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Global Innovation Forum (GIF-24),Young Women in AI session, Opening Remarks , Valletta, Malta, 29 November 2024

ITU-D Study Group 2 meeting, Opening Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 11 November 2024

ITU-D Study Group 1, Opening Remarks , Geneva, Switzerland, 04 November 2024

Global Innovation Forum (GIF-24), Unlocking the Youth Dividend Through Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Opening Remarks, Valletta, Malta, 29 October 2024

Global Innovation Forum (GIF-24), Opening Remarks , Valletta, Malta, 28 October 2024

WTSA 2024, Innovation Xchange 2024 , Opening Remarks, New Delhi, India, 23 October 2024

Council Working Group on Child Online Protection (CWG COP), Welcome Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 30 September 2024

Annual meetings of the Expert Groups on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI) and on Household Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGH) 2024, Opening remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 25 September 2024

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium 2024, Opening remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 23 September 2024

ITU Digital Skills Forum, Opening Remarks, Manama, Bahrain, 17 September 2024

ITU Academy Training Centres Global Annual Meeting, Opening Remarks, Manama, Bahrain, 16 September 2024

Early Warning for All Initiative (Pillar 3) Webinar for Africa Region, Opening Remarks, Virtual, 12 September 2024

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Meeting, ‘Artificial Intelligence and Child Rights’, Opening Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 06 September 2024

Meeting of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG), Geneva, Switzerland, 29 July 2024

First APT Meeting for the World Telecommunications Development Conference (WTDC-25), Opening Remarks, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 19 July 2024

Giga Connectivity Forum, Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 09 July 2024

Global Symposium for Regulators, 2024, Opening Remarks, Kampala, Uganda, 02 July 2024

The Industry Advisory Group on Development Issues and the Private Sector Chief Regulatory Officers (IAGDI-CRO) meeting at GSR-24, Opening Remarks, Kampala, Uganda, 02 July 2024

Regional Regulatory Associations (RA)/Digital Regulation Network (DRN) Meeting, Opening Remarks , Kampala, Uganda, 01 July 2024

AI for Good Global Summit 2024, “Forecasting the Future: AI in Early Warning Systems”, Introductory Remarks , Geneva, Switzerland, 31 May 2024

AI for Good Global Summit 2024, “Unleashing the Power of Open-Source AI: Transforming Digital Public Services for a Better Tomorrow”, Opening Remarks , Geneva, Switzerland, 31 May 2024

“Launch of the GovStack Knowledge & e-Learning Hub” at the World Summit on the Information Society 2024 (WSIS+20), Opening Remarks. , Geneva, Switzerland, 30 May 2024

Statement for General Debate by the International Telecommunication Union, Fourth United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States, St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, 29 May 2024

31st Meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG), Closing Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland , 23 May 2024

31st Meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG), Opening Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 20 May 2024

International Girls in ICTs Day 2024, Opening Remarks, Manilla, Philippines, 25 April 2024

Global CyberDrill 2024, Opening Address, Dubai World Trade Centre, 23 April 2024

ITU-D Study Group 1 Rapporteur Group Meetings and Workshops, Opening Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 15 April 2024

ITU Regional Forum on Digital Government 2024, Opening Remarks, Astana, Kazakhstan, 28 March 2024

ITU Regional Development Forum 2024 for the CIS Region, Closing Remarks, Astana, Kazakhstan, 27 March 2024

ITU Regional Development Forum 2024 for the CIS Region, Opening Remarks, Astana, Kazakhstan, 26 March 2024

Inaugural Meeting of the Digital Innovation Board of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Development, Opening Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 19 March 2024

I-CoDI Global Training: Catalyzing Processes for the ITU Acceleration Centres and First Meeting of the Centres, Opening Remarks, UAE, Dubai, 04 March 2024

Euro-Asian IT-Forum: Digital Sovereignty as the Basis for Long-Term International Cooperation, Moscow, Russia, 20 February 2024

ATU Africa Innovation Challenge Award Ceremony, Partner Address, Nairobi, Kenya, 09 February 2024

1st African Preparatory Meeting for ITU WTDC-25, Opening Remarks, Nairobi, Kenya, 08 February 2024

Third meeting of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG), Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 22 January 2024

Council Working Group on Child Online Protection (CWG COP), Welcoming Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 22 January 2024

“Open-Source Software for Sustainable Development Goals (OSS4SDG)” Innovation Challenge SDG5, Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 15 December 2023

EQUALS in Tech Partners Meeting, Opening Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 13 December 2023

Her Cybertracks Closing Session, Opening remarks, Online, 11 December 2023

UNCTAD eWeek: Bridging the Digital Divide: Advancing Inclusion in Africa with Affordable Devices, Opening and panel remarks , Online, 06 December 2023

