UN General Assembly approves Azerbaijan's East-West information superline initiative

A draft resolution on the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway initiated by Azerbaijan was unanimously adopted during the meeting of the UN General Assembly`s Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee), in New York.

On the proposal of the Azerbaijan`s Ministry of ICT, the draft resolution was submitted for consideration at the 64th session of UN General Assembly, press-service of Azerbaijan`s Foreign Affairs Ministry said. Since September, the Azerbaijani delegation has held succesful bilateral and multilateral negotiations on the draft resolution.

A draft resolution stressed a significant role of the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway in bridging the “digital divide” in the Eurasia region.

Different regions supported the draft resolution with a number of influential UN member-countries joining the initiative as authors. They include US, Germany, Australia, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, China, India, Georgia, Switzerland, Israel, Iraq, Canada, Korea, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Moldova, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Japan and others.

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