Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates make bid for Global Internet access
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Saturday threw their weight and their resources behind the goal of bringing Internet access to each and everyone in the world by 2020. The pledge is part of a UN effort to get rid of extreme poverty by 2030, a goal set during a special summit at the global body.
In 1990s,The Internet became commonplace in developed countries, but United Nation officials estimate that half of the world does not have reliable access -- specially women and girls, whose education is important in development.
"When people are using tools and knowledge of the Internet,if they use opportunities that make life good for all of us," said a declaration signed by Zuckerberg and Bill and Melinda Gates, who have loved their wealth to philanthropy.
The declaration said,"The Internet belongs to everyone And it should be accessible by everyone".
Mark Zuckerberg, writing on Facebook said, "for every 10 people connected to the Internet, one is lifted out from poverty".
"we have a great opportunity to lift the entire world in the coming years,when we connect the more than four billion people in new who are not yet online," he wrote.
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of free online encyclopedia Wikipedia ,and U2 frontman Bono on behalf of his One anti-poverty campaign.
Jamie Drummond, global executive director of One, called every country to come up with an "urgent plan" to meet the Internet access goals.
The campaigners did not declare funding on their own, but the UN has said that meeting the global goals will cost between USD 3.5 and USD Five trillion per year. The Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation on Saturday released its own roadmap, which put a high priority on improving the health and education for girls.
The released report, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, " more than USD 25 billion has committed so far to reach the goals, led by USD 3.3 billion from the USA and large pledges from Canada, Germany and Sweden".
Melinda , speaking to reporters in advance of the release,said that education and the health of girls was difficult to anti-poverty efforts and that the big issue had not been completely emphasized in the UN's in previous Millennium Development Goals.
"When we looking at invest our own money or ask governments to investing their money... we have to sure that those investments make a difference," she said.
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Saturday threw their weight and their resources behind the goal of bringing Internet access to each and everyone in the world by 2020. The pledge is part of a UN effort to get rid of extreme poverty by 2030, a goal set during a special summit at the global body.
In 1990s,The Internet became commonplace in developed countries, but United Nation officials estimate that half of the world does not have reliable access -- specially women and girls, whose education is important in development.
"When people are using tools and knowledge of the Internet,if they use opportunities that make life good for all of us," said a declaration signed by Zuckerberg and Bill and Melinda Gates, who have loved their wealth to philanthropy.
The declaration said,"The Internet belongs to everyone And it should be accessible by everyone".
Mark Zuckerberg, writing on Facebook said, "for every 10 people connected to the Internet, one is lifted out from poverty".
"we have a great opportunity to lift the entire world in the coming years,when we connect the more than four billion people in new who are not yet online," he wrote.
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of free online encyclopedia Wikipedia ,and U2 frontman Bono on behalf of his One anti-poverty campaign.
Jamie Drummond, global executive director of One, called every country to come up with an "urgent plan" to meet the Internet access goals.
The campaigners did not declare funding on their own, but the UN has said that meeting the global goals will cost between USD 3.5 and USD Five trillion per year. The Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation on Saturday released its own roadmap, which put a high priority on improving the health and education for girls.
The released report, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, " more than USD 25 billion has committed so far to reach the goals, led by USD 3.3 billion from the USA and large pledges from Canada, Germany and Sweden".
Melinda , speaking to reporters in advance of the release,said that education and the health of girls was difficult to anti-poverty efforts and that the big issue had not been completely emphasized in the UN's in previous Millennium Development Goals.
"When we looking at invest our own money or ask governments to investing their money... we have to sure that those investments make a difference," she said.
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