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ITU Council 2025<\/strong>
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Geneva, Switzerland, 17\u201327 June<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\n The 2025 session of the Council of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) discussed global opportunities and challenges in space, artificial intelligence (AI), digital development cooperation, and more.

The annual governing body approved ITU\u2019s latest annual activity report, confirmed operational plans up to 2029, approved the next biennial budget for 2026-2027, noted expert findings on key issues, and exchanged updates on the organization\u2019s forthcoming development, plenipotentiary, and radiocommunication conferences \u2013 WTDC-25, PP-26, and WRC-27.

The Council, composed of 48 Member States, acts as ITU\u2019s governing body in the four-year cycle between plenipotentiary conferences. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Quick links<\/h2>\n

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Council 2025 website<\/a>
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“Let\u2019s become a fit-for-future union that delivers for our members, for all people and our planet, for the next 160 years and beyond.”<\/blockquote>\n
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Key outcomes<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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State of the Union address by ITU Secretary-General<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Marking ITU\u2019s 160th anniversary, Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin reminded the 2025 session of ITU Council that two-thirds of humanity is now online \u2014 yet 2.6 billion people remain unconnected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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In her State of the Union address, she laid out how ITU is leading the global digital agenda, with key initiatives featured at recent meetings of the G20 and World Economic Forum, and shared progress on ITU’s flagship initiatives including Partner2Connect, which has mobilized more than USD 73 billion in pledges to date, and Giga, whose newly inaugurated Connectivity Center aims to accelerate school connectivity in 41 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The Secretary-General also highlighted advances in ITU’s technical work, from radiocommunication studies leading up to the next World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-27), to technical standards for emerging technologies including AI, to development efforts to build digital capacity in 140 countries and up-skilling 150,000 people over the past year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Finally, the Secretary-General updated Councillors on ITU’s progress in becoming \u201cfit-for-future\u201d through its transformation roadmap. Together, she concluded, these efforts seek to turn 160 years of multilateral technical cooperation into meaningful digital opportunities for everyone, everywhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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