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Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Council Working Groups and the Expert Groups

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​In line with Council Resolution 1333 (C11, last amended C16), as well as with Decision 11 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, and following intensive consultations and coordination with the regions prior and during the 2023 ordinary session of the ITU Council (11-21 July 2023), as well as during the additional session of Council-23 (19-20 October 2023) the chairs of the groups shown below have been appointed until the 2026 Plenipotentiary Conference. Vice-chairs have been confirmed as well, except for some vice-chairs from the CIS region, and those for the CWG-SFP and IEG-WTPF to be considered at Council-24: the new candidatures (to be approved at Council-24) are appearing in green in the table below (the biographies of the candidates will be added ini due course).

To access the homepage of the Council 2024, please click here
To view information on previous Council Working Groups and Expert Groups, ple​ase click here.​

The table below is up to date as of 25 May 2024.
In green are the​ candidatures proposed for consideration and approval by Council-24 (4-11 June 2024)
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CWG-Internet


Chair:
EUR - Mr Wojciech Berezow​ski (Poland) -Bio​​​​

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Dr Ramy Ahmed Fathy (Egypt) -​ Bio​
AMS - Ms​ Emilce Maria Portillo Gonzalez (Paraguay)
 - ​Bio​​
ARB - Mr Abdulrahman Al Marzouqi
(Unit​ed Arab Emirates) -Bio
ASP - Ms Xiao Z​hang (China) - ​ Bio​
CIS - Mr Jeyhun Huseynzade (Azerbaijan) - Bi​​​o​
EUR - Mr Nigel Hickson ​​(United Kingdom)​ - Bi​​o​

​​​CWG website​ 

CWG-Child online protection


Chair:
ARB - Mr Abdelaziz Al Zarooni (United Arab Emirates) -Bio​

Vice-chairs:
AFR -
Ms Stella Chubiyo Erebor (Nigeria) - Bio
AMS - Mr Kemie Alexander Jones (Bahamas) -Bio​
ARB - Ms May Ali Alghatam (Bahrain) -  Bio​​​​
ASP - Ms Jocelle Batapa-Sigue (Philippines) -Bio​
CIS - Ms Mahsati Guliyeva (Azerb​aijan) -  Bio​
EUR - Mr Domenico Alfieri (Italy) - Bio

CWG website

CWG-WSIS & SDGs


Chair:
AFR - Ms Cynthia Lesufi (South Africa)Bio

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Ms Janet Umutesi (Rwanda) - Bio ​​  ​
AMS - Ms Renata Santoyo (Brazil) -Bio​  
ARB - Mr Ahmed Saleem (Iraq) - Bio​​​​​
ASP - Ms Mina Seonmin Jun (Korea (Rep. of)) -Bio
CIS - Ms Khayala Pashazade (Azerbaijan) - Bio​
EUR - Ms Susanna Mattsson (Sweden) - Bio​

CWG website​

CWG on Financial and Human Resources


Chair:
AMS - Ms Vernita Harr​is (United States) -Bio

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Ms Seynabou Cisse Seck (Senegal) -  Bio
AMS - Mr Ronaldo Moura (Brazil) - Bio
ARB - Ms Noha Gaafar (Egypt) -Bio 
ASP - Mr Daniel Caruso (Australia) - Bio​
CIS - Mr Erzhan Meiramov (Kazakhstan) -Bio 
EUR - Mr Szabolcs Szentleleky (Hungary)​ Bio​

CWG website
* Candidature highlighted in green proposed for consideration by Council-24

CWG on the use of the six official languages


Chair:
E - Ms Sharon Bosire (Kenya) - Bio​

Vice-chairs:
​A - ​Dr. Rim Belhaj (Tunisia) - ​ Bio 
R - Mr Dmitry Cherkesov (Russian Federation) - Bio
S - Ms Blanca Gonzalez (Spain) -  Bio
EUR - Ms Daphne Goudry (France) - Bio​
C - Mr Jian Wang (China) - Bio​

CWG website​
Candidature highlighted in green proposed for consideration by Council-24

Expert Group on Decision 482


Chair:
ASP - Ms Fenhong Cheng (China) - Bio

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Mr Mostafa Moussa (Egypt) - Bio​
AMS - Ms Anabel del Carmen Cisne​ros (Argentina) - Bio E/S​
ARB - Mr Abdulrha​man AlNajdi (Saudi Arabia) -Bio
ASP - Mr Meiditomo Sutyarjoko (Indonesia)​ - Bio
CIS - Mr Dilmurod Dusmatov (Uzbekistan) - Bio
EUR - Mr Cristian Ungureanu (Romania) -Bio​

EG website
Candidature highlighted in green proposed for consideration by Council-24

Expert Group on the ITRs

Chair:
ARB - Ms Shahira Selim (Egypt) - Bio​

Vice-chairs:​
AFR - Mr Guy-Michel Kouakou (Côte d'Ivoire) ​ - Bio​
AMS - Ms Ena Dekanic (United States) - Bio​
ARB - Mr. Omar Ali Alnemer (United Arab Emirates) - ​Bio​
ASP - Mr Sunil Singhal (India) -  Bio​​
CIS - Mr Ulugbek Azimov (Uzbekistan)​ -Bio
EUR - Mr Vilem Vesely (Czech Republic) - Bio​

EG website​
Candidature highlighted in green proposed for consideration by Council-24

GROUPS TO BE ESTABLISHED


​​COUNCIL WORKING GROUP ON
STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL PLAN (CWG-SFP)

Chair:
ARB - Mr Mansour Al-Qurashi (Saudi Arabia) - Bio

Vice-Chairs:
AFR - Mr Dominic Ooko (Kenya) - Bio
AMS - Mr Victor Manuel Martínez Vanegas (Mexico) - Bio
ARB - Ms Maitha Al Jamri (United Arab Emirates) - Bio​
ASP - Mr Yi Lun (China) - Bio
CIS - Mr Bakhtjan Smanov (Uzbekistan) - Bio​
EUR - Mr Rafat Bartoszewski (Poland) - Bio​


INFORMAL EXPERT GROUP ON ​THE ​
WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION/ICT POLICY FORUM (IEG-WTPF)

Chair:
AMS - Mr Rodney Taylor (Bahamas) - Bio

Vice-Chairs:
AFR - Mr Mulembwa Denis Munaku (Tanzania) - Bio​
AMS - Mr Santiago Reyes-Borda (Canada) - Bio
ARB - Mr Alshyab Nooh (Jordan) - Bio​
ARB - Mr Muath Alrumayh (Saudi Arabia) - Bio
ASP - Mr Ahmad R. Sharafat (Iran (Islamic Republic of)) - Bio​
ASP - Mr Ashok Kumar (India) - Bio​

CIS - Ms Umida Musayeva (Uzbekistan) - Bio​
EUR​

Candidature highlighted in green proposed for consideration by Council-24

NOTE: ​If there are any new CWGs or EGs or any other groups of the Council to be established till the next Plenipotentiary Conference, APT will be invited to nominate a candidate for the position o​f chair.​​