International Arena

The Commission works to achieve its overall strategic objective of developing and protecting the interests of the Kingdom and enhancing its regional and international standing in the areas related to communications and information technology. To achieve this objective, the Commission's tasks are based on the following main areas:

To strengthen the Kingdom's position in the relevant international and regional organizations and to influence the negotiations in which it serves the interests of the Kingdom

Utilize the experiences and experiences of telecommunication regulators in different countries in order to obtain relevant best practices

Highlight the efforts and achievements of the Kingdom in the ICT sector

To promote the Kingdom's leading representation in international activities

In coordination with governmental, private and academic bodies, the Commission contributes to achieving many successes and taking a number of leadership positions in the international organizations concerned with the ICT sector

Agreements

The Kingdom role in the international level requires it to participate in international activities that are worthy of this status, as well as to promote, develop and protect its interests in the international community, including agreements with various countries and international organizations. The most important of these agreements in the areas related to the telecommunications sector:

SAUDI ARABIA and ITU COUNCIL

Organizations

The Commission is working with the regulators of the ICT sector in Arab countries and other countries with the aim of increasing cooperation and exchanging information and experiences. In this context, the Commission is keen to strengthen the Kingdom's influential presence in a number of regional and international organizations related to the ICT sector. The Kingdom holds several posts as President or Vice-Chair at several conferences of regional and international organizations, meetings and working groups. The Kingdom also made many contributions to those organizations. The most prominent of these organizations:

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs-

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC and SOCIAL COUNCIL

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The World Summit on the Information Society

The Gulf Cooperation Council

League of Arab States

Most important meetings

Plenipotentiary Conference:

The Plenipotentiary Conference is held every four years and is the supreme policy authority of the Union. It approves the Strategic Plan for the next four years, the election of the senior management team of the Union, the States members of the Council and members of the Radio Regulations Board. During the conference, all the resolutions of the previous conference, notably those relating to international Internet-related public policy issues, are reviewed and new draft resolutions submitted by Member States are reviewed and updated on the basis of technical developments.Link

ITU Council:

The ITU Council is the highest authority after the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. Its members are elected at the Plenipotentiary Conference every four years whom only twenty-five per cent of the total number of Member States. The Kingdom has been a member of the Council of the ITU since 1965. The Council discusses and make the necessary decisions on all important topics related to ITU sector work.Link

World Radiocommunication Conference:

held every three or four years. The function of the WRC is to review and revise the Radio Regulations, where necessary, and the international treaty governing the use of the radio frequency spectrum, stable satellite circuits and non-geostationary satellites. The reviews shall be in accordance with an agenda to be decided by the ITU Council, which takes into account the recommendations of previous World Radiocommunication Conferences.Link

The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly:

convenes every four years and sets the strategy for the next ITU-T study period. The Association is preceded by a number of regional preparatory meetings for the six regions of the ITU with a view to the early and good preparation of WTSA. Saudi Arabia plays a leading role in the WTSA work; it holds leadership positions in several committees. The Kingdom received many appreciation letters. The most recent was the letter of the Director of the ITU Standardization Sector Office, in which he commended the efforts of the Kingdom's delegation and its diplomacy, which led to positive resultsLink

World Telecommunication Development Conference:

The conference is held every four years, and defines the future strategies and objectives of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector. The conference publishes a declaration, which includes regional initiatives, new resolutions and recommendations, and their review to support the achievement of sector objectives and new issues for consideration by the Development Sector study groupsLink

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