Hi everyone,
Here is the text of the so-called Dhaka Declaration issued after the
Road to Tunis forum in Bangladesh earlier this week. -andy
http://www.mosict.gov.bd/html/Road2Tunis/dec.html
DHAKA DECLARATION
We, the ICT stakeholders representing Governments, Private Sector,
Academicia and the Civil Society, having come from six continents of the
world, assembled in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 23 to 25 October 2005 in an
International Workshop entitled “Building an Information Society : Road
2 Tunis”, organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and
Information & Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh in
collaboration with UNDP Bangladesh and in association with World Summit
Award (WSA), Austria;
after extensive deliberations on the issues of e-governance,
transparency & accountability, public and private sector partnership,
internet governance, security vis-à-vis privacy, e-content & creativity,
holistic ICT education & training for all, rural & universal ICT access,
ICT4D leading to poverty alleviation and inclusion of women, children,
the underprivileged & people with disabilities as well as the financing
aspects of the solidarity fund;
hereby declare our common desire and commitment to build a free
multi-stakeholder, people-centric, inclusive and development-oriented
knowledge based Information Society in the world at large :
emphasizing that a primary aim of the Information Society must be to
provide basic information and communication technology (ICT)
infrastructure to people to facilitate full utilization of ICT at all
levels in society including the grass roots and hence enable the sharing
of social and economic benefits by all by means of ubiquitous access to
information networks, while preserving cultural diversity and heritage
of humankind all over the world;
endorsing the important role that ICT can play in achieving the United
Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which describe a
fundamental set of principles and guidelines for combating poverty,
hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and gender
inequality;
recognizing that the concept of a knowledge-based Information Society is
one in which affordable access to information & communication technology
through content in accessible language and formats can help people
achieve their full potential, promote sustainable economic and social
development, facilitate participatory decision-making processes in
sustaining democracy and good governance and improving quality of life
for all;
appreciating the efforts of the UN in convening the WSIS and of the ITU
in implementing the summit in two phases, Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005 and
committing ourselves to the Declared Principles and Plan of Action at
the Geneva Phase of the Summit and leading to the Tunis Phase of WSIS.
This Dhaka Declaration adopted at the conclusion of the International
Workshop entitled “Building an Information Society : Road 2 Tunis”
23-25 October 2005, Dhaka, Bangladesh and is submitted as input to the
Second Phase of the WSIS in Tunis during 16-18 November 2005 through the
Secretary General of the ITU and will also be disseminated through
governments, civil society, private sector, NGOs and the media.
Dhaka 25 October 2005
The Workshop deliberations and views expressed shall be made available
to all ICT stakeholders on the website http://www.mosict.gov.bd/road2tunis.
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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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