Overview of
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
Malcolm Johnson
TSB Director
ITU
2nd CTO Meeting, Paris
29 October 2010
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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
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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
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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
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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”
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Five Internet-related Resolutions
 Revised:
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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:
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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”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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PP-10 Final Acts :
http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2010/index.html
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