19 RESOLUTION PLEN/2 (DUBAI, 2012) Globally harmonized national number for access to emergency services The World Conference on International Telecommunications (Dubai, 2012), considering that it is important for travellers to be aware of a single well-known number to access local emergency services, noting that Recommendation ITU-T E.161.1, on guidelines to select emergency number for public telecommunication networks, specified two globally harmonized emergency numbers, resolves to instruct the Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau to take the necessary action in order that Study Group 2 of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) continue exploring the option of introducing a single globally harmonized national number for access to emergency services in the future, invites Member States to introduce, in addition to their existing national emergency numbers, a globally harmonized national number for access to emergency services, taking into consideration the relevant ITU-T Recommendations.