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ITU and Republic of Korea sign Host Country Agreement for 2014...
Korea’s second city plans spectacular celebration around the power of information and communication technology Geneva, 21 October 2013 – ITU and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed the...
View ArticlePress release: ITU Council sets stage for Plenipotentiary Conference
Endorses plans to mark ITU’s 150th anniversary in 2015 Geneva, 15 May 2014 – ITU’s governing Council concluded two weeks of deliberations which focused on the strategic and financial plans for the...
View Article#PP14Youth: Online consultation for young people
What if we were able to crowdsource public policy? What if we had the tools to connect policy-makers and citizens in an open dialogue on governance processes? What if policies were created by those...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, Korea, 20 October-7 November:...
World’s largest ICT policy-making conference set to welcome 3,000 international delegates from public and private sector ACCREDIT NOW Geneva, 25 August 2014 – Journalists are encouraged to submit their...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, Busan, Korea: 20 October – 7...
Accredited media benefit from privileged access to conference inputs and background briefings for world’s largest ICT policy conference ACCREDIT NOW Geneva, 24 September 2014 — Journalists have just...
View ArticlePress release: Korean international ICT Ministerial gathering: information...
Over 50 government ministers gather in Busan to define vision of an ICT-led future Busan, 19 October 2014 – Information and communication technology (ICT) must be recognized as the key catalyst that...
View ArticlePP-14 opens doors to leaders from ‘world’s most dynamic industry’
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference opens doors to leaders from ‘world’s most dynamic industry’ Korean President Geun-hye Park joins ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun I. Touré in welcoming 3,000...
View ArticlePress release: ITU celebrates 150th anniversary in 2015
Secretary-General announces partners at Plenipotentiary Conference Busan, 21 October 2014 – The year 2015 marks a major milestone in the history of the International Telecommunication Union. ITU’s...
View ArticleN°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...
View ArticlePress release: ITU Plenipotentiary Conference elects Houlin Zhao as next...
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...
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ITU elects new Deputy Secretary-General
Fourth and final round of the elections: Friday, 24 October 2014, 14.30 hours (Busan time) Malcolm Johnson of United Kingdom was elected Deputy Secretary-General of ITU with 104 votes. 168 countries...
View ArticleITU elects Directors of its three Bureaux
On a first and final round of the elections on Friday, 24 October 2014, 16.00 hours (Busan time) the Directors of the three ITU Bureaux were elected as follows: Director of the ITU’s Radiocommunication...
View ArticlePP-14 Highlights: Spotlighting resolutions on emergency telecommunications,...
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...
View ArticlePP-14 Highlights: Conference elects Houlin Zhao as the next Secretary General...
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....
View ArticleCommuniqué: ITU and South Africa to test new approaches for sustainable rural...
Busan, 26 October 2014 – Arising from a meeting held during the ITU’s Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, Republic of Korea, H.E. Dr Siyabonga Cwele, Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services...
View ArticlePress release: ITU and Busan City unveil Busan Initiative
Partnership will use ICTs to tackle challenges faced by young people Busan, 27 October 2014 – A high-level commitment between ITU and the Busan Metropolitan City addressing issues related to greater...
View ArticlePP-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...
View ArticleGEM-TECH Awards 2014: Winners announced at PP-14
From a shortlist of over 360 nominees, seven winners received the inaugural GEM-TECH Award in recognition of their outstanding achievements in mainstreaming gender in technology. Presided over by ITU...
View ArticlePress release: ITU, UN Women celebrate the power of technology to transform...
Inaugural GEM-TECH Awards bring winners from around the world to Busan, Korea to highlight the transformative power of ICTs Busan, 28 October, 2014 – Seven outstanding individuals and organizations...
View ArticlePress release: President Kagame presents Open Letter from Broadband...
Calls for enhanced broadband planning processes Busan, 29 October 2014 – Governments must enhance their National Broadband planning process to enable ICTs and broadband to catalyse socio-economic...
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