FINAL ACTS
OF THE
WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
MELBOURNE, 1988
(WATTC-88)
INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION
REGULATIONS
GENEVA, 1989
ISBN 92-61-03921-9
Note by the ITU General Secretariat
The Plenipotentiary Conference of the
International Telecommunication Union (Nairobi, 1982), in its
Resolution No. 10, resolved that a World Administrative Telegraph
and Telephone Conference (WATTC-88) should be convened in 1988 to
consider proposals for a new regulatory framework to cater for
the new situation in the field of new telecommunication services.
By the same Resolution, it also instructed the International
Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) to prepare
proposals for this purpose, and to submit them to the CCITT
Plenary Assembly in 1988 for subsequent consideration by the
WATTC-88.
The CCITT, in Resolution No. 15 of its VIIIth
Plenary Assembly (Malaga-Torremolinos, 1984) resolved to set up a
Preparatory Committee (PC) for WATTC-88, and that this PC should
be responsible for preparing the draft text of the new
Regulations to be submitted to the IXth CCITT Plenary Assembly in
1988.
The PC held four meetings and included in its
final report, submitted to the IXth CCITT Plenary Assembly
(Melbourne, 1988), the draft International Telecommunication
Regulations. The IXth CCITT Plenary Assembly transmitted this
final report to the WATTC-88.
The Administrative Council of the Union, at its
42nd session in 1987, adopted Resolution No. 966, in which it
resolved that the WATTC-88 should be held at Melbourne from 28
November to 9 December 1988, inclusive, and established the
agenda of the Conference.
In accordance with that Resolution of the
Administrative Council, the World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference convened at Melbourne during the period
referred to above.
ã ITU
TABLE OF CONTENTS
International
Telecommunication Regulations
Page
Preamble 3
Art. 1 Purpose and Scope of the Regulations 3
Art. 2 Definitions 5
Art. 3 International Network 8
Art. 4 International Telecommunication Services
8
Art. 5 Safety of Life and Priority of
Telecommunications 9
Art. 6 Charging and Accounting 10
Art. 7 Suspension of Services 12
Art. 8 Dissemination of Information 12
Art. 9 Special Arrangements 13
Art. 10 Final Provisions 14
Final Formula 14
App. 1 General Provisions Concerning Accounting
15
App. 2 Additional Provisions Relating
to Maritime Telecommunications 21
App. 3 Service and Privilege Telecommunications
23
Final protocol 27
(Figures between parentheses indicate the order
in which the statements appear in the Final Protocol)
Algeria (Peoples Democratic Republic of)
(30, 38)
Argentine Republic (27)
Belgium (35)
Benin (Peoples Republic of) (40)
Brazil (Federative Republic of) (23)
Brunei Darussalam (36, 38)
Bulgaria (Peoples Republic of) (49)
Burkina Faso (48)
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (14)
Cameroon (Republic of) (22)
Central African Republic (10)
Chad (Republic of) (8)
Chile (67)
Congo (Peoples Republic of the) (45)
Côte dIvoire (Republic of) (9)
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (70)
Denmark (35)
Djibouti (Republic of) (38, 64)
Ethiopia (Peoples Democratic Republic of)
(41)
France (35)
Gabonese Republic (3)
Germany (Federal Republic of) (35)
Ghana (33)
Greece (35)
Guatemala (Republic of) (12)
Hungarian Peoples Republic (2)
India (Republic of) (47, 71)
Indonesia (Republic of) (5)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (18, 38)
Iraq (Republic of) (38)
Ireland (35)
Israel (State of) (57)
Italy (35)
Kenya (Republic of) (19)
Korea (Republic of) (65)
Kuwait (State of) (38)
Luxembourg (35)
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of) (11)
Malaysia (38, 63)
Mali (Republic of) (1)
Malta (Republic of) (58)
Morocco (Kingdom of) (16, 38)
Mauritius (17)
Mexico (56)
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (35, 73)
New Zealand (24)
Niger (Republic of the) (29)
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) (7)
Oman (Sultanate of) (34, 38)
Pakistan (Islamic Republic of) (38, 66)
Papua New Guinea (28)
Philippines (Republic of the) (20)
Poland (Peoples Republic of) (72)
Portugal (35)
Qatar (State of) (38, 60)
Romania (Socialist Republic of) (53)
Rwandese Republic (43)
Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of) (37, 38)
Senegal (Republic of) (25, 52)
Singapore (Republic of) (46)
Spain (35, 55)
Swaziland (Kingdom of) (31)
Syrian Arab Republic (38, 59)
Tanzania (United Republic of) (26)
Togolese Republic (51)
Tonga (Kingdom of) (61)
Tunisia (4, 38)
Uganda (Republic of) (21)
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (14)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (14)
United Arab Emirates (38, 42)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (35, 44)
United States of America (39, 69)
Viet Nam (Socialist Republic of) (68)
Yemen Arab Republic (6, 38)
Yemen (Peoples Democratic Republic of)
(13, 38, 54)
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of) (62)
Zaire (Republic of) (50)
Zimbabwe (Republic of) (15)
INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION
REGULATIONS
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION
REGULATIONS
PREAMBLE
(ITR)
1 While the sovereign right of each
country to regulate its telecommunications is fully
recognized, the provisions of the present Regulations
supplement the International Telecommunication Convention,
with a view to attaining the purposes of the International
Telecommunication Union in promoting the development of
telecommunication services and their most efficient operation
while harmonizing the development of facilities for
world-wide telecommunications.
Article 1
Purpose and Scope of the Regulations
2 1.1 a) These Regulations establish
general principles which relate to the provision and
operation of international telecommunication services offered
to the public as well as to the underlying international
telecommunication transport means used to provide such
services. They also set rules applicable to administrations*.
3 b) These Regulations recognize in
Article 9 the right of Members to allow special arrangements.
4 1.2 In these Regulations,
"the public" is used in the sense of the
population, including governmental and legal bodies.
5 1.3 These Regulations are
established with a view to facilitating global
interconnection and interoperability of telecommunication
facilities and to promoting the harmonious development and
efficient operation of technical facilities, as well as the
efficiency, usefulness and availability to the public of
international telecommunication services.
6 1.4 References to CCITT
Recommendations and Instructions in these Regulations are not
to be taken as giving to those Recommendations and
Instructions the same legal status as the Regulations.
7 1.5 Within the framework of the
present Regulations, the provision and operation of
international telecommunication services in each relation is
pursuant to mutual agreement between administrations*.
8 1.6 In implementing the principles
of these Regulations, administrations* should comply with, to the greatest extent
practicable, the relevant CCITT Recommendations, including
any Instructions forming part of or derived from these
Recommendations.
9 1.7 a) These
Regulations recognize the right of any Member,
subject to national law and should it decide to
do so, to require that administrations and
private operating agencies, which operate in its
territory and provide an international
telecommunication service to the public, be
authorized by that Member.
10 b) The Member
concerned shall, as appropriate, encourage the
application of relevant CCITT Recommendations by
such service providers.
11 c) The Members, where
appropriate, shall cooperate in implementing the
International Telecommunication Regulations (for
interpretation, also see Resolution No. 2).
12 1.8 The Regulations shall apply,
regardless of the means of transmission used, so far as the
Radio Regulations do not provide otherwise.
Article 2
Definitions
13 For the purpose of these
Regulations, the following definitions shall apply. These
terms and definitions do not, however, necessarily apply for
other purposes.
