Constitution and Convention of ITU (Geneva, 1992)

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has acceded to the above-mentioned Constitution and Convention and to the instruments amending it: Kyoto, 1994; Minneapolis, 1998; Marrakesh, 2002; and Antalya, 2006. The instrument of accession was deposited with the Secretary- General on 25 March 2009.

Instruments amending the Constitution and Convention of ITU (Antalya, 2006)

The Government of the Republic of Estonia has ratified the abovementioned instruments. The instrument of ratification was deposited with the Secretary-General on 23 April 2009.

The Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain has ratified the above-mentioned instruments and has confirmed the Declarations and Reservations made at the time of signature. The instrument of ratification was deposited with the Secretary-General on 7 May 2009.

The Government of Spain has accepted the above-mentioned instruments and has confirmed the Declarations and Reservations made at the time of signature. The instrument of acceptance was deposited with the Secretary- General on 5 May 2009.

Protocol revising certain parts of the Regional Agreement for the European Broadcasting Area (Stockholm, 1961) (RRC-06-Rev.ST61)

The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has ratified the above-mentioned Protocol. The instrument of ratification became effective on 3 April 2009.

New Sector Members Telecommunication Standardization Sector

Cinterion GmbH (Berlin, Germany) and Microsoft Canada (Ottawa, Canada) have been admitted to take part in the work of this Sector.

Telecommunication Development Sector

Central Science Research Telecommunication Institute (ZNIIS) (Moscow, Russian Federation); Corporation for National Research Initiatives (Reston, Virginia, United States); Tactikom (Geneva, Switzerland); Etihad Atheeb Telecom (EATC) (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia); Foris Telecom Ltd (Rishon Le-Zion, State of Israel), and ONATEL SA (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) have been admitted to take part in the work of this Sector.

New Associates

Radiocommunication Sector

Belarsat LLC (Minsk, Belarus) has been admitted to take part in the work of Study Group 4.

Telecommunication Standardization Sector

Brilliant Telecommunications, Inc (Campbell, California, United States) has been admitted to take part in the work of Study Group 15.

Yaana Technologies, LLC (Milpitas, California, United States) has been admitted to take part in the work of Study Group 17.

Change of status

SPiDCOM Technologies (Bourg la Reine, France), formerly an Associate, is now a Sector Member of ITU–T.

Change of denomination

The official denomination for Bolivia is now Bolivia (Plurinational State of), instead of “Bolivia (Republic of)”.

Turkey’s Telecommunications Authority has been renamed Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA).

TM International Berhad, a Sector Member of ITU–D, has changed its name to Axiata Group Berhad (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).