The members of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development followed Task Force recommendations the Manifesto which stated the position and shared belief in the benefits of broadband for Sustainable Development to world leaders, top policy-makers, industry leaders, users and consumers.
The Manifesto will be presented at a side event of the 5th session of the United Nations Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, to be held at UN headquarters in New York later today. It follows on the heels of a new report, Transformational Solutions for 2015 and Beyond, which was prepared by a Broadband Commission Task Force and launched at the 8th meeting of the Commission on 21 September 2013.