– 98 – (3.2 – Council) noting a) the provision of Resolution 109 which, in referring to Recommendation R29 of the Working Group on ITU Reform, requires the taking into account of the recommendation that Sector Members be given observer status in the meetings of the Council and that the advisory groups should develop criteria for the selection of Sector Member representatives, b) the decision of the 1998 session of the Council allowing electronic access to Council documents by Member States and Sector Members, recognizing the decision of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) to make Council more transparent and inclusive to the membership, conscious a) of the imperative to proceed cautiously in order to avoid impeding the important work of Council, given its broad and complex agenda and the serious constraints on its time and resources; b) of the need to respect Council’s distinct characteristic, i.e., that it is the elected governing body of the Union in the interval between plenipotentiary conferences and, of the importance of ensuring accountability of the ITU Council to the Member States of the Union; c) of the need to avoid introducing divisive or competitive dynamics to Council sessions or eroding the integrity of the decision-making hierarchy within each Sector; d) of the imperative to avoid detracting from the important tasks of the Sector Advisory Groups as set out in Articles 11A, 14A and 17A of the Convention, decides 1 to take note of the recommendations of Part A and Part B of the Report of the Working Group on Observers; 2 to extend the mandate of the Working Group to continue its examinations and to develop the draft texts including amendments to Council’s Rules of Procedure and a draft Resolution for submission to Council 2005 for appropriate action, and to examine issues related to the implementation of the provisional admission of observers representing Sector Members to Council; 3 to approve the audio webcasting of Council proceedings to Member States and Sector Members subject to the implementation of appropriate measures to respect, in particular, the restricted nature of Council’s proceedings; 4 to approve, subject to follow-up evaluation, the admission, on a provisional basis, of observers representing Sector members pursuant to No. 60B of the Convention to the 2005 session of Council on the basis of the criteria set out in Annex A, further decides to evaluate as far as possible at the 2005 session of Council, the implementation of the provisional admission to Council meetings of observers representing Sector Members as set out in this decision, instructs the Directors of the Bureaux to bring this decision to the attention of the Sector advisory groups and invite them to take appropriate measures, taking into account in particular the conditions specified in Annex A below.