through which one becomes a stakeholder of all exchanges, social and cultural integration which means that one can maintain relational links and that one has access to a common symbolic heritage. 537. In a world threatened by fundamentalism and terrorism, the World Solidarity Fund appears like an antidote for the dehumanization of the world and the shock of civilizations. The World Soldarity Fund proposed by Tunisia in 1999 and adopted by the UN in December 2000 is a powerful vector of partnership and rapprochement between peoples, in the service of peace, social progress, shared well-being and security in the world. 538. It is in recognition of Tunisia’s efforts and its commitment in the field of information and communication technology that it had been chosen by the United Nations General Assembly to host the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society from 16 to 18 November 2005 whose deliberations had resulted in two important documents titled: « Tunis Commitment » and « Tunis Diary ». The challenges posed by these two international documents are that much more vital as the mastery of the information highways touches the very heart of civil and political rights: public information, freedom of expression, secret of private life and the protection of personal information, individual freedom. They can be a poweful vector of the right to human development just as they can be tools for segregation, dominance, hegemony and a hindrance to the sovereignty of less well-equipped States and of transnational organized crime. II- The Right of the Regions to Development 539. Springing from the firm conviction that national development can only be equitable and efficient where it covers all the regions, Tunisia has elevated regional development to the position of absolute priority considering that it represents a powerful lever for the concretization of the principle of equal opportunities and of opportunities for all Tunisians no matter what their geographical location. 540. The constantly renewed interest in the development of the region, of all the regions, also indicates the conviction that the attainment of the objectives fixed by the international community and the confronting of the challenges arising from the new context require the mobilization of all energies and all the living forces of the Nation. 541. A global and coherent strategy based on the continuous consolidation of achievements, of a strengthening of the means deployed for the benefit of each region and of the elimination of all obstacles to development, had been implemented and is fundamentally based on two main lines: • • The first aims at establishing the region as a full actor in the developent process and enabling it to fully valorize and exploit its existing and potential resources; The second consists in promoting a greater complementarity between the regions for the purpose of creating synergies capable of accelerating their development and of strengthening national cohesion. 113