– 32 – (1.2 – Other finance matters) 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, having noted that the ITU External Auditor's reports do not accompany the financial operating report, resolves to approve the financial operating report, including the audited 2008 accounts for the TIES 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. Ref.: Documents C09/111 and C09/121. Accounts of activities related to ITU TELECOM Africa 2008 R 1313 (C10) The Council, in view of – No. 74 of the ITU Convention; – Resolution 11 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference; – Article 20 of the Financial Regulations of the Union, having examined Document C10/2(Rev.1) containing the report by the Secretary-General and that of the External Auditor of the Union's accounts on the accounts of ITU TELECOM Africa 2008, resolves to approve the accounts of ITU TELECOM Africa 2008 as presented in Document C10/2(Rev.1) and audited by the External Auditor of the Union's accounts. Ref.: Documents C10/80 and C10/92.