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71-871: Following a proposal by the Government of Tunisia, the International Telecommunication Union, adopted Resolution 73 (Minneapolis, 1998), in the Plenipotentiary Conference, in Minneapolis 1998, held on October 12–6 November. Resolution 73 asked the Council to deliberate on the ITU's contribution to holding the Summit, with the following goals: 1) establishing an overall framework identifying a joint understanding of

142-456: A majority of United Nations member States or by a single member, as long as a majority concurs. Special sessions typically cover one single topic and end with the adoption of one or two outcome documents, such as a political declaration, action plan or strategy to combat said topic. They are also typically high-level events with participation from heads of state and government, as well as by government ministers. There have been 32 special sessions in

213-719: A modified version of the basic scale, for the costs of peacekeeping operations. The General Assembly is entrusted in the United Nations Charter with electing members to various organs within the United Nations system. The procedure for these elections can be found in Section 15 of the Rules of Procedure for the General Assembly. The most important elections for the General Assembly include those for

284-542: A report, In Larger Freedom , that criticized the General Assembly for focusing so much on consensus that it was passing watered-down resolutions reflecting "the lowest common denominator of widely different opinions." He also criticized the Assembly for trying to address too broad an agenda, instead of focusing on "the major substantive issues of the day, such as international migration and the long-debated comprehensive convention on terrorism." Annan recommended streamlining

355-728: Is a central enabling agent in building the Information Society " (Declaration of Principles Geneva .B2.21). The Government of the Republic of Austria decided to entrust the global challenge of the Information Society of the UN Agenda to the International Center for New Media and its honorary chairman Prof. Dr. Peter A. Bruck. to launch the World Summit Award.  Therefore, the World Summit Award

426-576: Is a diverse event with start-ups, social entrepreneurs, experts, and speakers from over 80 countries. The event embraces an e-content-related conference program. The final gala includes the winner's ceremony. At the WSA Global Congress, 9 WSA Global Champions are chosen among the 45 WSA Global Winners. There are five winners per category. The WSA Global Champions are presented at the WSA Award Ceremony. Every WSA Global Congress,

497-621: Is a festival that takes place in Graz , located in the south of Austria . It aims to bring together the WSA European Community with one objective: to connect those who use digital technology to achieve the UN SDGs . It is a festival where the young social entrepreneurs select the best digital solutions to improve European societies. Moreover, joined by international speakers, mentors, thought leaders, and ecosystem shakers. In 2020,

568-554: Is chaired by the WSA Founder and Chairperson Prof. Dr. Peter. A. Bruck . A general overview of the alumni of the content selected by the World Summit Awards: WSA has selected 854 winners from 97 countries, from 7781 nominations, coming from 187 UN Member States. WSA Young Innovators has chosen more than 210 winners in their 12 editions, from more than 4.413 submissions. WSA conducts several events throughout

639-573: Is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ. Currently in its 79th session , its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter . The UNGA is responsible for the UN budget, appointing the non-permanent members to the Security Council , appointing

710-565: Is split into two distinct periods, the main and resumed parts of the session. During the main part of the session, which runs from the opening of the session until Christmas break in December, most of the work of the Assembly is done. This period is the Assembly's most intense period of work and includes the general debate and the bulk of the work of the six Main Committees. The resumed part of the session, however, which runs from January until

781-623: The Austrian Research Centers ). Bruck has been appointed Honorary Professor of Information Economy and New Technologies at the Institute of Economics, Faculty of Law, at the University of Salzburg (since 1994) and Adjunct Research Professor of Communication at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (since 1993). Since 1996, Bruck initiated a number of activities to develop best practice in new media and e-content including

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852-823: The Centre for Communication, Culture and Society at Carleton University (1985–1990) and has been senior consulting partner in ICRA - International Communications Research Associates , Ottawa, Canada (1987–1995). In Europe, he headed the international Research Program in Economy and Future of the Print Media initiated by the Austrian Association of Newspaper Publishers and funded by the Ministry for Science and Research (1990–1993). As Academic Director, Bruck founded

