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From left to right: Sami Al-Basheer; Director; Telecommunication Development Bureau; Deputy Secretary-General: Houlin Zhao; Secreto,
General: Hamadoun I. Touré; Valery Timofeev, Director; Radiocommunication Bureau; Malcolm Johnson, Director; Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau.

Q: Internet security e-commerce, e-goveman- contact with each other. not need to convince the
seems a very complicated cc, c-education, etc. We are That's what makes ITU so Head of State of any coun-
task. very dependent on important. try that ICTs are important
cyberspace and we must tools, and WSIS has
When we are talking about avoid a situation where You need a worldwide shown that political sup-
cybersecurit.y, it includes one country can knock out agreement so as not to re- port is there. Now, it's a
the Internet, telephones -- the network of another invent the wheel each matter of adopting the
everything! If not, crimi- country. Everybody has to time. For the first time, the right policy and building
nals from one country will be protected. The fact that private sector will be on an the right strategies, infra-
soon invade other coun- our lives are so dependent equal footing with govern- structures, financing, capa-
tries. Child pornography is on ICTs makes such pro- ments. The private sector city-building and competi-
one thing that we have to tection very important. We needs to be part of the tion. These are the key
tackle to ensure that our could be faced with a agreement because who is areas where we need to
children are protected. situation like that of the going to do the work? work with countries --
Third-Generation techno- tsunami that devastated Security depends upon individually and on a glo-
logy (3G), where tele- parts of Asia at the end of software sold by big com- bal scale.
phones can receive any- 2004 -- a worldwide cata- panies. Therefore, one has
thing by video, is a strophe. Everything could to use a different philo- This is one area where all
problem if you do not have break down if we do not sophy. Since ITU has the parties need to talk to
good protection. Viruses protect ourselves. Do you governments and private each other, since growth is
are another problem. Spam remember the fear that we companies as members necessary everywhere. In
has large cost and other had back in 1999 about the and associates, it's a good order for two parties to
implications. Farmers who "millennium bug"? One place to broker a deal. communicate, they need
invest in hardware and country cannot to do it the same equipment and
software for computers to alone; it has to be done on Q: Can we expect some- the same standards.
sell their products may a global scale. ITU has thing major happening Everywhere, people are
receive viruses that destroy been working on cyber- in the next couple of travelling to other coun-
that investment if they are security for many years. In years? tries and need to commu-
not protected -- the the Development Sector, nicate with their families,
equivalent of many we brought out a number Developing countries see friends and business rela-
months of work. of publications on behalf ICTs as important for their tions. Therefore, the need
of partners who normally own development. You do for communication has
This is where you come to would not have had any
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