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30 May 2025, 3:00–6:00 p.m. - United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 1
The first preparatory meeting for the WSIS+20 General Assembly overall review will take place on 30 May 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at United Nations Headquarters in New York. This meeting will provide an opportunity to hear views from Member States and observers on expectations for the WSIS+20 outcome and process. The session will also serve as a basis for the preparation of an elements paper to inform subsequent steps in the intergovernmental process.
Watch the livestream of the first preparatory meeting here: First Preparatory Meeting and Stocktaking Session for WSIS+20 overall review by the United Nations General Assembly | UN Web TV
Guiding questions:
- To what extent and how has the vision of a "people-centred, inclusive and developmentoriented Information Society" evolved over the past 20 years since WSIS?
- What are the priorities and challenges to the implementation of WSIS outcomes today?
- How can cooperation through the WSIS mechanisms, including multistakeholder dialogue and recently adopted the Global Digital Compact, enhance coherence in digital governance?
Resources:
- Briefing Note on WSIS+20 First Preparatory Meeting
- Letter from the President of the General Assembly on WSIS+20 review roadmap
- Readout of 1st Preparatory Meeting
- Statements delivered by Member States:
- Iraq
- European Union (EU)
- Lithuania
- Iran (1:00:01)
- Cuba (1:05:31)
- Uganda (1:10:10)
- South Africa (1:13:34)
- Indonesia (1:17:50)
- Japan (1:19:02)
- Switzerland
- Nepal
- Colombia (1:32:18)
- The Netherlands (1:33:35)
- United States (1:36:59)
- China (1:42:15)
- Australia (1:43:39)
- Brazil (1:50:00)
- Philippines (1:52:52)
- United Kingdom (1:56:22)
- Russian Federation (1:58:33)
- United Arab Emirates (2:04:33)
- Uruguay (2:07:35)
- Morocco (2:11:16)