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2010 Plenipotentiary Conference
Resolution on Preparations for the
2012 World Conference on
International Telecommunications
Having considered the report of the
CWG-WCIT to the Plenipotentiary
Conference, and contributions from
Member States, the Plenipotentiary
Conference adopted
Resolution 171 on
Preparations for the 2012 WCIT.
That Resolution resolves, inter
alia, that CWG-WCIT-12, pursuant
to Council Resolution 1312, shall
constitute the preparatory process
for WCIT-12, taking into
consideration the results of the
regional preparatory meetings, as
appropriate; and further resolves,
in addition to the work specified
in, and without prejudice to,
Council Resolution 1312:
1) to consider and study all
relevant work and outputs that have
been developed in the ITU regarding
ITRs;
2) to discuss and examine all
proposals for revision to the ITRs,
including proposals for addition of
new and emerging issues, for
updating and suppression of
provisions and/or for abrogation as
appropriate;
3) to discuss and examine all
proposals for revision to the ITRs,
provided that those proposals:
a) are consistent with the purposes
of the Union set forth in Article 1
of the ITU Constitution;
b) are in line with the scope and
purpose of the ITRs as set out in
its Article 1, with the
understanding that CWG-WCIT-12 could
consider proposals for the revision
of Article 1of the ITRs;
c) reflect,
inter alia,
strategic and policy principles,
with a view to ensuring flexibility
in order to accommodate
technological advances;
d) are of relevance to be included
in an international treaty;
4) to prepare a final report, based
on, and consolidating, inputs and
reports from all preparatory
activities, including regional
preparatory meetings, that presents
all options and views for WCIT-12,
four months prior to WCIT in order
for Member States, and in particular
developing countries, to prepare for
WCIT-12.
Council 09 Resolution on
Preparations for the World
Conference on International
Telecommunications (WCIT)
Having considered the
report of the
Expert
Group to Review the ITRs (ITR-EG)
and pursuant to Resolution 146
(Antalya, 2006), Council 09 adopted
Resolution 1312, thus creating a
Council Working Group to Prepare for
the World Conference on
International Telecommunications in 2012
(CWG-WCIT12). It was resolved that
the Group submit
progress reports to
Council 2010 and 2011; that it
submit
a report to the 2010
Plenipotentiary Conference; and that
it present its final report, well in
advance of WCIT, for the use of
Member States in preparing their
proposals to that conference. The
Group’s final report will be
submitted to WCIT by the
Secretary-General.
Any
comments or contributions to the
work should be sent to the
secretariat at
sec-cwg-wcit@itu.int.
The template can
be found
here.
Terms
of Reference of CWG-WCIT12
The
Group, open to all Member States and
Sector Members, and working in the
ITU’s six official languages, will:
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Consider as appropriate relevant
work regarding the ITRs that
took place prior to the work of
the Expert Group to review the
ITRs.
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Take
into account the work and the
outputs of the Expert Group to
Review the ITRs and of the
World Telecommunication Policy
Forum (Lisbon, 2009), with
emphasis on
Opinion 6.
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Study contributions and note
information documents submitted
to it, including the
contributions presented to
Council 2009 and the comments
made during discussions at
Council 2009.
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Discuss proposals for revisions
to the existing ITRs, including
proposals for suppressions of
provisions and/or abrogation as
appropriate.
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Discuss proposals relating to
new and emerging issues.
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Reflect the results of all
discussions, with possible
reflection of parties' positions
in the minutes of the meetings,
without taking any decisions on
those positions.
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Reconcile differences in
approaches as contained in the
inputs to the extent possible,
or, in the case where the
approaches cannot be reconciled,
include the differing views and
their justification.
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Prepare proposals to revise
and/or abrogate as appropriate,
the WATTC-88 Resolutions,
Recommendations and Opinions.
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Prepare proposals as appropriate
for draft new Resolutions,
Recommendations and Opinions for
consideration by WCIT.
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