Date:01/11/18
Zhao Houlin, the incumbent secretary-general of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), was re-elected to head the organization for the next four years with majority votes during the 2018 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on November 1.
The election took place during the plenary session of the PP-18 conference. Zhao won the position with 176 votes, from 178 ballot papers deposited. He contested the position unopposed.
Zhao, an information and communication technology (ICT) engineer who has served in a variety of senior management positions at ITU, will begin his second, and last four-year term on January 1, 2019.
After extending the congratulation, Chen Zhaoxiong, China's vice-minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that Chinese government will continue to donate two million US dollars to the ITU for bridging the digital gap among the developing countries.
ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies. ITU membership includes 193 member states, ICT regulators, leading academic institutions and some 700 private companies.
The Plenipotentiary Conference is the key event at which the ITU Member States decide on the future role of the organization, thereby determining the organization's ability to influence and affect the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) worldwide.
Note that the Azerbaijani delegation led by Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade participated in the elections.
New Secretary-General of ITU elected
Zhao Houlin, the incumbent secretary-general of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), was re-elected to head the organization for the next four years with majority votes during the 2018 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on November 1.The election took place during the plenary session of the PP-18 conference. Zhao won the position with 176 votes, from 178 ballot papers deposited. He contested the position unopposed.
Zhao, an information and communication technology (ICT) engineer who has served in a variety of senior management positions at ITU, will begin his second, and last four-year term on January 1, 2019.
After extending the congratulation, Chen Zhaoxiong, China's vice-minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that Chinese government will continue to donate two million US dollars to the ITU for bridging the digital gap among the developing countries.
ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies. ITU membership includes 193 member states, ICT regulators, leading academic institutions and some 700 private companies.
The Plenipotentiary Conference is the key event at which the ITU Member States decide on the future role of the organization, thereby determining the organization's ability to influence and affect the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) worldwide.
Note that the Azerbaijani delegation led by Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade participated in the elections.
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