The 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) took place in the city of Busan, Republic of Korea, from 20 October to 7 November 2014. It was the 19th such conference of the Union’s top policy-making body, and set the strategic direction of the organization for the period 2016 2019 inclusive, taking account of the changing needs of the ITU membership.
PP-14 saw record attendance, with: 2 505 delegates from 171 countries, with the youngest delegate ever from UAE; close to 2 500 local staff on site; and 240 ITU staff in Busan, supported by many more back in Geneva. The Conference was honoured by the presence of the Presidents of the Republics of Korea and Rwanda, as well as 76 ministers, 36 deputy ministers and 56 ambassadors.
PP-14 dealt with 452 proposals from the membership; created 19 new resolutions and amended 51 existing ones; created two new Decisions and amended three existing ones; and approved the strategic and financial plans for 2016-2019 as well as the Connect 2020 Agenda for global telecommunication/ICT development. For the first time since 1992, the Conference made no amendments to the ITU Constitution and Convention. The Final Acts were signed by 150 countries on site.
The Conference elected a new management team, RRB members for a new term, and the 48 Member States of the ITU Council:
Region A (Americas, nine seats): Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, United States, Venezuela.
Region B (Western Europe, eight seats): France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey.
Region C (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, five seats): Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation.
Region D (Africa, 13 seats): Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda.
Region E (Asia and Australasia, 13 seats): Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Kuwait, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates
