During March 2009, courtesy visits were made to ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun I. Touré by the following ambassadors to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, and other important guests.

Luis Manuel Piantini,
Ambassador of the Dominican Republic

Miguel Alcaine,
Councillor to the Permanent Mission of El Salvador

Hisham Badr,
Ambassador of Egypt

Kwabena Baah-Duodu,
Ghana's Ambassador, bidding farewell to Dr Touré

Ahmet Üzmücü,
Ambassador of Turkey

Peter Gooderham,
Ambassador of the United Kingdom

From the African Development Bank, Salieu Jack, Chief Telecommunications Engineer (left); Ibrahima N’Diaye, Director of ICT for Development Coordination (ICT4D) (second left) and Egal Noor Roble, Chief ICT4D Officer (right)

Khadija Masri,
Permanent Observer from the African Union