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U.N.-backed technology alliance meets in Malaysia[June 19, 2006]
U.N.-backed technology alliance meets in Malaysia to plan development strategies
The Associated Press
Policymakers and information technology experts were meeting on how to best use technology to battle poverty and unemployment at a U.N.-backed forum starting Monday.
The Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development -- approved by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in April -- hopes to engage governments, businesses and civic groups to boost the use of information technology in reaching development targets.
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U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown was slated to launch the alliance's first meeting in Malaysia's administrative capital, Putrajaya, later Monday. Craig Barrett, chairman of U.S. chip maker Intel (News - Alert) Corp. and the alliance, would deliver a pre-recorded video message at the two-day meeting.
Discussions at the meeting were expected to focus on how technology can contribute to economic growth, employment levels and entrepreneurship, with emphasis on issues including health, education, gender equality and problems facing youths and disabled people.
The prescriptions will assist efforts to implement the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, which governments worldwide have vowed to achieve by 2015 by eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, providing primary education to children and combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
Panellists at the meeting include representatives of the World Health Organization, the U.S. Agency for International Developments, or USAID, and companies such as U.S. network equipment maker Cisco Systems (News - Alert) Inc. and Finland-based Nokia (News - Alert), the world's largest maker of cell phones.
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