Resolution 36 (revised by the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Marrakech 2002), urges all ITU Member States who have not yet done so, to accede to the Tampere Convention and to take all practical steps for its full implementation and application.

The application of an international treaty by national authorities is possible only, if the laws and decrees governing their actions include respective stipulations; national customs officers or telecommunication officials will not be able to facilitate the import and the use of emergency telecommunication equipment, unless applicable national laws instruct and authorize them to do so.