{"id":23214,"date":"2026-09-29T11:51:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/?page_id=23214"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:56:53","slug":"candidate-questions-itu-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/elections\/candidate-interviews\/candidate-questions-itu-secretary-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate questions &#8211; Secretary-General"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section>\n    <div class=\"text-section\">\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-left\" data-span=\"8\">\n                        <p>\n        Candidates for the post of ITU Secretary-General are invited to answer the following questions:    <\/p>\n                        <p>\n        <br><strong>1.  What will your top three priorities be if elected, and how do you plan to achieve them?<\/strong><br><strong><br><br>2.  As international cooperation looks beyond 2030, how will you help position digital and emerging technologies at the heart of the next global development agenda?<\/strong><br><strong><br><br>3.  How can you ensure that ITU continues advancing cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) for the good of countries and people worldwide?<\/strong><br><strong><br><br>4.  Against the backdrop of ongoing UN reform initiatives, how will you ensure that ITU continues delivering value to the global digital community?<\/strong><br><strong><br><br>5.  What else would you bring to the table as ITU Secretary-General over the next four years?<\/strong><br><strong><br><br>6.  Is there anything else you would like to add?<\/strong>    <\/p>\n                        <p>\n        <br><em>Editorial note: Responses must not exceed 1000 words in total, excluding the questions provided here.<\/em>    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-right data-span-override\" data-span=\"4\">\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":23219,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23214","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=23214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23214\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.itu.int\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}