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He was recognised for his renowned experience and endearing leadership prowess exhibited as the Chairman of the Working Group of Plenary (WGPL) during the on-going ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in Bucharest.<\/p>\n
The Working Group of Plenary (WGPL) was created by the PP- 22 Plenary to recommend appropriate actions in respective of submitted reports and proposals related to public policies, the Internet and other general matters. <\/p>\n
The Working Group\u2019s mandate is also in consonance with the mandate of other ITU Committees which require amendments to their respective Constitutions, Conventions and General Rules. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr Baah-Acheamfuor led the agreements to perennial controversial issues two days before the end of the conference which in the past usually delayed the closing of the conference by several hours on the penultimate day of the conference. <\/p>\n
Under his leadership, the Working Group of the Plenary negotiated eighty-nine (89) proposals from various countries which resulted in the approval of two (2) new Resolutions and update of twenty-one (21) Resolutions. <\/p>\n
There were no changes to the resolution OTTs and another resolution on ITU’s role with regard to international public policy issues relating to the risk of illicit use of information and communication technologies. <\/p>\n
The first new resolution agreed upon was on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and telecommunications\/ICTs and the other was the Role of telecommunications\/ICTs in mitigating global pandemics.<\/p>\n
Apart from being Ghana\u2019s Focal Person to the ITU, he is also a Councillor to the ITU Council.\u00a0 For the first time in Ghana\u2019s relations with the ITU, Ghana was re-elected to the ITU Council for the 2023 to 2026 term with 154 votes, the highest number of votes Ghana has obtained in the ITU Council Elections. In addition, Ghana\u2019s Rev. Ing Edmund Yirenkyi-Fianko was also elected to the ITU Radio Regulations Board.<\/p>\n
The Plenipotentiary Conference (PP) is ITU\u2019s highest policy-making body which meets once every four years to set the Union\u2019s general policies, adopt the four-year strategic and financial plans. It is also responsible for electing the senior management team of the organization, the Member States of the Council and the members of the Radio Regulations Board. <\/p>\n
This year\u2019s conference dubbed PP-22 was held in Bucharest, Romania, from 26th September to 14th October, 2022. The ITU PP-22 Conference hosted nearly 4,000 delegates from 193 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n