Participants in the first regular ACC session for 1999
Photo Bianco, Patrick Bertschmann (ITU 990024)
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Yearbook of Statistics — Telecommunication Services — Chronological Time Series 1988-1997 (January 1999)
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ITU-R Reports, 1998 M Series (Radiodetermination and Land Mobile Services) M.2013 — Wind profiler radars
M.2014 — Spectrum efficient digital land mobile systems for dispatch traffic
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ITU-R Recommendations, 1997 BO Series — Supplement 1 (30.11.1998-14.12.1998): Broadcasting-satellite service (sound and television)
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SM Series — Supplement 2 (14.11.1998 and 23.1.1999): Spectrum management
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ITU-T Recommendations on CD-ROM (March 1999)
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ITU-T Recommendation A.3 Amendment 1 (09/98)
Elaboration and presentation of texts and development of terminology and other means of expression for Recommendations of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
Amendment 1: Modifications of document type definitions Separate editions in F, E, S (CHF 9)
ITU-T Recommendation A.6 (09/98)
Cooperation and exchange of information between ITU-T and national and regional standards development organizations
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ITU-T Recommendation E.212 (11/98)
The international identification plan for mobile terminals and mobile users
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ITU-T Recommendation G.113 Appendix I (12/98)
Transmission impairments
Appendix I: Provisional planning values for the equipment impairment factor Ie
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ITU-T Recommendation G.692 (10/98)
Optical interfaces for multichannel systems with optical amplifiers
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ITU-T Recommendation G.767 (10/98)
Digital circuit multiplication equipment using 16 kbit/s LD-CELP, digital speech interpolation and facsimile demodulation/remodulation
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ITU-T Recommendation P.360 (12/98)
Efficiency of devices for preventing the occurrence of excessive acoustic pressure by telephone receivers
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.765 (05/98)
Signalling System No. 7 — Application transport mechanism
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ITU-T Recommendation Q.1541 (05/98)
UPT stage 2 for Service Set 1 on IN CS-1 — Procedures for universal personal telecommunication: Functional modelling and information flows
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ITU-T Recommendation X.630 (09/98)
Efficient open systems interconnection (OSI) operations
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ITU-T Recommendation X.920 (12/97)
Information technology — Open distributed processing — Interface definition language
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The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania has ratified the above-mentioned Constitution and Convention as well as the amended Instruments.
The instrument of ratification was deposited with the General Secretariat of the Union on 30 July 1998.
The Governments of the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of Uganda have ratified the above-mentioned Instruments amending the Constitution and Convention.
The instruments of ratification were deposited with the General Secretariat of the Union on 11 and 1 February 1999, respectively.
The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has approved the above-mentioned Acts.
I am Communication AG (Hamburg, Germany) and Itissalat Al Maghrib (IAM) (Rabat) have been admitted to take part in the work of this Sector.
BCP Telecomunicações S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil), IDO Corporation (Tokyo), Itissalat Al Maghrib (IAM) (Rabat) and Stentor Canadian Network Management (SCNM) (Ottawa) have been admitted to take part in the work of this Sector.
BCP Telecomunicações S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil), diAx Telecommunications (Zurich, Switzerland), IDO Corporation (Tokyo), Itissalat Al Maghrib (IAM) (Rabat), NTT Communicationware Corporation (Chiba, Japan) and Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) have been admitted to take part in the work of this Sector.
Newtelco Telecom AG (Vienna), which participates in the work of the Standardization Sector has changed its name. The new denomination is: RSL COM Austria AG (Eisenstadt, Austria).
Nortel (USA), (Morristown, NJ) which participates in the work of the Standardization Sector has changed its name. The new denomination is: Nortel Networks (USA).
Société Télécommunications Radioélectriques et Téléphoniques (TRT) (Le Plessis Robinson, France) which participates in the work of the Development and Standardization Sectors has changed its name. The new denomination is: TRT Lucent Technologies.
Spar Aerospace Limited (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada) which participates in the work of the Radiocommunication Sector has changed its name. The new denomination is: EMS Technologies Canada, Ltd.
Stentor Resource Centre Inc. (SRCI) (Ottawa) which participates in the work of the Standardization Sector has changed its name. The new denomination is: Stentor Canadian Network Management (SCNM).
Telefónica de España (Madrid) which participates in the work of the Development, Radiocommunication and Standardization Sectors has changed its name. The new denomination is: Telefónica, S.A.
WorldSpace Incorporated (Washington, D.C.) which participates in the work of the Development and Radiocommunication Sectors has changed its name. The new denomination is: WorldSpace Corporation.
Ameritech Communications, Inc. (Hoffman Estates, IL), which participates in the work of the Standardization Sector, changed its category. It now becomes a recognized operating agency.
The Conférence des administrations des Postes et Télécommunications de l'Afrique centrale (CAPTAC) (Yaoundé), which participates in the work of the Radiocommunication and Standardization Sectors, changed its structure, acronym and managing State. The acronym is now: COPTAC. The managing State for 1998 and 1999 is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa.
Participants in the first regular ACC session for 1999
Photo Bianco, Patrick Bertschmann (ITU 990024)
ITU Secretary-General, Yoshio Utsumi, has started consultations with the international community to hold a World Summit on the Information Society in line with a resolution passed by the Plenipotentiary Conference in Minneapolis last autumn.
Resolution PLEN/13 specifically instructed the Secretary-General to place the question of holding a World Summit on the Information Society on the agenda of the United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) — the forum which brings together, annually, executive heads of the organizations of the United Nations common system.
As part of the consultation process, ITU presented the Resolution to a meeting of the Organizational Committee (OC) of the ACC, which was held in Geneva from 17 to 19 March 1999. OC expressed strong support for the Summit, calling it a "timely initiative". In addition, OC was particularly appreciative of the intention of ITU to consult with ACC and involve other organiza tions in the early planning stages, so as to ensure UN system-wide commitment.
The next step was the letter sent to all members of the ACC on 29 March 1999, introducing the goals and objectives of the Resolution. ACC included the question of the proposed Summit on its agenda without much ado. After all, the goals and objectives of the Summit and the outcome envisaged are in line with those set forth previously in the 1997 ACC Statement on Universal Access to Basic Information and Communication Services (see ITU News, No. 6/97, pages 13-16).
At an ACC meeting (Geneva, 9 to 10 April 1999) hosted by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), executive heads of the UN common system expressed overwhelming support for the Summit. The meeting was chaired by UN Secretary-General, Kofi A. Annan, and marked an important step in the consultations.
In recent times, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the G7 countries, the European Commission and the World Bank have organized important international meetings on different aspects of the global information society. These events have helped develop an understanding of the global challenges resulting from the development of communications and information technology. However, a global consensus is yet to be reached on how to respond to these challenges.
Speaking to his counterparts, Mr Utsumi underlined the fact that organizing a World Summit of this kind could be successful only if ITU has the support of, and participation from, UN agencies, the private sector and other international and regional organizations. UNESCO and several other UN agencies expressed their interest to be associated in the project.
Mr Utsumi will report the results of the ACC discussion to the ITU Council session due to take place in Geneva from
14 to 25 June 1999. Meanwhile, an ITU Task Force will be established to examine and explore all questions related to the
Summit. These will include the theme, duration, venue, level of attendance, organizational structure, human resource
requirements, financial implications and the anticipated outcome. The Task Force will be chaired by Mohamed Harbi,
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General. Mr Harbi is also in charge of ITU's External Affairs and Corporate
Communication Sections since 15 March 1999.
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