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Committed to connecting the world 1

Overview of ITU Plenipotentiary Conference

Malcolm JohnsonMalcolm JohnsonTSB DirectorTSB Director

ITUITU

22ndnd CTO Meeting, Paris CTO Meeting, Paris29 October 201029 October 2010


PP-10 in numbers in Guadalajara, Mexico, 4-22 October 2010

Opened by President of Mexico Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

2,022 registered participants and observers from 167 ITU Member States

42 Sector Members and observer organizations

over 70 Ministers, 26 Deputy Ministers, and 35 ambassadors


PP-10 Elections Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré reelected Deputy SG Houlin Zhao reelected Director TSB Malcolm Johnson reelected Francois Rancy elected as new Director BR Brahima Sanou elected as new Director BDT 48 Member States elected to Council 12 Radio Regulations Board Members elected


Strong backing of ITU-T in PP-10

TSB Director Malcolm Johnson honoured with strong mandate

PP-10 had numerous ITU-T issues and numerous references were made to ITU-T work


ITU-T’s strategic goals

“To develop interoperable, non-discriminatory international standards (ITU-T Recommendations)

To assist in bridging the standardization gap between developed and developing countries

To extend and facilitate international cooperation among international, regional and national standardization bodies”


ITU’s financial situation

Some countries increase, some countries decreased their financial contribution to ITU

Financial Plan of CHF 632 million adopted for the years 2012 – 2015


New membership category for Academia

membership fee:

Universities/institutes from developed countries CHF 3,975

Universities/institutes from developing countries CHF 1,987.50

(Sector Membership fee for industry: CHF 31,800)


Reduced membership fee for Sector Members from developing countries

ITU-T Sector membership fee for Sector Members from developing countries with annual per capita income of less than USD 2 000 according to the UNDP classification: CHF 3,975


ITU-T reinforced role in ICT and Climate Change

PP-10 approved a new Resolution “The role of telecommunications/ICTs on climate change and the protection of the environment”

A strong mandate for ITU-T to show leadership


Strong support for Conformance and Interoperability programme

PP-10 approved a new Resolution “Conformance and Interoperability”

ITU-T to implement without delay Council-09 endorsed: - conformity assessment programme;

- interoperability programme;- human resources capacity building; - assistance in the establishment of test facilities in developing countries


Invites Sector Members to populate the pilot conformity database with details of

products tested to applicable ITU-T Recommendations: in accredited test laboratories (first, second or third party) or by accredited certification bodies or according to procedures adopted by an SDO or forum

qualified in accordance with Recommendation ITU-T A.5; to participate in ITU-facilitated interoperability events to take an active role in building capacity in developing

countries to bear in mind the legal and regulatory frameworks

concerning equipment that negatively affects the quality of telecommunication infrastructure, in particular with respect to counterfeit equipment


Five Internet-related Resolutions Revised:

• Res 101 “Internet Protocol-based networks”• Res 102 “ITU's role with regard to international

public policy issues pertaining to the Internet and the management of Internet resources, including domain names and addresses”

• Res 133 “Role of administrations of Member States in the management of internationalized (multilingual) domain names”

New:• New Res “ITU role in organizing the work on

technical aspects of telecommunication networks to support the Internet”

• New Res “Facilitating the transition from IPv4 to IPv6”


Essence of Internet Resolutions ITU “to explore ways and means for greater

collaboration between ITU and relevant organizations including, but not limited to, ICANN, the RIRSs, IETF, ISO and W3C, on the basis of a reciprocity

… to increase the role of ITU in Internet governance …”

Director TSB to review need for new study group to work on technical issues of telecommunication networks to support the Internet


First Resolution on Accessibility

PP-10 approved a new Resolution "Telecommunication/ICT accessibility for persons with disabilities, including age-related disabilities“

ITU to provide accessibility to ICTs, and to ITU facilities and services, for participants with visual, hearing or physical disabilities

Establishment of voluntary fund to assist disabled participants


Cybersecurity Rev Resolution 30 ”Strengthening the role of ITU

in building confidence and security in the use of ICTs”

ITU-T - to intensify work in ITU-T study groups- to address existing and future threats and

vulnerabilities

ITU to work towards a possible MoU to strengthen cybersecurity and to combat cyberthreats


International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) and

World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT)

PP-10 confirmed Council’s decision to hold a World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) back-to-back with WTSA (October/November 2012)

WTSA will again be preceded by a 1-day Global Standards Symposium

WCIT will consider new and emerging issues for updating International Telecommunication Regulations within its scope and purpose


PP-10 Final Acts :

http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2010/index.html

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