Speech by ITU Secretary-General, Dr Hamadoun I. Touré

Your Excellency, President Aliyev, Your Excellency, Mr Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Your Excellency, Minister Abbasov, Distinguished colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be here with you today for the opening of the seventh annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, which is taking place here in …

Who controls the internet?

Have you ever noticed that wherever you are in the world, every telephone keypad looks the same? Or wondered why satellites don’t crash into each other? Or why you dial 64 to reach New Zealand, but 65 for Singapore?  Read More