TelecomTV TelecomTV
  • News
  • Videos
  • Channels
  • Events
  • Network Partners
  • Industry Insights
  • Directory
  • Newsletters
  • Digital Platforms and Services
  • Open RAN
  • Cloud Native Telco
  • Telcos and Public Cloud
  • The Green Network
  • Private Networks
  • Open Telco Infra
  • 5G Evolution
  • Access Evolution
  • Edgenomics
  • Network Automation
  • 6G Research and Innovation
  • Security
  • More Topics
  • Network Partners
  • Industry Insights
  • Directory
  • Newsletters
  • |
  • About
  • Contact
  • |
  • Connect with us
  • Digital Platforms and Services
  • Open RAN
  • Cloud Native Telco
  • Telcos and Public Cloud
  • The Green Network
  • Private Networks
  • Open Telco Infra
  • 5G Evolution
  • Access Evolution
  • Edgenomics
  • Network Automation
  • 6G Research & Innovation
  • Security
  • Connect with TelecomTV
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Help
  • Contact
  • Sign In Register Subscribe
    • Subscribe
    • Sign In
    • Register
  • Search

Broadband

Broadband

Press Release: Broadband Commission calls on world leaders to harness development potential of ICTs to drive the SDGs

Via ITU

Jul 11, 2016

Broadband Commission calls on world leaders to harness

development potential of ICTs to drive the SDGs

Statement to UN High-Level Policy Forum in NY cites ICTs as uniquely

powerful tool to drive global development

Geneva, 11 July 2016 - The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development today issued a statement urging policymakers, the private sector and other partners to make deployment of broadband infrastructure a top priority in strategies to accelerate global development and progress towards the SDGs.

The statement was presented to the 2016 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development , which is meeting in New York City from 11-20 July to guide global efforts on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

In the statement, the Commission outlines the myriad ways broadband can improve global sustainable development. These include addressing basic needs such as education and access to information, helping lift people out of poverty through e-commerce opportunities and job growth, improving health services, monitoring climate change and planetary processes, and bridging the digital gender divide.

“The theme of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development is ‘Ensuring that no-one is left behind,” said Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General. “The Broadband Commission outlines the fundamental role broadband technology can play in helping the world achieve its most pressing sustainable development goals. Let us all grasp this vital opportunity to strive for a world where every citizen enjoys the opportunities and benefits of universal, affordable and inclusive access to ICTs.”

This will be the first HLPF that examines efforts at national, regional, and global levels to put policies and measures in place that will help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. In the months since the global community unanimously adopted the Goals at the SDG Summit in New York last September , they have become the development ‘gold standard’ for countries, the business community, civil society and local governments around world. The HLPF also offers an opportunity for the UN to highlight the important work all members of the UN family are doing in support of the Goals.

Read the fullstatement by the Broadband Commission.

This year’s HLPF consists of a five-day Expert-level Meeting and a three-day Ministerial Meeting (18-20 July).

Related Topics
  • Access Evolution,
  • Announcement,
  • Broadband,
  • ITU,
  • News,
  • North America,
  • Policy & Regulation,
  • Tracker

More Like This

Access Evolution

Huawei is still the world’s biggest telecom equipment vendor

Mar 22, 2023

Digital Platforms and Services

What’s up with… AWS, Telecom Italia, Telenet, Liberty Global

Mar 21, 2023

Access Evolution

Project Gigabit contract award unlocks 215,000 home expansion of CityFibre’s networks across Cambridgeshire

Mar 21, 2023

Access Evolution

Eir announces results for full year and fourth quarter 2022

Mar 21, 2023

Access Evolution

Orange boosts its convergence play with green light for Belgian acquisition

Mar 20, 2023

This content extract was originally sourced from an external website (ITU) and is the copyright of the external website owner. TelecomTV is not responsible for the content of external websites. Legal Notices

Email Newsletters

Stay up to date with the latest industry developments: sign up to receive TelecomTV's top news and videos plus exclusive subscriber-only content direct to your inbox – including our daily news briefing and weekly wrap.

Subscribe

Top Picks

Highlights of our content from across TelecomTV today

10:43

MWC23 interview: Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière, deputy CEO of Orange

12:45

MWC23 interview: Abdu Mudesir, Group CTO, Deutsche Telekom

9:26

MWC23 interview: Greg McCall, Chief Networks Officer, BT

TelecomTV
Company
  • About Us
  • Media Kit
  • Contact Us
Our Brands
  • DSP Leaders World Forum
  • Great Telco Debate
  • TelecomTV Events
Get In Touch
[email protected]
+44 (0) 207 448 1070
Connect With Us

  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Terms of Use
  • Legal Notices
  • Help

TelecomTV is produced by the team at Decisive Media.

© Decisive Media Limited 2023. All rights reserved. All brands and products are the trademarks of their respective holder(s).