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AI for Good Global Summit 2025,  Geneva, Switzerland,  08 July 2025
ITU Council 2025,  Geneva, Switzerland,  17 June 2025
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Ministerial Meeting,  Tokyo, Japan,  30 May 2025
Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B),  Geneva, Switzerland,  13 May 2025
28th session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development,  Geneva, Switzerland,  07 April 2025
Satellite Industry Association 26th Annual Leadership Dinner,  Spy Museum, Washington DC, United States,  10 March 2025
Submarine Cable Resilience Summit,  Abuja, Nigeria,  26 February 2025
Partner2Connect Annual Meeting,  Geneva, Switzerland,  30 January 2025
Citizen Stack 2025,  Geneva, Switzerland,  29 January 2025
Diplomatic Club of Geneva New Year Reception,  Geneva, Switzerland,  28 January 2025
FerMUN 2025,  Geneva, Switzerland,  07 January 2025
Internet Governance Forum 2024,  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,  16 December 2024
Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)’s ICT Week 2024,  St. Kitts and Nevis ,  30 September 2024
22nd Caribbean Ministerial Strategic ICT Seminar at CTU’s ICT Week 2024,  St. Kitts and Nevis ,  30 September 2024
Summit of the Future,  New York,,  22 September 2024
Space Sustainability Forum 2024,  Geneva, Switzerland,  10 September 2024
Human Rights Council: High-Level Informal Presidential Discussion,  Geneva, Switzerland,  03 September 2024
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group,  Geneva, Switzerland ,  29 July 2024
High-Level Political Forum,  New York ,  17 July 2024
Giga Connectivity Forum,  Geneva, Switzerland,  09 July 2024
Global Symposium for Regulators 2024,  Kampala, Uganda,  02 July 2024
UN Secretary-General at ITU Council 2024,  Geneva, Switzerland,  12 June 2024
ITU Council,  Geneva, Switzerland,  04 June 2024
AI for Good Global Summit,  Geneva, Switzerland,  31 May 2024
AI for Good Global Summit 2024,  Geneva, Switzerland,  30 May 2024
AI Governance Day,  Geneva, Switzerland,  29 May 2024
WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event,  Geneva, Switzerland,  27 May 2024
Global Roundtable on ICT Security Capacity Building,  New York, USA,  10 May 2024
Science, Technology & Innovation Forum Session 6: Advancing Sustainable Development with Women-centered Science and Technology Solutions,  New York, USA,  10 May 2024
AI for Good Virtual Media Roundtable,  Geneva, Switzerland,  17 April 2024
27th Session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development,  Geneva, Switzerland,  15 April 2024
SATELLITE 2024 Awards Luncheon,  Washington DC, United States ,  20 March 2024
Satellite Leadership Dinner, Satellite Industry Association (SIA),  Washington, D.C.,  18 March 2024
UNOG Press Conference,  Geneva, Switzerland,  07 March 2024
Mobile World Capital Event: Giga,  Barcelona, Spain ,  27 February 2024
Smart Africa Steering Committee Meeting,  Barcelona, Spain ,  27 February 2024
Mobile World Congress Ministerial Programme,  Barcelona, Spain ,  26 February 2024
Space Debris Conference,  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,  11 February 2024
ATxInspire Singapore ,  Singapore,  06 February 2024
3rd ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting,  Singapore,  02 February 2024
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group,  Geneva, Switzerland,  22 January 2024
ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23),  Dubai, UAE,  20 November 2023
"Digitalization: No One is Left Behind" Conference,  Vilnius, Lithuania,  30 October 2023
Global Gateway Forum,  Brussels, Belgium,  26 October 2023
MWC- Africa,  Kigali, Rwanda,  17 October 2023
78th Session of the UNGA Second Committee ,  New York, USA,  06 October 2023
78th Session of the UNGA Second Committee : Statement,  New York, USA,  21 September 2023
SDG Digital: Statement ,  UN Headquarters, New York ,  18 September 2023
SDG Digital: Opening Remarks ,  UN Headquarters, New York,  17 September 2023
SDG Digital: Closing Remarks,  UN Headquarters, New York,  17 September 2023
Current Development Challenges: The role of science, technology and innovation,  Havana, Cuba,  15 September 2023
World Satellite Business Week,  Paris, France,  11 September 2023
Open Government Partnership Global Summit,  Tallinn, Estonia,  06 September 2023
Tallinn Digital Summit 2023,  Tallinn, Estonia,  05 September 2023
UN High Level Forum on the Culture of Peace in the UN General Assembly,  New York, USA,  31 August 2023
High-Level Political Forum 2023,  New York, USA,  17 July 2023
ITU Council 2023,  Geneva, Switzerland,  11 July 2023
AI for Good Global Summit,  Geneva, Switzerland,  07 July 2023
AI for Good Global Summit,  Geneva, Switzerland,  06 July 2023
Global Symposium for Regulators 2023,  Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt,  06 June 2023
Nineteenth World Meteorological Congress and the High-Level Dialogue on Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL),  Geneva, Switzerland,  22 May 2023
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2023,  Geneva, Switzerland,  17 May 2023
SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2023,  Dubai, United Arab Emirates,  15 May 2023
Digital Technologies and Youth Empowerment: A conversation with the Secretary-General of ITU,  Geneva, Switzerland,  19 April 2023
UNECE – Seventieth Session of the Commission, "Digital and Green Transformations for Sustainable Development in the Region of the Economic Commission for Europe",  Geneva, Switzerland,  18 April 2023
Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep Dive: Digital Inclusion and Connectivity,  Virtual participation,  27 March 2023
2nd Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM23-2),  Geneva, Switzerland,  27 March 2023
World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2023,  Geneva, Switzerland,  14 March 2023
United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2023,  UNHQ, New York,  08 March 2023
Ministerial Roundtable on "Good practices in Addressing Barriers to Bridge the Gender Digital Divide and Promote Education in the Digital Age for Achieving Gender Equality",  UNHQ, New York,  07 March 2023
Mobile World Congress 2023,  Barcelona, Spain,  27 February 2023
FerMUN 2023,  Geneva, Switzerland,  11 January 2023
PP22: acceptance speech,  Bucharest, Romania,  29 September 2022

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