Friday, 8 October Jamaica of best practices and the harmonization of radio In keeping with the commitment to provide universal access, Jamaica has worked to bridge the digital divide within our country and between countries. Accordingly, there has been great focus on developing and imple-menting frequency allocations among its many accomplish-ments. Notwithstanding this, we recognise that there remain work to be done. policy, legal and regulatory systems consist-ent Jamaica would be very honoured if we were able to contribute at the level of the Council (having had this distinction once before during the period 1990 – 1994). In this regard we count on your support for our election to the ITU Council. We commit to bringing with us the proven ability to work closely and effectively with our neighbouring States and the entire global community, in addition to sharing the perspectives and collective experience of small economies of the Caribbean in tar-geting with international best practices; enabling the aggressive deployment of Broadband Wireless Access technologies; while attending to critical concerns such as digital literacy, cyber security, data protection and early warning systems - as we seek to utilize ICTs in our bid to adapt to climate change. The tremendous losses within our region in recent times - regrettably Haiti, Chile and Mexico (our host) being chief among them, has strengthened our resolve to work collabora-tively limited resources to areas which yield tremen-dous transformative effects and outcomes. within the region of the Americas in this regard. Jamaica sees it as a priority to continue the important work carried out by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and other regional organizations involved in advancing ICT for develop-ment including the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU); Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organization (CANTO) and the Inter-America Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). Our current Chairmanship of the Organization of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR) and Deputy Chairmanship of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) uniquely position us to foster greater cooperation and coordi-nation in creating a platform for achieving Millenium Development Goals through the use of ICTs. Jamaica remains unwavering in its support of the im-portant work of the ITU through its Standardisation, Development and Radiocommunication bureaux, Radio Regulations Board and the General Secretariat. We commend the ITU’s signal contributions to capac-ity building in ICTs, development and count dissemina-tion 215