ITU members re-elect Zhao as chief

Member states of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have re-elected Houlin Zhao of China as ITU secretarygeneral during the Union’s 20th Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18) here.

The election took place during the plenary session of the PP-18 conference. Zhao won the position with 176 votes, from 178 ballot papers deposited. He contested the position unopposed. Zhao will begin his second and final four-year term next January 1.

(Staff Report)