{"id":140,"date":"2021-09-23T09:40:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:29:14","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <section class=\"ituBanner bg countdown\">\n        <div class=\"bgContainer\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/doha-skyline-adobe-pp26.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <div class=\"main\">\n                                                    <script src=\"https:\/\/unpkg.com\/@lottiefiles\/dotlottie-wc@0.8.11\/dist\/dotlottie-wc.js\" type=\"module\"><\/script>\n                            <dotlottie-wc\n                                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       <img src=http:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/The-SMOKE.jpg alt=\"Decorative image\" class=\"img-side\" \/>\n        <div class=\"content content-side\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                                    <p class=\"title\"><br>What is PP-26?<\/p>\n                                                    The Plenipotentiary Conference (PP) is the highest policy-making body of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations agency for digital technologies.<br><br>Meeting every four years, the conference sets out ITU\u2019s overall direction, approves strategic and financial plans, and elects the organization\u2019s five top officials, 48-seat Council membership, and 12 Radio Regulations Board members.<br><br>The next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-26) is set to take place in Doha, Qatar, from 9 to 27 November 2026.                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/about\/about-pp26\/\" class=\"ituBtn\" =_self rel=\"noopener\">\n                        Learn more                    <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            \n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n            <div class=\"ituCard alt\" data-span=\"12\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <div class=\"main\">\n                        <figure>\n                            <blockquote class=\"\">ITU&#8217;s next Plenipotentiary Conference in Qatar will set the stage for a digital future where human-centered technology drives progress and inclusion for everyone.<\/blockquote>\n                            <figcaption>\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/itu-sg-doreen-bogdan-martin.jpg\" alt=\"Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU\" \/>\n                                                                Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU \n                            <\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"heading-3\">Latest<\/h2>\n<\/div>                                <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <a class=\"ituCard anim bg hor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/mediacentre\/Pages\/PR-2025-11-13-PP26-announcement.aspx\" data-span=\"6\" 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class=\"main\">\n                <p class=\"title\">Qatar announces PP-26 Chair-designate<\/p>\n                <p>Qatar\u2019s President of the Communications Regulatory Authority, Eng. Ahmad Abdulla AlMuslemani, nominated as Chair-designate for ITU\u2019s next Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-26)<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n                                                <a class=\"ituCard anim bg hor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/mediacentre\/Pages\/PR-2022-04-10-PP26-host-city.aspx\" data-span=\"6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"square\" src=\"http:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/PP-logo_Emblem.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n        <div class=\"content\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <p class=\"title\">Qatar to host PP-26<\/p>\n                <p>Member States of the UN specialized agency will gather in Doha to continue guiding the world\u2019s digital transformation<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9864,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-heading-template.php","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-140","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}