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Excellency Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General of the ITU and ITU Elected Officials
Distinguished Ministers,
Excellencies and distinguished delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure and a privilege to be here at the 19th ITU Plenipotentiary Conference which is being held in the beautiful city of Busan.
Allow me please to congratulate ITU and all its membership to the successful launch of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of ITU. It is millions of youth like me around the globe who are some way or the other utilizing the benefits of this wonderful organization. Be it like Mobile phone, TV or internet I feel the entire world and especially the youth are indebted to the work that has been carried out at the ITU.
In this age of technology revolution, we young people are at the forefront, not only as the users but also as the innovators. Today it is very common to notice that the parents are learning technology tricks from their children. The examples of Google, Facebook and many other ICT companies were the vision of youth like me.
I on behalf of the youth around the globe urge that the youth be heard and given voice when it comes to ICT policy making as we will be the future users and enablers of ICT applications and services.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Another point that I would like to emphasize is that there are many youth like me around the globe who are not having basic digital facilities and education and they are looking to organizations such as ITU to bring them on par with the youth of developed countries so that they can use their skills and contribute to their society.
To conclude I would like to thank my Administration, my family and the ITU and its membership for giving me this opportunity to participate in the top policy making Conference of the ITU.
I wish all of you the very best and look forward to learn and gain knowledge from you.
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