Dear all,
Asian Forum on ICT Policies and e-Strategies
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The Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ICT Policies and e-Strategies in Asia and
the Pacific was endorsed by high-level Asian delegates at the recently
concluded Asian Forum on ICT Policies and e-Strategies, as Asia-Pacific
input to the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) to be held in
Geneva in December 2003=2E The Forum was organized by the United Nations
Development Programme=92s Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme
(UNDP-APDIP) under the auspices of the United Nations Information and
Communication Technology Task Force=2E It was supported by the Ministry of=
Energy, Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia and sponsored by the
Government of Japan=2E=20
The 17 point declaration reflects the views of delegates comprising
Ministers and senior government officials, as well as private sector and
civil society representatives from 22 countries in the Asia Pacific region=
,
and as well as regional and international organizations=2E To ensure the
views of developing nations of the Asia-Pacific region are not marginalize=
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in the international discussions on formulating guidelines towards the
Information Society at WSIS, emphasis was placed on specific policies on
poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), governance,=
gender, infrastructure and access, human resources, content and
applications, enterprises and entrepreneurs, and regional co-operation=2E =
The
specific needs and interests of least developed countries, landlocked and
developing island nations of the Asia-Pacific region were also highlighted=
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Details are available at www=2Eapdip=2Enet/asian-forum=2E=20
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Best regards
Gopi Pradhan (UNDP-APDIP)
Member of Communication Asia Group
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