What is the content of the Bucharest Declaration for the Digital Future, which Syria signed?

Bucharest (ST): During its participation in the Ministerial Round Table of the International Telecommunication Union Conference ITUPP22, which was held in Bucharest, Romania, Syria signed the so-called (Bucharest Declaration towards building a better digital future for all). What is this declaration, and what does it include?

The Bucharest Declaration, which was signed by the Syrian delegation represented by the Minister of Communications and Technology, Engineer Iyad Al-Khatib, included a number of recommendations for the future of communications for the next four years, protecting people from its dangers, as digitization has become a major driver of economic prosperity to create a more inclusive, integrated and digitized society all over the world.

The Bucharest Declaration calls for a commitment from now on to ensuring a free, open and universal Internet, interoperable, reliable and secure, enabling universal access to affordable and high-quality communications, promoting its fair use for sustainable development (sustainable digital transformation), and close cooperation with international organizations and related regionalization efforts to catalyze efforts towards a secure and reliable digital economy and society.

The Bucharest Declaration called for promoting future-oriented policies to benefit from the power of communications and facilitating digital technologies, adopting strategies and policies conducive to increasing the uptake of digital technology, identifying coherent actions that address current and future challenges, and giving priority to policies that build sustainable digital ecosystems based on innovation, underlining the importance of uniting forces to promote cultural diversity and meaningful participation for youth, as well as the inclusion of both genders and people with disabilities by enhancing participation in decision-making processes, development and innovation, and increasing decent work opportunities.

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