The ITU has formulated a new access to information policy committing to make more information and documents held, managed or generated by the organization openly available online.
The goal is to bring public access to information for ITU's main conferences and meetings in line with other international organizations like the World Bank, UNDP, and UNESCO.
ITU said the decision was made by ITU's governing Council in 2016 and is expected to enhance transparency to ITU's decision-making processes.
"The ITU Council decision provides more information and insight into ITU's working methods and decision-making procedures to the general public and promotes greater transparency and accountability," ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao said.
"One of the powers of ICTs is their ability to make organizations more trustworthy. ITU aims to lead by example."
ITU’s documents will be made available to the public through its website and will be a standard feature of its main conferences and meetings in the coming years.
These include ITU Council Working Groups, ITU Advisory Groups Meetings, the upcoming World Telecommunication Development Conference 2017 and the quadrennial Plenipotentiary Conference, the next one of which is scheduled for the last quarter in 2018.