UN Events

Plenipotentiary Conference 2022
Bucharest, Romania Monday 26 September 2022 – Friday 14 October 2022

Plenipotentiary Conference 2022

Internet Society at Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 What’s at stake? Resolutions that affect the Internet and its future could be...

World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) 2022
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Kigali, Rwanda Monday 06 June 2022 – Sunday 12 June 2022

World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) 2022

We want governments to support new, innovative policies to connect the next billion.

World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF-21)
Geneva and Online Thursday 16 December 2021 – Saturday 18 December 2021

World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF-21)

The theme was Policies for mobilizing new and emerging telecommunications/ICTs for sustainable development. It focused on opportunities, challenges, policies...

UN High Level Political Forum 2021
Hybrid (New York, online) Tuesday 06 July 2021 – Tuesday 06 July 2021

UN High Level Political Forum 2021

From 6 to 15 July 2021, the United Nations held the High Level Political Forum 2021. This event reviewed...

Launch of the U.N. Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation
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Event Thursday 11 June 2020 – Thursday 11 June 2020

Launch of the U.N. Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation

On 11 June 2020, the United Nations Secretary-General announced the issuance of his report, Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, during...

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2020
Geneva, Switzerland​ Tuesday 01 March 2022 – Wednesday 09 March 2022

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2020

The ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) is the primary meeting of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) where...

ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates Monday 29 October 2018 – Friday 16 November 2018

ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018

Inclusion, diversity and collaboration are defining values of the Internet. These remain the critical values for ensuring an open,...

WSIS Forum 2018
Geneva, Switzerland Monday 19 March 2018 – Friday 23 March 2018

WSIS Forum 2018

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2018 represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT...

World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) 2017
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Buenos Aires, Argentina Monday 09 October 2017 – Friday 20 October 2017

World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) 2017

WTDC is a conference hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) every four years that sets the development agenda...

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2016
Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia Tuesday 25 October 2016 – Thursday 03 November 2016

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2016

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) hosted the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-16) in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, from 25 October...

UN Post-2015 Development Agenda Recognizes Need To Expand Internet Access
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Development 5 August 2015

UN Post-2015 Development Agenda Recognizes Need To Expand Internet Access

I was very pleased to see that earlier this week the United Nations Development Programme reached an agreement on...

ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2014
Busan, South Korea Monday 20 October 2014 – Friday 07 November 2014

ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2014

The Plenipotentiary Conference (PP)  is an international treaty conference organized every 4 years by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)....