14 2.1 Telecommunication: Any
transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals,
writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by
wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.
15 2.2 International
telecommunication service: The offering of a
telecommunication capability between telecommunication
offices or stations of any nature that are in or belong to
different countries.
16 2.3 Government telecommunication: A
telecommunication originating with any: Head of a State; Head of
a government or members of a government; Commanders-in-Chief of
military forces, land, sea or air; diplomatic or consular agents;
the Secretary-General of the United Nations; Heads of the
principal organs of the United Nations; the International Court
of Justice,
or reply to a government telegram.
17 2.4 Service telecommunication
A telecommunication that relates to public
international telecommunications and that is exchanged among
the following:
administrations;
recognized private operating agencies,
and the Chairman of the
Administrative Council, the Secretary-General,
the Deputy Secretary-General, the Directors of
the International Consultative Committees, the
members of the International Frequency
Registration Board, other representatives or
authorized officials of the Union, including
those working on official matters outside the
seat of the Union.
18 2.5 Privilege telecommunication
19 2.5.1 A telecommunication that may be
exchanged during:
sessions of the ITU Administrative
Council,
conferences and meetings of the ITU
between, on the one hand, representatives
of Members of the Administrative Council, members of
delegations, senior officials of the permanent organs of the
Union and their authorized colleagues attending conferences
and meetings of the ITU and, on the other, their
administrations or recognized private operating agency or the
ITU,
and relating either to matters under
discussion by the Administrative Council, conferences and
meetings of the ITU or to public international
telecommunications.
20 2.5.2 A private telecommunication
that may be exchanged during sessions of the ITU
Administrative Council and conferences and meetings of the ITU by
representatives of Members of the Administrative Council, members
of delegations, senior officials of the permanent organs of the
Union attending ITU conferences and meetings, and the staff of
the Secretariat of the Union seconded to ITU conferences and
meetings, to enable them to communicate with their country of
residence.
21 2.6 International route: Technical
facilities and installations located in different countries
and used for telecommunication traffic between two
international telecommunication terminal exchanges or
offices.
22 2.7 Relation: Exchange of
traffic between two terminal countries, always referring to a
specific service if there is between their administrations*:
23 a) a means for the exchange of
traffic in that specific service:
over direct circuits
(direct relation), or
via a point of
transit in a third country (indirect
relation), and
24 b) normally, the settlement of
accounts.
25 2.8 Accounting rate: The
rate agreed between administrations* in a given relation that is used for the
establishment of international accounts.
26 2.9 Collection charge: The
charge established and collected by an administration* from its customers for the
use of an international telecommunication service.
27 2.10 Instructions: A
collection of provisions drawn from one or more CCITT
Recommendations dealing with practical operational procedures
for the handling of telecommunication traffic (e.g.,
acceptance, transmission, accounting).
Article 3
International Network
28 3.1 Members shall ensure that
administrations*
cooperate in the establishment, operation and maintenance of
the international network to provide a satisfactory quality
of service.
29 3.2 Administrations* shall endeavour to provide
sufficient telecommunication facilities to meet the
requirements of and demand for international
telecommunication services.
30 3.3 Administrations* shall determine by mutual
agreement which international routes are to be used. Pending
agreement and provided that there is no direct route existing
between the terminal administrations* concerned, the origin administration* has the choice to determine
the routing of its outgoing telecommunication traffic, taking
into account the interests of the relevant transit and
destination administrations*.
31 3.4 Subject to national law, any
user, by having access to the international network
established by an administration*, has the right to send traffic. A satisfactory
quality of service should be maintained to the greatest
extent practicable, corresponding to relevant CCITT
Recommendations.
Article 4
International Telecommunication Services
32 4.1 Members shall promote the
implementation of international telecommunication services
and shall endeavour to make such services generally available
to the public in their national network(s).
33 4.2 Members shall ensure that
administrations*
cooperate within the framework of these Regulations to
provide by mutual agreement, a wide range of international
telecommunication services which should conform, to the
greatest extent practicable, to the relevant CCITT
Recommendations.
34 4.3 Subject to national law,
Members shall endeavour to ensure that administrations* provide and maintain, to the
greatest extent practicable, a minimum quality of service
corresponding to the relevant CCITT Recommendations with
respect to:
35 a) access to the
international network by users using terminals
which are permitted to be connected to the
network and which do not cause harm to technical
facilities and personnel;
36 b) international
telecommunication facilities and services
available to customers for their dedicated use;
37 c) at least a form of
telecommunication which is reasonably accessible
to the public, including those who may not be
subscribers to a specific telecommunication
service; and
38 d) a capability for
interworking between different services, as
appropriate, to facilitate international
communications.
Article 5
Safety of Life and Priority of
Telecommunications
39 5.1 Safety of life
telecommunications, such as distress telecommunications,
shall be entitled to transmission as of right and shall,
where technically practicable, have absolute priority over
all other
telecommunications, in accordance with the
relevant Articles of the Convention and taking due account of
relevant CCITT Recommendations.
40 5.2 Government
telecommunications, including telecommunications relative to
the application of certain provisions of the United Nations
Charter, shall, where technically practicable, enjoy priority
over telecommunications other than those referred to in No.
39, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Convention and taking due account of relevant CCITT
Recommendations.
41 5.3 The provisions governing the
priority enjoyed by all other telecommunications are
contained in the relevant CCITT Recommendations.
Article 6
Charging and Accounting
42 6.1 Collection charges
43 6.1.1 Each administration* shall, subject to applicable
national law, establish the charges to be collected from its
customers. The level of the charges is a national matter;
however, in establishing these charges, administrations*
should try to avoid too great a dissymmetry between the
charges applicable in each direction of the same relation.
44 6.1.2 The charge levied by an
administration*
on customers for a particular communication should in
principle be the same in a given relation, regardless of the
route chosen by that administration*.
45 6.1.3 Where, in accordance with
the national law of a country, a fiscal tax is levied on
collection charges for international telecommunication
services, this tax shall normally be collected only in
respect of international services billed to customers in that
country, unless other arrangements are made to meet special
circumstances.
46 6.2 Accounting rates
47 6.2.1 For each applicable service
in a given relation, administrations* shall by mutual agreement establish and revise
accounting rates to be applied between them, in accordance
with the provisions of Appendix 1 and taking into account
relevant CCITT Recommendations and relevant cost trends.
48 6.3 Monetary unit
49 6.3.1 In the absence of
special arrangements concluded between administrations*, the monetary
unit to be used in the composition of accounting rates for
international telecommunication services and in the
establishment of international accounts shall be:
either the monetary unit
of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
currently the Special Drawing Right (SDR), as
defined by that organization;
or the gold franc, equivalent to 1/3.061
SDR.
50 6.3.2 In accordance with relevant
provisions of the International Telecommunication Convention,
this provision shall not affect the possibility open to
administrations*
of establishing bilateral arrangements for mutually
acceptable coefficients between the monetary unit of the IMP
and the gold franc.
51 6.4 Establishment of accounts and
settlement of balances of account
52 6.4.1 Unless otherwise agreed,
administrations*
shall follow the relevant provisions as set out in Appendices
1 and 2.
53 6.5 Service and privilege
telecommunications
54 6.5.1 Administrations* shall follow the relevant
provisions as set out in Appendix 3.
Article 7
Suspension of Services
55 7.1 If a Member exercises its
right in accordance with the Convention to suspend
international telecommunication services partially or
totally, that Member shall immediately notify the
Secretary-General of the suspension and of the subsequent
return to normal conditions by the most appropriate means of
communication.
