– 54 – (2.1 – Conditions of employment) considering that it is essential that the Union’s activities referred to above be carried out under the available privileges, immunities and facilities, recalling that the “Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies”, approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 21 November 1947 and accepted by the Union, precisely provides for such privileges, immunities and facilities needed by the Union, as one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, for carrying out its activities, recalling also its Resolution 193 on the latter Convention as well as its Decision 304 on the “Participation of the Delegations of Members of the Union in Conferences and Meetings of the Union”, noting, however, that quite a considerable number of the Members of the Union, i.e. almost half of them, have either not acceded at all to the latter Convention or have acceded thereto, but not with regard to the Union, convinced that it is, in the interest of the Union, indispensable that the activities of the Union such as the ones referred to above be carried out in the territory of Member States of the Union having either become Parties to the latter Convention in respect of the Union or formally declared that they will apply the provisions of the said Convention to those activities of the Union, or otherwise having accorded sufficient privileges and immunities, resolves 1 to urge hereby all the Members of the Union not having done so yet to accede to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of 21 November 1947 in respect of the International Telecommunication Union (see Section 41 of the said Convention) and to urge all those Members, which have acceded thereto, but not in respect of the Union, to do so by communicating a “subsequent written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations”, in which they “undertake to apply the provisions of this Convention to” the International Telecommunication Union (see Section 43 of the said Convention); 2 to call upon hereby any Member of the Union, which has not yet acceded to the said Convention, or communicated the subsequent written notification referred to in paragraph 1 above, in respect of the Union, to ensure that the competent governmental authority formally declares that the provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agency shall apply to those activities of the Union, which are to be carried out in its territory, or otherwise accord equivalent privileges and immunities; 3 to reconfirm hereby its Resolution 193 and its Decision 304 referred to above, the provision of which shall continue to be applied, instructs the Secretary-General 1 to bring the present Resolution immediately to the attention of all the Members of the Union; 2 to do everything in his power to ensure the appropriate implementation of the provisions of the present Resolution and to keep the Council informed, as appropriate, of any practical difficulties encountered by him in this respect, including of any measures he had to take in respect of any non-compliance with those provisions, in particular with regard to those activities of the Union, for which he cannot await any decision by the Council at its annual session prior to their being carried out or not. Ref.: Documents 7055 and 7074/CA45 (1990).