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Opening Ceremony: ICTs for
Millennium Development Goals
18 May 2009, 09:00 -
11:00
ITU Headquarters, Room B
ICTs have the
power to accelerate progress towards the
achievement of all Millennium Development
Goals, and there are many possible ways to
achieve this. The purpose of this high level
panel is to draw attention to most important
aspects for the ICT4D and to seek answers to
the following questions: How can ICTs be
used most effectively across a variety of
sectors to help achieve the Millennium
Development Goals? What can we learn from
ICT projects in developing countries and
transition economies about proper design,
sustainability and impact of such
interventions? What can be still done during
the remaining 6 years?
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Dr. Hamadoun Toure,
Secretary-General, ITU
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Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi,
Secretary-General, UNCTAD
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Mr.
Edouard Dayan, Director General of
the UPU
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Mr.
Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant
Director-General for Communication and
Information, UNESCO
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Ms.
Najat Rochdi, Deputy Director, UNDP
Office in Geneva
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H.E.
Mr Abbasov Ali, Minister, Ministry
of Communications and Information
Technologies, Azerbaijan
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H.E.
Mrs Jasna Matic, Minister, Ministry
of Telecommunications and Information
Society, Republic of Serbia
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H.E.
Mr Hassam Baryalai, Deputy Minister
Technical Ministry of Communication&
Information Technology
Afghanistan
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Dr.
Nicholas Negroponte,
Founder
and Director of Massachusetts Institute
of Technology's Media Lab, USA
Please note
that the opening ceremony of the WSIS Forum
2009 will be interpreted into six UN languages.
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