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 guaranteeing everybody’s entry to the web worldwide. This resolution was adopted as we speak on the World Telecommunication Growth Convention (WTDC-25), which concluded in Baku.

The 2-week occasion was organized by means of 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 growth methods.

“As President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev emphasised in his tackle, Baku grew to become the place the place Member States and companions agreed on sensible outcomes to information ITU’s growth 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 throughout the convention tackle numerous 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 consequence doc, defines the core instructions for human-centered digital growth by means of telecommunications and ICT. The plan provides precedence particularly to the wants of growing international locations, communities with restricted entry to digital providers, and weak inhabitants teams.

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

“WTDC-25 has introduced us nearer to our objective of constructing connectivity common, significant and reasonably priced for everybody, in every single place on this decade,” mentioned ITU Secretary-Normal Doreen Bogdan-Martin. “The Baku Declaration and Motion Plan is our roadmap in the direction of human-centered digital growth that leaves nobody behind.”

The Baku Motion Plan encompasses regional initiatives, new and up to date resolutions to information ITU’s digital growth 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 growth throughout ITU’s six world areas, similar to guaranteeing infrastructure entry, enhancing digital expertise, and offering inclusive providers. 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, mirror the wants, priorities and the aspirations of our membership in a forward-looking and results-oriented agenda for digital growth and affect,” 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 sit 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 way in which for trade and personal sector to speculate and contribute to our efforts to shut infrastructural gaps so we could obtain significant connectivity and convey everybody on-line.”

Through the convention, ITU introduced the International Connectivity Report 2025. The report gives suggestions for guaranteeing that individuals in every single place can entry high-quality web providers at reasonably priced costs.

A number of agreements had been additionally signed throughout the occasion. A two-year venture shall be applied to make sure the sustainability of nationwide “Good Villages” and “Good Islands” applications within the Asia-Pacific area. This initiative will function a mannequin for enhancing digital expertise and offering entry to digital providers in rural and distant communities, benefiting 3,000 individuals throughout seven international locations.

A venture may even be carried out within the CIS area to assist the event {of professional} and digital expertise. The venture shall be applied 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 broaden broadband protection, advance people-centered sustainable growth, and guarantee a safe digital future for all.

This launch was revealed on openPR.