– 27 – (1.2 – Other finance matters) 1.2 Other finance matters R 925 (C-1985, last amended C-2001) Financial conditions for the participation of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other international organizations in the conferences and meetings of the ITU The Council, recalling that the agreement between the United Nations and the ITU provides for that body to be invited to participate in all plenipotentiary and administrative conferences of the Union as well as in meetings of the International Consultative Committees and all other meetings convened by the Union, considering a) that the Council is required under the terms of No. 247 of the Nairobi Convention, 1982, to effect coordination with all international organizations having related interests and activities; b) that it is in the general interests of the specialized agencies in relation with the United Nations to cooperate within the limits of their powers in solving their common, related or complementary problems; c) that under the terms of No. 617 of the Convention the Council may exempt certain international organizations from any share in defraying the expenses of ITU administrative conferences and meetings of the International Consultative Committees, and that the only criterion in such cases should be the benefits and advantages that the ITU may derive from the participation of these organizations in its work, resolves 1 that the United Nations shall be exempted from all contributions to defraying the expenditure of ITU conferences and meetings in which it participates; 2 that, subject to the provisions of Articles 60, 61 and 68 of the Convention, the specialized agencies of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency shall, if concerned by one or more agenda items, be invited to take part in conferences and meetings of the Union; that, provided they accord reciprocity to the Union, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency shall be exempted from all contributions to defraying the expenditure of any ITU conferences and meetings in which they participate; 3 that the liberation organizations referred to in Resolution 741 shall be exempted from all contributions to defraying the expenditure of ITU conferences and meetings in which they participate; 4 that, provided they accord reciprocity to the Union, the regional telecommunication organizations and international organizations listed below shall be exempted from all contributions to defraying the expenditure of conferences and meetings in which they participate under the terms of Articles 61 and 68 of the Convention: 4.1 Regional Telecommunication Organizations – African Telecommunications Union (ATU) – Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) – Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations (CANTO) – Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) – Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations of Central Africa (COPTAC)