56 7.2 The Secretary-General shall
immediately bring such information to the attention of all
other Members, using the most appropriate means of
communication.
Article 8
Dissemination of Information
57 Using the most suitable and
economical means, the Secretary-General shall disseminate
information, provided by administrations*, of an administrative, operational, tariff or
statistical nature concerning international telecommunication
routes and services. Such information shall be disseminated
in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Convention and of this Article, on the
basis of decisions taken by the Administrative Council or by
competent administrative conferences, and taking account of
conclusions or decisions of Plenary Assemblies of the
International Consultative Committees.
Article 9
Special Arrangements
58 9.1 a) Pursuant to Article 31 of
the International Telecommunication Convention (Nairobi,
1982), special arrangements may be entered into on
telecommunication matters which do not concern Members in
general. Subject to national laws, Members may allow
administrations*
or other organizations or persons to enter into such special
mutual arrangements with Members, administrations* or other organizations or
persons that are so allowed in another country for the
establishment, operation, and use of special
telecommunication networks, systems and services, in order to
meet specialized international telecommunication needs within
and/or between the territories of the Members concerned, and
including, as necessary, those financial, technical, or
operating conditions to be observed.
59 b) Any such special arrangements
should avoid technical harm to the operation of the
telecommunication facilities of third countries.
60 9.2 Members should, where
appropriate, encourage the parties to any special
arrangements that are made pursuant to No. 58 to take into
account relevant provisions of CCITT Recommendations.
Article 10
Final Provisions
61 10.1 These Regulations, of which
Appendices 1, 2 and 3 form integral parts, shall enter into
force on 1 July 1990 at 0001 hours UTC.
62 10.2 On the date specified in No.
61, the Telegraph Regulations (Geneva, 1973) and the
Telephone Regulations (Geneva, 1973) shall be replaced by
these International Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne,
1988) pursuant to the International Telecommunication
Convention.
63 10.3 If a Member makes
reservations with regard to the application of one or more of
the provisions of these Regulations, other Members and their
administrations*
shall be free to disregard the said provision or provisions
in their relations with the Member which has made such
reservations and its administrations*.
64 10.4 Members of the Union shall
inform the Secretary-General of their approval of the
International Telecommunication Regulations adopted by the
Conference. The Secretary-General shall inform Members
promptly of the receipt of such notifications of approval.
___________
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the delegates of the
Members of the International Telecommunication Union named
below have, on behalf of their respective competent
authorities, signed one copy of the present Final Acts in the
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
languages. This copy shall remain in the archives of the
Union. The Secretary-General shall forward one certified copy
to each Member of the International Telecommunication Union.
Done at Melbourne, 9 December
1988.
APPENDIX 1
General Provisions Concerning Accounting
(AP1)
1. Accounting rates
1.1 For each applicable service in a given
relation, administrations* shall by mutual agreement establish and revise
accounting rates to be applied between them, taking into account
the Recommendations of the CCITT and trends in the cost of
providing the specific telecommunication service, and shall
divide such rates into terminal shares payable to the
administrations* of
terminal countries, and where appropriate, into transit shares
payable to the administrations* of transit countries.
1.2 Alternatively, in traffic relations where
CCITT cost studies can be used as a basis, the accounting rate
may be determined in accordance with the following method:
a) administrations* shall establish and revise their terminal and
transit shares taking into account the Recommendations of
the CCITT;
b) the accounting rate shall be the sum
of the terminal shares and any transit shares.
1.3 When one or more administrations* acquire, either by flat rate
remuneration or other arrangements, the right to utilize a part
of the circuit and/or installations of another administration*, the former have the right to
establish their share as mentioned in 1.1 and 1.2 above, for this
part of the relation.
1.4 In cases where one or more routes have been
established by agreement between administrations* and where traffic is diverted
unilaterally by the administration* of origin to a route which has not been agreed with the
administration* of
destination, the terminal shares payable to the administration* of destination shall be the same
as would have been due to it had the traffic been routed over the
agreed primary route and the transit costs
are borne by the administration* of origin, unless the
administration* of
destination is prepared to agree to a different share.
1.5 In cases where the traffic is routed via a
transit point without authorization and/or agreement to the
transit share, the transit administration* has the right to set the level of the transit share to
be included in the international accounts.
1.6 Where an administration* has a duty or fiscal tax levied
on its accounting rate shares or other remunerations, it shall
not in turn impose any such duty or fiscal tax on other
administrations*.
2. Establishment of accounts
2.1 Unless otherwise agreed, the
administrations*
responsible for collecting the charges shall establish a monthly
account showing all the amounts due and send it to the
administrations*
concerned.
2.2 The accounts shall be sent as promptly as
possible and, except in cases of force majeure, before the end of
the third month following that to which they relate.
2.3 In principle an account shall be considered
as accepted without the need for specific notification of
acceptance to the administration* which sent it.
2.4 However, any administration* has the right to question the
contents of an account for a period of two calendar months after
the receipt of the account, but only to the extent necessary to
bring any differences within mutually agreed limits.
2.5 In relations where there are no special
agreements, a quarterly settlement statement showing the balances
of the monthly accounts for the period to which it relates shall
be prepared as soon as possible by the creditor administration* and shall be sent in duplicate
to the debtor administration*, which, after verification, shall return one of the
copies endorsed with its acceptance.
2.6 In indirect relations where a transit
administration* acts
as an accounting intermediary between two terminal points, it
shall include accounting data for transit traffic in the relevant
outgoing traffic account to administrations* beyond it in the routing sequence as soon as possible
after receiving that data from the originating administration*.
3. Settlement of balances of accounts
3.1 Choice of the currency of payment
3.1.1 The payment of balances of international
telecommunication accounts shall be made in the currency selected
by the creditor after consultation with the debtor. In the event
of disagreement, the choice of the creditor shall prevail in all
cases subject to the provisions in 3.1.2 below. If the creditor
does not specify a currency, the choice shall rest with the
debtor.
3.1.2 If a creditor selects a currency with a
value fixed unilaterally or a currency the equivalent value of
which is to be determined by its relationship to a currency with
a value also fixed unilaterally, the use of the selected currency
must be acceptable to the debtor.
3.2 Determination of the amount of payment
3.2.1 The amount of the payment in the selected
currency, as determined below, shall be equivalent in value to
the balance of the account.
3.2.2 If the balance of the account is
expressed in the monetary unit of the IMF, the amount of the
selected currency shall be determined by the relationship in
effect on the day before payment, or by the latest relationship
published by the IMF, between the monetary unit of the IMF and
the selected currency.
3.2.3 However, if the relationship of the
monetary unit of the IMF to the selected currency has not been
published, the amount of the balance of account shall, at a first
stage, be converted into a currency for which a relationship has
been published by the IMF, using the relationship in effect on
the day before payment or the latest published relationship. The
amount thus obtained shall, at a second stage, be converted into
the equivalent value of the selected currency,
using the closing rate in effect on the day
prior to payment or the most recent rate quoted on the official
or generally accepted foreign exchange market of the main
financial centre of the debtor country.
3.2.4 If the balance of the account is
expressed in gold francs, the amount shall, in the absence of
special arrangements, be converted into the monetary unit of the
IMF in accordance with the provisions of section 6.3 of the
Regulations. The amount of payment shall then be determined in
compliance with the provisions of 3.2.2. above.
