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APP-92

Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992)

7 December - 22 December 1992 - Geneva, Switzerland

The High Level Committee (HLC) established by the Nice Plenipotentiary Conference made a number of recommendations in its report ​Tomorrow’s ITU: The challenges of change. All of the HLC recommendations were accepted by the 1992 Additional Plenipotentiary Conference.

The main structural changes were the following. The full time 5-member IRFB was changed into a part-time 9-member Radio Regulations Board (RRB). The Specialised Secretariats of the IFRB and the CCIR were merged and transformed into a Bureau for Radiocommunications (BR). The elected Director of the CCIR became the Director of the new bureau as well as the Secretary of the RRB. The Specialised Secretariat of the CCITT was transformed into the Telecommunication Standardisation Bureau (TSB) headed by an elected Director. The work of the Union was thus organized into three bureaus, one each for Radiocommunications, Telecommunication Standardisation and Development. Each Sector would have an Advisory Group, drawn from member States as well as the private sector, to advise the director of the Bureau on the work of his/her Sector. The Administrative Council was renamed the Council and was entrusted with more policy matters. A regular cycle of conferences was established to help the Union rapidly respond to new technological advances.
Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992)
    • Final Acts of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992)
      (English)
    • Actes finals de la Conférence de plénipoteniaires additionnelle (Genève, 1992)
      (Français)
    • Actas Finales de la Conferencia de Plenipotenciarios Adicional (Ginebra, 1992)
      (Español)
    • Final Acts of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992)
      (Arabic)
    • Final Acts of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992)
      (Chinese)
    • Final Acts of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992)
      (Russian)
    • Documents of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992) - Final List of Documents
      (English)
    • Documents of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992) - Document No. 1-100
      (English)
    • Documents of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992) - Document No. 101-212
      (English)
    • Documents of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992) - Document DT No. 1-15
      (English)
    • Documents of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1992) - Document DL No. 1-2
      (English)
    • Documents de la Conférence de plénipotentiaires additionnelle (Genève, 1992) - Liste finale des documents
      (Français)
    • Documents de la Conférence de plénipotentiaires additionnelle (Genève, 1992) - Document No. 1-100
      (Français)
    • Documents de la Conférence de plénipotentiaires additionnelle (Genève, 1992) - Document No. 101-212
      (Français)
    • Documents de la Conférence de plénipotentiaires additionnelle (Genève, 1992) - Document DT No. 1-15
      (Français)
    • Documents de la Conférence de plénipotentiaires additionnelle (Genève, 1992) - Document DL No. 1-2
      (Français)
    • Documentos de la Conferencia de Plenipotenciarios Adicional (Ginebra, 1992) - Lista de Documentos
      (Español)
    • Documentos de la Conferencia de Plenipotenciarios Adicional (Ginebra, 1992) - Documentos No. 1-100
      (Español)
    • Documentos de la Conferencia de Plenipotenciarios Adicional (Ginebra, 1992) - Documentos No. 101-212
      (Español)
    • Documentos de la Conferencia de Plenipotenciarios Adicional (Ginebra, 1992) - Documentos DT No. 1-15
      (Español)
    • Documentos de la Conferencia de Plenipotenciarios Adicional (Ginebra, 1992) - Documentos DL No. 1-2
      (Español)

Chairman

Mr. Bernard de Riedmatten, Ambassador, Permanent Observer of Switzerland to the Office of the United Nations (Switzerland)

Countries participating

140

    List of participants

Further Reading

  • P. Tarjanne. "Historic decisions: editorial." Telecommunciation Journal, vol. 60 (no. 2), 1993. p 53.
    (English)
  • "ITU plenipotentiaries agree on a new ITU." Telecommunication Journal, vol. 60 (no. 2), 1993. pp 55-62.
    (English)
  • "First BDT Director elected." Telecommunication Journal, vol. 60 (no. 2), 1993. p 63.
    (English)

Library Catalogue

  • Link to the ITU Library Catalogue (Geneva, 1992)
    (Multilingual)

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