The Plenipotentiary Conference (PP) is the supreme organ of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), it is a treaty-making conference. It is composed of all 193 ITU Member states and meets every four years.
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| Date | 26 September 2022– 8 October 2022 |
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| Location | Bucharest, Romania |
| Also known as | PP-22 |
| Participants | Member states of the International Telecommunication Union |
| Next event | PP-22 |
| Website | https://pp22.itu.int/en/ |
The Conference determines the policies, direction and activities of the ITU, as well as electing the members of other ITU organs, and positions at the secretariat, namely the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, and the Directors of the Radiocommunication, Standardization, and Development Bureaux.[1][2]
Sessions edit
PP-14 edit
The 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) was held 20 October to 7 November 2014 in Busan (Republic of Korea).[3]
PP-18 edit
The 2018 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18) was held from 29 October until 16 November in Dubai (United Arab Emirates).[4] The conference elected the following ITU officers at the secretariat:
- Secretary-General: Houlin Zhao (2nd term)
- Deputy Secretary-General: Malcolm Johnson (2nd term)
- Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau: Mario Maniewicz (1st term)
- Director of the Standardization Bureau: Chaesub Lee (2nd term)
- Director of the Development Bureau: Doreen Bogdan-Martin (1st term)
PP-22 edit
The 2022 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) was held from 26 September until 8 October in Bucharest, Romania. It elected Doreen Bogdan-Martin to serve as ITU Secretary General and Tomas Lamanauskas to serve as ITU Deputy Secretary-General for 2023-2026. Mario Maniewicz (of Uruguay) was elected for a second term as Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau (the Secretariat of ITU-R). Seizo Onoe (of Japan) was elected Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (the Secretariat of ITU-T).
References edit
- ^ Helmut, Volger (2010). Helmut, Volger (ed.). A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 458–61. ISBN 9789004180048.
- ^ Manhire, Vanessa, ed. (2018). United Nations Handbook (56th ed.). Wellington: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. pp. 344–47. ISSN 0110-1951.
- ^ "ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2014 (PP-14)". ITU. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "PP-18, the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018". ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 (PP-18). Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.