The Costa Rican President, Mrs. Laura Chinchilla Miranda has reiterated the
call for Child Online Protection (COP) initiative of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Madam Chinchilla, who is also a patron of COP while visiting ITU
headquarters in Geneva, called on Heads of State and Government around the
world to strengthen the COP framework and create national commissions focused
on child online safety.
ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Touré expressed appreciation to President
Chinchilla for her sustained efforts in taking up the COP agenda with world
leaders.
He also commended Costa Rica for the pro-active policies that have been put
in place to encourage women and girls to consider careers in the growing field
of information and communication technologies (ICT).
Dr Touré encouraged Costa Rica to mark International Girls in ICT Day on the
fourth Thursday of every April and to organize events next year.
He further said that ITU would welcome the opportunity to jointly organize a
global conference on Youth and ICTs in Costa Rica next year which would
particularly focus on ICT solutions addressing the youth unemployment crisis
and strengthening our global efforts to ensure child online protection.
President Chinchilla, a leading digital advocate, has also actively
supported ITU’s Green ICT agenda that promotes environmental sustainability
through smart technologies while focusing on greening the ICT sector.
ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré and President Chinchilla agreed on
further promoting and developing the key role that the Green ICT agenda can
contribute to a successful outcome of the forthcoming Rio+20 Conference.
In this regard, they discussed the necessity to
include clear references to ICTs and broadband as enablers of sustainable
development and full digital inclusion in the fast-changing information
society.
Remmy Nweke
ITREALMS Online ... delivering news for ICT4D
1 comment:
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