 Welcome to the World Radio Communication Conference 2023 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates where I'm very pleased to be joined at the studio today by Mr. Masenori Kondo, who is the Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Telecommunity. Mr. Kondo, welcome to the studio. Thank you very much. Now, I'd like to start off by asking you a little bit about the Asia Pacific Telecommunity APT. What does it represent? Asia Pacific Telecommunity or APT is the very unique organization in the region, specifically in the field of ICT, established by a treaty among APT member administrations, which organizes not only administration or government, but also private sectors. So telecom service providers, manufacturers and other stakeholders also join to our organization. Now you're based in Bangkok. You've come all the way here to Dubai. I wanted to ask you, why is this conference important for you? Of course, it's very important for all APT members, not only because we cover the 38 member countries in terms of population and in terms of internet users, but also the spectrum is very necessarily needs. Although our needs are quite diverse from APT region, but it is important for mobile, satellite and other emerging technologies. What do you hope will come from this conference? It's a long conference. It's over a four-week period here. We've just had the Radio Communication Assembly prior to this, which was preparing the elements for this conference, too. But it's also been in preparation for the last four years, too. So tell us a little bit about what you hope will come from this. Yeah. As you said, we prepared quite a long time. And as APT, we submitted to the ITU 320 APT common proposals. So as APT, we provide the APT Coordination Meetings platform for our members to discuss and coordinate during the course of WRC 23. And also, as Secretary General of APT, I will be very much looking forward to seeing constructive and forward-looking discussions and agreements for global community. How complex is it to reach agreement in a conference such as this with 193 member states? And a lot of people, obviously, having different views of regarding spectrum and regarding other issues that concern them. It's very complex for APT region. It's kind of mini-WRC because we have developed countries or developing countries or less developed countries, island countries or landlocked countries, big countries, small countries. So which means the needs and requirements for radio communication, especially spectrum management is quite diverse. So in order to consolidate our regional voices are quite difficult and complex. But fortunately, with the support and the help of consensus and the spirit of community, we concluded and as I said, we could submit more than 300 proposals. And let's hope that they get approved and let's hope that you're able to come away with a satisfactory response here. Finally, is there a message that you would like to convey to our viewers and listeners with regards to radio communications in your region? Yes, my message is that we would like to see the conclusion and agreements which reflect diverse needs and challenges as a telecommunity in the world and especially for Asia Pacific region. Masanori Kondo, Secretary General of the Asia Pacific telecommunity. Thank you so much for joining us in the studio today and we look forward to catching up with you again very soon. Yeah, thank you very much. Thank you. And if you've enjoyed this interview, please check out other interviews on our ITU YouTube channel or SoundCloud or wherever you get your podcasts from. And thank you very much for tuning in.