Strengthening cybersecurity
Focusing on cybersecurity and building telecommunication and ICT infrastructure, ministerial representatives of seven countries addressed ITU’s annual Council meeting, in session 4−14 September.
This is the first time in the history of the Union that the Council meeting opened with a ‘high-level segment’. It is indicative of the importance attributed to the mission of ITU in connecting the world, in developing new standards for state-of-the-art information and communication technologies (ICT) and managing spectrum in an increasingly wireless environment.
In his State of the Union address, ITU Secretary-General, Dr Hamadoun I. Touré, thanked all ministers present and expressed his “deepest appreciation for their support of the new initiative to hold a High-Level Segment” of the Council.