<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Colleagues,<br class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">The RIPE NCC is a Sector Member of ITU-D and participates at the </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(12, 28, 44); color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">World Telecommunication Development Conference (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">WTDC), where we</span><span style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""> engage with participants and member states to advance the priorities that address the Internet-related issues in line with NCC's vision and mission. </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">The 9th ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference<a href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC21/Pages/default.aspx" class=""> (WTDC-2022)</a> was held from 6 to 16 June in Kigali, under t</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(12, 28, 44); color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">he theme "Connecting the Unconnected to Achieve Sustainable Development,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""> to set the development agenda and priorities for ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) for the 2022 to 2025 period. </span><span style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">More than 2000 delegates from 150 Member States plus over 350 sector members participated in the conference; 45 resolutions have been updated, and four new resolutions have been approved.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">The WTDC opening plenary projected the Russian-Ukraine war discourse, where the Ukraine delegation, supported by other member states, objected to the nomination of Russian candidates to any position on the WTDC Committees due to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. A</span><span style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""> secret ballot to resolve the issue resulted in not accepting the Russian appointments. </span><span style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">This practice has become normality where similar objections took place during WTSA & at ITU Council meetings earlier this year. </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">A significant risk to RIRs at the WTDC came from resolution 63: “IP addresses allocation and facilitating the transition to IPv6 deployment in developing countries”. The Chinese wanted to amend resolution 63 to include an explicit reference to IPV6+ as a technology and commercial innovation trend. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Many member states and sector members, including the RIPE NCC and other RIRs, ICANN and ISOC, all opposed this proposal with the fact that IPv6+ is not a standard developed by the IETF, where technical standards should be developed, and that it is not even clearly defined and could impact the IPv6 deployment progress. </span><span style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">In the end, the Chinese proposal was not accepted.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(12, 28, 44); color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">It’s worth noting that member states continue to disagree sharply on cybersecurity. Resolution 45 on Cybersecurity had two ad hoc groups and a lot of informal discussions. Several proposals referencing UN processes, the need for the ITU to serve as a platform, and cybercrime references were removed, and only four proposed consensus texts were retained.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(12, 28, 44); color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">As a sector member of ITU-D, we will remain engaged with ITU-D meetings and study groups and update NCC management and the RIPE community on any developments. <span style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">Some excellent team efforts from colleagues from ARIN, AFRINIC, and ISOC are to be highlighted. Thanks for all; our involvement and joint efforts have paid off, which is a great result.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">Best Regards,</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(12, 28, 44);" class="">Chafic</span></div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>