PP-14 Highlights: Conference completes elections of top ITU executives
Week one of the conference ended with the elections on 24 October of Malcolm Johnson as the next Deputy Secretary-General of ITU, François Rancy re-elected as Director of ITU’s Radiocommunication Bureau, Brahima Sanou re-elected as Director of the Telecommunication Development…
PP-14 Highlights: Conference elects Houlin Zhao as the next Secretary General of ITU
Elections got under way on 23 October 2014, with the conference electing Houlin Zhao as the next Secretary-General, with 152 votes out of 152 countries present and voting. The required majority was 77. Mr Zhao was sole candidate for the…
PP-14 Highlights: Spotlighting resolutions on emergency telecommunications, the environment and climate change…
Working Group of the Plenary kicks off The first meeting of the Working Group of the Plenary (WGPL) took place on Wednesday, 22 October 2014, under the group’s Chairman Musab Abdulla (Bahrain). Mr Abdulla gave an overview of the proposals…
PP-14 Highlights: Busy day in run-up to elections
A special breakfast with women ministers took place on 21 October, ahead of the first edition of the joint ITU and UN Women Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Technology Awards (GEM-Tech Awards). GEM-Tech Awards aim to recognize outstanding performers and…
N°1 of PP-14 Highlights: Building digital bridges in Busan
President Park Guen-hye of the Republic of Korea graced the opening of ITU’s 19th Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) with her presence. The three-week conference (20 October-7 November) got off to a dynamic start at BEXCO Center in the coastal city of…
WTDC-14 Highlights: Issue N°5, 2 April 2014 : ITU presents Global Cybersecurity Index
Measuring Cyber-readiness; promoting capacity building & knowledge sharing high on the agenda Cyber criminals are often one step ahead of the field in the battle to prevent misuse of information and communication technology. In response, more must be done as…