923-757: The General Assembly Building , within the UN headquarters in New York City. The primary phase of these meetings generally runs from September through part of January until all issues are addressed, which is often before the next session starts. It can also reconvene for special and emergency special sessions. The first session was convened on 10 January 1946 in the Methodist Central Hall in London and included representatives of

994-406: The UN secretary-general , receiving reports from other parts of the UN system, and making recommendations through resolutions . It also establishes numerous subsidiary organs to advance or assist in its broad mandate. The UNGA is the only UN organ where all member states have equal representation. The General Assembly meets under its President or the UN secretary-general in annual sessions at

1065-682: The University Applied Arts and Sciences for Telecommunication, Multimedia and Information Management in Salzburg (1995–1998) and started in 1996 Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H. , the official research organisation of the State of Salzburg in 1998. Bruck was CEO and served as Head of Research till January 2001. From 2002 to 2008, he was general manager of the Research Studios Austria , (Department of

1136-594: The University of Vienna . As a Fulbright Scholar he completed as Master of Arts in sociology ( University of Iowa ). Graduate Studies and Humanities Fellow (PH.D in communication) at the McGill University , Montreal finished his academic education. He has been professor at Carleton University, Ottawa, and professor pro temp. at the University of Salzburg . Bruck has founded and served as the Director of

1207-578: The trust territories attained independence and the decolonization movement progressed, the functions of the Special Political Committee were merged into the Fourth Committee during the 1990s. Each main committee consists of all the members of the General Assembly. Each elects a chairman, three vice chairmen, and a rapporteur at the outset of each regular General Assembly session. These are not numbered. According to

1278-671: The 1946-1951 period the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic Social Council also conducted proceedings at the United Nations interim headquarters at Lake Success, New York . During this time in 1949, the CBS Television network provided live coverage of these sessions on its United Nations in Action broadcast series which was produced by the journalist Edmund Chester . It moved to

1349-540: The 40 international WSA Winners. It has taken place in Mexico, Canada, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Portugal, Switzerland, Tunisia, Austria, UAE, Singapore, and Austria. In addition, at the congress, workshops and interactive discussions are offered in order to discuss, reflect and exchange ideas on how ICTs and digital innovations, can have a positive impact on society, in line with the UN Sustainable Goals. It

1420-419: The 51 founding nations. Most questions are decided in the General Assembly by a simple majority . Each member country has one vote. Voting on certain important questions—namely recommendations on peace and security; budgetary concerns; and the election, admission, suspension, or expulsion of members—is by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. Apart from the approval of budgetary matters, including

1491-579: The 9 Global Champions are selected as the best digital tools for helping to "narrow the societal gaps". The selection process relies on a jury process of national experts, and other experts in the field of ICT. On the occasion of the WSIS+10 review held in Paris in February 2013, a special online jury evaluated all 200 winning projects of WSA's 10-year history and selected eight all-time global champions. It

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1562-429: The Assembly may also take action if the Security Council fails to act, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member , in a case where there appears to be a threat to the peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression. The Assembly can consider the matter immediately with a view to making recommendations to Members for collective measures to maintain or restore international peace and security. The first session of

1633-781: The Austrian State Prize for Multimedia and e-Business, the Europrix MultiMediaArt , the leading contest for the selection and promotion of e-content creation in Europe, and the United Nations World Summit Award on e-content and creativity with participation from 168 countries. Bruck was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art in 2005. The research interests of Peter A. Bruck are currently focused on

1704-566: The European Union (since 1974). Further, the United Nations General Assembly may grant observer status to an international organization or entity, which entitles the entity to participate in the work of the United Nations General Assembly, though with limitations. The agenda for each session is planned up to seven months in advance and begins with the release of a preliminary list of items to be included in

