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Azerbaijan puts forward candidature to become member of ITU Council

11 October 2010 08:25 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Nijat Mustafayev â€“ APA-Economics. 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 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’.