World Telecommunication
Policy Forum 2009
on convergence and other emerging policy issues |
Decision 9 (Antalya, 2006)
Fourth World Telecommunication Policy Forum
The Plenipotentiary
Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (Antalya,
2006),
considering
a)
Resolution 2 (Rev. Marrakesh, 2002) of the Plenipotentiary
Conference on the maintaining of the World Telecommunication Policy
Forum (WTPF) in order to discuss and exchange views and information
on telecommunication policy and regulatory matters, especially on
global and cross-sectoral issues;
b)
Resolution 146 (Antalya, 2006) of this conference on the review of
the International Telecommunication Regulations,
noting
a)
the relevant outcomes of the World Summit on the Information
Society;
b)
that the purposes of the Union are, inter alia, to promote,
at international level, the adoption of a broader approach to the
issues of telecommunications in the global information economy and
society, to promote the extension of the benefits of the new
telecommunication technologies to all the world’s inhabitants and to
harmonize the actions of Member States and Sector Members in the
attainment of those ends;
c)
that ITU is uniquely positioned and has the necessary experience to
provide a forum for the coordination of, exchange of information on,
discussion of and harmonization of national, regional and
international telecommunication strategies and policies;
d)
that WTPF has provided a venue for discussion of global and cross-sectoral
issues by high-level participants, thus contributing to the advance
of world telecommunications,
considering further
a)
that convergence, including Internet-related public policy matters,
is one of the topics of high current interest to ITU Member States
and Sector Members;
b)
that the continued development of convergence, next-generation
networks, and Internet also has significant implications for several
domains, particularly for capacity building, especially in
developing countries;
c)
that a study of emerging
telecommunications policy and regulatory issues is also amongst the
topics of high current interest to ITU Member States and Sector
Members;
d)
that a study of new and emerging issues as referred to in
Resolution
146 (Antalya, 2006) is also among the topics of high current
interest to ITU Member States and Sector Members,
decides
1 to convene the
fourth WTPF in Geneva in the first quarter of 2009, in order to
discuss and exchange views on the themes listed above, with the
draft agenda shown in the Annex to this Decision;
2
that the
fourth WTPF shall draw up a report and, if possible, opinions for
consideration by ITU Member States and Sector Members and relevant
ITU meetings;
3 that arrangements
for the fourth WTPF shall be in accordance with applicable Council
decisions for such fora.
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