1775-565: The European Youth Award (EYA) was integrated into WSA. EYA was an initiative that highlighted and encouraged purpose-driven digital entrepreneurship. Since then, it has become the European Young Innovators Award. Are specialized events focused on regional and local levels, fixed on matching the local ecosystem. WSA selects international experts in order to offer benefits to the local audience, and at

1846-868: The European level and globally under auspices of the United Nations. Chairman of the Board the European Academy of Digital Media-EADiM , Netherlands, Chairman of the Board of Directors the World Summit Award within the framework of the United Nations process of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and President of the European Academy of MicroLearning (Austria) He studied jurisprudence, Social sciences and economics at

1917-508: The General Assembly and the other principal organs to ensure better coordination on topical issues that required coordinated action by the United Nations, in accordance with their respective mandates. A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, or United Nations People's Assembly (UNPA), is a proposed addition to the United Nations System that eventually could allow for direct election of UN parliament members by citizens all over

1988-549: The General Assembly simply appointing the candidate that receives the Council's nomination. The United Nations Regional Groups were created in order to facilitate the equitable geographical distribution of seats among the Member States in different United Nations bodies. Resolution 33/138 of the General Assembly states that "the composition of the various organs of the United Nations should be so constituted as to ensure their representative character." Thus, member states of

2059-545: The General Assembly website, the most important are: Other committees of the General Assembly are enumerated . There are six commissions: Despite its name, the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was actually a subsidiary body of ECOSOC . There are seven boards which are categorized into two groups: a) Executive Boards and b) Boards The newest council is the United Nations Human Rights Council , which replaced

2130-591: The General Assembly's agenda, committee structure, and procedures; strengthening the role and authority of its president ; enhancing the role of civil society ; and establishing a mechanism to review the decisions of its committees, in order to minimize unfunded mandates and micromanagement of the United Nations Secretariat . Annan reminded UN members of their responsibility to implement reforms, if they expect to realize improvements in UN effectiveness. The reform proposals were not taken up by

2201-679: The Security Council for two-year terms, 18 members of the Economic and Social Council for three-year terms, and 14–18 members of the Human Rights Council for three-year terms. It also elects the leadership of the next General Assembly session, i.e. the next President of the General Assembly, the 21 vice presidents, and the bureaux of the six main committees. Elections to the International Court of Justice take place every three years in order to ensure continuity within

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2272-635: The Security Council if supported by at least seven members, or by a majority of Member States of the United Nations. If enough votes are had, the Assembly must meet within 24 hours, with Members being notified at least twelve hours before the opening of the session. There have been 11 emergency special sessions in the history of the United Nations. The General Assembly subsidiary organs are divided into five categories: committees (30 total, six main), commissions (six), boards (seven), councils (four) and panels (one), working groups, and "other." The main committees are ordinally numbered , 1–6: The roles of many of

2343-716: The UN General Assembly was convened on 10 January 1946 in the Methodist Central Hall in London and included representatives of 51 nations. Until moving to its permanent home in Manhattan in 1951, the Assembly convened at the former New York City Pavilion of the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing, New York . On November 29, 1947, the Assembly voted to adopt the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine at this venue. During

2414-546: The United Nations World Summit in September 2005. Instead, the Summit solely affirmed the central position of the General Assembly as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations, as well as the advisory role of the Assembly in the process of standard-setting and the codification of international law. The Summit also called for strengthening the relationship between

2485-400: The United Nations are informally divided into five regions, with most bodies in the United Nations system having a specific number of seats allocated for each regional group. Additionally, the leadership of most bodies also rotates between the regional groups, such as the presidency of the General Assembly and the chairmanship of the six main committees. The regional groups work according to

2556-466: The United Nations has evolved over the years; major resolutions on the process include General Assembly resolutions: 41/213 of 19 December 1986, 42/211 of 21 December 1987, and 45/248 of 21 December 1990. The budget covers the costs of United Nations programmes in areas such as political affairs, international justice and law, international cooperation for development, public information, human rights, and humanitarian affairs. The main source of funds for

