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WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY - 2005
Creating an equitable Information
Society: Time for Action
World Telecommunication Day 2005 marks two important
anniversaries for ITU. It will be 140 years since we began helping the world
communicate. From the birth of the telegraph, through radio and television
broadcasting to satellite communications and the Internet, the work of ITU has
helped harness the power of science and technology to fulfill a basic human need
for communication. However, 20 years ago, we realized that not all people were
sharing in the social and economic benefits that telecommunications creates. In
1985 ITU released the landmark Maitland Report, known as the ‘Missing Link’,
which was the first to clearly identify the digital divide. Since its
publication, ITU has been working in earnest to bring the benefits of ICT to all
of humanity.
In 2003, ITU held the first ever World Summit on the
Information Society in Geneva. The first phase of the Summit resulted in 175
countries endorsing a Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action that embrace
the idea of universal and affordable access to ICTs. The second phase of the
Summit, to be held this November in Tunis, will measure the progress we have
made in fulfilling the specific objectives of the Geneva phase and will call on
all stakeholders to transform the political will expressed at the first phase
into long-term commitments. To help focus the world’s attention on the
importance of this mission, ITU members have selected the theme Creating
an Equitable Information Society: Time for Action.
Looking ahead to Tunis, the true test of an engaged,
empowered and equitable Information Society will be the extent to which today's
powerful knowledge-based communications tools are able to connect different
peoples across geographic, knowledge and information divides, especially in the
most impoverished countries. The time for action is now.
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/wtd/2005/
Cyber Caravan Schedule
In the context of World Telecommunication
Day, the NCB is organising ICT Awareness programmes for children
in the following Primary Schools from 17th to 20 May 2005 as per
the table below.
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Date |
Place |
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17 May 2005 |
Guy
Rozemont GS, Bathfield Street, Port Louis |
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18 May 2005 |
Jules Koeing GS, Volcy de la Faye Street, Beau Bassin |
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19 May 2005 |
G. Cheetamun GS, Veeren Rd, Surinam |
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20 May 2005 |
Camp Fouquereaux GS, Camp Fouquereaux, Phoenix |
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