{"id":48,"date":"2025-10-07T05:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T11:32:53","slug":"june","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/osg\/year-in-review-2025\/june\/","title":{"rendered":"June"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We inaugurated the Giga Connectivity Centre <\/strong>in Geneva as our headquarters for the joint ITU\/UNICEF Giga initiative, which supports governments with the aim of connecting every school to the Internet, and home to the Giga Learning Hub, delivering specialized ITU Academy<\/a> training programmes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The latest ICT Development Index<\/em> <\/strong>enables benchmarking over time and across countries, regions and income groups, helping to monitor progress, set priorities, and enhance accountability. Our new Greening Digital Companies<\/strong><\/em> study, meanwhile, captured key trends in greenhouse gas emissions and climate commitments across the sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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UN Virtual Worlds Day<\/strong> served as a global call-to-action to leverage the AI-powered platforms to accelerate social progress. During UN 2.0 Week<\/strong>, we showcased our own AI-driven ITU transformation journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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At the UN’s Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, we promoted digital infrastructure as a priority in the Seville Commitment<\/strong> on development finance. Together with UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), we launched the Digital Infrastructure Investment Catalyser<\/strong> to connect investors with high-impact projects and help unlock the billions needed to open the digital future for all.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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47 governments<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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school Internet access<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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through the ITU\/UNICEF Giga initiative<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Virtual worlds promise real-world benefits to humanity.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At the opening of the new Giga Connectivity Centre (from left to right): J\u00fcrg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland; Marcos G\u00f3mez Mart\u00ednez, Permanent Representative of Spain; Carla Haddad Mardini, Director, Private Fundraising and Partnerships, UNICEF; ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin; Chris Fabien, Giga Co-Lead, UNICEF; Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director of ITU\u2019s Telecommunication Development Bureau; and Seizo Onoe, Director of ITU\u2019s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>
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