Hamadoun Toure Quotes

Mali, Public Servant
September 3, 1953

Hamadoun Touré (born September 3, 1953) of Mali was Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to information and communication technologies (ICTs), from 2007 to December 2014. He was re-elected for a second four-year term in 2010. Since 2007, he has worked to fulfil ITU's mandate to 'connect the world' and help achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Also known as Politician

The right to communicate is a basic human right, and I believe that putting that on every national agenda is very important.

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- Believe
- Important
- Human
Broadband gives small businesses the opportunity to broaden their customer base and reduce their overheads through e-commerce platforms.

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Each day of absence is a further day of suffering for these population.

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- Day
- Suffering
- Population
Nearly 1,000 dead -- I cannot remember a time when so many were killed in such a short space of time.

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- Time
- Remember
- Space
They are mostly unidentified combatants killed with machetes.

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You will not be able to meet the Millennium Development goals in health without e-health, in education without e-education, and government services will not be able to be provided without e-government services.

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- Education
- Health
- Goals
We informed the government and UNITA of the flight details -- the flight path, the time, the number of people on board and the cargo.

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- People
- Time
- Path