3.2.5 If, in accordance with a special
arrangement, the balance of the account is expressed neither in
the monetary unit of the IMF nor in gold francs, the payment
shall also be the subject of this special arrangement and:
a) if the selected currency is the same
as the currency of the balance of account, the amount of
the selected currency shall be the amount of the balance
of account;
b) if the selected currency for payment
is different from the currency in which the balance is
expressed, the amount shall be determined by converting
the balance of account to its equivalent value in the
selected currency in accordance with the provisions of
3.2.3 above.
3.3 Payment of balances
3.3.1 Payment of balances of account shall be
effected as promptly as possible, but in no case later than two
calendar months after the day on which the settlement statement
is despatched by the creditor administration*. Beyond this period, the creditor administration* may, subject to prior
notification in the form of a final demand for payment, and
unless otherwise agreed, charge interest at a rate of up to 6%
per annum, reckoned from the day following the date of expiry of
the said period.
3.3.2 The payment due on a settlement statement
shall not be delayed pending settlement of a query on that
account. Adjustments which are later agreed shall be included in
a subsequent account.
3.3.3 On the date of payment, the debtor shall
transmit the amount of the selected currency as computed above by
a bank cheque, transfer or any other means acceptable to the
debtor and the creditor. If the creditor expresses no preference,
the choice shall fall to the debtor.
3.3.4 The payment charges imposed in the debtor
country (taxes, clearing charges, commissions, etc.) shall be
borne by the debtor. Any such charges imposed in the creditor
country, including payment charges imposed by intermediate banks
in third countries, shall be borne by the creditor.
3.4 Additional provisions
3.4.1 Provided the periods of payment are
observed, administrations* may by mutual agreement settle their balances of
various kinds by offsetting:
credits and debits in their
relations with other administrations*; and/or
debts arising from postal
services, if appropriate.
3.4.2 If, between the time the remittance (bank
transfer, cheques, etc.) is effected and the time the creditor is
in receipt of that remittance (account credited, cheque encashed,
etc.), a variation occurs in the equivalent value of the selected
currency calculated as indicated in paragraph 3.2, and if the
difference resulting from such variations exceeds 5% of the
amount due as calculated following such variations, the total
difference shall be shared equally between debtor and creditor.
3.4.3 If there should be a radical change in
the international monetary system which invalidates or makes
inappropriate one or more of the foregoing paragraphs,
administrations* are
free to adopt, by mutual agreement, a different monetary basis
and/or different procedures for the settlement of balances of
accounts, pending a revision of the above provisions.
APPENDIX 2
Additional Provisions Relating to
Maritime Telecommunications
(AP2)
1. General
The provisions contained in Article 6 and
Appendix 1, taking into account the relevant CCITT
Recommendations, shall also apply to maritime telecommunications
in so far as the following provisions do not provide otherwise.
2. Accounting authority
2.1 Charges for maritime telecommunications in
the maritime mobile service and the maritime mobile-satellite
service shall in principle, and subject to national law and
practice, be collected from the maritime mobile station licensee:
a) by the administration that has
issued the licence; or
b) by a recognized private operating
agency; or
c) by any other entity or entities
designated for this purpose by the administration
referred to in a) above.
2.2 The administration or the recognized
private operating agency or the designated entity or entities
listed in paragraph 2.1 are referred to in this Appendix as the
"accounting authority".
2.3 References to administration* contained in Article 6 and
Appendix 1 shall be read as "accounting authority" when
applying the provisions of Article 6 and Appendix 1 to
maritime telecommunications.
2.4 Members shall designate their accounting
authority or authorities for the purposes of implementing this
Appendix and notify their names, identification codes and
addresses to the Secretary-General for inclusion in the List of
Ship
Stations; the number of such names and
addresses shall be limited taking into account the relevant CCITT
Recommendations.
3. Establishment of accounts
3.1 In principle, an account shall be
considered as accepted without the need for specific notification
of acceptance to the accounting authority that sent it.
3.2 However, any accounting authority has the
right to question the contents of an account for a period of six
calendar months after dispatch of the account.
4. Settlement of balances of account
4.1 All international maritime
telecommunication accounts shall be paid by the accounting
authority without delay and in any case within six calendar
months after dispatch of the account, except where the settlement
of accounts is undertaken in accordance with paragraph 4.3 below.
4.2 If international maritime telecommunication
accounts remain unpaid after six calendar months, the
administration that has licensed the mobile station shall, on
request, take all possible steps, within the limits of applicable
national law, to ensure settlement of the accounts from the
licensee.
4.3 If the period between the date of dispatch
and receipt exceeds one month, the receiving accounting authority
should at once notify the originating accounting authority that
queries and payments may be delayed. The delay shall, however,
not exceed three calendar months in respect of payment, or five
calendar months in respect of queries, both periods commencing
from the date of receipt of the account.
4.4 The debtor accounting authority may refuse
the settlement and adjustment of accounts presented more than
eighteen calendar months after the date of the traffic to which
the accounts relate.
APPENDIX 3
Service and Privilege Telecommunications
1. Service telecommunications
1.1 Administrations* may provide service telecommunications free of charge.
1.2 Administrations* may in principle forego inclusion of service
telecommunications in international accounting, under the
relevant provisions of the International Telecommunication
Convention and the present Regulations, having due regard for the
need for reciprocal arrangements.
2. Privilege telecommunications
Administrations* may provide privilege telecommunications free of
charge, and accordingly may forego the inclusion of such classes
of telecommunication in international accounting, under the
relevant provisions of the International Telecommunication
Convention and the present Regulations.
3. Applicable provisions
The general operational, charging and
accounting principles applicable to service and privilege
telecommunications should take account of the relevant CCITT
Recommendations.
FINAL PROTOCOL
FINAL PROTOCOL*
At the time of signing the Final Acts of the
World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
(Melbourne, 1988), the undersigned delegates take note of the
following statements made by signatory delegations.
No. 1
Original: French
For the Republic of Mali:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Republic of Mali formally declares
that it reserves for its Government the right to take any action
in conformity with the Constitution, the laws and the
international commitments of the Republic of Mali which it may
consider or deem to be necessary or useful for the purpose of
protecting and safeguarding its national rights and interests
should any Member State of the Union fail in any way to comply
with the provisions contained in the present Regulations which
complement the 1982 Nairobi Convention.
It also reserves for its Government the right
not to accept the consequences of any reservations made by other
contracting parties which inter alia might give rise to an
increase in its contributory share to the expenditure of the
Union, or which might jeopardize the smooth and efficient
functioning of the telecommunication services of the Republic of
Mali.
Finally, the Delegation of the Republic of Mali
dissociates itself from any action which in any way results in
the deregulation of telecommunications.
No. 22)
Original: English
For the Hungarian Peoples Republic
The Delegation of the Hungarian Peoples
Republic to the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone
Conference (Melbourne, 1988) reserve for its Government the right
to take any action it may deem necessary to safeguard its
interests, should Members fail to observe the provisions
of the International Telecommunication Regulations or should
reservations by other countries jeopardize the proper operation
of its telecommunication services in the event of any other
actions that might encroach upon its sovereignty.
No. 3
Original: French
For the Gabonese Republic:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Gabonese Republic reserves for its
Government the right to take any action it may deem necessary in
the event that development and operation of its
telecommunications shall be jeopardized as a result of the
interpretation by a Member or Members of a provision of these
Regulations.