2627-698: The World Summit Award 2005, as it contributed to overcoming the digital gap and at the same time encouraged the creation of "locally relevant, high quality multimedia content". WSA Categories reflect the UN WSIS line. They derive from the United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), UN Geneva Agenda, the Tunis Action Plan and the United National Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). They are regularly updated in order to meet and adapt to

2698-642: The World Summit on the Information Society and review of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development" . This Resolution is placed within the context of the annual consideration by ECOSOC . It states its responsibilities in Article 2 on the follow-up [5] . ECOSOC decided to appoint the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) as an assistant Commission to the Council, and

2769-601: The World Summit on the Information Society, was held in 2015 by the UN General Assembly , which adopted Resolution A/70/125 (which called for the alignment between the WSIS process and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development). In Geneva in 2003, more than 11,000 participants from over 175 countries attended. The Declaration of Principles makes reference to the challenge of harnessing the potential of information and communication, as well as recognizes that " Connectivity

2840-443: The adoption of a scale of assessment, Assembly resolutions are not binding on the members. The Assembly may make recommendations on any matters within the scope of the UN, except matters of peace and security under the Security Council 's consideration. During the 1980s, the Assembly became a forum for "North-South dialogue" between industrialized nations and developing countries on a range of international issues. These issues came to

2911-528: The aforementioned UNCHR in March 2006. There are a total of four councils and one panel. There is a varied group of working groups and other subsidiary bodies. Countries are seated alphabetically in the General Assembly according to English translations of the countries' names. The country which occupies the front-most left position is determined annually by the secretary-general via ballot draw. The remaining countries follow alphabetically after it. On 21 March 2005, Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented

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2982-439: The authority to make final decisions in some areas such as the United Nations budget. The General Assembly can also refer an issue to the Security Council to put in place a binding resolution. From the First to the Thirtieth General Assembly sessions, all General Assembly resolutions were numbered consecutively, with the resolution number followed by the session number in Roman numbers (for example, Resolution 1514 (XV) , which

3053-438: The beginning of the following sessions. The General Assembly votes on many resolutions brought forth by sponsoring states. These are generally statements symbolizing the sense of the international community about an array of world issues. Most General Assembly resolutions are not enforceable as a legal or practical matter, because the General Assembly lacks enforcement powers with respect to most issues. The General Assembly has

3124-502: The beginning of the new session, includes more thematic debates, consultation processes and working group meetings. The general debate of each new session of the General Assembly is held the week following the official opening of the session, typically the following Tuesday, and is held without interruption for nine working days. The general debate is a high-level event, typically attended by Member States' heads of state or government , government ministers and United Nations delegates. At

3195-429: The consensus principle. Candidates who are endorsed by them are, as a rule, elected by the General Assembly in any subsequent elections. The General Assembly meets annually in a regular session that opens on the third Tuesday of September, and runs until the following September. Sessions are held at United Nations Headquarters in New York unless changed by the General Assembly by a majority vote. The regular session

3266-529: The course of just three months; however, additional workloads have extended these sessions until just short of the next session. The routinely scheduled portions of the sessions normally commence on "the Tuesday of the third week in September, counting from the first week that contains at least one working day," per the UN Rules of Procedure. The last two of these Regular sessions were routinely scheduled to recess exactly three months afterward in early December but were resumed in January and extended until just before

3337-415: The court. In these elections, five judges are elected for nine-year terms. These elections are held jointly with the Security Council, with candidates needing to receive an absolute majority of the votes in both bodies. The Assembly also, in conjunction with the Security Council, selects the next secretary-general of the United Nations. The main part of these elections is held in the Security Council, with

3408-430: The development of new communication technologies and information structures and the resulting changes in business processes, business, culture and society. One special focus is the research on microlearning and mobile learning in the context of digital media as well as gamification of learning . Bruck has published and edited over 40 books and research reports and numerous scholarly as well as professional articles in

