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TRA highlights details of the UAE’s participation in the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in South Korea

The TRA, through a press conference today, highlighted the details concerning the UAE’s involvement and nomination for the membership of the International Telecommunication Union Council, and the Radio Regulations Council. The press conference, which took place at the TRA headquarters, comes within the framework of a series of extensive preparations undertaken by the TRA for the UAE to participate in the advanced International Plenipotentiary Conference, which will be held in South Korea, Busan City from October 18 to November 7 2014.  

H.E. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, TRA Director General and Engineer Nasser Bin Hammad, Senior Director of International Relations and candidate of the Radio Regulations Council membership attended the media conference, and responded to media queries. They also briefed them about the strategic importance of these nominations to the UAE and the most prominent developments supporting the campaign file. It should be noted that this is the third time since 2006 for the UAE to be nominated for the membership of the ITU Council, the highest in the organizational board of the ITU, consisting of only 48 countries that are elected out of 193 member states. This confirms the leading role played by the TRA within the ICT sector on a regional and international level in general and the prominent role it plays by involving in all the activities of the International Telecommunications Union. 

H.E. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim said: "The nation has evolved a solid relationship with the ITU and fellow member states. Over the past three years, we were able to host and support many of the activities, conferences and international forums of a high presidency at the ITU level as the first Member State of the Union to host international forums in one year. We believe that the time has come for the UAE to acquire a membership at one of these important councils, which will influence the Union’s policies in the radio communications sector and the goals over the next four years including the continuation of the UAE’s membership in the ITU Council.” 

H.E. added: "The UAE citizens have showed high efficiency and great capacity in all international areas, leveraging from their knowledge based capabilities and perseverance that allows them to compete with their peers from different countries and regions of the world. We would like to mention the amount of competition in the region, which the UAE belongs to, and that is region E – Asia and Australasia where there are currently 18 countries competing for 13 seats with only while six people from six countries, including UAE candidate Engineer Nasser bin Hammad, are competing in the same region for the membership for the Radio Regulations Board, as the largest of the five regions witnessing fierce competition. We also pay tribute to all support given to the UAE nomination by the neighboring Arab countries group and other regional groups whom we cooperate with in this respect.” 

H.E. concluded by noting that the TRA is confident of the UAE’s victory, God willing, for both memberships due to the confidence of the members of the ITU in the UAE because of the prestige appreciated by the UAE in the Union’s efforts. This is all thanks to the successful participation of the nation in all the organization’s activities as well as chairing multiple committees and large international conferences, with the endless support assumed by the UAE’s government leadership and the esteemed role of the field’s pioneers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

ENDS 

About the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority  

TRA is building the core ICT regulatory framework for the UAE’s burgeoning knowledge economy. ICT development underpins economic growth and social advancement, and is a critical pillar in the nation’s broader 2021 Vision. 

The TRA supports the UAE’s ICT sector by safeguarding competition to protect the interests of subscribers, enhancing the readiness of e-services, encouraging investment, innovation and development, whilst facilitating a broader ecosystem for human capital development. 

For more information about the TRA, please visit: www.tra.gov.ae. 

This press release is for information purposes only and has been released on behalf of the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.



Source: http://www.tra.gov.ae

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