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The ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 (PP-18) – the top policy-making body of the International Telecommunication Union, taking place from 29 October to 16 November in Dubai – starts today.

The ITU Plenipotentiary Conference is the supreme decision-making organ of the International Telecommunication Union. It is  highest-level meeting of ITU, where its 193 Member States agree on the Union overall strategic and financial plans, leadership and direction for the next 4 years.

The Plenipotentiary Conference is an international treaty conference. It considers and, if appropriate, amends the ITU basic texts (e.g., the ITU Constitution and Convention, the General Rules of Conferences).

When they head to Dubai for the 2018 Plenipotentiary Conference (29 October – 16 November 2018), ITU Member States will set out a roadmap for 2020-2023 at a time when information and communication technologies are transforming our lives and societies.

Selecting Leadership for the Union

One of ITU Member States tasks at PP-18 will be to elect:

• The 48 Member States amongst them that will sit on the next ITU Council, the governing body of the Union during the four-year period separating Plenipotentiary Conferences.
• The management team of the Union, including the next Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General and Directors of the Radiocommunication, Telecommunication Standardizationand Telecommunication Development
• The 12 members of the Radio Regulation Board.

3.9 billion people around the world are still not connected to the Internet. PP-18 will take stock of the progress that has been made towards achieving the Connect 2020 Agenda, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals whose central promise is to leave no one behind.

To ensure that response of ITU to today rapidly changing telecommunications environment is aligned with the Strategic and Financial Plans adopted at each Plenipotentiary Conference, delegates from the ITU Council meet once a year.

The Council takes all steps necessary to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of the ITU Constitution and Convention, the Administrative Regulations (International Telecommunications Regulations and Radio Regulations), as well as the decisions and resolutions of Plenipotentiary Conferences and other meetings of the Union.

The Council also sets up specialized Working Groups to deal with specific issues as needed. In 2001, the Council Working Group on Reform established the Council Troika. Consisting of the outgoing, sitting and incoming Chairs of the Council, the Troika ensures a smooth transition between acting Chairs.