3479-501: The development of the markets and societal changes. There are 8 WSA Categories. Every year, five projects are awarded in each of the eight categories. The categories are the following: WSA Grand Jury is a Jury meeting that is considered highly relevant in the whole WSA Process. A jury of international experts evaluates and selects the 5 best projects from each category. The jury process is a moderated, democratic vote in two stages, typically held as grand jury events about two months before

3550-414: The first WSA Winners was awarded in 2003 by Romano Prodi (president of the European Commission ) and Wolfang Schüssel ( Federal Chancellor of Austria ). Adama Samassékou emphasized his mission to ensure that information and communication technologies were to "be put into the service of all people, regardless of language, culture, gender or geographic location". In 2004, UNESCO granted patronage to

3621-405: The fore because of the phenomenal growth and changing makeup of the UN membership. In 1945, the UN had 51 members, which by the 21st century nearly quadrupled to 193, of which more than two-thirds are developing countries . Because of their numbers, developing countries are often able to determine the agenda of the Assembly (using coordinating groups like the G77 ), the character of its debates, and

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3692-413: The general debate, Member States are given the opportunity to raise attention to topics or issues that they feel are important. In addition to the general debate, there are also many other high-level thematic meetings, summits and informal events held during general debate week. Special sessions, or UNGASS, may be convened in three different ways, at the request of the Security Council, at the request of

3763-466: The history of the United Nations. If the Security Council is unable, usually due to disagreement among the permanent members, to come to a decision on a threat to international peace and security, then emergency special sessions can be convened in order to make appropriate recommendations to member states for collective measures. This power was given to the Assembly in Resolution 377(V) of 3 November 1950. Emergency special sessions can be called by

3834-449: The holding of a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), with the goal(link [3] ). The Resolution dictated that the WSIS would be held in two phases [4] .  The first phase of WSIS, took place in 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 12 December. And the second phase of WSIS, was set in Tunis, from 16 to 18 November 2005. WSIS Follow-up was carried out by ECOSOC in the resolution 2006/46, on July 28, 2006, titled " Follow-up to

3905-500: The information society; 2) drawing a strategic plan of action and 3) identifying the role of various partners to ensure coordination in all Member States. It also requested the Secretary - General to coordinate with the international organizations and other international actors, and called for measures specifically designed to improve and strengthen the presence of the union in diverse regions [2] . The United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2001, adopted resolution 56/183, endorsing

3976-436: The main committees have changed over time. Until the late 1970s, the First Committee was the Political and Security Committee and there was also a sufficient number of additional "political" matters that an additional, unnumbered main committee, called the Special Political Committee, also sat. The Fourth Committee formerly handled Trusteeship and Decolonization matters. With the decreasing number of such matters to be addressed as

4047-405: The main goal to reach the UN Sustainable Goals. WSA works with and through a network of national experts that expands over 170 countries. National Experts are responsible for the pre-selection, therefore the nomination process of the solutions in their countries. Their task is to scout the national ICT markets for suitable applications, that fit the evaluation criteria of the WSA. In some countries,

4118-477: The national experts hold official national pre-selection competitions, and thus their deadline applications may differ from the WSA Global Application. Youth Ambassadors are part of the WSA Network. They are Young Innovators who support and engage youth in the entrepreneurship sector. Moreover, they have diverse backgrounds and support the national pre-selection of entries of WSA. The WSA Board consists of high-level international ICT Experts from 15 countries. And it

4189-412: The nature of its decisions. For many developing countries, the UN is the source of much of their diplomatic influence and the principal outlet for their foreign relations initiatives. Although the resolutions passed by the General Assembly do not have binding forces over the member nations (apart from budgetary measures), pursuant to its Uniting for Peace resolution of November 1950 (resolution 377 (V)),

4260-433: The organization. The Charter of the United Nations gives responsibility for approving the budget to the General Assembly (Chapter IV, Article 17) and for preparing the budget to the secretary-general, as "chief administrative officer" (Chapter XV, Article 97). The Charter also addresses the non-payment of assessed contributions (Chapter IV, Article 19). The planning, programming, budgeting, monitoring, and evaluation cycle of

