– 32 – (1.2 – Other finance matters) R 1286 (C07) Fund for the Development of Information and Communication Technologies (FDICT) The Council, considering a) that Resolution 11 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference provides “that, once all the expenditures have been recovered, a significant part of any surplus income over expenditure derived from ITU TELECOM activities should be used as extrabudgetary income for the Telecommunication Development Bureau, for specific telecommunication development projects, primarily in the least-developed countries”; b) that Resolution 11 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference instructs the Council “to review and approve the use of ITU TELECOM surplus funds and to decide annually on the amount to be transferred to the ICT Development Fund”, noting Council Resolution 1111 (1997 session), considering further a) that no contribution has been paid into the FDICT since 2004; b) that at 31 December 2006, the Exhibition Working Capital Fund stood at CHF 15 898 642.25; c) that the minimum level of the Exhibition Working Capital Fund is set at CHF 5 million; d) that it is necessary to strengthen the Fund for the Development of ICT in order to support the implementation of the regional initiatives approved by the World Telecommunication Development Conference (Doha, 2006) and facilitate the participation of other donors, resolves 1 to approve the allocation to the FDICT of a contribution of CHF 2 million for 2007; 2 to urge the Director of BDT to pursue the efforts being made to improve the quality of projects financed fully or in part by the FDICT with a view to increasing their capacity to mobilize the necessary additional resources. Ref.: Documents C07/102 and C07/103. R 1309 (C09) Financial Operating Report for the Financial Year 2008 The Council, in view of Article 5, No. 101 of the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union and Article 30 of the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules of the Union, having examined the Financial Operating Report for the Financial Year 2008 (Document C09/2), including the unaudited accounts for the first year of the 2008-2009 biennium of the budget of the Union, and the audited 2008 accounts for the TIES (Telecom Information Exchange Services) special account, technical cooperation projects (United Nations Development Programme, trust funds and Special Fund for Technical Cooperation), voluntary contributions and the ITU Staff Superannuation and Benevolent Funds,