No. 4
Original: French
For Tunisia:
The Delegation of Tunisia to the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988) declares that its Government reserves the right to take all
necessary measures to safeguard its interests should reservations
by other delegations or any failure to comply with these
Regulations jeopardize the satisfactory operation of its
telecommunication services.
No. 55)
Original: English
For the Republic of Indonesia:
The Delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to
the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
(Melbourne, 1988) hereby reserves the right of its Government to
take:
1) any action as it deems necessary to
safeguard its interests should Members in any way fail to
comply with the requirements of these Regulations or
should reservations by other countries jeopardize its
telecommunication services;
2) any other actions in accordance with
the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Indonesia.
No. 6
Original: English
For the Yemen Arab Republic:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Yemen Arab Republic declares that it
reserves the right to its Government to take all measures it may
deem necessary to protect its interests should any country not
observe the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations adopted by the Conference.
No. 7
Original: English
For the Federal Republic of Nigeria:
The Delegation of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria in signing the Final Acts of the World Administrative
Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988) acknowledges
the need for the enhancement of world telecommunications and
reserves the right of its Administration to accept or to reject
all or some of the provisions of the International
Telecommunication Regulations, subject to the approval of the
Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
No. 88)
Original: French
For the Republic of Chad:
The Delegation of the Republic of Chad, in
signing the Final Acts of the World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988), declares that it reserves
its countrys right to take all measures it shall deem
useful or necessary to safeguard its interests, should any
countries fail to comply with the provisions contained in the
International Telecommunication Regulations.
No. 9
Original: French
For the Republic of Côte dIvoire:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), concerning the International Telecommunication
Regulations, the Delegation of the Republic of Côte
dIvoire declares that it firmly reserves its
Governments right to take any measure it deems necessary to
safeguard its interests in the event that any Members should fail
to comply with the terms of these Regulations.
Furthermore, in its relations with other
Members, administrations* or entities, it declares that its
Government will accept no provision of these Regulations which,
if applied, could jeopardize either its interests or the exercise
of its sovereign right to regulate telecommunications as a whole
within its territories.
No. 10
(FP-10)
Original: French
For the Central African Republic:
In signing the present Regulations at the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference, the Delegation
of the Central African Republic reserves for its Government the
right to take any action required to safeguard its interests:
if any Member fails to observe
the provisions of the present Regulations;
if the application of certain
provisions in the present Regulations should jeopardize
the operation and development of its countrys
telecommunication facilities.
The Delegation of the Central African Republic
recalls that if any Member makes reservations in connection with
the application of one or more provisions of these Regulations,
its country is not obliged to observe the provision(s) concerned
in its relations with the Member which made the
reservations.
No. 11
Original: French
For the Democratic Republic of Madagascar:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar,
by virtue of the principle recognizing each countrys
sovereign right to regulate its telecommunications, reserves for
its Government the right to safeguard its interests should the
application of certain provisions in the new Regulations be at
variance with its national legislation.
No. 12FP-12)
Original: Spanish
For the Republic of Guatemala:
1. The Delegation of the Republic of Guatemala
declares that it reserves for its Government the right to take
whatever measures it may deem necessary to safeguard its
interests in the event that:
a) other Members should fail to comply
with the provisions of the International
Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne, 1988) and the
Annexes and Protocols thereto;
b) its telecommunication services
should be jeopardized owing to any reservations expressed
by other countries;
c) any action should be facilitated
which may encroach upon the sovereignty of the Republic
of Guatemala.
2. It also reserves the right for its
Government to make any declaration or reservation until such time
as it shall ratify these Regulations (Melbourne, 1988).
No. 13
Original: English
For the Peoples Democratic Republic of
Yemen:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Peoples Democratic Republic of
Yemen declares that it reserves the right of its Government to
take all measures it may deem necessary to protect its interests
should any country not observe the provisions of the
International Telecommunication Regulations adopted by the
Conference.
No. 14
(FP-14)
Original: Russian
For the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist
Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics:
In signing the International Telecommunication
Regulations (Melbourne, 1988), the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist
Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics declare that they reserve the right
to take any action they deem necessary to safeguard their
interests, should other states fail to comply with the provisions
of the International Telecommunication Regulations, or in case of
any other action which is detrimental to the telecommunication
services of the above-mentioned countries and which infringes
their sovereignty.
No. 15
Original: English
For the Republic of Zimbabwe:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Republic of Zimbabwe declares that
it reserves the right of the Government of Zimbabwe to take all
subsequent measures it may deem necessary to protect its
sovereignty and national interest should these Regulations be
used by other countries particularly against its sovereign right
to regulate the orderly development of its international as well
as national telecommunications.
No. 16(FP-16)
Original: French
For the Kingdom of Morocco:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco reserves for its
Government the right to take any action it deems necessary to
safeguard its interests:
1. if other Members fail in any way to observe
the provisions of the Regulations, the Annexes or the associated
documents or if the reservations made by other countries are
liable to jeopardize its telecommunication services;
2. if the provisions of the present Regulations
are liable to be detrimental in any way to the operation and the
development of its telecommunication network.
No. 17
Original: English
For Mauritius:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
(Melbourne, 1988), the Delegation of Mauritius reserves the right
of its Government to take such action that it deems necessary to
safeguard its interests should any Member fail to comply with the
requirements of the International Telecommunication Regulations
or should reservations made by any country jeopardize its
telecommunication services.
No. 18FP-18)
Original: English
For the Islamic Republic of Iran:
IN THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY.
The Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran
reserves for its Government the right to take any action as it
may consider necessary to safeguard its interests should they be
affected by decisions taken at the World Administrative Telegraph
and Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988), or by failure on the
part of any other country or administration in any way to comply
with the requirements of the International Telecommunication
Convention (Nairobi, 1982), or its Annexes or the Protocols or
the Regulations attached thereto, or these Final Acts, or should
reservations or declarations by other countries or
administrations jeopardize the proper and efficient operation of
its telecommunication services, or infringe the full exercise of
the sovereign rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
No. 19
Original: English
For the Republic of Kenya:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Republic of Kenya declares on behalf
of the Government and in accordance with the powers conferred on
it:
1) that it reserves the right of its
Government to take any action it may consider necessary
to safeguard and protect its interests should any Member
fail to comply, as required, with the provisions of the
International Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne,
1988) or Annexes or Protocols attached thereto;
2) that the Government of the Republic
of Kenya does not accept responsibility for consequences
arising out of reservations made by other Members of the
Union.
No. 20
Original: English
For the Republic of the Philippines:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Philippines Delegation, on behalf of its Government,
makes all necessary reservations to any texts which may adversely
affect directly or indirectly its sovereignty over the
establishment, operation and control of any telecommunication
services and its authority to regulate all telecommunication
activities of any person, organization and administration*.
Furthermore, the Philippines reserves its right
to safeguard its interests should reservations by other
Governments jeopardize the proper and efficient operation of the
telecommunication services and networks of the Republic of the
Philippines.
Finally, the Philippines reserves its right to
take any other action in accordance with its Constitution and
laws.
_____________
* or recognized private operating agency(ies)
No. 21
Original: English
For the Republic of Uganda:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Republic of Uganda reserves the
right of its Government to take all measures it may deem
necessary to protect its interests should any country not observe
the provisions of the International Telecommunication Regulations
adopted by the Conference.
No. 22-22)
Original: French
For the Republic of Cameroon:
The Delegation of the Republic of Cameroon to
the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
(Melbourne, 1988), reserves for its Government the right to take
any action it deems necessary to safeguard its interests if any
country should fail in any way to observe the provisions of the
International Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne, 1988), or
if the reservations made by any country should jeopardize
the efficient operation of the telecommunication services of
Cameroon.
