ARLA/CLUSTER: O próximo Secretário-Geral da ITU vai ser Houlin Zhao da China

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

All Change at ITU !

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.�

Read the full ITU press release at:
http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2014/
55.aspx#.VFo9TFfeiTC
<http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2014/55.aspx#.VFo9TFfeiTC>
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