) that ITU is capable of providing expertise in the field of statistical work by developing ICT indicators, using appropriate indicators and benchmarking to track global progress, and measuring the digital divide (§§ 113-118 of the Tunis Agenda), noting the of the WSIS Forum, organized annually by ITU in collaboration with the United a) Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UNESCO and UNDP; ) the Broadband Commission for Development at the invitation of the Secretary-General of ITU and the Director-General of UNESCO, aim to make broadband policy universal and to increase affordability and uptake in support of internationally agreed development goals, including the taking into account a) that WSIS acknowledged that multistakeholder participation is essential to the successful building of a peoplecentred, inclusive and development-oriented information society; ) that the ITU Secretary-General created the ITU WSIS Task Force, chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General, recognizing
) that ITU is capable of providing expertise in the field of statistical work by developing ICT indicators, using appropriate indicators and benchmarking to track global progress, and measuring the digital divide (§§ 113-118 of the Tunis Agenda), noting a) the of the WSIS Forum, organized annually by ITU in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UNESCO and UNDP; ) the Broadband Commission for Development at the invitation of the Secretary-General of ITU and the Director-General of UNESCO, aim to make broadband policy universal and to increase affordability and uptake in support of internationally agreed development goals, including the taking into account a) that WSIS acknowledged that multistakeholder participation is essential to the successful building of a peoplecentred, inclusive and development-oriented information society; ) that the ITU Secretary-General created the ITU WSIS Task Force, chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General, recognizing
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