1. Committed to connecting the world

2. 1865 1934 International Telegraph Union
International Telecommunication Union

3. The UN Agency for Information & Communication Technologies
1949
The UN Agency for Information & Communication Technologies
The UN Agency for I C T

4. Without ITU…

5. But thanks to ITU…
Hundreds of millions of people use satellite services
Almost 2 billion
people use the internet
5 billion mobile subscriptions
Almost 5 billion people have access to television
(and millions more using video compression in mobile devices)

6. Together with 191 Member States and almost 700 industry members
ITU’s mission is to enable the growth and
sustained development
of telecommunications and information networks, and to facilitate
universal access
so people everywhere can benefit from the global information society.
Together with 191 Member States and almost 700 industry members

7. One UN
One world
Thank you.
Delivering as One

8. ICTs for Development & the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)

9. ICTs: a catalyst for realizing the MDGs
Investment in ICTs has a positive effect on GDP

10. Build
on Broadband
and the rest will follow

11. 2010 2005 2015 Geneva 2003 Tunis 2005 UN UNGIS UNCTAD IGF UNESCO
ECOSOC
FAO
ITU
UNDP
2010
2005
2015
Geneva
2003
Tunis
2005

12. New initiative kick-offs Structured networking
WSIS Forum, May 2010
High-level debates
Speed exchanges
And premiering the World Telecommunication Development Report
New initiative kick-offs
Structured networking
Thematic workshops

13. And – when disaster strikes – making sure that communications continue
Emergency Telecommunications
Using ICTs to help
predict
detect
alert
And – when disaster strikes – making sure that communications continue

14. Emergency Telecommunications
Radiocommunication: disaster prediction, detection, alerting and relief
Standardization: ensuring QoS, security and compatibility during emergency & mitigation operations
Development: on the ground with satellite terminals, base stations, experts and funding

15. Cybersecurity
protecting
global communication
data
children

16. Study on the Financial Aspects of Network Security
Cybersecurity
ITU Toolkits:
Botnet Mitigation Toolkit
Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity
National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Tool
Study on the Financial Aspects of Network Security
Partnership with IMPACT & Global Response Centre (GRC)
Child Online Protection (COP) Guidelines (parents, policy-makers, industry, and children)

17. Major events

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