Press release: ITU Plenipotentiary Conference elects Houlin Zhao as next Secretary-General
ICT engineer turned career diplomat endorsed as ‘safe pair of hands’ to steer ITU through its next four years Busan, 23 October 2014 – ITU’s 19th Plenipotentiary Conference roundly endorsed Houlin Zhao of China as its next Secretary-General. Zhao will…
ITU elects new Secretary-General
On a first and final round of elections held on Thursday, 23 October 2014, 8.30 hours (Busan time) Houlin Zhao of China was elected Secretary-General of ITU with 152 votes. 152 countries were present and voting and the required majority was 77. Interview with Houlin Zhao…
PP-14: Electing ITU top executives
Meet the candidates! One of the duties of the Plenipotentiary Conference is to elect the top management of ITU to lead the work of the Union in the coming four years. There are five such posts: Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, Director…
