RES647 – 368 – recognizing a) that the Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunications Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations (Tampere, 1998)1, an international treaty deposited with the United Nations Secretary-General, calls on the States Parties, when possible, and in conformity with their national law, to develop and implement measures to facilitate the availability of telecommunication resources for such operations; b) Article 40 of the ITU Constitution, on priority of telecommunications concerning safety of life; c) Article 46 of the Constitution, on distress calls and messages; d) Resolution 34 (Rev. Dubai, 2014) of the World Telecommunication Development Conference, on the role of telecommunications/ICTs in disaster preparedness, early warning, rescue, mitigation, relief and response, as well as ITU Telecommunication Development Sector Question 5/2 “Utilization of telecommunications/ICTs for disaster preparedness, mitigation and response”; e) Resolution 36 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on telecommunications/ICTs in the service of humanitarian assistance; f) Resolution 136 (Rev. Busan, 2014) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on the use of telecommunications/ICTs for monitoring and management in emergency and disaster situations for early warning, prevention, mitigation and relief; g) Resolution ITU-R 55, on the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) studies of disaster prediction, detection, mitigation and relief; h) that Resolution 646 (Rev.WRC-15) addresses the broader category of public protection and disaster relief (PPDR), as well as the harmonization of frequency bands/ranges for PPDR solutions2; i) that some administrations may have different operational needs and spectrum requirements for emergency and disaster-relief applications, depending on their circumstances; j) that the immediate availability of spectrum to support emergency radiocommunication equipment and administration contact information on disaster relief issues are important for successful telecommunications in the very early stages of humanitarian assistance intervention for disaster relief, _______________ 1 However, a number of countries have not ratified the Tampere Convention. 2 Resolution 646 (Rev.WRC-15) includes considering paragraphs to the effect that the term “public protection radiocommunication” refers to radiocommunications used by responsible agencies and organizations dealing with maintenance of law and order, protection of life and property and emergency situations, and that the term “disaster relief radiocommunication” refers to radiocommunications used by agencies and organizations dealing with a serious disruption of the functioning of society, posing a significant widespread threat to human life, health, property or the environment, whether caused by accident, natural phenomena or human activity, and whether developing suddenly or as a result of complex, long-term processes.