During the last ordinary session, held in July 2023, the ITU Council modified
Resolution 1408 on “
Assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector".
The Council expressed grave concern, amongst others, over the devastating impact that the war against Ukraine has had on the operation of telecommunication facilities and services in Ukraine. This included the widespread destruction of critical infrastructure, and on Ukraine's sovereign right to regulate telecommunications within its territory.
ITU council resolves to instruct the Directors of the three Bureaux:
- To provide and present detailed regular reports assessing Ukraine's immediate, medium- and long-term ICT reconstruction needs resulting from the Russian Federation's invasion at subsequent Council meetings and future ITU conferences, until the withdrawal of all Russian Federation's military forces from the territory of Ukraine, within its internationally recognized borders, and until the reconstruction of the telecommunication and media infrastructure in those areas that suffered is complete, and to prepare proposals for effective technical assistance;
- To provide assistance and full support to Ukraine for rebuilding its damaged and destroyed telecommunications and television infrastructure, supporting the ICT/telecommunications, and promoting digitalization for recovery and sustainable development;
- To review and prevent publication of information in any ITU documents, submitted by the Russian Federation, regarding the assignment of frequencies or National Destination Code (NDC) under the country code of the Russian Federation "7" for the territories that, in part, are or have been under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation;
- To ensure adequate financial and human resources mobilization, including under the internal budgets and the Information and Communication Technology Development Fund, for the implementation of the proposed actions;
- To continue using the Partner2Connect mechanism, collecting pledges and commitments of stakeholders.
The ITU Council also instructed the ITU Secretary General to coordinate the activities carried out by the three Sectors of the Union in accordance with the measures above, to ensure that the Union's action in favour of Ukraine is as effective as possible.
Moreover, Member States were invited to support the Government of Ukraine on a bilateral level or in coordination with the Union, as indicated above, to respond to the call for pledges under the Partner2Connect Initiative, to provide financial contribution to the Special Fund, and to cooperate in the implementation of infrastructure projects in order to rebuild the telecommunications sector of Ukraine and improve Connectivity
The outcomes and progress of
ITU activities aimed at the implementation of the Resolution 1408 on assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector
are
outlined
in the following documents:
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Document 70 of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022
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Document 59 of the ITU Council 2023
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Document of the ITU Council 2024
(coming soon)
For more information, please reach out to the ITU Office for Europe at
eurregion@itu.int.
