[governance] President Lula of Brazil receives ITU Award +
Sergio Alves Junior
sergioalvesjunior at gmail.com
Tue Jun 16 20:37:52 EDT 2009
Dear Mr. Williams,
Thank you for the technical feedback.
Just to clarify, I'm not trying to sell anything here, neither am I intented
on disseminating any bit of propaganda. It was just news.
Abraços,
Sérgio
2009/6/16 Jeffrey A. Williams <jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com>
> Sergio and all,
>
> Nice bit of propaganda here. Anyone that has been around or
> involved with the ITU knows full well that the ITU doesn't promote
> the "Knowledge society" unless it puts $$ in the ITU's coffers. Nice
> try, but no sale here. I am sorry to read that President Lula has
> gotten
> suckered into the ITU's web. I am sure that the Brazilian people will
> either set him straight soon enough, or elect someone more "Clued in"
> and self aware in a more appropriate and honest manner.
>
> Sergio Alves Junior wrote:
>
> >
> >
> FYI
>
> Abraços,
>
> Sérgio
>
> Press Release
>
> International Telecommunication Union
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> >
> >
> >
> > President Lula of Brazil receives ITU Award
> >
> > World Telecommunication and Information Society Award for protecting
> > children online
> >
> > Geneva, 15 June 2009 — President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of Brazil
> > visited ITU today where he received the World Telecommunication and
> > Information Society Award.
> >
> > Accepting the award, President Lula said he was pleased to see
> > international recognition for the efforts of the Brazilian government
> > to promote digital inclusion and a safe and democratic virtual space,
> > especially for children and adolescents. "We are determined to fight
> > digital exclusion, which is today one of the major constraints in the
> > quest for development," President Lula said. "To reduce inequalities
> > we need to increase access to modern communication technologies to a
> > larger number of people. Access to technologies should go beyond the
> > communications infrastructure dimension. People should be able to use
> > these technologies in a critical and interactive way. This is
> > important to promote the involvement of all people in the knowledge
> > society."
> >
> > President Lula described measures by his government to promote digital
> > inclusion, such as connecting urban public schools to broadband
> > Internet, distributing portable computers to students and teachers in
> > elementary public schools and establishing telecentres where students
> > can learn, study and entertain themselves. He said Brazil has reduced
> > taxes on IT solutions and promoted open software to reduce cost and to
> > build an inclusive people-centred information society linked to
> > development.
> >
> > President Lula congratulated ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré
> > for launching the Global Cybersecurity Agenda. He noted that the World
> > Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) had given ITU a mandate to
> > strengthen cybersecurity and said ITU is the right place to coordinate
> > this endeavour. He said, "The challenge of cybercrimes demonstrates
> > the importance of discussing and debating Internet governance. WSIS
> > concluded that Internet governance should be transparent and
> > democratic with the participation of governments and civil society.
> > ITU should be part of this effort."
> >
> > President Lula added, "In fighting paedophiles, ITU could define
> > standards that could be adopted by all countries. We need a
> > multilateral instrument that would stimulate effective international
> > cooperation."
> >
> > World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) brings
> > attention to the potential of information and communication
> > technologies (ICT) in meeting the development and economic aspirations
> > of societies and on the importance of the Internet as a global
> > resource. The theme for 2009 is Protecting Children in Cyberspace.
> >
> > WTISD marks the establishment of ITU in 1865.
> >
> > Welcoming President Lula to ITU, Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré
> > noted that Brazil became a Member State of ITU in 1877. "Brazil and
> > ITU have enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership, based on shared
> > values of multilateralism and respect," Dr Touré said. "In 1906,
> > following the invention of radio, Brazil was one of 27 countries which
> > signed the first Radiotelegraph Convention.
> > We share a long and distinguished history of excellent cooperation,
> > and we look forward to continuing this tradition of mutual support and
> > respect."
> >
> > Along with the World Telecommunication and Information Society Award,
> > Dr Touré gifted President Lula with a copy of the instrument of
> > ratification to the International Telecommunication Convention signed
> > in Atlantic City
> > on 15 August 1949.
> >
> > Citing Brazil’s remarkable progress in ICT development, Dr Touré said
> > that it is at the forefront of the wireless revolution: "Brazil has
> > 155 million cellular phones of which 5 million are 3G terminals
> > already in operation, giving it a mobile teledensity of almost 80 per
> > cent. At the beginning of 2009, over a third of the Brazilian
> > population was online, and Brazil had over ten million fixed broadband
> > subscribers and close to three million mobile broadband
> > subscriptions."
> >
> > Dr Touré added that Brazil is one of the world’s great satellite
> > powers and has operated both geostationary and non-geostationary
> > satellite networks since the early 1970’s. "Given the large dimension
> > of your country, space systems play a vital role in helping connect
> > remote populations as well as in remote sensing, monitoring climate
> > change and resource exploration," Dr Touré said.
> >
> > For more information, please contact:
> >
>
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