– 155 – (6.2 – United Nations and other organizations) b) that not all international organizations are sufficiently aware of the role of the ITU in the regulation and standardization of telecommunications or of the activities of the Union in preparing reports and recom-mendations relating to the planning and exploitation of the telecommunication infrastructure and services; c) the request addressed to the Director-General of UNESCO by the General Assembly of the United Nations, in its Resolution A/RES/31/139, to report, in cooperation with the specialized agencies concerned, on progress achieved in the development of mass communication systems, this report to be considered at the 33rd Session (1978) of the Assembly, considering a) that the International Telecommunication Union is recognized by the United Nations as the specialized agency responsible for taking such action as may be appropriate under its basic instrument for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth therein; b) that article 4 of the International Telecommunication Convention, Nairobi, 1982, states the purposes of the Union as being: – to maintain and extend international cooperation between all Members of the Union for the improvement and rational use of telecommunications of all kinds, as well as to promote and to offer technical assistance to developing countries in the field of telecommunications; – to promote the development of technical facilities and their most efficient operation with a view to improving the efficiency of telecommunications services, increasing their usefulness and making them, so far as possible, generally available to the public; – to harmonize the actions of nations in the attainment of those ends; c) that through its organs, as specified in Article 5 of the International Telecommunication Convention, the action of the Union in the domain of telecommunications extends from regulation and standardization to the completion of technical studies leading to intergovernmental agreements on the planning, operation and maintenance of telecommunication services of all kinds, including telecom-munication transmission systems and tariffs intended for mass communications; d) that the ITU participates fully in the United Nations Development Programme as the executing agency for telecommunication projects, recognizing that, in seeking to harmonize national and international efforts in the development of telecommunications, the Union is bound to maintain contact with other international organizations dealing with communications in order to be informed of their activities and to inform these organizations of existing regulatory and standardization provisions as well as past and present activities of the Union having a bearing on their work, invites all Members of the Union 1 to provide national delegations attending meetings of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other international organizations, where items concerning communications will be discussed, with a briefing on the role and responsibilities of the Union in the domain of telecommunications; 2 to bring this Resolution to the notice of these national delegations, instructs the Secretary-General 1 to bring this Resolution to the notice of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and to the heads of the UN specialized agencies and of all other international organizations having an interest in the development of telecommunications; 2 to cooperate fully with the Director-General of UNESCO in the preparation of the report requested by the General Assembly in its Resolution A/RES/31/139 and to report on the progress achieved to the 33rd session of the Council;