{"id":684,"date":"2026-06-02T10:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/?page_id=684"},"modified":"2026-10-08T07:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:20:54","slug":"newsroom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/home\/rdf-2026\/cis\/newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Newsroom<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/itupictures\/albums\/72177720335888484\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/itupictures\/albums\/72177720335888484\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photo gallery (Flickr)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jWt6iFlWzxQ\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jWt6iFlWzxQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Highlights video (YouTube)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/09\/BDT-communique-Regional-Development-Forum-for-CIS.2026.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/09\/BDT-communique-Regional-Development-Forum-for-CIS.2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Members communiqu\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/bdt-director\/Pages\/Speeches.aspx?ItemID=643\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/bdt-director\/Pages\/Speeches.aspx?ItemID=643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opening remarks, Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/bdt-director\/Pages\/Speeches.aspx?ItemID=644\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/bdt-director\/Pages\/Speeches.aspx?ItemID=644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opening Remarks, Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), at the  Special Event on LLDCs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>Public webcast [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/webcast\/live\/d2026rdfcis\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/webcast\/live\/d2026rdfcis\">live<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/webcast\/archive\/d2026rdfcis\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/webcast\/archive\/d2026rdfcis\">archive<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>Draft RDF Outcome Report [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/10\/Draft-RDF-CIS-2026-Outcome-Report-EN.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/10\/Draft-RDF-CIS-2026-Outcome-Report-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EN<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/10\/Draft-RDF-CIS-2026-Outcome-Report-RU.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/meetings\/rdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/10\/Draft-RDF-CIS-2026-Outcome-Report-RU.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RU<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":705,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"obsolete-templates\/page-submenu.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[35],"class_list":["post-684","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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