ITU secretary general expected next week in Morocco
Morocco, Local, 3/29/2002

Secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Yashio Itsumi, is expected next Monday in Morocco to dedicate with Morocco's Secretary of State for Post, Telecommunication and Information Technologies, Nasr Hajji, the 3rd international fair of information systems, networks and telecom networks.

The exhibition, held April 2-5 in Casablanca, is the major encounter of telecoms professionals who will also debate several associated topics, mainly the liberalization of the land phone system, Internet generalization and the future of mobile communication in Morocco.

Morocco will also be hosting Next September 23 through October 18 the ITU sixteenth plenipotentiary conference, the union supreme decision-making authority.

This is the first time that the international union is convening its top policy-making body in Africa and in the Arab states.

Marrakesh promises to be an excellent venue for the event with modern communications supporting all major capabilities and a transport infrastructure which reflects its importance as one of the major tourism hubs for the region, ITU says.

The Plenipotentiary Conference, held every four years, sets the organization's general policies, adopts four-year strategic and financial plans and also elects the top executives of the organization. It is a key event at which the 189 ITU member countries will decide on ITU's future role, thereby determining its ability to influence and affect the telecoms issues worldwide.

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