Republic of India
Minister Dayanidhi Maran
India joined the United Nations on October 30, 1945. Dayanidhi Maran has served as India’s minister of communications and information technology since May 2004. The following is excerpted from his November 16, 2005, speech to the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia.As I address this august gathering, I feel humbled by the enormous expectations that the world has from this historic summit. The decisions that we are taking here will impact human society for at least a generation to come. I must at the outset compliment the secretary-general [of the United Nations] for having given…
