 The Secretary-General

to prepare a
background document
on the current ITU
practices regarding
fully virtual, physical
meetings with remote
participation, and
hybrid meetings
taking into account
the specificities of
each Sector, the legal Further details on most Important ITU Council 2022 outcomes
issues and the relevant to ATU WG1
logistics constraints
and present it to the
Plenipotentiary
Conference 2022, REQUESTS TO SG FOR PP-22

 To update the report

on the TO BE FORWARDED BY SG TO PP-22
implementation of the
strategic plan and the
General Policy, Strategy and
activities of the Union,
April 2018-February Planning
2022 (CV 61, CV 102,
 The roadmap on
CV 82) with on
WSIS + 20
outputs from WTSA,
developed
WTDC, and any
by the ITU
comments made at
SG with
this meeting – to be
further input
submit by council to
by
PP-22
stakeholders
 To share The roadmap ITU Events TO BE FORWARDED BY
on WSIS + 20 with COUNCIL TO PP-22
CSTD and WSIS forum  The invitation of the
for input by Government of India
stakeholders and to hold WTSA-24 in
submit to PP-22
India for 9 days, for
 To share The draft decision
Strategic and Financial
Plans for 2024-2027
with IMAC and
external auditors for
their comments to be
transmitted to PP
 Proposal from India
on increasing the
participation of the
private sector and
academia from
Member States within
the LDC, LLDC, SIDS
and CISN categories.
The secretariat is
directed to work out
details and bring the
matter to the
attention of the WTDC
and the PP
General Policy, Strategy and
Planning

 The reports of the

Council Working
REQUESTS TO SG FOR COUNCIL 2023
Groups and Expert
Group on ITRs with
 The Secretary-
the summary
General to develop
records
administrative and
 The four-year report
operational
of CWG-Lang with
guidelines for the
the summary
implementation of
records.
the policy
 The four-year report
framework on
on the outcomes of COUNCIL ENDORSED
multilingualism
the CWG-WSIS&SDG
 The secretariat to General Policy, Strategy and
since 2018
prepare a detailed Planning
 The four-year report
report for Council
of the CWG-Internet  The draft Policy
2023 providing
with the summary Framework on
clarity on the legal
records Multilingualism
clauses, the status
 The four-year report  The draft ITU
of the MoUs and an
of CWG-COP with Gender Equality and
overview of the
the summary Mainstreaming
strategic and
records (GEM) Policy
financial
 The Guidelines for  The new ITU
implications, if any.
the utilization of the accountability
 Changes to Staff
Global Cybersecurity model and
Regulations
Agenda (GCA) framework
(reduction of the
 The Report on the
advertisement
implementation of Administration and
period): Requests
the strategic plan Management
that the secretariat
and the activities of
carries out further
the Union, April  Annual review of
consultations and
2018-February 2022 revenue and
review the proposal
(CV 61, CV 102, CV expenses &
to include the
82) with update on Efficiency measures
overall recruitment
outputs from WTSA,  The action taken by
process and report
WTDC, and any the Secretary-
back to a future
comments made at General regarding
session of Council.
this meeting, and the admission of the
 Changes to Staff
submit it to PP-22 entities dealing with
Regulations
ITU Events telecommunication
(personal status for
the purpose of ITU matters ( listed in
 The report on Hiring
entitlements) The annex to Doc
of an independent
secretariat carry out C22/31)
external
further  The External
management
consultations with Auditor’s report on
consultant for ITU
members and report the accounts for
Telecom events and
back to a future 2020
recommendations
together with the session of Council.
summary records

 The invitation of the

 Key topics for consideration by WG1 ahead of PP-22 and their
related Council documents

The issue of Article 48 of ITU Constitution

Under WG1, ATU members are invited pay attention to the issues of CS Article 48 and to consider
effective coordination with ATU’s preparatory process of WRC-23, while developing PP-22 position
on that issue.

