Baku Declaration Charts Course for Global Digital Inclusion

Baku, Azerbaijan, 2nd December 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, Member States of the Worldwide Telecommunication Union (ITU) have agreed on a roadmap aimed toward making certain everybody’s entry to the web worldwide. This choice was adopted at this time on the World Telecommunication Growth Convention (WTDC-25), which concluded in Baku.

The 2-week occasion was organized by a partnership between ITU and the Ministry of Digital Growth and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Held for the primary time within the CIS area in Azerbaijan, the convention offered a platform for discussions on regional and worldwide digital improvement methods.

“As President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev emphasised in his tackle, Baku turned the place the place Member States and companions agreed on sensible outcomes to information ITU’s improvement work for the subsequent 4 years,” acknowledged Rashad Nabiyev, Minister of Digital Growth and Transport. “Working alongside our companions, Azerbaijan has assisted in shaping these outcomes. The adoption of the Baku Declaration, which features a reference to the COP29 Declaration on Inexperienced Digital Motion, displays our shared dedication to an inclusive and sustainable digital future.”

The resolutions adopted in the course of the convention tackle varied areas together with spectrum administration, cybersecurity, digital inclusion, ICT utility and regulation, innovation, and the deployment of digital applied sciences in distant areas.

The Baku Motion Plan, the convention’s principal final result doc, defines the core instructions for human-centered digital improvement by telecommunications and ICT. The plan offers precedence particularly to the wants of creating international locations, communities with restricted entry to digital companies, and weak inhabitants teams.

At present, greater than 2 billion folks worldwide would not have entry to the web. The four-year plan masking 2026-2029 will help the event of common, significant and inexpensive connectivity for an inclusive and sustainable digital future.

“WTDC-25 has introduced us nearer to our objective of creating connectivity common, significant and inexpensive for everybody, all over the place on this decade,” mentioned ITU Secretary-Basic Doreen Bogdan-Martin. “The Baku Declaration and Motion Plan is our roadmap in the direction of human-centered digital improvement that leaves nobody behind.”

The Baku Motion Plan encompasses regional initiatives, new and up to date resolutions to information ITU’s digital improvement actions, in addition to suggestions for ITU’s Telecommunication Growth Sector (ITU-D). The doc additionally defines technical points to be examined by the group’s skilled teams.

Regional initiatives within the Motion Plan tackle key priorities for digital improvement throughout ITU’s six world areas, comparable to making certain infrastructure entry, enhancing digital expertise, and offering inclusive companies. ITU plans to construct partnerships and mobilize sources for tasks that meet recognized regional wants.

“The outcomes of WTDC-25, contained within the Baku Motion Plan, replicate the wants, priorities and the aspirations of our membership in a forward-looking and results-oriented agenda for digital improvement and influence,” mentioned Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director of ITU’s Bureau of Telecommunication Growth. “The Plan outlines the roadmap of motion to bridge the remaining digital divides, whereas addressing the distinctive wants of Least Developed International locations, Landlocked Creating International locations and Small Island Creating States. We stay up for delivering tangible outcomes and accelerating digital transformation by working with governments and regulators to create an enabling coverage and regulatory framework that paves the best way for business and personal sector to take a position and contribute to our efforts to shut infrastructural gaps so we could obtain significant connectivity and produce everybody on-line.”

In the course of the convention, ITU introduced the World Connectivity Report 2025. The report supplies suggestions for making certain that individuals all over the place can entry high-quality web companies at inexpensive costs.

A number of agreements have been additionally signed in the course of the occasion. A two-year undertaking can be carried out to make sure the sustainability of nationwide “Sensible Villages” and “Sensible Islands” packages within the Asia-Pacific area. This initiative will function a mannequin for enhancing digital expertise and offering entry to digital companies in rural and distant communities, benefiting 3,000 folks throughout seven international locations.

A undertaking may also be carried out within the CIS area to help the event {of professional} and digital expertise. The undertaking can be carried out in partnership with the worldwide group Intersputnik and can profit 300 professionals working in satellite tv for pc communications and broadcast applied sciences.

WTDC-25 additionally featured a high-level dialogue for Least Developed International locations (LDCs), Landlocked Creating International locations (LLDCs), and Small Island Creating States (SIDS). International locations representing these teams shared their plans to develop broadband protection, advance people-centered sustainable improvement, and guarantee a safe digital future for all.

This launch was printed on openPR.