No. 23
Original: English
For the Federative Republic of Brazil:
In signing these Final Acts, subject to
approval by its National Congress, the Delegation of Brazil
reserves for its Government, the right to take all necessary
measures to safeguard its interests should other Members fail to
comply with the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations (Melbourne, 1988) and its Appendices 1, 2 and 3, or
should reservations by other Members result in jeopardy to its
telecommunication services.
No. 24
Original: English
For New Zealand:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of New Zealand declares that it reserves
for its Government the right to take such action as it may
consider necessary to safeguard its interests should any Member
not observe the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations adopted by the Conference, or should reservations by
other countries jeopardize the telecommunication services of New
Zealand.
No. 25
(FP-25)
Original: French
For the Republic of Senegal:
1. In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Republic of Senegal formally
declares on behalf of its Government that its country will not
accept any obligation in connection with the application of any
provision relating to the special arrangements contained in the
present Regulations.
2. The Republic of Senegal formally declares
that it will not accept any obligation in connection with the
application of any provision in the present Regulations as
regards the implementation and establishment within its territory
of any other network or any other telecommunication systems or
services, including any other corresponding facility for the
transport of telecommunications, which may be different from its
own telecommunication facilities and services and/or which may be
such as to be detrimental in any way from the technical, economic
or any other point of view to the operation of the latter.
No. 26
Original: English
For the United Republic of Tanzania:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the United Republic of Tanzania declares
that its Government reserves the right to take any action it may
deem necessary to protect its interests should reservation or any
other action by any Member jeopardize its telecommunication
services.
No. 27
Original: Spanish
For the Argentine Republic:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Argentine Delegation reserves for its Government the
right to take any action it deems necessary to protect its
interests and to safeguard the operation of its telecommunication
services should they be affected by the decisions of this
Conference or by the reservations made by other delegations.
No. 28
Original: English
For Papua New Guinea:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of Papua New Guinea declares that it
reserves the right to take such action as it may deem necessary
to safeguard its interests should any Member not observe the
provisions of the International Telecommunication Regulations
adopted by the Conference, or should reservations by other
Countries jeopardize the telecommunications services of Papua New
Guinea.
No. 29
Original: French
For the Republic of the Niger:
In signing the present Final Acts, the
Delegation of the Republic of the Niger to the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988) reserves for its Government the right:
1. to take any action it deems necessary to
safeguard its interests if any Members should in any way fail to
comply with the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations and the Annexes thereto or if the reservations made
by the other Members should jeopardize the efficient operation of
the telecommunication services of the Niger;
2. to reject any provision of a mandatory
nature, particularly in connection with the special arrangements,
which are liable to be in any way detrimental to the operation of
its own telecommunications facilities and services.
No. 30
(FP-30)
Original: French
For the Peoples Democratic Republic of
Algeria:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Peoples Democratic Republic of
Algeria reserves for its Government the right to take any action
it deems necessary to safeguard its interests if any Members
should fail to observe the provisions of the International
Telecommunication Regulations or if the reservations made by
other Members should jeopardize its telecommunication services.
The Delegation of the Peoples Democratic
Republic of Algeria also reserves for its Government the
right to take any action it considers necessary to safeguard its
interests in connection with the provisions relating to special
arrangements which are contained in the International
Telecommunication Regulations.
No. 31
Original: English
For the Kingdom of Swaziland:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Kingdom of Swaziland reserves the
right of its Government to take any action it deems necessary to
safeguard its interests in the event of Members failing in any
way to comply with the provisions of the International
Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne, 1988), or the Annexes
thereto, or should reservations by other Members jeopardize its
telecommunications facilities and services.
No. 32
(Number not used.)
No. 33
(FP-33)
Original: English
For Ghana:
The Delegation of the Republic of Ghana hereby
reserves for its Government the right to take any measures it
deems necessary and expedient to protect its interests and
sovereign right should the non-compliance of and/or reservations
by any Member to the International Telecommunication Regulations
(Melbourne, 1988), including the Annexes and Resolutions thereto,
jeopardize or threaten to jeopardize its telecommunication
facilities and services.
No. 34
Original: English
For the Sultanate of Oman:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Sultanate of Oman reserves for its
Government the right to take such action as it may consider
necessary to safeguard its interests should any Member fail in
any way to comply with the provisions of the International
Telecommunication Regulations adopted by this Conference, or
should reservations by other countries jeopardize the
telecommunication services of the Sultanate of Oman.
No. 35
Original: English/French/Spanish
For the Federal Republic of Germany,
Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Portugal, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegations of the above-mentioned Members of the
Union, being Member States of the European Economic Community,
declare that these States will apply the International
Telecommunication Regulations in accordance with their
obligations under the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community.
No. 36P-36)
Original: English
For Brunei Darussalam:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Government of His Majesty, the
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan Brunei Darussalam reserves for its
Government the right to take such action it may deem necessary to
safeguard its interests should any Member fail in any way to
comply with the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations adopted by the Conference, or should reservations by
any country jeopardize its telecommunication services.
No. 37
Original: English
For the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia declares
that it reserves the right of its Government to take all measures
it may deem necessary to protect its interests should any country
not observe the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations adopted by the Conference.
No. 38
Original: English
For the Peoples Democratic Republic of
Algeria, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Brunei Darussalam, the
Republic of Djibouti, the United Arab Emirates, the Islamic
Republic of Iran, the Republic of Iraq, the State of Kuwait,
Malaysia, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Sultanate of Oman, the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the State of Qatar, the Syrian Arab
Republic, Tunisia, the Yemen Arab Republic, the Peoples
Democratic Republic of Yemen:
The above-mentioned Delegations to the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), declare that the signature and possible ratification by
their respective Governments of the Final Acts of WATTC
(Melbourne, 1988) are not valid with respect to the Zionist
Entity under the name of the so-called Israel and in no way
whatsoever imply its recognition.
No. 39
(FP-39)
Original: English
For the United States of America:
I
The United States of America formally declares
that it does not, by signature of these Telecommunication
Regulations, nor by any subsequent approval thereof:
a) accept any obligation to enforce any
provision of the domestic law or regulations of any other
Member;
b) endorse, in any way, domestic
procedures of other Members which would require approval
for providers of telecommunication services and services
dependent on telecommunication transport seeking to do
business outside the United States of America;
c) accept any obligation in respect of
the application of any provision of these Regulations to
service within the United States with respect to
telecommunication services between the United States, on
the one hand, and Canada, Mexico, and Saint-Pierre and
Miquelon Islands, on the other hand, and to the rates
applicable to such services;
d) accept any obligation in respect of
the application of any provision of these Regulations to
services other than public correspondence services.
II
It is the understanding of the United States of
America that:
a) the Recommendations of the
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
Committee are produced for voluntary consideration by,
among others, providers of international
telecommunication services and manufacturers of
telecommunications equipment;
b) its rights and obligations are
determined by the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations
(1973) among Members party thereto, until the United
States and such Members express their consent to be bound
by these Telecommunication Regulations in accordance with
the provisions of the basic instrument of the
International Communication Union to which the Member is
a party.
III
The United States of America disassociates
itself from Conference Opinion No. 1.
