Andorra

International Telecommunication Union

doi:http://handle.itu.int/11.1002/pub/802fce48-76133b56-en

Visions for a better world, Volume 1

A compendium of extracts from statements of Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva, 10 - 12 December 2003

A compendium of extracts from statements of Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva, 10-12 December 2003. This publication provides extracts from statements by Heads of State and Government at the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) that took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 10–12 December 2003. It is intended as a historical resource and as a vehicle to carry the messages of world leaders to a wider public.

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Andorra

I t is an obvious fact that new technologies have had a great influence in shaping our present-day world, which is more and more interdependent and globalized. The technological revolution, like all new things, has both positive and negative aspects. It is up to the rulers of the world to enhance the positive ones and eliminate or minimize the negative ones, always bearing in mind that the greatest beneficiary of the new technologies must be humankind.