• Terms of Reference

1. to review proposals presented by the Members of the Working Group and the General secretariat, the Directors of the Bureaux and the Sector advisory groups,
    
2. to evaluate the current ITU publications policy as far as the six official languages of the Union are concerned and to propose new cost-recovery and financing mechanisms,
    
3. to develop recommendations for efficient and effective use of the six official languages of the Union on an equal footing including particular incentives for each linguistic group, based on practical experiences of the Sectors and the secretariat,
    
4. to prepare a report for consideration by the Member States and Council 2006 and for transmission to the next Plenipotentiary Conference, as appropriate.

• Composition & participation
  The working group is open to all Member States of ITU, in particular those representative of and reflecting the six official languages of the Union.
   
• Chairmanship
  TBD

• Meeting: 16 (Afternoon) and 17 June 2009

• Document 20 - Report of the meeting of 16-17 June 2009

• Document 19 - Statement by the representative of Honduras on behalf of GRULAC

• Document 18 - Response to TDAG request for study of automatic translation for
  E-discussions in ITU-D Groups
   

• Document 17Rev.1 - Implementation of Resolution 154 (Antalya, 2006) on use of the six official languages of the Union on an equal footing

   

• Document 16Rev.1 - Current ITU Language Policy and Practice

• Consultation on options for the use of the six official languages, 16-17 September 2008
   

• Document 15 - Spanish representatives contribution to CWG-LANG
   

• Document 14 - Continued implementation of Resolution 154 (Antalya, 2006) - Progress Report
   

• Document 13 - Continued implementation of Resolution 154 (Antalya, 2006) - Progress Report - Follow-up on items identified at Council-07
   
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