World Telecommunication DevelopmentConference 2025 (WTDC-25) Final Report
Table of contents
Conference overview and highlights
Part I – Baku Declaration
Part II - Baku Action Plan
Part III – Regional initiatives
     AFRICA REGIONAL INITIATIVES
     AMERICAS REGIONAL INITIATIVES
     ARAB STATES REGIONAL INITIATIVES
     ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL INITIATIVES
     CIS REGIONAL INITIATIVES
     EUROPE REGIONAL INITIATIVES
Part IV – Resolutions and Recommendations
     RESOLUTION 1 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Rules of procedure of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector
     RESOLUTION 2 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Establishment of study groups
     RESOLUTION 5 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Enhanced participation by developing countries in the activities of the Union
     RESOLUTION 8 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Collection and dissemination of information and statistics
     RESOLUTION 9 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Participation of countries, particularly developing countries, in spectrum management
     RESOLUTION 10 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Financial support for national spectrum-management programmes
     RESOLUTION 11 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Telecommunication/information and communication technology services in rural, isolated, unserved and underserved areas
     RESOLUTION 15 (Rev. Kigali, 2022)
     Applied research and transfer of technology
     RESOLUTION 16 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Special actions and measures for the least developed countries, small island developing states, landlocked developing countries and countries with economies in transition
     RESOLUTION 17 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Resource mobilization, implementation and cooperation for approved regional initiatives
     RESOLUTION 18 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Special technical assistance to Palestine
     RESOLUTION 20 (Rev. Buenos Aires, 2017)
     Non‑discriminatory access to modern telecommunication/ information and communication technology facilities, services and related applications
     RESOLUTION 21 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Strengthening coordination and collaboration with regional and subregional organizations
     RESOLUTION 22 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Alternative calling procedures on international telecommunication networks and identification of origin in providing international telecommunication services
     RESOLUTION 23 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Internet access and availability for developing countries and charging principles for international Internet connection
     RESOLUTION 24 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Authorization for the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group to act between world telecommunication development conferences
     RESOLUTION 25 (Rev. Kigali, 2022)
     Assistance to countries in special need: Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea‑Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan and Timor-Leste
     RESOLUTION 26 (Rev. Doha, 2006)
     Assistance to countries in special need: Afghanistan
     RESOLUTION 30 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Role of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector in implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
     RESOLUTION 31 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Regional preparations for world telecommunication development conferences
     RESOLUTION 33 (Rev. Dubai, 2014)
     Assistance and support to Serbia for rebuilding its destroyed public broadcasting system
     RESOLUTION 34 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Role of telecommunications/information and communication technologies in disaster preparedness, early warning, rescue, mitigation, relief and response
     RESOLUTION 36 (Rev. Kigali, 2022)
     Support for the African Telecommunications Union
     RESOLUTION 37 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Bridging the digital divide
     RESOLUTION 40 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Group on capacity-building initiatives
     RESOLUTION 43 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Assistance in implementing International Mobile Telecommunications and future networks
     RESOLUTION 45 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Mechanisms for enhancing cooperation on cybersecurity, including countering and combating spam
     RESOLUTION 46 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Assistance to Indigenous Peoples and communities through information and communication technologies
     RESOLUTION 47 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Enhancement of knowledge and effective application of ITU Recommendations in developing countries, including conformance and interoperability testing of systems manufactured on the basis of ITU Recommendations
     RESOLUTION 48 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Strengthening cooperation among telecommunication regulators
     RESOLUTION 51 (Rev. Kigali, 2022)
     Provision of assistance and support to Iraq to continue rebuilding and re‑equipping its telecommunication/ICT systems
     RESOLUTION 52 (Rev. Dubai, 2014)
     Strengthening the executing agency role of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector
     RESOLUTION 53 (Rev. Dubai, 2014)
     Strategic and financial framework for the elaboration and implementation of the Dubai Action Plan
     RESOLUTION 55 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Mainstreaming a gender perspective in the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector and promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls through telecommunications/information and communication technologies
     RESOLUTION 57 (Rev. Hyderabad, 2010)
     Assistance to Somalia
     RESOLUTION 58 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Telecommunication/information and communication technology accessibility for persons with disabilities and persons with specific needs
     RESOLUTION 59 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Strengthening coordination and cooperation among the three ITU Sectors on matters of mutual interest
     RESOLUTION 60 (Hyderabad, 2010)
     Assistance to countries in special situations: Haiti
     RESOLUTION 62 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Assessment and measurement of human exposure to electromagnetic fields
