Dear Colleagues, As you know, the Secretary-General of the United Nations has recently approved the creation of a Global Alliance for ICT and development.
The Alliance will provide an open, inclusive multi-stakeholder platform for dialogue on innovative ways to harness the potential of ICT for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and realization of outcomes of the 2005 World Summit and the World Summit on the Information Society. On behalf of the Secretary-General, I have the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development that will be held on 19-20 June 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia following a gracious invitation by the Government of Malaysia. The Kuala Lumpur meeting will launch the Global Alliance and will provide an opportunity to initiate discussions among stakeholders and potential partners on the principal theme of the Alliance: "Advancing the Millennium Development Goals through ICT and Innovation: Setting the Framework", as well as to define priority issues to be addressed by the Alliance and on optimal modalities of its work. The programme of the meeting will be available shortly. Given your invaluable contribution to the nexus between innovation and development, we very much hope that you would actively participate in this initiative. We hope to hear from you soon, and we look forward to your active engagement in this exciting new initiative and to our productive collaboration in the coming period. We would appreciate your reaction at your earliest convenience. A registration form for indicating both your interest in participating in the Global Alliance and your participation in the Kuala Lumpur meeting will be available as of today on the former ICT Task Force website <http://www.unicttaskforce.org/>. Best regards, Sarbuland Khan, Director Office of ECOSOC Support and Coordination/DESA United Nations ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
