Month: June 2019

Daily report: ITU Council 2019 – Day 8

This high-level report on the activities of Day 8, 19 June, of ITU Council 2019 includes:

  • Agreed dates for Plenipotentiary Conference 2022: 26 September – 14 October 2022
  • Continuing discussions on the ITU headquarters rebuilding project
  • Chair of Council urges Informal Group on CWG-Internet open consultation topic to try and reach consensus one last time

Pre-meeting report: ICANN65

Building on the success of our first pre-meeting report on ITU Council 2019, we’re publishing a second pre-meeting report. This time, on ICANN65, the ICANN policy meeting happening in Marrakech, 24-27 June 2019.

Like the ITU Council 2019 pre-meeting report, this report is aimed at:

  • People who don’t have an in-depth knowledge of the organization
  • Also more experienced participants, who simply want a very quick overview of the main issues to be discussed, with pointers to which sessions are relevant for each issue

Other ICANN65 briefings worth reading are:

Daily report: ITU Council 2019 – Day 6

This high-level report on the activities of Day 6, 17 June, of ITU Council 2019 includes:

  • Informal Group on CWG-Internet concludes without any agreement on topics for future open consultations
  • Informal Working Group on WTPF-21 agrees on a theme, Policies for mobilizing new and emerging telecommunications/ICTs for sustainable development
  • ITU Telecom World 2020 to be held in Hanoi, September 2020

Daily report: ITU Council 2019 – Day 5

This high-level report on the activities of Day 5, 14 June, of ITU Council 2019 includes:

  • An update on discussions on the ITU headquarters rebuilding project
  • Entities that received exemption from paying Sector Member fees (including ICANN and CTO)
  • Conclusion of the work to develop Terms of Reference for the Expert Group on International Telecommunication Regulations

Daily report: ITU Council 2019 – Day 4

This high-level report on the activities of Day 4, 13 June, of ITU Council 2019 includes:

  • World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) 2021 to be held in Addis Ababa
  • Information on the 7 informal consultation processes created to date, including one on a draft Council decision on conducting a general audit of ITU and its regional offices as a response to a case of fraud uncovered in a regional office

Daily report: ITU Council 2019 – Day 3

This high-level report on the activities of Day 3, 12 June, of ITU Council 2019 includes:

  • An update on the five informal processes underway by the end of Day 3 to resolve issues related to the CWG-Internet, WSIS, WTPF and the EG-ITRs
  • A brief summary of the ITU Secretariat’s overview of the remedial action they are taking after a case of fraud was uncovered at a regional ITU office

Daily report: ITU Council 2019 – Day 2

This high-level report for the Council’s activities on 12 June 2019 includes the following:

  • Overview of the two working groups created on WTPF-21 and ITRs
  • Decision on the theme for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) 2020
  • Decisions made in Plenary, as well as the first session of the Standing Committee for Administration and Management (ADM)

Day 1 report available here.

Daily report: ITU Council 2019 – Day 1

Attached is a very brief, high-level report on the activities of Day 1, 10 June, of ITU Council 2019. Included in the summary report:

  • Locations of ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 and World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2020
  • Actions taken by Council on documents presented during the day, including on proposals to improve ITU Plenipotentiary processes and ethical principles for ITU election campaigns