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Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)<\/h2>APT website(opens in a new window)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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  1. <\/span>
    18 July 2025<\/span>

    1st Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-1)<\/h3>

    Pattaya, Thailand<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  2. <\/span>
    28-29 January 2026<\/span>

    2nd Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-2)<\/h3>

    Virtual<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  3. <\/span>
    30 March-2 April 2026<\/span>

    3rd Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-3)<\/h3>

    Thailand<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  4. <\/span>
    15-19 June 2026<\/span>

    4th Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-4)<\/h3>

    Malaysia<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  5. <\/span>
    24-28 August 2026<\/span>

    5th Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for PP-26 (APT PP26-5)<\/h3>

    Australia<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

    Arab States <\/h2><\/div>
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    1. <\/span>
      15 May 2025<\/span>

      1st Arab Working Group Meeting<\/h3><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. <\/span>
      31 August 2025<\/span>

      2nd Arab Working Group Meeting<\/h3><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. <\/span>
      1 April 2026<\/span>

      3rd Arab Working Group Meeting<\/h3><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. <\/span>
      20 July 2026<\/span>

      4th Arab Working Group Meeting<\/h3><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. <\/span>
      20 August 2026<\/span>

      5th Arab Working Group Meeting<\/h3><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. <\/span>
      21 September 2026<\/span>

      6th Arab Working Group Meeting<\/h3>

      virtual<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

    7. <\/span>
      11-14 October 2026<\/span>

      7th Arab Working Group Meeting<\/h3>

      Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

    8. <\/span>
      8 November 2026<\/span>

      8th Arab Working Group Meeting<\/h3>

      Doha, Qatar<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

      African Telecommunications Union (ATU)<\/h2>ATU website(opens in a new window)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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      1. <\/span>
        18-19 July 2024<\/span>

        1st African Preparatory Meeting for ITU PP-26<\/h3>

        Namibia<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

      2. <\/span>
        26-29 May 2026<\/span>

        2nd African Preparatory Meeting for ITU PP-26<\/h3>

        Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

      3. <\/span>
        18 July 2026<\/span>

        3rd African Preparatory Meeting for ITU PP-26<\/h3>

        Abuja, Nigeria<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

      4. <\/span>
        15-17 September 2026<\/span>

        4th African Preparatory Meeting for ITU PP-26<\/h3>

        Abidjan, C\u00f4te d’Ivoire<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

        European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)<\/h2>CEPT website(opens in a new window)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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        1. <\/span>
          1 October 2025<\/span>

          1st meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees<\/h3>

          Athens, Greece (hybrid)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

        2. <\/span>
          9-11 December 2025<\/span>

          2nd meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees<\/h3>

          Paris, France (hybrid)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

        3. <\/span>
          25-27 March 2026<\/span>

          3rd meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees<\/h3>

          Prague, Czech Republic (hybrid)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

        4. <\/span>
          1-3 June 2026<\/span>

          4th meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees<\/h3>

          Vilnius, Lithuania (hybrid)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

        5. <\/span>
          16-18 September 2026<\/span>

          5th meeting of the PP26 Policy and ADM committees<\/h3>

          Bonn, Germany (hybrid)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

          Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)<\/h2>CITEL website(opens in a new window)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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          1. <\/span>
            5-7 November 2025<\/span>

            43rd Permanent Executive Committee of CITEL (COM\/CITEL)<\/h3>

            Washington, D.C., USA<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

          2. <\/span>
            17-19 March 2026<\/span>

            9th Ordinary Assembly of CITEL<\/h3>

            San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

          3. <\/span>
            20-24 April 2026<\/span>

            48th Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee I: Telecommunications\/Information and Communication Technologies (PCC.I)<\/h3>

            Panama City, Panama<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

          4. <\/span>
            7-11 September 2026<\/span>

            49th Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee I: Telecommunications\/Information and Communication Technologies (PCC.I)<\/h3>

            Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

          5. <\/span>
            7-9 October 2026<\/span>

            Coordination Meeting WTGPP (45 COM\/CITEL)<\/h3>

            San Jose, Costa Rica<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

            Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC)<\/h2>RCC website(opens in a new window)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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            1. <\/span>
              25-27 March 2026<\/span>

              Meetings of the Working Group on Cooperation with ITU (WG ITU) and the RCC Commission on the Coordination of the International Communication (CIC)<\/h3>

              Shymkent, Kazakhstan<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

            2. <\/span>
              5 June 2026<\/span>

              65th Meeting of the RCC Board of Ministers<\/h3>

              Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

            3. <\/span>
              15 July 2026<\/span>

              Meeting of the Working Group on Cooperation with ITU (WG ITU) and the RCC Commission on the Coordination of the International Communication (CIC)<\/h3>

              virtual<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

            4. <\/span>
              19-21 August 2026<\/span>

              Final joint meeting of the CIC and WG-ITU<\/h3>

              Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Republic<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n

            5. <\/span>
              29 September 2026<\/span>

              Meeting of the RCC Board of Ministers<\/h3>

              Dushanbe, Tajikistan<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":23069,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"obsolete-templates\/page-submenu.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23065","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23065","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23065\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}