Convinced of the need, at the highest political level, to marshal the global consensus and commitment required to promote the urgently needed access of all countries to information, knowledge and communication technologies for development so as to reap the full benefits of the information and communication technologies revolution, and to address the whole range of relevant issues related to the information society, through the development of a common vision and understanding of the information society and the adoption of a declaration and plan of action for implementation by Governments, international institutions and all sectors of civil society,
深信需要在最高政治级别达成必要的全球共识和承诺，以利于各国获得发展所迫切需要的信息、知识和通信技术，从而享受信息和通信技术革命的全部惠益，并通过促进对信息社会达成共同的观点和了解，以及拟订一项宣言和行动计划，供各国政府、国际机构和民间社会各部门实施，解决与信息社会有关的所有相关问题，