Appointment
Appointment of study group and TDAG chair and vice-chair
In accordance with Resolution 208 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP), in order to help WTDC appoint chair/vice-chair of the study groups and the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG), Member States and ITU-D Sector Members are encouraged to indicate proposed candidates to the Director of BDT.
Should your administration/organization wish to propose a candidate for a post of chair or vice-chair of an ITU-D study group or TDAG, or support a currently serving chair or vice-chair, kindly send the name and biographical profile highlighting the qualifications of the individual concerned, preferably by 30 June 2025.
Your attention is drawn to the following:
- Resolves 4 of PP Resolution 208, where it reads “that the term of office for both chairmen and vice-chairmen shall not exceed two terms of office between consecutive assemblies or conferences”;
- Resolves further 2 of PP Resolution 208, where it states “that the appointment of vice-chairmen of Sector advisory groups should be limited to two candidates and of vice-chairmen of study groups to two or three candidates from each regional organization…”;
- Procedure for the appointment of chair and vice chair of the Sector advisory groups, study groups and other groups, in Annex 1 of PP Resolution 208;
- Qualifications of chair and vice chair, in Annex 2 of PP Resolution 208;
- Guidelines for appointment of the optimum numbers of vice chair for Sector advisory groups, study groups and other groups, in Annex 3 of Resolution 208, where there is mention of “…no single individual may hold more than one vice-chairmanship position in these groups in any one Sector, and only in exceptional cases hold such a position in more than one Sector”.
- Section 3.2 of WTDC Resolution 1 (Rev. Kigali, 2022) states that “It is expected that the chairmen and vice-chairmen, having assumed their duties, will receive from their Member State or Sector Member the support necessary for the performance of those duties throughout the period until the next WTDC.”
Provision No. 242 of the Convention states: “The World Telecommunication Development Conference shall appoint the Chairman and one Vice-Chairman or more for each study group. In appointing Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen, particular consideration shall be given to the requirements of competence and equitable geographical distribution, and to the need to promote more efficient participation by the developing countries.”