Any measurable goals and targets for a development...
Any measurable goals and targets for a development agenda after the 2015 deadline for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) “should explicitly include broadband,” the four leaders of the U.N. Broadband Commission said in an open letter on behalf of…
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the group’s 55 commissioners (http://xrl.us/bos6rh). The group is chaired by telecom magnate Carlos Slim Helu and embattled Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Hamadoun Toure, the ITU secretary-general, and Irina Bokova of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, are the vice-chairs. The deadline for reaching the goals expires in 1,000 days, the letter said. A high-level panel, mandated by a 2010 summit on the MDG, will advise the U.N. secretary-general on the global development framework beyond 2015. Broadband, including mobile broadband, is fundamental for ensuring connectivity at sea and in the air, as well as on land in remote areas, it said. Broadband will also spur emergency and humanitarian communications, distance learning and e-commerce, it said. Broadband enhances remote diagnosis, tracking of symptoms, mapping epidemics and disease outbreaks, it said. Furthermore, broadband promotes increased opportunities for women and girls to participate in economic and social activities, it said. There is a need for a renewed global partnership that enables a transformative, people-centered and planet-sensitive development agenda, the high-level panel advising the U.N. secretary general said following a March 27 meeting (http://xrl.us/bos6r6). The Broadband Commission’s members include Vint Cerf of Google, Julius Genachowski of the FCC, Neelie Kroes of the European Commission, executives from major telecom and satellite companies, Microsoft, Cisco, Qualcomm, Huawei and others.