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WTDC-17 High-Level Segment

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25TH ANNIVERSARY

WTDC-17 HOMEPAGE

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Policy statements at the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-17) focused on the conference theme: “ICT for Sustainable Development Goals” (ICT④SDGs). The contribution of information and communication technologies as a cross-cutting sector is crucial for accelerating efforts to attain these goals through, for example, e-health, e-education, e-agriculture, e-commerce and e-government.

High-ranking officials from ITU Member States, for the most part ministers or deputy ministers, shared their views on emerging trends and on matters of strategic importance to the development of the telecommunication and information and communication technology sector worldwide. Their statements and videos are posted below.

Monday, 9 October - Session 1 - 14:30-16:00

H.E. Mr Boris Koprivnikar
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration

Slovenia

H.E. Ms Hadja Fatimata Ouattara/Sanon
Minister of Development of the Digital Economy and Posts

Burkina Faso

Mr Robert Strayer
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy at the U.S. Department of State

United States

H.E. Ms Houda Imane Faraoun
Minister of Post, Telecommunications, Technologies and Digitalization

Algeria

H.E. Mr Mahamat Allahou Taher
Minister of Posts and Information and Communication Technology

Chad

H.E. Mr Ibrahim Elmirghani
State Minister of Communications & Information Technology

Sudan

H.E. Ambassador Mark Kent
British Ambassador to the Argentine Republic

United Kingdom

Mr Majed M. Al-Mazyed
Deputy Governor

Communications and Information Technology Commission

Saudi Arabia

Monday, 9 October - Session 2 - 16:30-17:30

H.E. Mr Dauren Abayev
Minister of Information and Communication

Kazakhstan

H.E. Mr Abdi Hassan
Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Technology

Somalia

H.E. Mr Modibo Arouna Touré
Minister of the Digital Economy and Communication

Mali

H.E. Mr Rashid Ismailov
Deputy Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications

Russian Federation

H.E. Dr Phan Tam
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications

Viet Nam

H.E. Ms Ana Julia Marine López
Deputy Minister of Communication

Cuba

H.E. Mr Masahiko Tominaga
Vice-Minister, Internal Affairs and Communications

Japan

H.E. Mr Karol Okoński
Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs

Poland

Mr Karma Penjor
Secretary for the Ministry of Information and Communications

Bhutan

H.E. Dr Tobias Feakin
Ambassador for Cyber Affairs

Australia

Tuesday, 10 October - Session 3 - 11:30-12:30

H.E. Mr Abdi Youssouf Sougueh
Minister of Communications, Posts and Telecommunications

Djibouti

H.E. Mr Mohan Bahadur Basnet
Minister of Information and Communications

Nepal (Republic of)

H.E. Mr Emery Okundji Ndjovu
Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and New Information and Communication Technologies

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

H.E. Ms Begum Tarana Halim
State Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology

Bangladesh

H.E. Mr Afamasaga Lepuia'i Rico Tupa'i
Minister of Communications and Information Technology

Samoa

Hon. Ms Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Minister for Communications

Ghana

H.E. Mr Lihua Liu
Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology

China

H.E. Mr Elmir Velizadeh
Deputy Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies

Azerbaijan

H.E. Mr Pansak Siriruchatapong
Vice Minister of the Digital Economy and Society

Thailand

H.E. Ms Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams
Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

South Africa

H.E. Dr Carlos Rafael Valdez Velásquez López
Deputy Minister of Communication

Peru

Ms Gabriela Ceciliano López
Head of Office, Vice-Minister for Telecommunications

Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications

Costa Rica

Mr Mederbek Kurmanbekov
Deputy Chairman

State Committee of Information Technologies and Communications

Kyrgyzstan

Hon. Ms Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe
Parliamentary Secretary with responsibility for Information and Communications

Office of The Prime Minister

Bahamas

Mr Amer Hayat
Assistant Undersecretary and Chief Market Regulations and Competition

Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority

Kuwait

Tuesday, 10 October - Session 4 - 14:30-16:00

H.E. Mr Marek Ondrousek
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade

Czech Republic

Mr Philipp Metzger
Director General

Federal Office of Communications

Switzerland

Mr Celalettin Dincer
Board Member

Information and Communication Technologies Authority

Turkey

H.E. Ambassador Sérgio Danese
Ambassador of Brazil to the Argentine Republic

Brazil

Mr Luis Fernando Borjón
Director General

Telecommunications Investment Promotion Agency

Mexico

Mr Al-Ansari Almashakbeh
Vice-Chairman

Telecommunications Regulatory Commission

Jordan

Mr Shola Taylor
Secretary General

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

Mr Peter Pitsch
Global Executive Director and Associate General Counsel

Intel Corporation

Mr Fabricio Gómez Mazara
Member of the Board of Directors

Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL)

Dominican Republic

Mr Charles Zoë Banga
Chargé de Mission for Telecommunications and New Technologies at the Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications, responsible for the Promotion of New ICTs

Central African Rep.