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Acknowledgements

The U4SSC members would like to extend their gratitude to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Secretary General, Mr. Houlin Zhao and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Executive Secretary, Mr. Christian Friis Bach for their sustained support to this initiative.

Following the completion of the first phase of the U4SSC, the authors of this flipbook would like to thank the
ITU Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Malcolm Johnson and the Director of the Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau (TSB), Dr Chaesub Lee, for the excellent leadership and support rendered to this
initiative.
The U4SSC output documents in this flipbook have been researched and written by U4SSC members and
partner agencies. The authors would like to thank Cristina Bueti, Mythili Menon, Reyna Mireya Ubeda, from
ITU, along with Albena Karadjova and Ivonne Higuero from UNECE, for providing the required Secretariat
support for U4SSC activities.

The U4SSC Secretariat would like to thank Nasser Saleh Al Marzouqi (Telecommunication Regulatory
Authority in the United Arab Emirates), Paolo Gemma (Huawei), Kevin Wee (Info‐communications Media
Development Authority of Singapore), Okan Geray (Smart Dubai), Domenica Carriero (Organization for
International Economic Relations), Simone Borelli (Food and Agriculture Organization) for providing inputs
and assisting the Secretariat with the editing process.

Disclaimer

This publication is solely based on the research conducted within the United for Smart Sustainable Cities
(U4SSC) initiative.
The data and information provided in this flipbook is for informational purposes only. The opinions and views
expressed do not necessarily reflect the official position of the secretariats of the ITU or UNECE, or any of the
bodies established under the ITU or UNECE. Readers are further cautioned that the information provided
herein does not imply endorsement by the authors, ITU, UNECE or any other participating agency/U4SSC
members.
The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the
expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations or the ITU
concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the
delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

The U4SSC Secretariat, partners and its members cannot be held liable for the accuracy, omissions, relevance
and validity of any facts presented in this flipbook. ITU, UNECE and the authors of the U4SSC products in this
flipbook will not be responsible for any losses, injuries or damages arising from the use of the information
and guidelines from the case studies or other U4SSC outputs.

ISBN

978‐92‐61‐24161‐2 (Paper version)
978‐92‐61‐24171‐1 (Electronic version)