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From ham radio to tackling AI, the new ITU chief moves with technology
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China resumes its construction of the future, amid debt, dilemma, and a new diplomatic strategy
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A guessing game around ITU
The election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin as the ITU's new chief may have settled tensions for now, but with an outgoing Chinese S-G and a contest for his successor that pitted a Russian candidate against an American, the scene was ripe for some intense speculations amongst the diplomatic community.
#111 THE G|O Briefing, September 29, 2022
WESTERN RELIEF AFTER ITU VOTE | ANXIETY AT CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT |SPEAKING FOR THE UN | AUROCRACIES NEVER COLLAPSE NICELY | FIFA AND WTO! FOUL
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How China, Russia, and their friends are using the International Telecommunication Union to impose their authoritarian internet and surveillance model on the world
US declarations of support for American candidates to top positions at international organizations are not unusual. But they rarely come from the White House, in particular about an organization referred to as “the most important UN agency you have never heard of.”
#110 The G|O Briefing, September 22, 2022
AT ITU, THE ELECTION THAT MIGHT DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET - POST COVID, WILL THE PALAIS EVER GO BACK TO NORMAL? - BACKSTAGE WITH THE UN PRESS
ITU elections
Rashid Ismailov, the Russian candidate for Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), introduced himself to the Geneva UN press corps yesterday (Wednesday 23). Invited to speak by the UN Correspondents Press Association (ACANU), Ismailov, a former deputy minister at the Russian Ministry of Telecommunications, spoke by Zoom, unable to
#91 The G|O Briefing, March 24, 2022
How the BRICS are fighting efforts to isolate Russia in Geneva - Election countdown at the ILO - Truth, lies, and alternative facts in Russia