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MISTICA: ICT UN Advisory Group headed by JM Figueres

From: Daniel Pimienta ([email protected])
Date: Fri Nov 17 2000 - 09:42:24 AST

>From: Mona Afifi <[email protected]>
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>JOSE MARIA FIGUERES APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
>ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
>
>20001113
>
>The appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan of the former President
>of Costa Rica to head the United Nations
>Information and Communication Technologies Advisory Group was announced
>today in New York.
>
>President Jose Maria Figueres -- a leader acclaimed for advancing the
>use of digital technology for development of his country
>-- will lead a team of experts drawn from the private and public sectors
>and countries of the North as well as the South. The
>Advisory Group is charged by the Secretary-General with drawing up the
>specific modalities for an Information and
>Communication Technologies Task Force on the basis of guidelines set by
>the Economic and Social Council in July. The Task
>Force will serve as a catalyst for bringing together international
>agencies, governments and private businesses and foundations in
>harnessing the potential of technology for development for all.
>
>The Advisory Group is comprised of a Who's Who of pioneers in advancing
>information technology and promoting its uses for
>economic and social development. Within its ranks are Vinton Cerf,
>widely regarded as the founder of the Internet; sociologist
>Manuel Castells, a top analyst of the social implications of the
>information technology revolution;
....
>Secretary General's ICT Advisory Group
>
>Jos� Mar�a Figueres-Olsen former President (Costa Rica) Zo� Baird
>President, Markle Foundation (United States) Eric
>Benhamou Chief executive officer, 3Com (United States) Manuel Castells
>Professor, University of California at Berkeley,
>(Spain) Vinton Cerf Senior vice president, MCI WorldCom (United States)
>John T. Chambers President and chief executive
>officer, Cisco Systems (United States) Carleton Fiorina President and
>chief executive officer, Hewlett-Packard (United States)
>Toomas Ilves Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia) Jiang Mian-heng Vice
>president, Academy of Science (China) Andrei
>Korotkov Head of Information Department of the Government (Russia)
>Richard Li Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
>Pacific Century Group (China) Erkki Liikanen European Union Commissioner
>for Enterprise and Information Society,
>European Commission (Finland) Jay Naidoo President of South African
>Development Bank (South Africa) Yoshiji Nogami
>Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan) Jorma Ollila Chairman and
>chief executive officer, Nokia Corporation (Finland)
>Sam Pitroda Chairman and chief executive officer, WorldTel (India) Nii
>Quaynor Chairman and chief executive officer, Ghana
>Internet Corporation (Ghana) Tadao Takahashi Ministry of Science and
>Technology (Brazil) Serge Tchuruk Chairman and
>chief executive officer, Alcatel (France) Makarim Wibisono President of
>the Economic and Social Council (Indonesia)
>Muhammed Yunus Chairman and chief executive officer, Grameen Bank
>(Bangladesh)

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