Tuesday, 5 October South Africa Finally, Chairperson by the success achieved in the rapid growth of mobile communications. The challenge is to emulate this suc-cess Cyber-threats do not recognize borders or laws. There is a need for governments, business and civil society to work together to protect and secure their national cyber-spaces and critical infrastructure. Governments through-out the world are not able to deal with the emerging threats on their own. What is key in tackling cyber-threats is creating awareness for the end users, with regards to cyber vulnerabilities. in the area of broadband connectivity. Many coun-tries in Africa are developing and implementing ICT programmes in key areas, particularly with respect to connectivity to schools and health institutions. These developments have ensured that broadband connec-tivity becomes a key priority for Africa’s development, although it is still relatively low compared to the rest of the world. We have, however, seen many positive developments in recent years, especially with the landing of a number of new undersea cables in Africa, which have greatly boosted international connectivity for the region. South Africa is in the process of developing cyberse-curity legislation, which will be the first legislation of this kind in South Africa. The process is expected to be completed in the first half of 2011. To reap the benefits of this progress and tackle the chal-lenge Distinguished delegates, South Africa remains com-mitted of broadband development throughout South to contributing to the work of the ITU through Africa, I have initiated the development of a broadband policy which has been approved by my government. the Executive Council. Once again, we humbly seek your support for our candidature to the ITU Council. Chairperson, distinguished Delegates, I would like to conclude by wishing you all the best during the delib-erations Chairperson and debates of the ITU-PP 2010 conference. On Interoperability, most developing countries con-tinue to face the challenge of ensuring that the equip-ment that lands on their shores meets both conform-ity and interoperability requirements. This is mostly ¡Gracias a todos! because there is often no capacity to test equipment and provide the requisite assurance to consumers about the quality of products and services. Conformity is a first step towards increasing the prob-ability of interface of interoperability. This is why we hope that this conference will favourably con-sider our proposed resolution on Interoperability and Conformance. 45