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11 October 2010 [12:33] - Today.Az
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Member States of the International
Telecommunication Union today elected Dr Hamadoun Toure of Mali as
Secretary-General of ITU for a second four-year term. The election took place in Guadalajara, Mexico during the morning
Plenary session of the 18th ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. Dr Toure won
the position with 151 votes, with 157 countries present and voting. He
contested the position unopposed.
During the same morning Plenary session, Houlin Zhao of China was
re-elected as a Deputy Secretary-General with 155 votes. No candidate was
running against him. In his short address to delegates following his
re-election, Mr Zhao thanked ITU Members and, in particular, the
People’s Republic of China, for placing renewed confidence in him. He
said he appreciated the full confidence and respect that the
Secretary-General has shown him over the past four years, and promised
to continue to do his utmost to assist the Secretary-General and
maintain the excellent working relationship they already enjoy during
his next four-year term, with a view to strengthening the ITU’s leading
role in global ICT development.
The members will be elected to ITU Council that Azerbaijan has put
forward candidature too.
Note that Azerbaijan is represented by Minister of Communication and
Information Technologies Ali Abbasov.
Dr Toure was first elected to the post of ITU Secretary-General by ITU’s
2006 Plenipotentiary Conference in Antalya, Turkey. Since taking
office, he has placed particular emphasis on building trust and security
in ICT networks, harnessing the power of ICTs to help mitigate climate
change, strengthening ITU’s work in emergency communications, and
fostering a global vision of ’broadband inclusion for all’.
/APA/
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