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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 16m

🙏 @euatun.bsky.social for your consistent support to empowering everyone around the world w/ #digital! Welcome to Geneva ambassador Deike Potzel. Thank you for your strong commitment to the continuation of this great collaboration between #EU & @itu.int!

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European Union Delegations to the United Nations @euatun.bsky.social · 27m

Great meeting w/ @itu.int leadership @itusecgen.bsky.social @tlamanauskas.bsky.social & 🇪🇺 Amb Deike Potzel.
The EU values @ITU as a key partner in setting global rules & standards for critical technologies and in shaping multilateral cooperation on connectivity, digital inclusion & emerging tech.

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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 30m

Closed @itu.int's Space Sustainability Forum 2025 w/ 4,500+ participants. As the sector grows 2x faster than global economy, space gets crowded (13k🛰 &140m debris)
#SpaceSustainability &collab for a safe, clean &interference-free space is🔑to deliver for generations to come🚀

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations, @rebecagrynspan.bsky.social and Costa Rica! These are exactly the times when more than ever United Nations needs a strong leader capable to deliver change and ensure that this crucial organization continues to deliver to humanity!

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 1d

🙏Tatiana Molcean, Executive Secretary of UNECE, for convening #ForumofMayors, where I highlighted how the real benefits of #DigitalTransformation are felt locally.
From #SmartCities to incl local development, let's make sure that digitalization drives progress where people live.
@globalcitieshub.org

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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 9d

Insightful sharing of experiences with the #tech team of the EU Parliament on enablers of decision-making and how to make processes more effective.
🙏 for visiting @itu.int in Geneva!
@euatun.bsky.social

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 12d

📊 By 2050, 1 in 6 people worldwide will be over 65. At #IDOP2025 alongside #UNHRC60, I stressed that #digital empowerment for #OlderPersons will be vital to turn ageing into a longevity dividend. 🌍 #AddingLifeToYears

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 13d

🤝 Great to meet H.E. Kairat Torebayev, Ambassador from #Kazakhstan.
🙏 for productive exchange on strengthening collaboration in #DigitalDevelopment, including #space🛰 economy.

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 20d

Pleasure to welcome #COP30 President-Designate Amb André Aranha Corrêa do Lago & #GreenDigitalAction partners to @itu.int ahead of @cop30brazil.bsky.social 👋on the role of #digital in tackling the #ClimateCrisis🌱
🗓11 Nov-3rd GDA track opens w/ high-level roundtable. See you in Belém!

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 21d

Glad to join the #WTOPublicForum for @itcnews.bsky.social 2025 #SME Competitiveness Outlook. #SMEs make up 90% of businesses worldwide yet face barriers to digital tools/skills/finance
W/ partners like @itcnews.bsky.social, @itu.int helps build the infrastructure/skills/policies to enable #SMEs

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 21d

Joined the launch of the @wto.org's World Trade Report 2025 at #WTOPublicForum to share @itu.int's s perspective on #AI in #trade. AI can power trade-led growth but 2.6B people are still offline. Connecting all by 2030 needs $2.6–2.8T, incl. 1.6T for infrastructure. Let’s make it work🚀

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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · 23d

A pleasure to meet w/ Ambassador Shen Jian, DPR of the People's Republic of China to the #UN in Geneva🌍, exploring #SpaceSustainability🛰, advancing #GreenDigitalAction🌱 &strengthening global #AI governance🤖. Key areas where int cooperation is essential for a sustainable #digital future.

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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌍💻Data centres already use as much power as small towns—&new ones could use 20x more
At the Coalition for Sustainable #AI, together w/ #France, @unep.org & 200+ partners we’re making AI both green itself & a force for the green transition

#COP30 #GreenDigitalAction #SeeYouinBelem

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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great to join G20 #Space Leaders at SELM6 in South Africa.
11k #satellites🛰 in orbit, >3k launched in 2024 alone. #SpaceEconomy set to triple from $600b to $1.8t by 2035.
With 60+ yrs in space & satellite @itu.int helps ensure this growth benefits all!
🙏 to the South African Dept of STI & SANSA!

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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Aug 27

🙏 @anatel.gov.br for the pre- @cop30brazil.bsky.social event on #digital & #ClimateAction
We must harness #AI &other tech to fight #ClimateCrisis as we address their neg #environmental impact
#GreenDigitalAction returns at #COP30 starting 10-11 Nov: Science, Tech & AI Days🌍See you in Belém!

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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Aug 25

Pleasure to welcome Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the @icrc.org, to @itu.int to discuss the vital role of #telecommunications & #digital in crises & #humanitarian settings. We look forward to strengthening our collaboration w/ @icrc.org to protect the most vulnerable & those who support them

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Aug 21

🙏to Amb Ivars Pundurs, PR of #Latvia to for your visit!
Opportunity to congratulate Latvia on its election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2026–2027 term & discuss further strengthening of our collaboration, including on enhancing #DigitalResilience @latvianmfa.bsky.social

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Aug 21

Happy to congratulate #Tajikistan through Amb Sheralizoda on the adoption of UN resolution on #AI in #CentralAsia in July!
Great discussion on collaborating on the implementation, exploring how to harness AI for inclusive development & drive investment in the region

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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Jul 25

Back from NY:
✅Debriefed on #AIforGood Global Summit & @wsis20sec.bsky.social Forum
🎤Spoke at #HLPF #ECOSOC on United Nations at 80+ urgent action
🔎Only 35% of SDGs on track; #AI could support 80%
Time to #InvestInDigital
Great connecting w/colleagues from across the world & UN system🌍 See you soon!

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Jul 18

What a night!🚀Thrilled to team up w/ @euatun.bsky.social for an open-air screening of E.T. @cinetransat.bsky.social to celebrate #ITU160 next to our original #Geneva HQ w/a packed crowd
🙏to Geneva City & US Mission in Geneva for support!
Thanks to @itu.int everyone can #PhoneHome!
#ConnectedByITU

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thank you very much for the great partnership, @euatun.bsky.social🇪🇺!

Really amazing to celebrate the @itu.int birthday w/ you and Geneva!

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European Union Delegations to the United Nations @euatun.bsky.social · Jul 18

💫🎞️ Magic, moonlight & a little extraterrestrial wonder. Last night at Lake Geneva, E.T. lit up the sky & our hearts 💕.

Together w/ @itu.int, we co-organized this event to underline the importance of connectivity for all, everywhere. Happy 160th anniversary to ITU! #ConnectTheWorld

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Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Jul 14

11,000+ participants
169 countries
200+ bilats
25 speeches &panels
4 hours of sleep/night
At #AIforGood & #WSIS, we moved from principles to action on AI governance, digital inclusion & infrastructure.
Let’s keep the momentum going.
@itu.int @itusecgen.bsky.social

Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social · Jul 4

#FFD4 put #digital at the💙of development
1️⃣'Digital' appears 64x in the #CompromisoDeSevilla
2️⃣ @itu.int launched Digital Investment Initiative Catalyser w/
@unctad.bsky.social
3️⃣Focus on digital infrastructure for #EW4ALL & #AIforGood
Let's turn political commitment into digital prosperity for all!

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · Jul 1

UN agencies launch global push to channel investment, close the digital divide

At #FFD4, @unctad.bsky.social chief Rebeca Grynspan and ITU deputy chief @tlamanauskas.bsky.social announced a joint initiative: the Digital Infrastructure Investment Catalyser.

▶️ ow.ly/k31Q50WjbY2

#FinancingOurFuture

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