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5 Major Decisions of the PP-02<br />

5.1 General<br />

Although most of the 25 European Common<br />

Proposals – ECPs – were accepted, European<br />

Member States and Sector Members noted the<br />

poor progress in reform issues which were<br />

mostly transferred for further review in a number<br />

of Council Working Groups. The conference<br />

adopted a financial plan with a significant imbalance<br />

between the expected income and the<br />

required expenditure. There was great reluctance<br />

to seriously consider financial efficiency measures<br />

or prioritisation of activities.<br />

5.2 Elections<br />

The election of the Union’s five highest-ranking<br />

officials, the members of the RRB (Radio Regulations<br />

Board) and the members of the Council<br />

attracted much interest at the PP. The PP<br />

decided that the elections should take place in<br />

the second week of the conference.<br />

5.2.1 Elected Officials<br />

The following officials were re-elected for a second<br />

term: Mr Yoshio Utsumi, Japan, Secretary-<br />

General (no other candidate), Mr Roberto Blois,<br />

Brazil, Deputy Secretary-General (clear majority<br />

against Mr Boussaid, Algeria), Mr Houlin Zhao,<br />

China, TSB Director (no other candidate), Mr<br />

Hamadoun Touré, Mali, BDT Director (no other<br />

candidate).<br />

5.2.2 Election of the BR Director<br />

Mr Robert Jones, Canada, had served as Director<br />

of the Radiocommunication Bureau for two consecutive<br />

terms (since 1994) and could not stand<br />

for re-election. There were four new candidates<br />

for the BR Director: Mr K. Arasteh, Islamic<br />

Republic of Iran, Mr F. Bigi, Italy, Mr M. Johnson,<br />

United Kingdom and Mr V. Timofeev, Russian<br />

Federation. Despite considerable efforts, we<br />

regret to note that the CEPT members did not<br />

succeed in agreeing on a single European candidate<br />

for the post of the BR Director.<br />

Mr Timofeev, the Russian Federation, was<br />

elected BR Director with a clear majority in<br />

the second round.<br />

5.2.3 Council Elections<br />

The ITU Council has 46 seats (25 % of the<br />

membership) representing the 189 Member<br />

States of the Union and meets once a year. The<br />

Council members represent the whole membership<br />

in the interval between Plenipotentiary Conferences.<br />

The Council seats are grouped in five<br />

administrative regions and each region is entitled<br />

to a number of seats as follows:<br />

• Region A – Americas (8 seats)<br />

• Region B – Western Europe (8 seats)<br />

Telektronikk 1.2003<br />

ITU top management team 2003 – 2006<br />

Secretary-General Mr Yoshio Utsumi, Japan<br />

Deputy Secretary-General Mr Roberto Blois, Brazil<br />

BR Director Mr Valery Timofeev, Russian Federation<br />

TSB Director Mr Houlin Zhao, China<br />

BDT Director Mr Hamadoun Touré, Mali<br />

• Region C – Eastern Europe (5 seats)<br />

• Region D – Africa (13 seats)<br />

• Region E – Asia/Australasia (12 seats)<br />

For Region B there were ten candidates for eight<br />

seats and in Region C eight candidates for five<br />

seats. Once more it is noted that CEPT did not<br />

manage to agree on a number of candidates to<br />

Regions B and C equivalent to the number of<br />

seats. If a common understanding among the<br />

CEPT countries had been reached, Europe<br />

would be in control of which countries should<br />

represent Europe in Council.<br />

For the first time Norway was a candidate to a<br />

seat on the Council, following an agreed system<br />

of rotation among the Nordic countries. Denmark<br />

is stepping down from the Council after<br />

having served for two PP periods, i.e. eight<br />

years. According to a recent Nordic agreement,<br />

Norway will serve for one PP period of four<br />

years (if elected), and next time Finland will<br />

be a Nordic candidate for the Council.<br />

Norway was elected to Council in Region B with<br />

113 votes. It is expected that Mr Willy Jensen,<br />

Director General of the Norwegian Post and<br />

Telecommunications Authority will be Norway’s<br />

Councillor.<br />

UK, who was a Council member for the past<br />

four-year period, and Slovenia failed to be<br />

elected in region B. It was remarkable to note<br />

that the UK was not re-elected to Council<br />

despite its active and constructive participation<br />

in major areas of the work of the ITU, and this<br />

caused great concern among many delegations.<br />

Armenia, Slovakia and the Ukraine did not get<br />

sufficient votes to get a seat on the Council in<br />

Region C.<br />

5.3 Reform: Streamlining the<br />

Working Methods of the Sector<br />

– Increased Sector Independence<br />

5.3.1 Management of the T-Sector to be<br />

under the Control of the WTSA<br />

The CEPT countries had submitted an ECP<br />

(Common European Proposal) aiming at giving<br />

more authority and increased responsibility to<br />

Yoshio Utsumi,<br />

Secretary-General<br />

Roberto Blois,<br />

Deputy Secretary-General<br />

Valery Timofeev,<br />

BR Director<br />

Houlin Zhao,<br />

TSB Director<br />

Hamadoun Touré,<br />

BDT Director<br />

ITU’s top management<br />

2003 – 2006. Source: ITU<br />

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