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title: "ITU"
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# ITU

International Telecommunication Union

The United Nations agency for telecommunications and information technology. Its decisions are made by its Member States, which are governments, so it works in a multilateral way. In domain news it appears in debates about whether governments or the wider community should steer the internet.

## related terms

- [internet governance](https://tldlog.com/glossary/internet-governance/)
- [WSIS](https://tldlog.com/glossary/wsis/)
- [IGF](https://tldlog.com/glossary/igf/)
- [multistakeholder model](https://tldlog.com/glossary/multistakeholder-model/)
- [GAC](https://tldlog.com/glossary/gac/)