Tonga’s PM attended ITU World Summit on Information Society Forum 2016 Featured
Hon. 'Akilisi Pohiva
11 May, 2016. The Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon. Samuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva led Tonga’s delegation at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2016 of the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, Switzerland on 4th to 6th May, 2016.
The WSIS Forum 2016 represents the world’s largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT for development’ community. The Forum has proven to be an efficient mechanism for coordination of multi-stakeholder implementation activities, information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices and continues to provide assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and public/private partnerships to advance development goals. The purpose of the meeting was to call for a close alignment between the Summit and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development processes. The WSIS Forum serves as a key forum for discussing the role of ICTs as a means of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, with due regard to the global mechanism for follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Hon. Prime Minister delivered a statement at the High-Level Policy Session on 4 May, 2016 alongside Government Leaders, Heads of regulatory authorities and representatives of international and regional organizations, civil societies and private sectors.
In his statement, the Hon. Prime Minister spoke of the solid foundation WSIS has laid down since its endorsement in Minneapolis in 1998 for building a truly global, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society. Through WSIS, ICT has enormous power to change economic structures and greatly contribute to economic prosperity and a better quality of life through providing greater choices and supporting general welfare and cultural activities. Today, ICT has cut through three historical and ground-breaking international agreements that have the potential to change human life for the better; the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
The Hon. Prime Minister recognized that this was the first WSIS after these agreements and identified ICT as an integral tool to achieving these goals, and as an engine for growth in our national ICT policy, which focuses on health, education, environmental sustainability and early warning systems, energy, smart islands, industry growth, and multi-stakeholder cooperation for a resilient and sustainable development. He spoke of Tonga’s introduction of legislative measures to provide greater public confidence in using faster broadband Internet and a more comprehensive sustainable competition regime in the ICT sector through the enactment of the new Communications Act in 2015.
The meeting was also advised on Tonga’s positive progress to develop ICT through the establishment of the Cyber Challenges Task Force to address issues of cyber-security, cyber-safety and cyber-crime and the Tonga Computer Emergency Response Team (Tonga CERT) focusing on cyber-security. Tonga is also in the process of setting up E-Government connecting all Government Ministries, Public Enterprises and Agencies by fibre optic to provide online services.
The Hon. Prime Minister concluded by stating that ICT offered a historic and an unprecedented opportunity not only to achieve goals but to also place its potential at the service of humanity to making our world a better place. The Chief Secretary & Secretary to Cabinet, Dr. Palenitina Langa’oi and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Va’inga Tone also attended the Summit following the meeting of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua that was held in London, England.
The Hon. Prime Minister and the Tongan delegation were greeted by Reverend Siupeli Taliai and the Tongan Community in Melbourne, Australia on their way back to Tonga. The delegation will return to Tonga this week.
5 comments
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Nae tonu ke Palemia pe ia pea falute kotoa atu moe u portfolio kiai kene fakalele he kuo ikai toe ha potugaue kehe ia heene folau ai pea vakaii atu mo Pooi pe oku fai ai pe Puleanga hono fata e fakamole kiheene alu ee.
Maalie mua Puleanga faitotonu mo ofa he kakai. -
Kapau ne taki he folau ko eni a Siaosi Sovaleni ne ako mo ne 'ilo e me'a ki he ICT, pe ko 'ene si'i folau ai 'o fefe
'Ikai ke tau ofo ai ko e me'a eni ko e sitoki hhh
Malie PM ta'emahino -
Pau pe ke pehee Mark, ko e toki tanaki eni e Akilisi ene paanga ne totongi huhui ki he Pule'anga heene fakamaau lau kotoa talu mei heene ngaue fakapolitikale. Fielau he ko e hulihuli 'o Tangaloa 'Etumatupu'a mo 'Atulongolongo eee
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'Oku 'asi foki he Kaniva e lau 'a Fe'ao Vunipola 'e liliu e konisitutone 'ae Komiti 'Akapulu 'a Tonga (TRU) ke 'otometiki pe hoko 'ae Palemia koe Palesiteni 'oe TRU. Kau eni he fo'i fakakaukau tu'ukimu'a, he koe Palesiteni 'oe ngaahi 'iunioni 'akapulu fakafonua 'oku nau entitle kihe folau mo honau ngaahi hoa ki he Rugby World Cup, nofo hotele kalasi 'uluaki, toe ma'u mo pa'anga folau kihe meihe kamata ki he 'osi 'ae fe'auhi, koe ngaahi fakamole kotoa 'e totongi 'ehe World Rugby. 'E tofanga heni 'etau PM he ngaahi fu'u 'otu monu'ia fakavalevale ko eni.
Ka kou fie 'eke kia Fe'ao Vunipola pe koe ha nai e 'uhinga 'oe fo'i liliu konisitutone ko eni, ke ma'u tokotaha ai 'ehe PM e fu'u monu'ia ko eni. Kapau te tau ki'i sio fakalelei, koe toki taha eni e PM fonu monu'ia mo'oni talu 'ene hoko ki he lakanga - ma'u e ngaue moe ngaahi konituleki 'ene fanau, ma'u atu moe ngaue moe konituleki hono ngaahi kaungame'a moe ngaahi kaungame'a 'ene fanau, fakalelei'i laukilu e fu'u feleti pule'anga ke me'a ai, toutou folau mo toho petiemi lalahi, moe ha fua. Ko e a'ua'u lelei mo'oni ia 'ae 'ata ki tu'a, pule lelei moe vahevahe taau ...... malie e. -
Koe toki fu'u folau loloa mo'oni eni kihe ngaahi fonua 'oku totongi mamafa hono me'a kotoa, tukukehe ange e tikite vakapuna first class moe business class kihe ngaahi fu'u 'otu puna loloa ko eni. Kou tui pe mahalo 'e fakafoki 'ehe PM e toenga 'ene perdiem ki falepa'anga, fakataha moe toenga mei he tikite vakapuna he kou tui na'e fili pe ia ke folau economy class moe fakamole e folau he first class moe business class, he koe ngaahi me'a pe foki na'a ne fa'a fai mo fa'a malanga'aki 'i Fale Alea pea na'e iku 'o si'i ta palasia mo fakaanga'i ai si'i kau fakafofonga moe kau minisita he ngaahi pule'anga ki mu'a. Koe pa'anga lahi eni 'oku fakahaofi 'ehe PM he folau ko eni pea 'oku 'osi mateuteu mai a falepa'anga ke lekooti fakalelei e pa'anga ko eni 'i hano fakafoki atu 'ehe PM mo 'ena kau muimui folau. 'Oku tonu ke tau ako e me'a koe faitotonu moe fakapotopoto mei he PM ko eni.