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Full election results from 19th ITU
Plenipotentiary Conference
‘Continuity’ the theme as delegates choose familiar faces to lead
organization through next four years
Busan, 27 October 2014 — Member States of the International
Telecommunication Union have completed the election process that confirms
candidates in the organization’s five elected posts, as well as the 12 members
of the Radio Regulations Board and the 48 Members of ITU Council, the
administrative body that governs ITU in between quadrennial Plenipotentiary
Conferences.
Houlin Zhao of China was successful in his bid to become the
next Secretary-General of the Union, after eight years as
Deputy-Secretary General and a further eight years in the elected post of
Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. He won with 152
votes, with 152 countries present and voting.
Malcolm Johnson of the United Kingdom was announced as ITU’s new Deputy
Secretary-General in the fourth round of voting, with 104 votes and 168
countries present and voting. In his address to assembled delegates in the
Plenary session on Friday afternoon, Mr Johnson paid tribute to the quality of
candidates for what proved this conference’s most fiercely-contested post:
“Having such a qualified and diverse field of candidates is testament to our
commitment to the Union and bodes well for its future. I hope we can rely upon
their continuing participation in ITU and I look forward to working with them
over the next four years.”
The elections for the posts of Director of ITU’s Radiocommunication Bureau,
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau and Telecommunication Development
Bureau began late in the working day on the afternoon of 24 October. The three
elections were run concurrently.
Current incumbent François Rancy was confirmed in a second term as the
Director of ITU’s Radiocommunication Bureau. He contested the position
unopposed, and received 166 votes with 166 countries present and voting. In his
post-election address to delegates, Rancy stressed ITU’s central role in
coordinating the equitable global use of spectrum resources.
“During these four years, remarkable results have been achieved by the ITU
radiocommunication sector in delivering and managing the frequency spectrum
worldwide, in adopting standards and best practices and in disseminating
information and know-how to the entire ITU membership. Much remains to be done
however to ensure that the management of spectrum and orbit resources by the ITU
continues to feed the development of radiocommunications, and connectivity to
all citizens of the world,” he said.
Brahima Sanou, the incumbent Director of the Telecommunication Development
Bureau, also contested his bid for a second term unopposed, and was re-elected
with 166 votes, with 166 countries present and voting. On announcement of the
election results, Sanou told the conference: “The Member States have decided for
continuity and as the acknowledgment of the work of the BDT staff that I have
had the honour of directing for the past four years. My re-election is a renewal
of a commitment to deliver to members and with members, and I am committing to
this because I know that I can count on the very dynamic team in the BDT.”
For the local Korean media, the biggest news of the conference was the
successful candidature of Korea’s Chaesub Lee for the post of Director of ITU’s
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB). Lee obtained the necessary
overall majority in the first round, with 87 votes and 169 countries present and
voting. Mr Lee told the conference “As the newly elected Director, I will
enhance the values of ITU-T activities and products, as well as efficiency and
effectiveness in collaborating within and outside ITU-T. ITU-T is at one of its
most important moments for the continuous development of future ICT and
telecommunications.”
A full summary of election results for each round of voting is available
here.
The conference also elected the twelve members of the
Radio Regulations Board (RRB), the body which deals with
global radiocommunications matters which fall under the purview of ITU.
The winning candidates for each region were:
- Americas: Ricardo Luis Terán, Argentina; Joanne
Wilson, United States.
- Western Europe: Lilian Jeanty, Netherlands; Alfredo
Magenta, Italy.
- Eastern Europe/Northern Asia: Ievgen Khairov, Ukraine;
Victor Strelets, Russian Federation.
- Africa: Mustapha Bessi, Morocco; Stanley K. Kibe,
Kenya; Simon Koffi, Côte d’Ivoire.
- East Asia & Australasia: Nasser bin Hammad, United
Arab Emirates; Doan Quang Hoan, Viet Nam; Yasuhiko Ito, Japan.
Of 60 candidate countries for the 48 seats on ITU Council, the elected
countries were:
- Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Mexico, Paraguay, USA, Venezuela.
- Western Europe: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania,
Spain, Switzerland, Turkey.
- Eastern Europe & Northern Asia: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria,
Poland, Romania, Russian Federation.
- Africa: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mali,
Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda.
- East Asia & Australasia: Australia, Bangladesh, China,
India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Republic), Kuwait, Pakistan,
Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates.
A backgrounder on the ITU election process can be found
here. A backgrounder explaining how the ITU is governed can
be found
here.
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