ITU LAUDS MALAYSIA'S WILLINGNESS TO SHARE ICT EXPERTISE WITH MEMBER COUNTRIES

GUADALAJARA (Mexico), Oct 6 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's willingness to share its experiences in developing the Information Communication Technology (ICT), especially its success in developing ICT access to rural and remote areas with others, is being much appreciated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Its secretary-general, Dr Hamadoun Toure said Malaysia had been a strong partner of ITU especially in the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (Impact), the world's first non-profit comprehensive global public-private partnership against cyber threats which is based in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. He said more than 60 member countries of the union, especially developing countries, had participated in the programme in ensuring that the cyberspace was safe to surf especially for the children. "We appreciate very much the contribution of Malaysia, especially in terms of bringing their experiences in the areas, such as the access of ICT to rural and remote areas which Malaysia has successfully implemented," he told Bernama and RTM in an exclusive interview on the sideline of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, here Tuesday. Toure said Malaysia had been successful in its ICT development, and ICT had been the number one priority on the Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's agenda, and was always able to share its experiences with the developing countries. Complimenting Malaysia's Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim for his policy statement delivered today, Toure said Rais in his message had stressed the importance of key issues of ICT, and also on issues that the world was facing such as cyber security in which Malaysia had been a strong partner of ITU in promoting cooperation against cyber threats, especially through IMPACT. He said Malaysia was also one of the leading countries in creating ICT content, which is part and parcel of a knowledge and information society, where all citizens of the world could have access to. Asked on calls made by Rais for ITU to relook its roles and constitution in protecting the society from ICT abuses,
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Toure said the issue had to be addressed by every nation by putting together a legal framework to counter it, and there was also a need for all governments of the world to be sensitised at the highest level on the issue. He said ITU was working hard to forge partnerships and support projects whose goal was to create a safe and secure cyber environment for everyone. Among the five areas that the union was working on were the technical framework, national coordination of the ministries involved in managing securities and defence for each country, capacity building and an international framework of cooperation since cyber crime was borderless, he said. -- BERNAMA