GSO President Participates in ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 in Doha
H.E. Eng. Jabor Mohamed Al-Naimi, President of the GCC Standardization Organization (GSO), participated in the opening session of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26), held under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar. The conference is being hosted in Doha from 9 to 27 November 2026 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, with high-level participation from representatives of member states and international organizations.
The conference serves as the highest policy-making body of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), bringing together representatives from its 194 member states to discuss key opportunities and challenges shaping the future of telecommunications and digital technologies. These include artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, and strengthening global connectivity. The conference will also determine the ITU’s strategic direction through 2031 and elect its leadership for the next four years.
GSO’s participation reflects its longstanding institutional cooperation with the ITU, further strengthened by the signing of a cooperation agreement between the two organizations in 2019 and GSO’s admission as an ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector Member (ITU-T Sector Member), pursuant to the ITU Council’s decision dated 22 December 2020.
This participation underscores GSO’s commitment to strengthening international cooperation, keeping pace with technological advancements, and supporting the alignment of Gulf standards with international developments, in line with the shared interests of its member states.
