INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
	
	Geneva,  20 November 1997	
	No  234-7	

Book 1 - World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (WTSC)
Geneva, 9-18 October 1996  		
		
Book 1 contains Resolutions (Rules of procedure of ITU-T; Study group responsibility and mandates; publication of ITU-T Recommendations and WTSC proceedings, etc.), ITU-T Series A Recommendations (Organization of the work of the ITU-T), Study Groups and other groups, and the list of questions for the Study Period 1997-2000 as approved by WTSC-1996.

Date of publication:	Available		
Language:	English, french, spanish	
Pages:	Around 133	
Format:	A4 (21 x 29,7 cm)	
Article number:	English:
French:
Spanish:	10242 
10243 
10244	
ISBN number:	English:
French:
Spanish:	92-61-06511-2
92-61-06512-0
92-61-06513-9	
Price in Swiss Francs:	Catalogue price			55.–
Member States and Sector Members:  47.–
Least developed countries:  33.–	

Book 1 - World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (WTSC)
Geneva, 9-18 October 1996
ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is the United Nations Specialized Agency in the field of telecommunications. The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is a permanent organ of the ITU. The ITU-T is responsible for studying technical, operating and tariff questions and issuing Recommendations on them with a view to standardizing telecommunications on a worldwide basis.
The World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (WTSC), which meets every four years, establishes the topics for study by the ITU‑T Study Groups which, in their turn, produce Recommendations on these topics.
The approval of Recommendations by the Members of the ITU‑T is covered by the procedure laid down in WTSC Resolution No. 1.
In some areas of information technology which fall within ITU-T’s purview, the necessary standards are prepared on a collaborative basis with ISO and IEC.
CONTENTS
Part
1	Resolutions adopted by the Conference of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
2	ITU-T series A Recommendations: organization of the work of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
3	Study Groups, TSAG and Tariff Groups and appointed Chairmen and Vice‑Chairmen of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
4	Questions approved for study by the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

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Article number:  10242	No  234-7  	
Book 1 - World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (WTSC)
Geneva, 9-18 October 1996

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