ICT involves the use of modern and old technologies for gathering, storing and retrieval of information with subsequent transmission to third party for further usage. The youth being adaptable, creative and innovative stand the best to benefit from the rapid development of ICT. The proliferation of Information and Communication Technologies presents on the other hand both opportunities and challenges in terms of social development and inclusion of youth. (United Nations, 2005).

 Equitable social and economic development depends on fair legal frameworks and social norms that support the rights of women and children. Discriminatory laws and practices that do not give equal rights to all, and that suppress women’s and children’s rights, have no place in contemporary families, communities, societies and nations.

-Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations

I call on everyone to stand united in defending and encouraging press freedom and the right to access to information. This is essential for human rights and dignity, for our aspirations for sustainable development, for common determination to build lasting peace.

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is the United Nations’ central platform for reflection, debate, and innovative thinking on sustainable development. It serves as the central mechanism for the activities of the United Nations system and its specialized agencies, and supervises the subsidiary and expert bodies in the economic, social and environmental fields and brings people and issues together to promote collective action for a sustainable world.

It is established by the United Nations Charter as the principal organ, under the authority of the General Assembly, in order to promote higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development, solutions of international economic, social, health, and related problems; and international cultural and educational cooperation and universal respect for, as well as observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.

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