4331-453: The permanent Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City at the start of its seventh regular annual session, on 14 October 1952. In December 1988, in order to hear Yasser Arafat , the General Assembly organized its 29th session in the Palace of Nations , in Geneva , Switzerland. All 193 members of the United Nations are members of the General Assembly, with the addition of the Holy See and Palestine as observer states as well as

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4402-472: The provisional agenda. This is refined into a provisional agenda 60 days before the opening of the session. After the session begins, the final agenda is adopted in a plenary meeting which allocates the work to the various main committees, who later submit reports back to the Assembly for adoption by consensus or by vote. Items on the agenda are numbered. Regular plenary sessions of the General Assembly in recent years have initially been scheduled to be held over

4473-437: The regular budget is the contributions of member states. The scale of assessments is based on the capacity of countries to pay. This is determined by considering their relative shares of total gross national product, adjusted to take into account a number of factors, including their per capita incomes. In addition to the regular budget, member states are assessed for the costs of the international tribunals and, in accordance with

4544-473: The same time, foster intense knowledge exchange. It organizes keynotes and interactive sessions, on topics of social entrepreneurship, particularly targeting young people and the importance of the best practices in digital innovation. United Nations General Assembly For two articles dealing with the membership of and participation in the General Assembly, see: The United Nations General Assembly ( UNGA or GA ; French: Assemblée générale , AG )

4615-443: The upcoming President of the General Assembly , the Security Council , the Economic and Social Council , the Human Rights Council , the International Court of Justice , judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal , and United Nations Appeals Tribunal . Most elections are held annually, with the exception of the election of judges to the ICJ, which happens triennially. The Assembly annually elects five non-permanent members of

4686-554: The winners' events and the Congress. Moreover, since 2003, WSA has celebrated the WSA Grand Jury to select the best content and innovative applications. The meetings have taken place in several locations, such as Bahrain, Croatia, India, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Azerbaijan, Berlin and - latest - Jakarta. WSA is a global community that seeks to combine voices, perspectives, and insights of entrepreneurs, and national and corporate experts from different fields and expertise. Coming from NGOs, Governments, and Professional Associations. Always with

4757-424: The world. Peter A. Bruck Peter A. Bruck (born 1950 in Vienna ) is former CEO and Chief Researcher of the Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft mbH and founder of the spin-off KnowledgeFox . Bruck is also honorary President of the ICNM-International Center for New Media , Salzburg , which selects and promotes best practice in ICT applications and multimedia content nationally in Austria, at

4828-409: The year in order to enhance and connect the WSA Network. These events consist of workshops, side-events and international speakers. Moreover, it provides the opportunity to transfer knowledge, in addition to allow transfer of the latest trends, developments and challenges in the sector. WSA holds every year a 3-day congress. The WSA Global Congress is an international conference that present and promote

4899-400: Was established to be the focal point of the system-wide follow-up of WSIS. To this end, the ITU and its partners, organize a WSIS Forum, located in Geneva, every year. To this day, the World Summit Award participates in workshops and exhibitions in order to demonstrate: "the richness and diversity of e-Content globally". The overall Review of the execution of the Implementation of the Outcomes of

4970-432: Was the 1514th numbered resolution adopted by the Assembly and was adopted at the Fifteenth Regular Session (1960)). Beginning in the Thirty-First Session, resolutions are numbered by individual session (for example Resolution 41/10 represents the 10th resolution adopted at the Forty-First Session). The General Assembly also approves the budget of the United Nations and decides how much money each member state must pay to run

5041-474: Was thought to present to the UN States and delegates on the diversity and creative use of ICTs. The first edition of the World Summit Awards was in 2003. The World Summit on the Information Society was introduced by the UN. Secretary-General Kofi Annan , and the first winners of the World Summit Awards were awarded in 2003.  136 UN Member States participated in this edition with 803 e-content applications. The UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in conjunction with

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