Tanzania has been elected among 48
countries out of 193 Member States to be in the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU) Council for 2023 to 2026. Tanzania is among 13 countries
representing Africa Region.
The council is the Union’s governing body that
is mandated to consider broad telecommunication policy issues to ensure that
ITU activities, policies and strategies fully respond to today’s dynamic,
rapidly changing telecommunications environment.
Nape Nnauye (MP), Tanzania's Minister
of Information, Communication, and Information Technology reaffirms Tanzania's commitment
in ITU for the 4 years it will be in the council.
“I wish to reiterate that Tanzania is committed
to cooperating and sharing with the other Member States, the ITU Secretariat, and the
regional offices to make ITU an eminent international body that plays an
important role in enhancing the socio-economic development of all member countries
as members of ITU council” said Hon. Nnauye.
Doreen Bogdan-Martin (USA) was the Secretary
General of ITU, and Tomas Lamanauskas (Lithuania), Deputy Secretary General and
Bureau Directors in charge of the ITU's three primary work areas, member states
of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) completed elections for the
ITU’ Council and Radio Regulations Board.
Mario Maniewicz (Uruguay) was elected to serve a
second term as Director of ITU's Radiocommunication Bureau, which is
responsible for maintaining and implementing the Radio Regulations treaty that
harmonizes international spectrum use and satellite orbits and for developing
the related technical standards.
Seizo Onoe (Japan) was elected to lead the ITU's
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, which has a membership of
governments, for-profit organizations, and technical experts from all over the
world and is in charge of creating global technical standards for
telecommunication and ICT (information and communication technology).
Dr. Cosmas Zavazava (Zimbabwe) was elected as
the new Director of the ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau, which is in
charge of coordinating international efforts to connect the unconnected through
encouraging equitable and inclusive digital development, enhancing the capacity
and infrastructure of developing nations, and launching programs to make
technology more accessible to everyone.
Twelve individuals were elected as members of the
ITU Radio Regulations Board. The Board is in charge of maintaining and
enforcing the Radio Regulations treaty, which unifies global spectrum use and
satellite orbits, as well as creating the necessary technical standards.
Beginning on January 1, 2023, each of the five
elected officials and the 48 ITU Council Members will begin a four-year
tenure.
By: Innocent Mungy, Bucharest
