By Members of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have agreed on priorities for standards and capacity development in areas from artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse to sustainable digital transformation.
The ITU took the decision at the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-24) which closed today in New Delhi, India.
The conference reviewed and modified existing guidance and agreed eight new resolutions reinforcing the organization’s standards work to meet fast-evolving global needs.
“The outcomes of WTSA-24 remind us that humanity has one Earth, one human family and one shared digital future,” said ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin. “Together with the global standards community, ITU is committed to ensuring that our digital future is technically strong, with innovation, inclusion and sustainability at its core.”
“What was seen as a form of communication has today become the highway on which the future of not only our countries, but the future of humanity in the next decades will be building,” said India’s Minister of Communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia. “Over the past 10 days we have embarked on an extraordinary odyssey. One that has not only allowed us to envision a radiant digital future but also empower us in order to be able to sculpt for the future, for rich dialogues, audacious ideas, and transformation partnerships.”