Relevant Council documents:

 No relevant document
RESOLUTION 100 (MINNEAPOLIS, 1998)
 See the last WRC-19 Role of the Secretary-General of ITU as depositary for memoranda
Committee 5 chairman
report to the Plenary,
of understanding (MoU)
requesting PP-22 to
consider the issue of CS
Article 48 Under WG1, ATU members are invited to consider matters
related to MoUs, especially those who have strategic and financial
implications and to discuss further, the role of the Secretary
General in ensuring transparency and accountability in that
regard and further discuss the possibility of requesting the secretariat to prepare a detailed report
for Council 2023 providing clarity on the legal clauses, the status of the MOUs and an overview of
the financial implications, as agreed in Council 2022.

Relevant Council documents:

 Memoranda of
understanding
having financial ITU electoral process
and/or strategic Under WG1, ATU members are invited to pay attention to the ITU
implications (Res. electoral process and propose any actions in that regard as
192) (oral
deemed appropriate.
presentation)
 MOUs with financial Relevant Council documents:
and/or strategic
implications, now
being available on
the Council
Dashboard
 Four new MOUs
were added in 2022
  ITU’s election
procedures are
governed by the rules
laid out in Chapter III of
the General Rules of
Conferences, Assemblies
and Meetings of the
Union, and rules
governing internal
candidates may be
found in Regulation 12.2
of the Staff Regulations
and Rules and in
Regulation XI.2 of the
Staff Regulations and
Staff Rules for Elected
Officials (in Annexes).
 The Secretary-General
provided a report on the
implementation of PP-
18 recommendations on
ITU electoral processes
to the June 2021 session
of Council (S21-CL-C-
0004). According to the
report, issues related to
the ITU electoral process
include the status of
internal candidates and
special leaves of
internal candidates;
deadline for
candidatures; ethical
guidelines for
campaigning activities;
candidates’ hearings,
date of elections; ways
to promote more
women becoming
candidates; methods of
campaigning, including
gifts and social events;
issues related to
mandates for elected
officials; elements to be
included in.
Under WG1, ATU members are
gender neutral language in ITU
Relevant Council documents:
 The use of gender
neutral language in
ITU texts (Document
CWG-FHR-15/17)
RESOLUTION 146 (REV. DUBAI, 2018)
Periodic review and revision of the International
Telecommunication Regulations
Under WG1, ATU members are invited to pay attention to the issue
of the ITRs, consider EG-ITRs report to the Plenipotentiary
conference 2022, propose modifications to Resolution 146,
including, a new ToR to the future EG-ITRs.
Relevant Council documents:
 The reports of the
Council Working
Groups and Expert
The impact of the COVID-19
Group on ITRs with the
summary records pandemic on the functioning
and activities of ITU
Under WG1, ATU members are
invited to pay attention to the
aspect of ITU’s activities and
functioning in the post-Covid
period. This can include development of procedures and working
methods of the 3 sectors, rules and guidelines of virtual and hybrid
meetings, governance of e-meetings, decision making regarding
virtual meetings, etc.
Relevant Council documents:
 During the ITU Council
2022, the ITU secretariat
presented the
document on the
impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on the
functioning and The use of gender neutral
activities of ITU
language in ITU texts
(Document CWG-FHR-
14/5), and the
development of invited to discuss the issue of
procedures, rules and texts.
guidelines of Virtual and
Hybrid Meetings
(Document CWG-FHR-
15/19) was discussed.
Further discussion on
this topic was forwarded
to next Council meeting
 Creation of a new TSAG
Adhoc group on
governance and
management of e-
meeting (AHG-GME)
(Document C22/INF/1)
The new ITU Accountability Model and Framework and internal controls matters

Under WG1, ATU members are invited to consider the new accountability framework and its
effective implementation, while considering matters related to internal controls in the view of
enhancing and strengthening

Related Council documents:

 Documents CWG-FHR-
14/2, CWG-FHR-14/INF-
1 and CWG-FHR-15/5).
 Progress
report(Document CWG-
FHR-15/14) was
presented by the
secretariat for 2021
which covered ethics,
Project Management
enhancement, ITU
Compliance Dashboard,
weighting exercise of
mitigation measures,
new e-recruitment
system, competitive
procedures for selection
of consultants and new
Recruitment and
Selection Guidelines