RES5 – 184 – 2 to assist these countries, if necessary with the collaboration of international and regional organizations such as the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), African Telecommunication Union (ATU) and the Union of National Radio and Television Organizations of Africa (URTNA)* which may be concerned, in carrying out national propagation measurement programmes, including collecting appropriate meteorological data, on the basis of ITU-R Recommendations and Questions in order to improve the use of the radio-frequency spectrum; 3 to arrange funds and resources for this purpose from the UNDP or other sources in order to enable the Union to provide the countries concerned with adequate and effective technical assistance for the purpose of this Resolution, resolves to instruct the Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau to include this activity in the operational plan, within existing budgetary resources of the Sector, invites administrations to submit the results of these propagation measurements to ITU-R for consideration in its studies, invites the Council to follow the progress made in carrying out programmes of propagation measurements and the results achieved, and to take any action that it considers necessary. _______________ * Note by the Secretariat: In 2006, this Union was transformed into a new Union, under the name “The African Union of Broadcasting (AUB)”.