– 121 – (3.2 – Council) a) that the observer Member State has previously signalled to the secretariat its wish to speak on particular items of the agenda or to introduce its written contribution; b) the floor will be given only after the Member States of the Council have finished making their statements; c) the observer Member State will be entitled to speak only once on any given agenda item; d) the duration of such statements will be limited according to the number of requests made and the total amount of time allocated with respect to the work to be accomplished; 3 to reference these decisions in its Report to the Plenipotentiary Conference 2006 on its follow-up to the decisions of PP-02 and to note in that Report that Council will re-examine its Rules of Procedure at a future session of Council after having taken into account the results of PP-06, instructs the Secretary-General to issue and post the modified Rule 7 as a single revision to the Rules of Procedure of the Council and to notify Member States of the change in the circular letters associated with the convening of Council 2006. Ref.: Documents C05/84 and C05/74. D 540 (C06) Creation of a single Standing Committee on Administration and Management The Council in view of Article 4 of the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union setting out the responsibilities of Council and, in particular, No. 61B specifying its mandate to adopt its own rules of procedure; considering the need to address the important human and financial resource issues of the Union in the most effective and coherent manner possible; recognizing that the oversight of the administration and management of the Union and its activities is the key function and responsibility of the Council and the imperative of ensuring that staff matters are addressed as resources vital to success in achieving the Union’s mission; recognizing further that the 1998 and 2002 Plenipotentiary Conferences successfully combined the consideration of personnel and financial matters in a single committee; decides to combine the standing Committee of Council on Finance and the Standing Committee on Staff Matters to create a single Standing Committee on Administration and Management effective as at the 2007 Ordinary Session of Council;