NP/93-1
1 March 1993
ORIGINAL: English 

News Update

MEMBERSHIP
Three new Members have joined the ITU1 since the beginning of the year:
-	Georgia on 7 January 1993
-	Slovakia on 23 February 1993
-	Kazakhstan on 23 February 1993

As of 23 February 1993, the ITU has 176 Members.

IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TELECOMMUNICATION CODES FOR ESTONIA, LATVIA, 
LITHUANIA AND MOLDOVA

The telephone and data transmission codes of Estonia (372 and 248 
respectively) will enter into effect on 1 March 1993 and their telex code (537) 
on 1 May 1993. Latvia has indicated that their telephone code (371) has 
been implemented as from 1 February 1993. Lithuania has implemented its 
telephone code (370) as from 15 February 1993 (except with countries of the 
former USSR) and Moldova has put into effect its telephone code (373) as 
from 15 January 1993 (except with Romania and the countries of the former 
USSR). 

For a complete list of telephone, telex and data transmission codes assigned 
to countries of the former USSR, please refer to Information Note to the 
press NP/92-1 of 30 September 1992. It should be noted that no calendar for 
implementing these codes has been set. Each country informs the ITU on the 
date of implementation after the necessary work is carried out on each 
network.

1	The ITU is an intergovernmental organization, within which the public and 
private sectors cooperate for the development of telecommunications and the 
harmonization of national telecommunication policies. The ITU adopts 
international regulations and treaties governing all terrestrial and space uses 
of the frequency spectrum as well as the use of the geostationary-satellite 
orbit, within which countries adopt their national legislation; it develops 
standards to ensure the interconnection of telecommunication systems on a 
worldwide scale regardless of the type of technology used; it also fosters the 
development of telecommunications in developing countries.