Closing Remarks
by
Mr. Fatih M. Yurdal, Chairman of
the Telecommunications Authority of Turkey

The Chairman thanked all speakers for their kind words. It had been a great pleasure for him to chair two ITU conferences in Turkey, but he would not have been able to fulfill that task without the unstinting support of his staff and his country.

Recalling the extensive preparatory work leading up to both WRC-2000 and WTDC-02, he said that when asked why he would want to be involved in such a mammoth exercise, his answer had been that serving ITU meant serving the whole world. No other reason was necessary. Speaking from the standpoint of a telecommunication regulator, he said that all humanity should have access to telecommunications. He was therefore pleased that the conference had made a commitment to turn the digital divide into a digital opportunity.

Thanking all those who had contributed to the success of the conference and, in particular, those who had supported him in his task of chairmanship, he declared WTDC-02 closed.