– 159 – (6.1 – ITU Membership) b) that the Secretary-General is not qualified to express an opinion upon the status of a country or the Government thereof having submitted an application, resolves 1 that in accordance with No. 11 of the Nairobi Convention, 1982, Members which have signed and ratified the Convention or have acceded hereto are permitted to vote on the admission of a new Member (see also No. 178 of the Convention); 2 that applications for admission as Member sent to the Secretary-General, as well as the results of the consultations communicated by the Secretary-General to the applicant governments, must be sent through diplomatic channels and through the intermediary of the Swiss Government; 3 that a country of which the application for Membership has been declared unsuccessful may at any time make further application for Membership; 4 that the procedure for treatment of an application, whether it is made for the first time or following one or more unsuccessful applications, shall be as follows: a) upon receipt of an application, the Secretary-General shall, as soon as possible, inform by telegram all countries listed in Annex 1 to the Convention and countries which have acceded to that Convention; b) the telegram shall specify that the countries called upon to give an opinion on the request for admission are those which have ratified or acceded to the Convention, together with those which ratify the Convention before the end of the consultation period provided that, at that time, they have not lost their right of vote under No. 117 of the Convention; c) the text of the telegram shall be confirmed by letter; d) upon expiry of the period of four months from the date of dispatch of the telegram, the Secretary-General shall determine whether the requisite majority vote in favour has been cast, namely, two-thirds of the countries indicated in b) above; 5 that the result of the consultation shall be published in a Notification of the Union, which shall list the Members voting in favour of admission and those voting against. Ref.: Documents 917/CA6 (1951), 1606/CA9 (1954), 1832/CA11 (1956), 3713/CA22 (1967), 4857/CA30 (1975), 5703/CA36 (1981), 6197/CA39 (1984). R 262 (C-1952, last amended C-1984) Complaints from Members of the Union against other Members of the Union The Council, considering a) that the Secretary-General is requested to inform all Members of the Union of complaints made by certain Members, and of concern to a limited number of Members only; b) that the Secretary-General is not competent to intervene in disputes arising between Members of the Union;