     RESOLUTION 63 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Promoting, facilitating and accelerating the transition to and deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 in developing countries
     RESOLUTION 64 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Protecting, supporting and empowering users/consumers of telecommunication/information and communication technology services
     RESOLUTION 66 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Information and communication technology, environment, climate change and circular economy
     RESOLUTION 67 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Role of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector in child online protection
     RESOLUTION 69 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Facilitating the creation and enhancement of national computer incident response teams, particularly for developing countries, and cooperation among them
     RESOLUTION 71 (Rev. Kigali, 2022)
     Strengthening cooperation between Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academia of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector and the evolving role of the private sector in the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector
     RESOLUTION 73 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     ITU Academy training centres
     RESOLUTION 75 (Rev. Buenos Aires, 2017)
     Implementation of the Smart Africa Manifesto and support for the development of information and communication technologies sector in Africa
     RESOLUTION 76 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Promoting information and communication technologies among young women and men for social and economic empowerment
     RESOLUTION 77 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Broadband technology and applications for greater growth and development of telecommunication/information and communication services and broadband connectivity
     RESOLUTION 78 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Capacity building for countering and combating misappropriation and misuse of ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector numbering resources
     RESOLUTION 79 (Rev. Kigali, 2022)
     The role of telecommunications/information and communication technologies in combating and dealing with counterfeit and tampered telecommunication/information and communication devices
     RESOLUTION 80 (Rev. Buenos Aires, 2017)
     Establishing and promoting trusted information frameworks in developing countries to facilitate and encourage electronic exchanges of economic information between economic partners
     RESOLUTION 82 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Preserving and promoting multilingualism on the Internet for an inclusive information society
     RESOLUTION 83 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Special assistance and support to the Government of Libya for rebuilding its telecommunication networks
     RESOLUTION 84 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Combating mobile telecommunication device theft
     RESOLUTION 85 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Facilitating the Internet of Things and smart sustainable cities and communities, including villages, for global development
     RESOLUTION 87 (Kigali, 2022)
     Connecting every school to the Internet and every young person to information and communication technology services
     RESOLUTION 88 (Kigali, 2022)
     The ITU Partner2Connect Digital Coalition
     RESOLUTION 89 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Digital transformation for sustainable development
     RESOLUTION 90 (Rev. Baku, 2025)
     Fostering telecommunication/information and communication technology-centric entrepreneurship and digital innovation ecosystems for sustainable digital development
     RESOLUTION 91 (Baku, 2025)
     Artificial intelligence technologies in telecommunication development
     RESOLUTION 92 (Baku, 2025)
     Strengthening the role of ITU regional offices in accelerating digital transformation and leveraging partnerships
     RESOLUTION 93 (Baku, 2025)
     Provision of assistance and support to the Sudan to reconstruct damaged telecommunication/information and communication technology infrastructure and bridge the digital divide
     RESOLUTION 94 (Baku, 2025)
     Supporting digital transformation in Pacific island countries pursuant to the Lagatoi Declaration
     RECOMMENDATION ITU‑D 15
     Models and methods to determine the cost of national telecommunication services
     RECOMMENDATION ITU‑D 16
     Tariff rebalancing and cost-oriented tariffs
     RECOMMENDATION ITU‑D 17
     Sharing of facilities in rural and remote areas
     RECOMMENDATION ITU‑D 19
     Telecommunications for rural and remote areas
     RECOMMENDATION ITU‑D 20
     Policy and regulatory initiatives for developing telecommunications/ICTs/broadband in rural and remote areas
     RECOMMENDATION ITU‑D 21
     ICT and climate change
     RECOMMENDATION ITU‑D 22
     Bridging the standardization gap in association with regional groups of the study groups
Part V – ITU‑D Study Questions and their terms of reference
     QUESTION 1/1
     Enabling policies and strategies for universal connectivity with a focus on underserved, remote and rural areas
     QUESTION 2/1
     Enabling policies and regulations for adopting digital telecommunication/ICT services and technologies for distribution and broadcasting
     QUESTION 3/1
     Use of telecommunications/ICTs for disaster risk reduction and management
     QUESTION 4/1
     Economic aspects of national telecommunications/ICTs
     QUESTION 5/1
     Consumer protection and empowerment, and meaningful accessibility for all, especially for persons with disabilities and persons with specific needs
     QUESTION 1/2
     Enabling telecommunications/ICTs for digital transformation and smart sustainable cities and communities
     QUESTION 2/2
     ICTs for the environment, and assessment of human exposure to electromagnetic fields
     QUESTION 3/2
     Securing information and communication networks: Best practices for developing a culture of cybersecurity
     QUESTION 4/2
     Availability and affordability of user devices, and telecommunication/ICT equipment issues, including conformance and interoperability
     QUESTION 5/2
     Adoption and utilization of new and emerging telecommunication/ICT services and technologies, and development of digital skills
Part VI – Annexes
     Annex A
     Annex B
     Annex C
     Annex D
     Annex E
     Annex F
     Annex G