UNCTAD e-week: Bridging the Digital Divide: Achieving Universal and Meaningful Connectivity, Opening remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 05 December 2023

GovStack Advisory Board, Opening remarks, Online, 05 December 2023

Group on Capacity Building Initiatives (GCBI) Meeting, Opening remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 29 November 2023

ITU Regional Development Forum 2023 for the ARAB Region, Opening Remarks, Bahrain, 06 November 2023

ITU-D Study Group 2, Opening remarks , Geneva, Switzerland, 30 October 2023

ITU-D Study Group 1, Opening remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 23 October 2023

Opening Remarks at the ITU Academy Training Centres (ATCs) Annual Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 17 October 2023

Opening Remarks at the CWG on COP, Geneva, Switzerland, 09 October 2023

ITU Regional Development Forum for Africa, Opening remarks, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 03 October 2023

First EMERG-EaPeReg-ITU Joint Workshop on Strengthening Broadband Infrastructure and Services across the Europe Region, Budva, Montenegro, 28 September 2023

Remarks at the ITU-EKIP Regional Regulatory Forum 2023 , Budva, Montenegro, 28 September 2023

Remarks at the Launch of the IPv6 laboratory, Montenegro, 27 September 2023

Opening of Expert Group on Telecommunications/ICT Indicators (EGTI) and the Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators (EGH), Geneva, Switzerland, 18 September 2023

ITU Regional Development Forum for Asia and the Pacific, Opening remarks, Bangkok, Thailand, 13 September 2023

ITU Regional Development Forum for the Americas (RDF-AMS) 2023, Closing remarks, San Salvador, El Salvador, 18 August 2023

ITU Regional Development Forum for the Americas (RDF-AMS) 2023, Opening remarks, San Salvador, El Salvador, 16 August 2023

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium 2023, Closing remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 04 July 2023

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium 2023, Opening remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 03 July 2023

30th Meeting of the Telecommunication Advisory Group (TDAG), Opening Remarks, Geneva, Switzerland, 19 June 2023

Regional Regulatory Association (RA) Meeting, , Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 05 June 2023

Industry Advisory Group on Development Issues and the Private Sector Chief Regulatory Officers (IAGDI-CRO) meeting, Opening Remarks, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 05 June 2023

Global Symposium for Regulators 2023 (GSR-23), Opening remarks, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 05 June 2023

CEPT, Opening Ceremony, Opening remarks, Timisoara, Romania, 24 May 2023

ITU Regional Development Forum (RDF-Europe) , panel three: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Digital Development, Opening remarks, Timisoara, Romania, 23 May 2023

ITU Regional Development Forum for Europe (RDF-EUR), Opening Ceremony Segment, Opening Remarks, Timisoara, Romania, 22 May 2023

8th Steering Committee Meeting Opening Remarks, Connect2Recover - Online, 10 May 2023

UNCTDA Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-Commerce and the Digital Economy Sixth Session, Panel Remarks and Talking Points, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 10 May 2023

Accelerating Digital Skills Development, Remarks, Global DTC workshop, Cebu, Philippines, 09 May 2023

Catalytic Private Sector Innovation Solutions in Africa: Animating Our Common Agenda Proposals towards the SDG Summit, Keynote address, STI Forum 2023 and Science, Technology, and Innovation in Africa Day , New York, 02 May 2023

Information Session on Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Meaningful Connectivity: Connect2Recover Initiative, Opening Remarks, Online, 02 May 2023

Peer Learning Roundtable SDG 9 and 17, Opening Remarks, Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region, Geneva, 29 March 2023

Regional Innovation Forum for Asia and the Pacific, Opening Remarks, Opening of ITU Area Office and Innovation Center, New Delhi, 23 March 2023

Session #216: ICT Indicators for monitoring international goals and targets, Closing Remarks, World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2023, Geneva, 16 March 2023

Rwanda Country Workshop: The Role of Telecommunication Technologies in Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Development, Keynote Address, World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2023, Geneva, 16 March 2023

The Next Frontier: Let's talk Digital Resilience - Cyber and Space, Opening Remarks , World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2023, Geneva, 13 March 2023

Youth enabling digital development in LDCs, Opening Address, The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), Doha, 07 March 2023

Partner2Connect: Accelerating the DOHA Program of Action through partnerships for meaningful connectivity and digital transformation, Closing Remarks, The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), Doha, 06 March 2023

Putting Youth at the forefront: Paving the way for an enabling environment for youth to thrive and prosper, Closing Remarks, The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), Doha, 05 March 2023

Keynote Address, Connectivity for Humanitarian Impact, Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, Barcelona, 01 March 2023

Closing Remarks, ITU-Cisco event on the Digital Transformation Centres (DTC) Initiative Executive Roundtable with CEOs of selected Telecommunication Companies, Barcelona, Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, 28 February 2023