The Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized a Global Forum on Youth and ICT for Development: Youth and ICT as Agents of Change, that helped harness the creativity and dynamism that the youth has in exploring and exploiting ICT for their own benefit and for the benefit of their peers and communities in advancement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Forum aimed at actively engaging youth in debates and discussions with their peer representatives, policy makers, private sector, technology and thought leaders and others in exploring ways to empower the community and to participate more fully in society through the appropriate and responsible use of ICT.

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Our Common Humanity in the Information Age
Principles and Values for Development

New York, 29 November 2006

In September 2000, the heads of the Member States of the United Nations gathered in New York for a historic meeting. Unanimously, they signed on to a document called The Millennium Declaration, which outlined a common set of values and principles, including solidarity, tolerance, respect for nature and shared responsibility. In the context of these fundamental values essential to international relations in the twenty-first century, the Declaration called for "broad and sustained efforts to create a shared future, based upon our common humanity in all its diversity". The Millennium Declaration was also the source document for the Millennium Development Goals, eight benchmarks aimed at halving global poverty by 2015.

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Hosted by Chairman Craig Barrett, the second meeting of the Strategy Council focused on the next steps to reaching GAID's objectives, presenting Council members with the opportunity to discuss and identify the ways in which they can contribute to the successful implementation of the GAID Business Plan.

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