President of Burkina Faso becomes a Patron of the Global Cybersecurity Agenda

摘要

On 8 April 2008, ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun I. Toure met Burkina Faso's President Blaise Campaore in the country's capital, Ougadougou. At the centre of their discussions was the topic of cybersecurity. "Confidence and security in using information and communication technologies (ICT) are fundamental in building an inclusive, secure and global information society," Dr Toure said. The Secretary-General underlined that the "legal, technical and institutional challenges posed by cyberthreats and cybercrime are global and far-reaching, and can only be addressed through a coherent strategy that takes into account the role of different stakeholders and existing initiatives". In this context, he added, ITU's Global Cybersecurity Agenda had been launched on 17 May 2007 as a framework for international cooperation.