General Assembly: 65th Plenary meeting, 80th session

General Assembly speakers push to close digital divides, transform promise of World Summit on Information Society into real-world gains for all.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 02:51:47
• Production Date: 16 December 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: GUY RYDER
• Corporate Name: WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY - WSIS
• Subject Topical: COMMUNICATIONS; GOVERNANCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• MAMS Id: 3517698
• Parent Id: 3516370
• Alternate Title: MTG GA 80 SESSION 65 PLENARY 16 DEC 2025 AM

Description

Ministers from around the world today underscored the role of the UN in creating a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented digital future as the General Assembly took stock of the implementation of commitments made at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

The Summit is an evolving multi-stakeholder platform that addresses issues raised by information and communications technologies. It was first held in two phases, in Geneva in 2003 and in Tunis in 2005. The WSIS Forum is an annual multi-stakeholder event, and in 2025, it took the shape of the WSIS+20 High-Level Event, held in July in Geneva, Switzerland.

Information and communications technologies for sustainable development - Item 15: High-level meeting on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society

Held in accordance with General Assembly resolution A/RES/79/277 of 25 March 2025

• 10:00 to 10:30: Opening segment
  • Opening statements
    • President of the General Assembly
    • Under-Secretary-General for Policy, on behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 10:30 to 13:00: Statements in plenary

Statements delivered:

• Guy Ryder (on behalf of the Secretary-General)
• Kenya (VM)
• Switzerland (M)
• Germany (M)
• Lesotho (M)
• Albania (M)
• Slovakia (M)
• Saudi Arabia (M)
• Ghana (M)
• India (M)
• Kyrgyzstan (M)
• Poland (VM)
• Lithuania (VM)
• Finland (VM)
• Norway (VM)
• Russian Federation (VM)
• Japan (VM)
• Estonia (VM)
• Türkiye (VM)
• European Union (on behalf of the EU and its member States)
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations)
• Ireland
• Belgium
• Qatar
• Tunisia
• Iraq (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China)
• Republic of Korea
• Sweden
• Lebanon
• Peru
• Latvia
• Indonesia
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

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UN Meetings Coverage

A/RES/79/277