On November 7, on the eve of the 2026 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, the ITU Council held its final meeting in Doha. The Council's composition was determined by the previous Plenipotentiary Conference.

On the agenda:

►  The audited report on financial activities and the financial report for the 2025 financial year, and the corresponding report of the external auditor

The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and cover all types of the organization's activities, including those funded from the regular budget and extrabudgetary resources, as well as operating and financial income.

►  Additions to the Annual Report of the Independent Management Advisory Committee (IMAC)

The document sets out the IMAC's opinion on the audited ITU financial statements for 2025.

►  Strengthening risk management and the internal control system

The Secretariat presented the measures taken in connection with the recent IMAC recommendation on risk management and related issues raised by the 2026 Council, as well as on outstanding oversight recommendations and the new delegation of authority system.

►  Report on the Seventh World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF‑26), held on September 2–4 in The Bahamas

►  Interim report on the implementation of Resolution 1436

It presents the preliminary consequences, in particular those arising from the damage caused to data centers in Bahrain and the UAE, and also emphasizes the heightened vulnerability risk of submarine cables and the Internet backbone network connecting these countries.

►  Outdated Resolutions and Council Decisions

After each regular session of the ITU Council, Resolutions and Decisions that have been implemented or have become obsolete are annulled and, consequently, removed from the compendium "Resolutions and Decisions of the Council."

The next meeting of the Council will take place on November 27, 2026. By then, the Council will be in its new composition, to be determined by PP‑26, which begins its work on November 9.

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