Mr Bakhtiyar MAMMADOV Head of Law and HR Department Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MC&IT) through this sector shall serve to economic, social and cultural development interests of society, quicken convergence and dialog between peoples and expand integration between countries and regions. From this standpoint, the policy and activity run by the ITU is of great importance. The role of the ITU has been growing during the recent years especially during the tenure of Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré for which I would like to thank Mr. Secretary-General and his team. Dear Mr. Chairman, Dear participants of the Conference, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me express my deepest gratitude on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the host of the Plenipotentiary Conference – the United Mexican States for the high level of hospitality and extend my appreciation to the ITU and generally to all organizers for the high-level of organizational works. Honorable Mr. Chairman, H.E. Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan has declared in his speech at World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) back in 2003 his in-tention to convert “black gold into human gold” and ever since application of ICT in the country has been expanding whilst ICT has been becoming one of the priority sectors of the Azerbaijan’s economy. At the moment the process of formulation of infor-mation society is underway in the country, National I wish all success to the work of the Conference and to the countries, as well as nominees- nominating their candidatures to various posts at the ITU. I believe that with joint efforts of the member countries we will make crucial decisions on the future technological progress and development and these decisions shall serve to the development of our countries and the regions that we represent. As a member-country, Azerbaijan is de-termined Strategy and various State Programs were approved and are being implemented. These programs were drafted in accordance to WSIS Principles and Action Plan adopted in Geneva and Tunis and based on ex-periences of different countries in this field. Programs were prepared by taking into consideration character-istics of our country. Within the framework of general works these years Azerbaijan has organized numerous international exhibitions and conferences, symposi-ums, to actively participate in these undertakings and contribute to the activities of the ITU. held meetings, as well as organized joint regional It is undeniable fact that information and communi-cation events with the ITU and other international organi-zations; technologies (ICT) so inevitably impacting on Secretary General of the ITU as well as other the socio-economic as well as cultural and daily life of both developed and developing countries has turned to the most dynamic and promising sector of the world economy. We believe that any achievements attained high officials and specialist paid a visit to our country and got familiar with the works carried out in the field of ICT, local, regional and global projects and initiatives that were being realized. 62