to continue the studies of IP, in cooperation with other relevant , instructs the Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau, in coordination with the Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau 1 to undertake and facilitate activities resolves above in order that the relevant study groups of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITUT) and of the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITUD) can ; 2 while assisting those Member States that support in the to identify and point out any underlying ; 3 to communicate proposals for to existing policies, if identified the studies above, in accordance with the existing policy development process; 4 to develop statistics on progress made with the , based on information that may be compiled regionally through collaboration with regional ; 5 to collect and disseminate best practices on coordination efforts undertaken by governments at the national level in order to facilitate IPv6, invites Member States 1 to continue to promote specific initiatives at the national level, which foster interaction with governmental, private and academic entities and civil society for the purposes of the information exchange necessary for the deployment of IPv6 in their respective countries; 2 to encourage, with support from the ITU regional offices, the RIRs and other regional organizations in coordinating research, dissemination and training actions with participation by governments, industry and the academic community in order to facilitate the deployment of IPv6 within the countries and in the region, and to coordinate initiatives between regions to promote its deployment worldwide; 3 to develop national policies to promote the technological update of systems in order to ensure that the public services provided utilizing the IP protocol and the communications infrastructure and relevant applications of the Member States are compatible with IPv6; 4 to encourage manufacturers to supply to the market customer premises equipment that supports IPv6 in addition to IPv4; 5 to raise awareness among information service providers on the importance of making their services available over IPv6, instructs the Secretary-General to submit to the Council and disseminate, as appropriate, (a) progress report(s) to the ITU membership and the Internet community, on the implementation of this resolution. Reasons: to update the resolution, promote cooperation and strengthen the assistance that the ITU can provide to Member States.
) 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