PP-14 Highlights: Connect 2020: A global ICT agenda from Busan
The ITU 19th Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) ended on 7 November, with 150 countries having signed its Final Acts. More than 51 resolutions, including 21 new resolutions were approved by PP-14 and address the current and future ICT agenda of the…
PP-14 Highlights: Busan responds to global issues that need global solutions
Committees 3 (Budget Control), 5 (Legal and Policy) and 6 (Administration and Management), and the Working Group of the Plenary completed their work on Tuesday, 4 November. Many revised and new resolutions are now with the Editorial Committee (Committee 4)…
PP-14 Highlights: Conference moves into top gear as it enters final week
The conference began its third and final week on Monday, 3 November by approving a number of revised and new resolutions submitted for its endorsement by its Working Group of the Plenary (WGPL), Committee 5 (Legal and Policy), and Committee…
PP-14 Highlights: Global flight tracking for civil aviation
Global flight tracking for civil aviation – a new resolution instructing WRC-15 to include this topic on its agenda The loss of Malaysia’s Flight MH370 has spurred worldwide discussions on global flight tracking and the need for ITU and other…
PP-14 Highlights: Gender equality and mainstreaming – Winners of the GEM-TECH Awards 2014
Seven winners received the Gender Equality and Mainstreaming Technology (GEM-TECH) Awards 2014 here in Busan on 28 October at a plenary session of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. ITU and UN Women launched this new global annual technology award in June…
PP-14 Highlights: Conference elects new Radio Regulations Board and ITU Council Member States for 2015-2018
On 27 October, the conference elected the new 12-member Radio Regulations Board (RRB) and the 48 Member States that will constitute ITU Council for the next four years, concluding one of the key items of the PP-14 agenda. The vote…