His Majesty King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal has said that Nepal needs to focus on how the global information revolution could be made a development enabler in the real sense by contributing significantly to reducing poverty and promoting all round development in the world.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisias capital Tunis on Wednesday, His Majesty said, This would provide us with a great opportunity to accelerate the process of bridging the gap between the haves and the have-nots in terms of access to information technology.
The international community needs to give special attention to the needs of the developing, land-locked and mountainous countries which face problems of promoting the use of ICTs due to high infrastructure costs''.
Expressing Nepals commitment to the common vision of the information society and its key principles based on shared knowledge, His Majesty the King noted, Since the initiation of the WSIS, my country has played a significant role in the development and promotion of her ICT sector, recording impressive achievements in all the eleven WSIS action lines despite her own constraints and limited resources.
His Majesty further said, The States efforts have been further augmented with the establishment of an autonomous High Level Commission for Information Technology to enhance internal and external private investment and to stimulate new economic sectors like e-commerce.
We believe that there should be a mechanism to facilitate meaningful participation on Internet Governance to accomplish the vision of the Declaration of Principles of the World Summit on the Information Society. Stating that Nepal is committed to the Geneva Declaration of Principles, His Majesty the King said that an International Internet Governance System should be developed to harmonise technical and policy issues to the advantage of the global community.
We also wish to add that sustained efforts should be made to ensure participation of developing countries to make the system truly meaningful and effective. said the king.
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