Jeon Seonmin, KISDI Associate Research Fellow, Elected Vice Chair of ITU Council Working Group

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 23rd that Jeon Seon-min, Associate Research Fellow at the Korea Information Society Development Institute, has been elected as Vice Chair of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Council Working Group of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council. This is the first time in 10 years since 2013 that a Korean official has advanced to the chairmanship of a council working group.

The council working group is responsible within the ITU for discussions to promote and coordinate the implementation of WSIS outcomes and SDG achievements. Representing the Asia-Pacific region, Associate Research Fellow Jeon will serve as Vice Chair for the next four years.

Associate Research Fellow Jeon specializes in research on international cooperation in the ICT field at the Korea Information Society Development Institute. He previously served as Chair of the Plenary Working Group at the 2022 World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-22) and Chair of the Policy and Legal Committee (COM 5) at the 2022 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22). He currently holds the position of Vice Chair of Study Group 2 (Digital Transformation) in the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D).

A Ministry of Science and ICT official stated, "Discussions are underway to support the promotion of SDGs at the UN level, and with the 20th anniversary of WSIS implementation approaching in 2025, it is expected that Korea can contribute to leading these discussions based on expertise and experience in this field."

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