First session of Steering Committee on Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (APIS) of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) was concluded on Thursday at Hotel Sonargaon.
About 100 delegates from different countries and international agencies attended the two-day session, said a press release on Friday.
“Bangladesh has been playing a significant role as Chair of the Working Group on the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (APIS),” said State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak.
Earlier, Bangladesh was made chair of the Working Group of APIS at the second meeting on the Working Group of APIS held at Guangzhou of China from 29-30 August 2016.
Director General of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DoICT) and AIPS Steering Committee President Banamali Bhowmick said, “This has created an opportunity for Bangladesh to lead the international forum and play due role to reduce the use of internet broadband of the countries of Asia-Pacific region.”
