New ITU Secretary-General Elected

Member States of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have elected Mr Hamadoun I. Toure of Mali as Secretary-General of the ITU for a four-year term. The election took place in Antalya, Turkey during the 17th ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. Mr Toure won the position with 95 votes with 155 countries present and voting, and thus the required majority for election was 78 votes.

Addressing the Conference after the results of the vote, Mr Tour

Posted to the site on 13th November 2006