Intersputnik at the meeting of the Board of the RCC CAs Heads in Minsk

In early June 2024, in Minsk (the Republic of Belarus) Intersputnik delegation attended the joint 60th meeting of the Board of the Communications Administrations’ (CAs) Heads – Members of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC) and the 30th meeting of the Coordination Council of the CIS Member-States on Informatization at the RCC.

The meeting addressed the hot topics related to the information and communication policy in RCC member states, in particular, monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) performance in the CIS region, current problems of AI technology legal regulation, proposals for the RCC’s development strategy until 2028. Some important agreements were signed for the development of the information and communications industry of the RCC member states. 

The event was attended by Board members – heads of Communications Administrations of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of the International Telecommunication Union Regional Office for CIS, the Universal Postal Union, the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member Nations, the Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS, the Interstate Council for Antimonopoly Policy, the Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification, the Coordination Council of Heads of Special Communications Services, the CIS Executive Committee.

The delegates discussed prospective trends in the field of digital development in the RCC member states, monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals performance in the CIS region, current problems of AI technology legal regulation, proposals for the RCC’s development strategy until 2028, preparation of the CIS Strategy for Cooperation in Building and Developing the Information Society for the period until 2035, and others.

The Board of the RCC CAs Heads approved proposals for the RCC’s development strategy until 2028. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the RCC and the Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS.

During the event, an official ceremony was held to award Intersputnik an honorary diploma “For Active Cooperation with the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications”. Intersputnik is committed to fundamental principles of open and equitable cooperation, therefore, the Organization supports any workable initiatives to join efforts in order to use communication technologies to improve the quality of people’s life and achieve the SDGs. Intersputnik has had an observer status in the RCC since 2007. Its representatives attend the meetings of the Board of the RCC CAs Heads, are members of RCC working groups and the Expert Council of the IPA CIS – RCC. Eight Intersputnik’s member countries are RCC members, and another two have an RCC observer status.