Expanding Digital Opportunities to the Developing World
Address by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
This Summit must be a summit of solutions. It must push forward the outcome of the World Summit held two months ago at the United Nations in New York. It must lead to information and communications technologies being used in new ways, which will bring new benefits to all social classes. Most of all, it must generate new momentum toward developing the economies and societies of poor countries, and transforming the lives of poor people.What do we mean by an "information society"? We mean one in which human capacity is expanded, built up, nourished, and liberated by giving people access…
