ITU’s contribution to multilateralism and diplomacy: From telegraph to the Internet
Channel: ITU
Date: 2021-05-05

As the first international organization, ITU has played an important role in managing global communication. In this interview historians Dr Gabriele Balbi and Dr Andreas Fickers discuss ITU’s work and legacy. They reveal how ITU has been gathering people of different backgrounds and expertise – diplomats and technicians – to negotiate standards, tariffs and institutional rules and thus pave way for a new kind of dealing with technical issues that are at the centre of modern societies.