{"id":21130,"date":"2022-10-09T07:37:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T07:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-elected-for-the-first-time-to-serve-on-itu-council"},"modified":"2022-10-09T08:27:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T08:27:15","slug":"mauritius-elected-for-the-first-time-to-serve-on-itu-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/mauritius-elected-for-the-first-time-to-serve-on-itu-council","title":{"rendered":"Mauritius elected, for the first time, to serve on ITU Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Member States of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) voted yesterday, during its Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in Bucharest, Romania, on the composition of the next ITU Council, the Organisation\u2019s governing body, for the coming four years. Mauritius has been elected, for the first time, as one of the 48 Member States to sit on the ITU Council from 2023 to 2026.<\/p>\n

In his address, following the results, the Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation, Mr Darsanand Balgobin, who is heading the Mauritian delegation at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, thanked the ITU as well as all the countries that supported Mauritius\u2019 candidacy for these elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to all our efforts, the country was able to be elected to the ITU Council for the first time in our 53 years as a member of this organisation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It is recalled that the ITU, founded in 1865, is the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies.<\/p>\n

It is the intergovernmental body responsible for coordinating the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promoting international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits, improving communication infrastructure in the developing world, and establishing worldwide standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of communications systems.<\/p>\n

The Union\u2019s global membership includes 193 Member States as well as some 900 companies, universities, and international and regional organisations. Elections at the Organisation are held every four years during the Plenipotentiary Conference, which is the highest policy-making body that determines the direction and activities of the ITU, including the general policies together with the four-year strategic and financial plans.<\/p>\n

The Plenipotentiary Conference is presently being held in Romania since 26 September and will end on 14 October 2022. It brings together some 2,500 delegates comprising government ministers and officials as well as representatives from national, regional, and international bodies, academic institutions, and the private sector to decide on the Organisation\u2019s strategic and financial plans and set out the Organisation\u2019s roadmap for 2024-2027.<\/p>\n

Regarding the role of the ITU Council, it acts as the governing body during the four-year period between Plenipotentiary Conferences and meets every year in Geneva.<\/p>\n

The Council, among others, oversees activities, policies and strategies, manages working groups on topics specified by the Plenipotentiary or the Council, and prepares draft ITU strategic and financial plans for presentation to the next Plenipotentiary Conference.<\/p>\n

Seats on the Council are allocated among five regions, namely Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australasia, Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, and Western Europe, following elections during the Plenipotentiary Conferences. Africa is entitled to 13 seats.<\/p>\n


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