and inclusive broadband networks and services, to
decrease gaps in access and extend the benefits of the information society to the
majority of the world’s population.
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Greater efforts are still required to improve affordable access for all
citizens, in particular in developing and least developed countries. [Preliminarily
Agreed]
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 Fully integrating gender equality perspectives in WSIS related strategies
and facilitate their implementation, so as to advance women's innovative and
meaningful use of ICTs for their empowerment, development and employment,
including employment in digitally-based industries such as the creative and cultural
industries. This requires a continual improvement in women's technology access,
skills and awareness, as well as greatly improved representation of women
among producers and decision-makers in the ICT sector.
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[COMMENT: MOVED DOWN THE ORIGINAL PARAS 14 and also 16 – SEE LATER.
DELETED 16BIS AND 16TER]
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 15 AS NOW REFLECTED IN ACCESS PARAS
ABOVE]
The need for engagement of all of society, in particular youth, older
persons, indigenous people and persons with disabilities in discussions and
decision making processes related to ICTs for Development and enhancement of
their access to the benefits of the information revolution.
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[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 19 AS NOW REFLECTED IN NEW GENDER
PARA]
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 20 AS NOW REFLECTED IN ANOTHER PARA
ABOVE]
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 21, AS GIST REFLECTED IN ACCESS PARAS
ABOVE]
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARAS 22, 23, 24, AS THEY ARE NOW REFLECTED IN
THE ACCESS PARAS ABOVE]
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARAS 25 AND 26 AS HIGHLIGHTED FOR DELETION
IN THE ORIGINAL TEXT AS WELL]
The need to share good practices and solutions regarding the right of all
citizens, regardless of their language, age, gender, or impairment, to access
content within the Information Society.[Preliminarily Agreed]
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 The need for policies and technologies that support and respect preservation, promotion
and access to enhancement of cultural and linguistic diversity and cultural heritage within the
information and knowledge societies, including those that support the right of all to express, access,
create, disseminate and preserve local and minority content in the language of their choice.
The need to acknowledge indigenous and traditional knowledge as
fundamental to developing innovative processes and strategies for locallyappropriate sustainable development. [Preliminarily Agreed in slightly different wording]
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A need for genuine education and lifelong learning opportunities for all
members of society, using national educational programmes, distance education
and open educational resources (OER) and applications to build ICT skills
responsive to specific human, societal and market needs and to empower teachers
and learners at all educational levels.
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The need for each citizen to acquire the media and information literacy
skills that are indispensable in order to fully participate in the [DELETED:
INCLUSIVE] Information Society.[Preliminarily Agreed in slightly different wording]
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Maintaining and further developing an Internet that is free and open, rights-based, and
accessible for all and that does not impose any technological or regulatory constraints that are
counter to human rights protections on what, when and how users can communicate, access
information and build community, including across geographic borders.
Promote and ensure the safety of online journalists, including citizen
journalists, and human right activists, in accordance with the principles cited in the
Preamble.
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Strengthen the continued development of individuals' online security, the
security of networks and people's privacy in the use of ICTs, support capacity
building on incident response and coordination, and encourage the creation of
national and regional centers of coordination for incidents in computing security
[DELETED: IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
LAW].
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Encourage broad interdisciplinary reflection and debate on the ethical
challenges of emerging technologies and the information society and on ways to
address these in line with human rights provisions.
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Making possible that, in the information society, all States take measures to
prevent, and refrain themselves from taking, any unilateral measures not in
accordance with international law and the United Nations Charter, that impedes the
full achievement of economic and social development of the population of the
countries concerned, and be contrary to the welfare of their citizens.
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Ensuring that there continues to be an enabling approach to the governance
of the Internet, by building and expanding on the existing multistakeholder,
distributed and bottom-up Internet governance mechanisms that have
stimulated the remarkable innovation and growth on the Internet, the robustness
and resilience of the Internet and the empowerment and development of people
across the world through the Internet to date.
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Further developing equitable and inclusive frameworks for cooperation
by using inter alia multi-stakeholder approaches, to identify and develop best
practice for building confidence and security in the use of ICTs.
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Reaching consensus on how to enhance cooperation among all
stakeholders in Internet-related public policy issues, but not the day to day
technical issues.
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[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARAS 31 TO 39. NOTE THAT ORIGINAL PARA 37 IS NOT
REFLECTED IN OUR NEW TEXT AT ALL]
 The need to provide open access to scientific information in all parts of the
world, especially in least developed countries.
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 38BIS]
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 Ensuring the further development of e-government through e-participation
and access to information.
[COMMENT: DELETED PARA 42]
 Promoting environmental sustainability through the development of new
uses of ICTs to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gases, through more
sustainable product design practices, and through reducing the harmful by-products
of the growing production, deployment and consumption of ICTS by avoiding
excessive energy consumption, eliminating the use of conflict minerals in the
production cycle, and minimizing ewaste while ensuring its safe and effective
disposal.
[COMMENT: DELETE ORIGINAL PARA 40BIS AND 44, AS LATTER HAS BEEN INCLUDED
ELSEWHERE ABOVE]
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 41BIS AS CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE]
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARAS 45 AND 46]
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The development of telemedicine at new levels, with mobile devices,
distance intervention and controls, and accessibility solutions which allows
improving health care services across the national territory. [Preliminarily Agreed]
[Ensuring that that trade policy and regulatory mechanisms encourage,
rather than impede, this new driver for economic growth and development , while
recognizing the need to further develop the economic potential of the Internet and
other ICTs for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).
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[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARAS 49 AND 51, AS MARKED FOR DELETION IN
ORIGINAL TEXT. ALSO DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 50 AND 52, AS ALREADY REFLECTED
EARLIER IN THE TEXT].
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARAS 53, 49BIS, 54 AND 56 AS CONSIDERED
INAPPROPRIATE. ALSO DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 55 AS MARKED FOR DELETION IN
ORIGINAL TEXT]
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[The need to reach mutual recognition of ICT professionals globally].
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARAS 57 AND 59 AS MARKED FOR DELETION IN
ORIGINAL TEXT]
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 58 AS INCLUDED IN NEW GENDER PARA ABOVE]
[COMMENT: MOVED DOWN ORIGINAL PARA 60]
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[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARA 61, 62, 63, 64 AS REFLECTED OR INCLUDED
EARLIER IN THE TEXT]
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A need to further improve management and use of radio-frequency spectrum/satellite orbits
for facilitating development and deployment of low-cost telecommunication networks including
satellite networks by all countries, taking into account special needs of developing countries
[DELETED: THESE ARE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH APPLICATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU
RADIO REGULATIONS].
[COMMENT: DELETED ORIGINAL PARAS 66 AND 67. THE LATTER IS ALREADY INCLUDED AMONG THE
SECTIONSON ACCESS]
Improving the evaluation of the progress that has been made in the
implementation of WSIS Outcomes since 2003 [and the value of specific projects and
implementations, so as to amplify the impact of efforts to progress].
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