International Telecommunication Union
Specialized agency of the United Nations
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| September 19 2024 | Republic of Palau became the most recent member state to join the ITU. |
| March 2024 | ITU again ruled in favor of Iran's complaint against Starlink service. |
| October 2023 | ITU ruled in favor of Iran's complaint regarding Starlink service in the country. |
| January 1 2023 | Doreen Bogdan-Martin began her term as ITU Secretary-General. |
| 2022 | U.S. government eased restrictions on SpaceX's Starlink service in Iran to circumvent internet censorship during the Mahsa Amini protests. |
| September 29 2022 | Doreen Bogdan-Martin was elected as the 20th Secretary-General of the ITU at the Plenipotentiary Conference in Bucharest, Romania, defeating Russia's Rashid Ismailov with 139 out of 172 votes. She became the first woman to serve as ITU Secretary-General. |
| November 1 2018 | Houlin Zhao was re-elected as ITU Secretary-General during the Plenipotentiary Conference in Dubai. |
| January 15 2015 | Houlin Zhao was formally inaugurated as ITU Secretary-General. |
| January 1 2015 | Houlin Zhao's four-year mandate as ITU Secretary-General officially began. |
| October 23 2014 | Houlin Zhao was elected as the 19th Secretary-General of the ITU at the Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan. |
| December 14 2012 | An amended version of the International Telecommunications Regulations was signed by 89 of 152 countries at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) in Dubai, with major countries like the United States, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom choosing not to sign. |
| December 5 2012 | The United States House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution opposing UN governance of the Internet, with a 397-0 vote warning against potential increased government control of the Internet. |
| November 22 2012 | The European Parliament passed a resolution urging member states to prevent ITU WCIT-12 activities that could negatively impact internet governance and free flow of information. |
| August 2012 | Neaomy Claiborne of Northern California was reelected for a third term as liaison and legal advisor to the Secretariat General of the ITU. |
| 2010 | Palestine was admitted as a United Nations General Assembly observer. |
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