Today at PP-18, elections have started for ITU’s top executives. ITU elects the first woman and other top experts to lead the UN agency for technology. The election results can be found here.
ITU Member States have re-elected Houlin Zhao of China as ITU Secretary-General and they have re-elected Malcolm Johnson as ITU Deputy Secretary-General during the Union’s 20th Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. View the photos from the election on Flickr.
Houlin Zhao will begin his second, and last, four-year term as @ITUSecGen on 1 January 2019 https://t.co/YNR0TTfad9 #Plenipot pic.twitter.com/yQucCBD23K
— ITU #Plenipot (@ITU) November 1, 2018
Houlin Zhao will begin his second, and last, four-year term as ITU Secretary-General on 1 January 2019. Read the blog on the re-election of Mr Zhao on ITU News here. Watch his acceptance speech here and read the ITU press release here.
Malcolm Johnson will begin his second and last, four-year term as ITU Deputy Secretary-General on 1 January 2019. Read the blog on the re-election of Mr Johnson on ITU News here. Watch his acceptance speech here.
A major stride was taken to bridge the digital gender divide, with the election of the first woman to an ITU leadership position in the Union’s 153-year history. Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin of the United States was elected to the post of BDT Director. Congratulations! Read the news flash here. More about Doreen in this ITU News blog.
Member States cast their votes for ITU’s top executive positions on 1 November 2018.
The five ballet boxes containing the votes from ITU Member States.
A look behind the scenes: ITU and local staff rehearse the election procedures in the days leading up to the elections. Click here for more sneak peaks. Learn more about the PP-18 election process here.