No. 40
Original: French
For the Peoples Republic of Benin:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Peoples Republic of Benin
reserves for its Government the right:
a) to accept or to reject, wholly or
partially, the provisions of the present International
Telecommunication Regulations and the Appendices thereto;
b) should it approve these Regulations,
to take any action it might consider necessary to
safeguard its telecommunication services and its other
interests if certain Members fail to observe the present
Regulations and the Appendices thereto or if reservations
made by other Members were to be detrimental to the
interests of the Peoples Republic of Benin.
No. 41
Original: English
For the Peoples Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Peoples Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia reserves the right of its Government:
a) to make any statement or reservation
until such time as it ratifies the International
Telecommunication Regulations and related Annexes, if the
provisions of the Regulations and related Annexes
adversely affect directly or indirectly the operation of
its telecommunication services or its sovereignty;
b) to disregard those parts of the
Regulations and related Annexes if those parts are in
contradiction to the national legislation of the
Peoples Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
No. 42
Original: English
For the United Arab Emirates:
The Delegation of the United Arab Emirates
reserves for its Government the right to take such action as it
may consider necessary to safeguard its interests should any
Member fail in any way to comply with the provisions of the
International Telecommunication Regulations adopted by this
Conference, or should reservations by other countries jeopardize
the telecommunication services of the United Arab Emirates.
No. 43
(P-43)
Original: French
For the Rwandese Republic:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Rwandese Republic declares that its
Government reserves the right to take any action it may consider
necessary to safeguard its interests if any country should fail
to comply with the provisions contained therein.
Furthermore, the Government of the Rwandese
Republic reserves the right to approve and to ratify the
documents signed by its Representatives.
No. 44
Original: English
For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland:
In signing these Regulations, the Delegation of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wishes
to reaffirm its Governments commitment to the development
of competition in the provision of international
telecommunication infrastructure and services. It believes such
competition to be in the interest of telecommunications users,
and economic development generally. Every effort should be made,
where practicable, to meet the reasonable preferences of
customers.
In implementing the provisions of the
Regulations, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland intends to be guided, as
appropriate, by these principles. It wishes, in particular, to
disassociate itself from those parts of Opinion No. 1 which it
believes may suggest views contrary to these principles.
No. 45
(FP-45)
Original: English
For the Peoples Republic of the Congo:
The Delegation of the Peoples Republic of
the Congo declares that its Government reserves the right to take
any action it deems necessary to protect and safeguard its
interests should certain Members in any way fail to comply with
the provisions of the International Telecommunication Regulations
(Melbourne, 1988) or should the reservations made by other
Members jeopardize the efficient operation and the development of
its telecommunication services.
No. 46
Original: English
For the Republic of Singapore:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Republic of Singapore reserves the
right for its Government to accept or reject all or some of the
provisions of the International Telecommunication Regulations.
The Singapore Delegation also reserves for its
Government the right to take such action as it may consider
necessary to safeguard its interests should any Member fail in
any way to comply with the requirements of the International
Telecommunication Regulations, including the Appendices and the
Final Protocol.
No. 47
(FP-47)
Original: English
For the Republic of India:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Republic of India reserves the right
of its Government to take necessary steps to protect its
interests should any other Member either reserve its position on
any of the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations, 1988, or operate any telecommunication service or
facility in contravention of any provision in these Regulations.
No. 48
Original: French
For Burkina Faso:
The Delegation of Burkina Faso reserves for its
Government the right to take any action it deems necessary to
safeguard its interests if certain Members should in any way fail
to comply with the provisions of the International
Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne, 1988) or if the
reservations made by other Members should jeopardize the
efficient technical, commercial, and economic operation and/or
the development of its telecommunication services.
OUR COUNTRY OR DEATH, WE SHALL PREVAIL !
No. 49
Original: Russian
For the Peoples Republic of Bulgaria:
In signing the International Telecommunication
Regulations, the Peoples Republic of Bulgaria declares that
it reserves the right to take any action to safeguard its
interests should other States fail to comply with the provisions
of the International Telecommunication Regulations and also in
the case of any other action which is liable to jeopardize the
telecommunication services and to infringe the sovereignty of the
Peoples Republic of Bulgaria.
No. 50
(FP-50)
Original: French
For the Republic of Zaire:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Republic of Zaire firmly declares
that it reserves for the National Party, the Peoples
Movement of the Revolution (MPR), the right to accept or reject,
wholly or partially, the provisions of the International
Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne, 1988) to the extent
that it deems it necessary to safeguard its national rights and
interests if any of the Member States of the International
Telecommunication Union should fail to comply with the provisions
contained in the present Regulations.
No. 51
Original: French
For the Togolese Republic:
The Delegation of the Togolese Republic to the
World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
(Melbourne, 1988) reserves for its Government the right to take
any action it deems necessary to safeguard its interests and
ensure compliance with its legislation if the failure of a
country to comply with any provision of the present Regulations
and the Annexes thereto, an "improper" interpretation
of certain provisions, or the reservations made by certain
Members in signing, ratifying, or acceding to the Regulations
should give rise to situations detrimental to its
telecommunication services or facilities.
No. 52
(FP-52)
Original: French
For the Republic of Senegal:
In signing the present Final Acts, the
Delegation of the Republic of Senegal declares on behalf of its
Government that it will not accept any consequences which may
arise from the reservations made by other Governments.
The Republic of Senegal reserves the right to
take any action it may consider to be necessary for the purpose
of safeguarding its interests if certain Members should fail to
observe the provisions of the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988) and the annexes or protocols attached thereto or if the
reservations made by other countries should have the effect of
jeopardizing the efficient operation of its telecommunication
facilities and services.
No. 53
Original: French
For the Socialist Republic of Romania:
In signing the Final Acts of the present World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference, the Delegation
of the Socialist Republic of Romania reserves for its Government
the right to take any action it may consider necessary for the
purpose of safeguarding its interests should the reservations
made by other countries jeopardize its telecommunication
services.
No. 54
Original: English
For the Yemen Peoples Democratic
Republic:
The Delegation of the Yemen Peoples
Democratic Republic to the World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988) declares that its
Government reserves the right to take all necessary measures to
safeguard its interests should reservations by other delegations
or any failure to comply with these Regulations jeopardize the
satisfactory operation of its telecommunication services.
No. 55
Original: Spanish
(FP-55)
For Spain:
With reference to the reservations made by a
number of delegations in connection with the conditions required
for the provision of international telecommunication services,
the Delegation of Spain at the World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988) declares that such
reservations will under no circumstances constitute a valid
argument for the avoidance of the application of Spanish national
law on the part of any entity which directly or indirectly
intends to provide such services on the territory of Spain or via
the Spanish telecommunication network.
No. 56
Original: Spanish
For Mexico:
In view of the reservations made by various
countries in connection with the decisions adopted by this
Conference, the Delegation of Mexico reserves for its Government
the right to take any action it may consider necessary to
safeguard its interests if other Members should fail to comply
with the provisions of the Final Acts or if the reservations made
by them should jeopardize its telecommunication services.
No. 57
Original: English
For the State of Israel:
1. The Declaration made by certain delegations
in No. 38 of the Final Protocol, being in flagrant contradiction
with the principles and purposes of the International
Telecommunication Union and, therefore, devoid of any legal
validity, the Government of Israel wishes to put on record that
it rejects these declarations outright and will proceed on the
assumption that they can have no validity with respect to the
rights and duties of any Member State of the International
Telecommunication Union.
