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WRC-23

Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Council Working Groups and the Expert Groups

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​In line with Council Resolution 1333 (C11, last amended C16), as well as with Decision 11 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, and following intensive consultations and coordination with the regions prior and during the 2023 ordinary session of the ITU Council (11-21 July 2023), as well as during the additional session of Council-23 (19-20 October 2023) the chairs of the groups shown below have been appointed until the 2026 Plenipotentiary Conference. Vice-chairs have been confirmed as well, except for some vice-chairs from the CIS region, to be considered at Council-24.


IMPORTANT:

The next cluster of Council Working Groups will take place from 22 January 2024 to 2 February 2024.

To view the schedule of the next cluster of CWGs and EGs and access the registration information, kindly click here!​

To access the homepage of the Council 2024, please click here

To view information on previous Council Working Groups and Expert Groups, please click here.
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CWG-Internet


Chair:
EUR - Mr Wojciech Berezow​ski (Poland) -Bio​​​​

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Dr Ramy Ahmed Fathy (Egypt) -​ Bio​
AMS - Ms​ Emilce Maria Portillo Gonzalez (Paraguay)
 - ​Bio​​
ARB - Mr Abdulrahman Al Marzouqi
(Unit​ed Arab Emirates) -Bio
ASP - Ms Xiao Z​hang (China) - ​ Bio​
CIS - Mr Jeyhun Huseynzade (Azerbaijan) - Bi​​​o​
EUR - Mr Nigel Hickson ​​(United Kingdom)​ - Bi​​o​

​​​CWG website​ 

CWG-Child online protection


Chair:
ARB - Mr Abdelaziz Al Zarooni (United Arab Emirates) -Bio​

Vice-chairs:
AFR -
Ms Stella Chubiyo Erebor (Nigeria) - Bio
AMS - Mr Kemie Alexander Jones (Bahamas) -Bio​
ARB - Ms May Ali Alghatam (Bahrain) -  Bio​​​​
ASP - Ms Jocelle Batapa-Sigue (Philippines) -Bio​
CIS - Ms Mahsati Guliyeva (Azerb​aijan) -  Bio​
EUR - Mr Domenico Alfieri (Italy) - Bio

CWG website

CWG-WSIS & SDGs


Chair:
AFR - Ms Cynthia Lesufi (South Africa)Bio

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Ms Janet Umutesi (Rwanda) - Bio ​​  ​
AMS - Ms Renata Santoyo (Brazil) ​- Bio​  
ARB - Mr Ahmed Saleem (Iraq) - Bio​​​​​
ASP - Ms Mina Seonmin Jun (Korea (Rep. of)) - Bio
CIS - Ms Khayala Pashazade (Azerbaijan) -  Bio​
EUR - Ms Susanna Mattsson (Sweden) - Bio​

CWG website​

CWG on Financial and Human Resources


Chair:
AMS - Ms Vernita Harr​is (United States) -Bio

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Ms Seynabou Cisse Seck (Senegal) -  Bio
AMS - Mr Ronaldo Moura (Brazil) - Bio
ARB - Ms Noha Gaafar (Egypt) - Bio 
ASP - Mr Daniel Caruso (Australia) - Bio​
* CIS - Vacant 
EUR - Mr Szabolcs Szentleleky (Hungary)​ Bio​

CWG website
* Candidature to be proposed for consideration by Council-24

CWG on the use of the six official languages


Chair:
E - Ms Sharon Bosire (Kenya) - Bio​

Vice-chairs:
​A - ​Dr. Rim Belhaj (Tunisia) - ​ Bio 
* CIS - Vacant 
S - Ms Blanca Gonzalez (Spain) -  Bio
EUR - Ms Daphne Goudry (France) - Bio​
C - Mr Jian Wang (China) - Bio​

CWG website​
Candidature to be proposed for consideration by Council-24

Expert Group on Decision 482


Chair:
ASP - Ms Fenhong Cheng (China) - Bio

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Mr Mostafa Moussa (Egypt) - Bio​
AMS - Ms Anabel del Carmen Cisne​ros (Argentina) - Bio E/S​
ARB - Mr Abdulrha​man AlNajdi (Saudi Arabia) -Bio
ASP - Mr Meiditomo Sutyarjoko (Indonesia)​ - Bio
* CIS - Vacant
EUR - Mr Cristian Ungureanu (Romania) -Bio​

EG website
Candidature to be proposed for consideration by Council-24

Expert Group on the ITRs

Chair:
ARB - Ms Shahira Selim (Egypt) - Bio​

Vice-chairs:​
AFR - Mr Guy-Michel Kouakou (Côte d'Ivoire) ​ - Bio​
AMS - Ms Ena Dekanic (United States) - Bio​
ARB - Mr. Omar Ali Alnemer (United Arab Emirates) - ​Bio​
ASP - Mr Sunil Singhal (India) -  Bio​​
* CIS - Vacant
EUR - Mr Vilem Vesely (Czech Republic) - Bio​

EG website​
Candidature to be proposed for consideration by Council-24

GROUPS TO BE ESTABLISHED


​​COUNCIL WORKING GROUP ON
STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL PLAN (CWG-SFP)

Chair:
ARB - Mr Mansour Al-Qurashi (Saudi Arabia) - Bio

INFORMAL EXPERT GROUP ON ​THE ​
WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION/ICT POLICY FORUM (IEG-WTPF)

Chair:
AMS - David Bedard (Canada) - Bio

NOTE: ​If there are any new CWGs or EGs or any other groups of the Council to be established till the next Plenipotentiary Conference, APT will be invited to nominate a candidate for the position o​f chair.​​