The Plenipotentiary Conference elects the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, the Directors of the Bureaux of the Radiocommunication Sector (BR), the Telecommunication Standardization Sector (TSB), and the Telecommunication Development Sector (BDT) and the members of the Radio Regulations Board (RRB) (see Nos 55 and 56 and Nos 62 and 63 of the Constitution).

The Plenipotentiary Conference also elects the Member States that will constitute the next ITU Council (see No. 54 and No. 61 of the Constitution). 

Election Results

ITU Election results may be found here.

Election procedures

Time-limits and procedures

In accordance with No. 170 of the General Rules of Conferences, Assemblies and Meetings of the Union, candidatures must reach the Secretary-General not later than 23:59 hours (Geneva time) the 28th day prior to the Conference, i.e. Monday, 1 October 2018. 

For detailed information on elections and election procedures, please refer to Article 2 of the Convention and Chapter III of the General Rules of Conferences, Assemblies and Meetings of the Union (see also CL-17/42). 

Ethical Guidelines

Council 2018 adopted ethical guidelines regarding campaign activities for candidates. These guidelines may be found here

ITU News Candidate Interviews

ITU News will invite all candidates to submit answers to questions about their candidacies. Learn more.

Right to vote

In order to be able to exercise their sovereign rights in full at the Plenipotentiary Conference, Member States must ensure that they have maintained the right to vote in accordance with Nos 169 and 210 of the Constitution and that the delegations representing them at the Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 are duly accredited in accordance with Nos 325 and 327 to 331 of the Convention (see also the Credentials section).

Previous elections

PP-14 elections

PP-10 elections

PP-06 elections