– 137 – (5.4 – ITU-D) C. For the Americas • a regional office in Brasilia (Brazil); • an area office in Tegucigalpa (Honduras); • an area office, the activities of which are to be reconsidered, in Bridgetown (Barbados); • an area office, the activities of which are to be reconsidered, in Santiago (Chile). D. For the Arab region • A regional office in Cairo (Egypt). E. For Europe • The Regional Unit for Europe in Geneva (Switzerland) will continue to act as a regional office, instructs the Director of the BDT, in collaboration with the Secretary-General and the Directors of the other two Bureaux, and with the assistance of the Group of Experts on the Evaluation of the ITU Regional Presence 1 to take the necessary measures in order to implement the above decisions, in conformity with Resolution 25 of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), Resolution 1096 of the 1996 Council concerning field posts, and the recommendations of the Group of Experts; 2 to seek new sources of financing and make use of those that already exist with the aim of increasing, on a continual basis, the resources available for the regional presence; 3 to reactivate as soon as possible those offices whose operations have been frozen to strengthen existing offices on the basis of the staffing criteria set out in Document C97/9, and to propose the establishment, if necessary, of other area offices, subject to the availability of financial resources; 4 to investigate the possible arrangements for, and impact of, expanding the role of the regional presence to serve the needs of countries wishing to benefit from the full range of the Union’s activities; 5 to use modern telecommunication techniques to enhance the circulation of information and further improve the management of the regional presence; 6 to submit to the Council at its 1998 session proposals for presentation to the 1998 Plenipotentiary Conference in Minneapolis (1998). Ref.: Documents C97/134 and C97/138. R 1143 Strengthening the regional presence (C-1999) The Council, considering a) Resolution 25 (Minneapolis, 1998) of the Plenipotentiary Conference; b) Resolution 71 (Minneapolis, 1998) of the Plenipotentiary Conference; c) Resolution 5 of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (Valletta, 1998); d) Council Resolution 1114 (Geneva, 1997), recalling Resolution 25 (Kyoto, 1994) of the Plenipotentiary Conference,