[Chapter-delegates] WTSA 2016 begins this week

[Elizabeth Oluoch]

Dear Members,

The ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2016 (WTSA-16<http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa16/Pages/default.aspx>) begins on October 25th in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia. The ISOC delegation will join ITU members (governments, private sector, non-governmental organizations, academia) in shaping the future direction of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization sector (ITU-T). One of our key messages for delegates at WTSA-16 is that the work programs approved for the next study period should not lead to a regulatory or operational role of the ITU in the governance of the Internet. To get more insights into our other main objectives and the key issues that we will be following at this meeting, we invite you to read our blog<https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2016/10/road-yasmine-hammamet-expectations-wtsa-16> .

Additionally, please visit the WTSA-16 section<https://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA> on our website for additional resources for this meeting including the ITU WTSA-16 Issues Matrix<http://www.internetsociety.org/wtsa/matrix> with Co-signatures which reflects the Internet related resolutions that will be discussed at the meeting.
Link to WTSA-16 section: http://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA

Our delegation members are: Mark Buell, Jane Coffin, Petko Kantchev (ISOC Bulgaria), Verengai Mabika (ISOC Zimbabwe), Michuki Mwangi, Alejandro Pisanty (ISOC Mexico), Elizabeth Oluoch and Sagarika Wickramasekera (ISOC Sri Lanka).

Finally, as the meeting progresses we will keep you informed of developments on the ground via the WTSA-16 section on our website as well as on this mailing list.

We look forward to engaging with all of you over the course of the next several days.

Best regards,
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Oluoch
Policy Advisor
Internet Society
Direct: +1 703 439 2138




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