Wednesday, 6 October Republic of Gambia the review of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs). This was considered at the World Telecommunication Forum 2009 in Lisbon, Portugal and the WTDC-10 in Hyderabad, India. My delegation believes that it’s high time to review the ITRs taking into consideration the numerous developments that changed the dynamics and basis of such regulations made since 1988. are aware that considerable efforts are being made in these areas through the development of guidelines for the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, the initiatives in combating cybercrime and the har-monization of policies in sub-Saharan Africa. Also my delegation would like to call on ITU, member states and sector members to further explore, collaborate and intensify efforts in addressing Internet Governance is-sues, ICTs and climate change and development of an I thank you all for your kind attention and wish you a successful and fruitful Conference proceedings and productive deliberations over the coming weeks in the common interest of the ITU fraternity. ITU mark considered at WTSA-08 for the certification of ITU Standards compliant equipment and materials. At this juncture Mr. Chairman, I would like to highlight the significant progress being made in the area of in-frastructure development and advancement of broad-band in the African continent. The advent of subma-rine cables like EASSy, SEACOM and TEAMS on the East Coast and the likes of ACE, Glo, MainOne, and WACS on the West of Africa have recorded the progress being made to address Goal-1 of the Connect Africa goals. We must recognize that this was made possible through public-private partnerships including Governments, Banks and other private investors. I therefore, call on ITU and member states to continue creating the ena-bling environment to nurture this new partnership. In as much as we develop the international access in-frastructure in AFRICA, there is still the need to explore the possibilities of providing access for landlocked countries to submarine cable stations. The need to facilitate terrestrial cross border links to provide back-haul to cable landing stations especially for landlocked countries requires sub-regional, regional and interna-tional policy and regulatory interventions. We must endeavour to eradicate the cross border hurdles and national laws hindering such developments. Mr. Chairman, if you may recall, Resolution 146 (Antalya 06) was adopted at PP06 to set out the process for 151