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Dear Sir/Madam,
I have pleasure in inviting you to participate in the Regional Preparatory
Meeting for the Europe Region (RPM‑EUR) for the 2010
World Telecommunication Development Conference, to
be held in Andorra la Vella, from 1-3 December 2009
at the kind invitation of the Government of Andorra.
Regional Preparatory Meetings
are organized in response to Resolution 31 (Rev.
Doha, 2006) in a bid to achieve greater regional
coordination and engage Members in the WTDC-10
process early on. They also seek to identify issues,
at the regional level, that need to be addressed to
foster the development of telecommunications and of
information technologies, taking into account the
expression of pressing needs facing the Member
States and Sector Members of the region.
The RPM-EUR is expected to draw
up recommendations on carefully selected top
priority areas identified as essential for the ICT
development of the countries of the region, within
which Study Group Questions, programmes, projects
and regional initiatives can be identified for
consideration by WTDC‑10. To this end, to facilitate
effective preparations by the Members of the ITU
Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D), a very
focused RPM-EUR agenda based on the general
framework provided by the preliminary draft WTDC-10
agenda has been prepared and is found in Annex I.
In order to consolidate the
various proposals submitted in a way that lends
itself to the elaboration of a solid, cohesive and
powerful package consisting of inter-related and
mutually reinforcing components, a template has been
developed and can be found at
www.itu.int/ITU-D/conferences/rpm/2009/EUR/documents/template.html.
In addition to providing a common approach to submit
proposals, the template will also provide a
fast-track to the processing of the input documents
by reducing the reformatting of the contributions.
Contributions not submitted on this template may
therefore result in delays in their processing and
posting. The working documents will be posted on the
ITU-D website as they become available at the same
address.
To enable advance preparations
by delegations and in light of the constraints
derived from the schedule of all activities of the
Development Sector, a deadline has been set for the
submission of proposals and contributions on the
items of the draft agenda to 2 November
2009 at the latest to ensure
timely processing including translation and to
facilitate preparations by delegations.
Registration will be made exclusively online at:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/conferences/rpm/2009/eur/Registration.html
Pre-registration can be done until Thursday, 26
November 2009.
Practical information relating
to the meeting will shortly be available on the
website at
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/conferences/rpm/2009/eur/index.html.
We stand ready to work closely
with the members, including the regional
telecommunication organizations, in order to
facilitate the consolidation of proposals and
achieve the expected output, based on priorities and
requirements.
I very much look forward to
your inputs to this process to ensure that the
Action Plan to be prepared by WTDC-10 is an
effective and viable tool to guide our work in the
coming years to meet the needs of countries of the
Europe region based on the top priorities you will
have set.
Sami Al Basheer Al
Morshid
Director
Distribution:
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Administrations of ITU Member States
of the Europe region
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ITU-D Sector Members of the Europe
region
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United Nations
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Regional telecommunication
organizations
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Intergovernmental organizations
operating satellite systems
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Specialized agencies of the United
Nations
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International Atomic Energy Agency |
