THE GOVERNMENT OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (UNESCAP) UNDP ASIA PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION PROGRAMME (UNDP-APDIP) INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU)

High Level Asia-Pacific Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society, Tehran, The Islamic Republic of Iran
(31 May - 2 June 2005)

The High Level Asia-Pacific Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society was held in Tehran from 31 May to 2 June 2005, jointly organized by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, UNESCAP, UNDP-APDIP, ITU. The Conference adopted the Tehran Declaration and the Regional Action Plan towards the Information Society for Asia and the Pacific and discussed follow up and implementation strategies/activities. The Conference also discussed progress made in between the first and second phases of WSIS, the issues of Internet governance and best practices of financial mechanisms for ICT for development. It alsol deliberated on ICT for knowledge-based disaster management.The outcomes of the Conference will be presented to the WSIS PrepCom 3 in Geneva in September 2005

His Excellency Mr. Jahangard, Special Advisor to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran delivered the inaugural message of His Excellency Mr Seyed Mohammad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Statements were mand by His Excellency Mr S.A. Motamedi, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Mr Kim Hak-Su, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP.

The report of the conference is attached.

For more information on the conference, please visit the conference web site.

The Conference builds on the outcomes of the First Regional Conference on Follow-up to the First Phase and Preparation for the Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society and four sub-regional Conferences in Central Asia and Caucasus, the Pacific, South-East and East Asia, and South and South-West Asia.

List of Documents
( MS Word, MS Powerpoint and PDF Acrobat formats)

	Opening Addresses
	- Inaugural address of President of Iran
	- Address by HE DR Motamedi
	- Address by Executive Secretary ESCAP
	Tehran Declaration
	Regional Action Plan
	Presentations (Outcomes of first regional and the four sub-regional conferences)
	- Presentation-outcome of the Bali Meeting
	- Presentation-outcome of the Bangkok (1st Regional Meeting)
	- Presentation-outcome of the Bishkek Meeting
	- Presentation-outcome of the Kathmandu Meeting
	- Presentation-outcome of the Suva Meeting
	Presentations on key issues
	- APDIP ORDIG Tehran
	- Collection of Cases for Financing ICT
	- Disaster Management presentation
	- Internet Governance
	- Regional Action Plan
	Key Note Addresses and Statements
	- Address of President PrepComwsis
	- Amb D Stauffacher
	- Charles Geiger speech
	- National ICT Report Iran
	- Presentation by Philippines
	- Statement by Afghanistan
	- Statement by Australia
	- Statement by Azerbaijan
	- Statement by Bangladsh
	- Statement by Bhutan
	- Statement by Brunei
	- Statement by Cambodia
	- Statement by China
	- Statement by Indonesia
	- Statement by IOM
	- Statement by Japan
	- Statement by Malaysia
	- Statement by Myanmar
	- Statement by Nepal
	- Statement by Pakistan
	- Statement by Papua New Guinea
	- Statement by Mr Grin, Russian Federation
	- Statement by Russian Federation
	- Statement by Samoa
	- Statement by Sri Lanka
	- Statement by Tunisia
	- Statement by Viet Nam
	Civil Societies' Responses-Statements
	- CS Comment to WG June 2 R
	- CS Plenary Statement on Process R
	- CS Response to Regional Action Plan R
	- CS Statement to WG June1 R
	- Statement by Civil Society
	- Statement IR Civil Society