World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-12)

Date and Venue At its 2011 session (11-21 October), the ITU Council adopted Resolution 1335 (see Council Document C11/98) by which it resolved that the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-12) shall be convened, with the concurrence of a majority of the Member States, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for a duration of eight working days from 20 to 29 November 2012. Invitation Letters New Circular Letter 65: Invitation to Member States DM-11/1028: Invitation to Sector Members DM-11/1029: Invitation to UN, UN Specialized Agencies, Intergovernmental organizations operating satellite systems; Other regional or international organizations Circular Letter 252: Further information Regional preparatory meetings Regional preparatory meetings will be organised in coordination with by regional telecommunication organizations. The regional preparatory meetings for WTSA-12 will be held back-to-back with the regional preparatory meetings for WCIT-12. [ Details ] Side Events during WTSA-12 During WTSA, side events will cover the topics of e-Health, network resilience and ICT innovation. [ Details ]

Conditions for invitation and admission The conditions for invitation and admission to the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly are specified in Article 25 of the ITU Convention. Candidates for Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of ITU-T SGs and TSAG In accordance with WTSA Resolution 35, the Director of TSB has issued TSB Circular 251 inviting Member States and Sector Members to nominate candidates for Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of ITU-T Study Groups and the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG), and the Study Group 3 regional tariff groups for the study period 2013-2016. [ Candidates ] Global Standards Symposium The second Global Standards Symposium will take place one day prior to WTSA-12, on 19 November 2012 – in the same venue. The GSS is a one-day event where ministers, regulators, heads of other international, regional and major national standards bodies, and industry from the different regions of the world will discuss global ICT standards challenges with a focus on the intersection of the ICT sector with other vertical sectors such as health care, utilities, and transport. The Chairman of the GSS will present the conclusions of the GSS to the first Plenary meeting of the WTSA. Exhibition Opportunity to exhibit at GSS/WTSA. [ Details ]

Draft structure of the Assembly
The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly shall conduct its work by setting up committees in accordance with Section 1 of Resolution 1 (Johannesburg, 2008).

The daily agenda of the Assembly will be based on the functions and duties of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly as set forth in Article 18 of the ITU Constitution and Article 13 of the ITU Convention.

Invitation Letters ^New

• Circular Letter 48: Venue proposal
• Circular Letter 58: Results of consultation on venue
• Circular Letter 65: Invitation to Member States
• DM-11/1028: Invitation to Sector Members
• DM-11/1029: Invitation to UN, UN Specialized Agencies, Intergovernmental organizations operating satellite systems; Other regional or international organizations
• Circular Letter 252: Further information

Documents ^New [ Recently posted | Search Documents ]

• Documents
• Temporary Documents (DT)
• Agendas (OJ)
• Information (INF)
• Template for WTSA-12 documents
• Presentations of TSB Director and Study Group Chairmen
• Working Documents (WD)

Contributions
Participants are requested to submit any contributions at least two months in advance of the opening of the Assembly, i.e., by 20 September 2012. Contributions should be addressed to the Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau and submitted by electronic mail to tsbwtsa-doc@itu.int.

In order to ensure the timely translation and thorough consideration by delegations of documents submitted to WTSA-12, Member States should submit their proposals no later than 6 November 2012. Member States are urged to give careful attention to the initial preparation of proposals so as to avoid revisions to documents.

Document distribution
Preparatory documents for WTSA 12:

1. Reports on the work of each of the study groups;
2. Report on the activities of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG);
3. Reports by the Director of TSB;
4. Reports on any matters considered necessary in the light of the ITU Constitution and Convention and Council decisions.

There is an electronic notification service that can inform when new documents have been posted. Details of how to subscribe to this notification service are available here.

It is strongly recommended to use electronic working methods. Paper copies can be downloaded and printed from the WTSA-12 website in advance. The Secretariat will send a maximum of two paper copies for Member States and one copy for Sector Members via postal mail if so requested by completing the Request for preparatory documents in paper form and returning it to TSB before 15 May 2012.

If requested by the Focal Point paper copies of documents issued during WTSA-12 will be distributed on site, limited to a maximum of two copies for Member States delegations and one copy for Sector Member and other organizations’ delegations.

A wireless LAN will be available to access all documents online during the Assembly. In order to obtain electronic access to documents of the Assembly and also to benefit from the electronic notification service, it is necessary to have a TIES account. Please see http://www.itu.int/ties/ for TIES registration information.

Please be reminded that addresses by heads of delegation will be published in the original language(s) and as electronic documents only, on the WTSA-12 website, and noted by the Plenary.

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