General Assembly: 68th Plenary meeting, 80th session

General Assembly adopts amended Third Committee text concerning rights of persons with disabilities, World Summit on Information Society review outcome document.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 01:09:25
• Production Date: 17 December 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY - WSIS
• Subject Topical: COMMUNICATIONS; GENDER ISSUES; GOVERNANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• MAMS Id: 3518298
• Parent Id: 3517100
• Alternate Title: MTG GA 80 SESSION 68 PLENARY 17 DEC 2025 PM

Description

The General Assembly today adopted, without a vote, the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society.

By the terms of that document (document A/80/L.41), the Assembly reaffirmed commitment to the vision of the Summit to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society, where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge. Further, it decided that the Internet Governance Forum shall be made a permanent forum of the United Nations, with a continued secretariat hosted by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, on a stable and sustainable basis with appropriate staffing and resources.

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
  • Statements in plenary (continued)
    • Action on draft resolution A/80/L.41

Statements delivered:

• Africa ICT Alliance
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
• AI for Good Young Leaders
• Internet Society
• IT for Change
• United States

Related Sites and Documents

UN Meetings Coverage

A/RES/79/277

A/80/L.41