Ghana has been elected Chair of the Commonwealth International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Group for a four-year term in Bucharest, Romania.

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The Commonwealth International Group,  which is made up of 54 Commonwealth countries meets periodically to establish a set of objectives to be achieved at various conferences and meetings of the ITU on a myriad of subjects including International Telecom Regulation, Policy, Radio Spectrum and its related matters, type approval and standardisation.

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The goal of the objectives are to address the concerns of member-states in all aspects of telecommunications development and implementation.

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This marks Ghana’s first time serving on the Group as its Chair; Ghana co-chaired the Group with the United Kingdom for the just-ended tenure. United Kingdom is now the Vice Chair responsible for the Europe while India, Trinidad and Tobago were also elected the Vice-Chairs responsible for Asia and the Americas respectively.

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Ghana, represented by the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, will lead the team to achieve its objectives at various WTSA, ITU Plenipotentiary, WTDC and WRC conferences within the next four years.

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In a statement on the occasion, the minister expressed Ghana’s appreciation to the Group for the confidence placed in Ghana. She indicated that in a spirit of continuity and efficiency, Ghana will continue to serve the Group to ensure the achievement of its objectives.

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The Commonwealth ITU Group was established during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in September 2002.

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Source: Myjoyonline

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