From August 28 to 31, 2022, the 3rd Informal Inter-regional Meeting and the 5th Arab States Preparatory meeting for the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) were held in Riyadh and by videoconference.

The events were attended by delegates from member countries, as well as observers from international and regional organizations.

The meeting was attended by a RCC delegation, representatives of the Communications Administrations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as the RCC Executive Committee.

Tariq Al-Awadi, Chairman of the Arab Group for the preparation for the PP-22, opened the 5th Arab States Preparatory Meeting for the PP-22.

The agenda of the 5th Arab Meeting included the following:

- Opening remarks;

- Presentation of the host country PP-22 (Administration of Romania);

- Submission of candidates for ITU elective positions;

- Presentations of Regional Groups.

In preparation for the PP-22, representatives of APT, ATU, CEPT, CITEL and RCC made relevant reports. On behalf of the RCC at the 5th Arab Group Preparatory Meeting (Riyadh), the RCC candidates for the elected posts of ITU and PP-22 were presented by the Chairman of the CIC Bella Cherkesova, and the RCC GPs at the PP-22 was presented by Maria Bolshakova.

After hearing all the speeches of regional organizations, the Chairman of the Arab Group for the Preparation for the PP-22, Tariq Al-Awadi, thanked the representatives of regional organizations for their participation and their productive work.

Then the participants moved on to the discussion of the 3rd Informal Inter-regional Meeting.

The meeting was opened by ITU Secretary General Houlin Zhao, Mohammed Saud Al-Tamimi, Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of the PP-22 Sabin Sărmaș.

The agenda of the 3rd meeting included the following:

1. Welcoming speech of the host country;

2. Welcoming speech by the Secretary General;

3. Opening remarks by the Chairman (appointed Chairman of the PP-22);

4. Updated information on preparations for the PP-22 from the secretariat and the host country;

5. Positions of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Conference and Committees;

6. Appointment of tellers;

7. Discussion of topics proposed by the Chairman:

• Financial plan;

• Res. 48;

• Problems related to the Internet;

• Artificial intelligence;

• ICTs and pandemics;

• Other topics proposed by Member States.

8. Draft plan for the distribution of issues/proposals considered at meetings of regional groups;

9. Draft time management plan;

At the end of the meeting, Chairman Sabin Sărmaș expressed gratitude for the review of the preparation for the PP-22 and thanked all participants for their participation and fruitful work.