The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (Johannesburg, 2008), noting Resolution 70 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on the inclusion of a gender perspective in the work of ITU; Resolution 44 (Istanbul, 2002) of the World Telecommunication Development Conference, which resolved that the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) should include gender initiatives in each of the programmes established under the Istanbul Action Plan.