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ITU's 150th Anniversary: Council Committee

Background

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the oldest of the intergovernmental organizations which have become specialized agencies of the United Nations. It was founded in Paris in 1865 as the International Telegraph Union and will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2015.

Creation of a Committee -- Terms of Reference

​Council 2013 decided at the second Plenary Meeting to establish a Committee for the preparation of the 150th anniversary celebrations with the following terms of reference:

  • invite ITU Membership and ITU staff to make proposals for the celebrations of the 150th anniversary;
  • review the proposals as well as evaluate the costs involved for each proposal;
  • reflect the evaluation and discussions on the proposals in a comprehensive report to the 2014 and 2015 Sessions of Council;
  • establish a time planning for 2013-2014 and for the celebration year 2015;
  • prepare recommendations/guidelines to the ITU Membership to celebrate the anniversary;
  • study the possibility of sponsoring the celebration events;
  • contact UN and its specialized agencies Funds and Programs, as well as UN Family organizations -and more particularly the public information departments- to invite them to participate in the celebrations and to prepare celebration articles or publications;
  • make suggestions for publicity materials for the celebration events as well as a budget estimate to pay for them

First meeting : 15 November 2013, ITU Headquarters, Room C, 9:00 hours

Second meeting : 26 february 2014, ITU Headquarters, Room H, 9:30 hours

Fourth meeting: Monday 15 February 2016, ITU Headquarters

At its 2013 session, the ITU Council decided to establish a Committee for the preparation of the 150th Anniversary celebrations, chaired by Mr Nasser A. Bin Hammad (United Arab Emirates).

The Committee is open for the participation of Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academia.

The Committee is chaired by Mr. Nasser Bin Hammad (UAE)

Vice-Chairs are:

  • Mr. Senlin Tu (China)
  • Mr. Issah Yahaya (Ghana)
  • Mr. Ahmet Cavusoglu (Turkey)
  • Ms. Natalia Timofeeva (Russia)
  • Ms. Maria Victoria Romero (Mexico)

The ITU Library and Archives Service provides secretariat support for work of this Council Committee (library[at]itu.int).

 

ITU 150 Official Portal www.itu150.org 

ITU 150 Video Clip

History portal : www.itu.int/history

Key Documents

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CL 2015/44 Invitation to Council Working Group and Committee Meetings in February 2016

CL 2015/8 Invitation to 150th Anniversary Celebrations

CL 2015/4 ITU150 Awards

CL 2015/1 ITU's 150th Anniversary: commemorative year in the history of the Union        

CL 2014/219 Call for Activities organized by ITU Membership to celebrate ITU's 150th Anniversary 

CL 2014/214 ITU's 150th Anniversary celebration   

CL 2014/212 Invitation to contribute to the ITU's 150th Anniversary Fund

CL 2014/197 Invitation to get involved in ITU's 150th anniversary celebrations

CL 2012/132 150th anniversary of the International Telecommunication Union   

​Anniversary celebrations that took place in the past. You can find that presentation here.

150 Years of Innovations

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