In any case, the Government of Israel will
avail itself of its rights to safeguard its interests should the
Governments of those delegations in any way violate any of the
provisions of the Convention, or the Annexes, Protocols or
Regulations attached thereto, or the Final Acts of this
Conference.
The Delegation of Israel further notes that
Declaration No. 38 does not refer to the State of Israel by its
full and correct name. As such it is totally inadmissible and
must be repudiated as a violation of recognized rules of
international behaviour.
2. Furthermore, after noting various other
declarations already deposited, the Delegation of the State of
Israel reserves for its Government the right to take any action
it deems necessary to protect its interests and to safeguard the
operation of its telecommunication services should they be
affected by the decisions of this Conference or by the
reservations made by other delegations.
No. 58
Original: English
For the Republic of Malta:
The Delegation of the Republic of Malta, having
considered the declarations made by a number of Members in
Document 122 dated 9 December, 1988, reserves to the Government
of the Republic of Malta the right to take such steps as it may
deem necessary to safeguard its national interests should these
be adversely affected by the action of any other Member or
Members of the International Telecommunication Union.
No. 59
Original: English
For the Syrian Arab Republic:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), and having noted with concern the numerous reservations
made by other delegations, the Delegation of the Syrian Arab
Republic declares that it reserves the right of its Government to
take all measures it may deem necessary to protect its interests
should any country not observe the provisions of the
International Telecommunication Regulations adopted by the
Conference, in particular, because of the reservations made in
respect of essential parts thereof.
No. 60
Original: English
For the State of Qatar:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the State of Qatar declares that it
reserves the right of its Government to take all measures it may
deem necessary to protect its interests should any country not
observe the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations adopted by the Conference and in particular with
regard to the countries having made reservations in Document 122
concerning important parts of the Melbourne Regulations.
No. 61
(FP-61)
Original: English
For the Kingdom of Tonga:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of the Kingdom of Tonga reserves for its
Government the right to take any action it deems necessary to
safeguard its interests if any country should fail in any way to
observe the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations (Melbourne, 1988), or if the reservations made by any
country should jeopardize the efficient operation of the
telecommunication services of the Kingdom of Tonga.
No. 62
Original: English
For the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia:
The Delegation of the Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia declares that its Government reserves the
right to take all necessary steps and measures to safeguard its
interests should reservations by other delegations or any failure
to comply with these Regulations jeopardize the satisfactory
operation of its national or international telecommunication
services, facilities or means of transport or in any way
jeopardize its sovereign right to regulate its
telecommunications.
No. 63
(FP-63)
Original: English
For Malaysia:
The Delegation of Malaysia hereby and, in
particular with respect to the reservations made by other
delegations in Document 122:
1. reserves for its Government the right to
take such action as it may deem necessary to safeguard its
interests should certain Members not share in defraying the
expenses of the Union, or should any Member fail in any other way
to comply with the requirements of the International
Telecommunication Regulations, or should reservations by other
countries jeopardize its telecommunication services;
2. declares that the signing of these
Regulations by the Delegation of Malaysia, is not valid with
respect to the Member appearing under the name of Israel, and in
no way implies its recognition.
No. 64
Original: French
For the Republic of Djibouti:
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Delegation of Djibouti reserves for its Government the
right to take any action which it may consider necessary for the
purpose of safeguarding its interests if any Member should fail
to meet the obligations laid down in the International
Telecommunication Regulations or if the reservations made by any
country should jeopardize the efficient operation of its
telecommunication services.
Furthermore, in its relations with other
Members, administrations* or any other entity, it declares that
its Government will not accept any provision in the present
Regulations, the applications of which might jeopardize its
interests and which might interfere with the exercise of its
sovereign right to regulate telecommunications as a whole within
its territory.
Finally, the Delegation of the Republic of
Djibouti formally declares on behalf of its Government that its
country will not accept any obligation in connection with the
application of any of the provisions relating to special
arrangements which are contained in the present Regulations or
any other provision which would involve the establishment within
its territory of telecommunication systems, networks or other
services, including any other corresponding telecommunication
transport facility, other than its own telecommunication
facilities and services.64)
No. 65
Original: English
For the Republic of Korea:
The Delegation of the Republic of Korea
reserves the right of its Government to take such action as it
considers necessary to safeguard its interests, should any Member
fail to comply with the provisions of these International
Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne, 1988) or should
reservations by other countries jeopardize its telecommunication
services.
No. 66
Original: English
For the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:
IN THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY.
In signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988) and having noted with concern the reservations made by
various delegations in Document 122, the Delegation of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan reserves the right of its Government
to take necessary steps to protect its interests, should any
other Member or administration either reserve its position on any
of the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations finalized at the World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988), or operate any
telecommunication service or facility in contradiction of any
provisions in these Regulations.
No. 67
(FP-67)
Original: Spanish
For Chile:
Having taken note of the declarations made by
other countries, the Delegation of Chile, in signing the Final
Acts of the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone
Conference (Melbourne, 1988), reserves for its Government the
right:
a) to accept or reject all or any of
the provisions of the International Telecommunication
Regulations whenever it considers that those provisions
might affect its national or international interests or
the sovereign rights enshrined in its Constitution;
b) to take any action which it may
consider necessary to safeguard its interests should
other countries fail to observe the provisions of the
International Telecommunication Regulations.
No. 68
Original: English
For the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam:
In light of the declarations made in Document
122, in signing the Final Acts of the World Administrative
Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988) the
Delegation of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam declares that it
reserves for its Government the right to take any necessary
measures to safeguard its sovereignty and its national and
international telecommunication networks and services, should
they be jeopardized by any failure to comply with the Regulations
or by reservations or actions made by any other Members.
No. 69
(FP-69)
Original: English
For the United States of America:
The United States of America, noting the scope
of possible application of the statements and reservations of
other Members, reserves the right to make additional reservations
prior to or at the time it notifies its approval of these
Telecommunication Regulations, and further reserves its rights to
take whatever acts it deems necessary, at any time, to protect
its interests.
No. 70
Original: English
For the Democratic Peoples Republic of
Korea:
In the light of the declarations made in
Document 122, in signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988), the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea declares
that it reserves the right to take any necessary measures to
protect its interests and sovereign right should the other States
fail to comply with the provisions of the International
Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne, 1988).
No. 71
Original: English
For the Republic of India:
With reference to declarations made by certain
delegations, stating that some decisions of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988) may not be acceptable to them, the Delegation of the
Republic of India hereby reserves the sovereign right of its
Government to take the steps necessary to protect Indias
interests from the possible adverse implications of such
reservations.
No. 72
(FP-72)
Original: Russian
For the Peoples Republic of Poland:
In the light of the declarations formulated in
Document 122, the Delegation of the Peoples Republic
of Poland reserves for its Government the right if necessary to
take appropriate action to safeguard its sovereign rights and
interests in the field of telecommunications should any other
Member, administration or recognized private operating agency
interpret the International Telecommunication Regulations in such
a way as to jeopardize those rights and interests.
No. 73
Original: English
For the Kingdom of the Netherlands:
The Delegation of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands has accepted the Regulations set at the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne,
1988) because it sees these Regulations as a balanced package
serving the harmonious and efficient development, operation and
use of telecommunications world-wide.
Noting that several Members of the Union have
made reservations on their position towards the principles and
provisions with regard to special arrangements contained in the
Regulations which have consequences on the balanced contents of
these Regulations, the Delegation of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands therefore formally declares that it does not endorse
in any way procedures requiring approval for providers of tel
|