The ITU is one of the oldest international organizations still in operation, second only to the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine, which predates it by fifty years. It was preceded by the now defunct … See more

Plenipotentiary Conference
The Plenipotentiary Conference is the supreme organ of the ITU. It is composed of all 193 ITU … See more

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was convened by the ITU along with UNESCO, UNCTAD, and UNDP, with the aim of bridging the digital divide. It was held in form of two conferences in 2003 and 2005 in Geneva and Tunis, respectively. See more

The ITU comprises three sectors, each managing a different aspect of the matters covered by the ITU, as well as ITU Telecom. The … See more

The basic texts of the ITU are adopted by the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. The founding document of the ITU was the 1865 International Telegraph Convention, which has since … See more

Member states
Membership of ITU is open to all member states of the United Nations. There are currently 193 member states of the ITU, including all See more

In December 2012, the ITU facilitated The World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT-12) in Dubai. WCIT-12 was a treaty-level conference to … See more