• Suggest Subject : Ban Ki-moon meets Abu Ghazaleh
  • Date : 13-Feb-2010
  • Text :

    Talal Abu Ghazaleh, the chairman of the UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last week at the UN headquarters in New York. Abu Ghazaleh presented GAID’s 2010 plan and mechanisms to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) through the use of ICT for a sustainable development on an international level and in the developing countries in particular.

     Ban stressed the importance of preparing the Matrix through the use of ICT project to achieve the MDGs which were set during the World Summit in 2000 and called for in the 8th MDGs pointing out that this is the year of development.

     Ban accepted Abu Ghazaleh’s request to become the honorary president of GAID and also the ICT project for the MDGs. Ban’s acceptance to become GAID honorary president is considered an important support to the alliance, its chairman and the Matrix project. He asked Abu Ghazaleh to prepare the working plan in July and a report to be presented during the coming World Summit to be held in September 2010.




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