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This first informal meeting of the
new TDAG Bureau was held on Thursday 27 April, from 12:30 to
14:30, under the Chairmanship of Pr. Dr. Vladimir Minkin
(Russian Federation).
Members of the TDAG Bureau from the following countries were
present or represented: Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, France
Telecom, Gabon, Iran, Korea, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Syria,
Tanzania, USA , as well as the chairman of the TDAG/WGPS.
The chairman expressed his appreciation to the vice-chairmen for
having responded to his invitation and thanked the BDT for
having facilitated the preparation and organization of the
meeting.
Mr. Minkin invited the vice-chairmen of the TDAG to support the
ITU-D with their field tested skills and experience by taking
charge of some core topics and activities the BDT will require
advice on. He drew the attention of the meeting to the documents
prepared which show the basis of the TDAG mandate. After having
stressed the importance of the outcomes of WTDC-06 and the need
to have the final report, including the Doha Action Plan,
published at the as soon as possible in order to kick-start the
implementation of the latter, he gave the floor to Mr. Hamadoun
I. Touré, Director of the BDT, for his introductory remarks.
Mr. Touré congratulated the chairman Mr. Minkin and all
vice-chairmen on their election to the TDAG bureau. He recalled
that WTDC-06 reinforced TDAG by its increased assignment of
matters through Resolution 24(Rev.Doha,2006) on the one hand,
and by adopting, for the first time, TDAG working methods as
part of the new Resolution 1(Doha, 2006). He highlighted that
although his second term as the Director of the BDT will end in
2006, he will be leaving the BDT with confidence knowing his
successor will be fortunate to count on such a competent and
dedicated team.
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