Member States elect Doreen Bogdan-Martin as ITU Secretary-General
Member States elect Doreen Bogdan-Martin as ITU Secretary-General Member States of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have elected Doreen Bogdan-Martin of the United States of America as the organization’s next Secretary-General. Bogdan-Martin will be the first woman to lead ITU, which was established in 1865 and became a United Nations specialized agency in 1947. The election took place during ITU’s Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday 29 September, with representatives of Member States voting during the meeting’s…