International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Union internationale des télécommunications (UIT)
Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT)
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.itu.int/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-telecommunication-union/
Founded
1865-05-17 Paris France
History
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Coordinate the shared global use of the radio spectrum; promote international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits; improve communication infrastructure in the developing world; establish worldwide standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of communications systems and technologies, and therefore contributing to connect the world; leverage the power of ICTs towards achievement of the SDGs.
Events
2025-11-17 | Baku, Azerbaijan – World Telecommunication Development Conference2025-08-31 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Global Standards Symposium
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Activities
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Instrumental in setting up: E-XM6465 - Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development; D-XD0696 - Conférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (CEPT); E-XE2869 - Multinational Higher School of Telecommunications of Dakar; F-XF2197 - Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM); S-XS0130 - World Telecommunication Forum (TELECOM); S-XS0182 - World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF).
Links with:
- D-XD6386 - African Telecommunications Union (ATU);
- D-XE4873 - Agency for the Safety of Aerial Navigation in Africa and Madagascar;
- F-XF4228 - Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD);
- D-XD7395 - Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT);
- F-XE0470 - Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD);
- D-XD6615 - Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC);
- F-XF5942 - Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT);
- D-XD3688 - Association of European Public Postal Operators (PostEurop);
- D-XD5906 - Association of Telecommunication Enterprises of the Andean Community;
- F-XF4179 - Banque de développement des Etats de l'Afrique centrale (BDEAC);
- F-XF4540 - Banque ouest africaine de développement (BOAD);
- C-XC1440 - Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM);
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- D-XD2107 - Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU);
- E-XF1041 - Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones (CITEL);
- E-XD5972 - Comisión Técnica Regional de Telecomunicaciones (COMTELCA);
- F-XF1309 - Commonwealth of Learning (COL);
- F-XF5516 - Communauté économique des pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL);
- D-XD9097 - Conference of Posts and Telecommunications of Central Africa;
- F-XF4208 - East African Development Bank (EADB);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC);
- D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA);
- F-XD6538 - European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT IGO);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- D-XD9187 - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC);
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- E-XE1118 - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC);
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- E-XE0128 - International Civil Service Commission (ICSC);
- E-XE5305 - United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC);
- F-XF4717 - International Cospas-Sarsat Programme;
- B-XB1791 - International Development Association (IDA);
- F-XF2057 - International Finance Corporation (IFC);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- F-XC4643 - International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO);
- B-XB2627 - International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO);
- C-XC2682 - Intersputnik;
- E-XE3961 - Islamic University of Technology (IUT);
- E-XE9922 - Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations (JIU);
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- D-XF2918 - Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC);
- D-XD5720 - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC);
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XE4178 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA);
- F-XF5941 - United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF);
- E-XE4062 - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB);
- B-XB3408 - Universal Postal Union (UPU);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP);
- B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XB2622
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