ITU Newsletter - 18 July 2023
Imternational Telecommunication Union
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SDG Action: Harnessing digital to rescue the 2030 Agenda
With only 15 per cent of targets currently on track, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) are in jeopardy. Rescuing them?back on track requires ramping up digital access worldwide, says Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Read more
Equitable access to digital benefits
“By facilitating ethical and human rights-based innovation, we can create a trustworthy and inclusive digital ecosystem,” UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told ITU’s annual governing body, the ITU Council.
Readying ITU for the future
ITU’s Secretary-General reiterated the need to connect the unconnected and drive sustainable #DigitalTransformation in our fast-changing world.
ITU Council 2023
ITU Council 2023?continues in Geneva, Switzerland, until 21 July. Explore how it works.
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Dig deeper: Strengthening telco climate action
New guidance from ITU, mobile industry association GSMA, and the Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) tackles “Scope 3” emissions along the value chain. Read the report
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Consultation with youth leading up to SDG?#DigitalDay: Open until 20 July
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When I wrote and published my book, “Development through Digitization” in 2017 as I drew my international consulting engagements to a close, I devoted several chapters on the need to prioritize the potential contributions of “digitization” towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). My message was two fold: 1) that digitization holds significant potential for supporting the 2015-2030 SDGs, and 2) unless a much, much, higher focus was placed on digitization, this potential would simply not be realized. Unfortunately this current article in 2023 reflects that this prioritization has not taken place to the degree needed over these last 6 years…and unfortunately, hard to tell if it will be in the future.
ICT Counsel | Autodidact @ SYNC01? Global Outreach Mechanism?
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Chief Executive Officer at Alnahdy Global Force Ltd
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