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Iraq primarily views this endeavor in very positive light. This initiative to globally develop in fields of information and telecommunications could yield a very positive outcome for the prospects of international security. The movement to "bridge the digital divide"(unicttaskforce.org) amidst nations is viewed by Iraq as noble and very progressive in terms of its merits. The developed world has used the fields of information and telecommunications for decades as a measure to promote and enforce international security. In the last 50 years technology played a vital role in political theaters, such as the cold war, in the context of international security. As we enter the information age, the digital divide amongst developed, developing and least developed nations must be reduced to a minimal level in order to promote an integrated multi-platform for sectoral policy dialog among nations(un-gaid.org). Iraq, as a least developed nations feels that the bridging of the digital divide, in support of the GDDI (Global Digital Divide Initiative) and WSIS(World Summit on the Information Society), is a crucial step for least developed and developing countries to take. This development, Iraq believes, aids economic progress and promotes communication and free dialog amidst nations and the peoples of nations. Iraq believes in the potential of the ICT(Information and Communication Technologies) in assisting a country's development in various ways, such as those addressed in the WSIS II conference: "Choosing the Right Technologies For Education," and " Putting ICT to Work for the Millennium Development Goals and the UN Development Agenda."

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Africa ICT conference http://www.ngopulse.org/event/international-conference-ict-africa-2010 Education and ICT http://www.worldbank.org/education/ict Education and MDG http://www.infodev.org/en/Publication.19.html

Strongly Supports all initiatives toward international cooperation towards improving international security through measures of sharing information and new technology developments in the field through the implementations of measures suggested by the GDDI and the WSIS, especially: a) developments in improving educational institutions in the context of the field of the information and telecommunications with a focus on developing nations b) seeking the fullfillment of the Millenium Development Goals with the help of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in finding new innovations to aid this endeavor in developing nations