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Law 14.332

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS-COMUNICATIONS PUBLIC SERVICES-TELECOMUNICATIONS-

BUENOS AIRES, September 15, 1954

The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation,
meeting in Congress, etc.
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Article 1.- Approve the International Telecommunication Convention, which was signed in Buenos Aires on 22 December 1952 and its annexes, the final protocol and the additional protocols I to IV.

Art. 2.- Contact the Executive.

TEISAIRE - Real - Benítez - Oliver.

Annex A-Convenio Internacional de Telecomunicaciones subscribed in Buenos Aires on December 22, 1952 International Telecommunication Convention

CHAPTER I- Composition, object and structure of the Union

ARTICLE 1 Composition of the Union 1. The International Telecommunication Union is composed of members and associate members. 2. He is a member of the Union: (a) Any country or group of territories listed in Annex 1, once, on its own or on its behalf, the signature and ratification of this convention has been made, or accession to it (b) Any country not listed in annex 1 that becomes a member of the United Nations and accedes to this agreement in accordance with the provisions of article 1. 16 (c) Any sovereign country not listed in annex 1 which, without membership of the United Nations, accedes to the convention in accordance with the provisions of article 1. 16, upon approval of his application for membership for two thirds of the members of the Union. 3. (1) All members have the right to participate in the Union ' s conferences and are eligible for all EU agencies. (2) Each member shall have the right to a vote at all conferences of the Union and at all meetings of the permanent bodies of the Union to membership. 4. He is an associate member of the Union: (a) Any country, territory or group of territories listed in annex 2, once, either on its own or on its behalf, it has been signed and ratified or acceded to the Convention (b) Any country that, without being a member of the Union in accordance with the terms of paragraph 2 of this article, accedes to the Convention in accordance with the provisions of article 2. 16, upon approval of its application for admission as an associate member by most members of the Union (c) Any territory or group of territories that does not have the full responsibility of their international relations and on whose behalf a member of the Union sign or ratify this agreement, or accede to it in accordance with the Articles. 16 or 17, when your application for membership as an associate member, submitted by the member of the responsible Union, has been approved by most members of the Union (d) Any territory under guardianship whose application for membership as an associate member of the Union has been submitted by the United Nations and on behalf of which the latter organization has acceded to the Convention in accordance with the provisions of article 2. 18. Where a territory or group of territories belonging to a group of territories that is a member of the Union, passes or has become an associate member of the Union, in accordance with paragraph 4, incs. (a) and (c), it shall have only the rights and obligations set out in the convention for associate members. 6. The associate members have the same rights and obligations of the members of the Union, except the right to vote at the conferences and other bodies of the Union. They are not eligible for those agencies of the Union whose members should be appointed by plenipotentiary or administrative conferences. 7. For the purposes of paragraphs 2, inc. (c), and 4 incs. (b) and (c), if at the interval of two plenipotentiary conferences a request for admission as a member or associate member is made, through diplomatic channels and through the host country of the Union, the Secretary-General shall consult the members of the Union. Any member who has not responded within four months shall be deemed to be abstained from the date on which he has been consulted.

United Nations Headquarters

ARTICLE 2 The headquarters of the Union and its permanent bodies are established in Geneva.

Object of the Union

ARTICLE 3 1. The Union aims to: (a) Maintain and expand international cooperation for the improvement and rational use of telecommunications in all classes (b) To promote the development of technical means and their most effective exploitation, in order to increase the performance of telecommunications services, increase their employment and generalize their use by the public (c) Harmonize the efforts of nations to achieve these common purposes. 2. To this end, and in particular, the Union shall: (a) effect the distribution of spectrum frequencies and record frequencies, in order to avoid any harmful interference between the radio stations in different countries (b) It will foster collaboration between its members and associate members in order to reach, at the minimum level compatible with a good quality service and with a healthy and independent financial management of telecommunications (c) Promote measures to ensure the safety of human life through the cooperation of telecommunications services (d) It will undertake studies, make recommendations, collect and publish reports on telecommunications for the benefit of all members and associate members.

Structure of the Union

ARTICLE 4 The organization of the Union comprises: 1. The conference of plenipotentiaries, which is the supreme organ of the Union 2. Administrative conferences 3. (a) The Governing Council (b) The General Secretariat (c) The International Frequency Registration Board (I.F.R.B.) (d) The International Telegraphic Advisory Committee (C.C.I.T.) (e) The International Telephone Advisory Committee (C.C.I.F.) (f) The International Advisory Committee on Radiocommunications (C.C.I.R.)

Management Council B Organization and operation

ARTICLE 5 1. (1) The Governing Council shall consist of eighteen members of the Union, elected at the conference of plenipotentiaries taking into account the need for an equitable representation of all parts of the world, who shall carry out their mandate until the election of a new Council for the conference of plenipotentiaries, and may be re-elected. (2) If a vacancy on the Board of Directors is made between two plenipotentiary conferences, the member of the Union shall be entitled, by his or her own right, to obtain the highest number of votes among the same members of the same region without being elected. 2. Each member of the Board of Directors shall designate a person qualified by his or her experience in telecommunications services to act on the Council. 3. Each member of the Council shall have the right to one vote. 4. The Governing Council shall establish its own rules of procedure. 5. The Board of Directors will elect president and vice president at the beginning of each annual meeting. They will serve until the next annual meeting and will be re-elected. The vice president will replace the president in his absences. 6. (1) The Governing Council will hold an annual meeting at the EU headquarters. (2) During this meeting, an additional meeting may be held on an exceptional basis. (3) At the interval of two ordinary meetings, the Council, at the request of the majority of its members, may be convened by its President, in principle at the headquarters of the Union. 7. The Secretary-General and the two deputy general secretaries, the chairman of the International Frequency Registration Board, the directors of the International Advisory Committees and the deputy director of the International Advisory Committee on Radiocommunications, shall participate in their own right in the deliberations of the Governing Council, but shall not take part in the voting. However, in exceptional cases, the Council may hold limited meetings exclusively to its members.

8. The General Secretary of the Union shall serve as Secretary of the Board of Directors. 9. (1) At the time of the plenipotentiary conferences, the Board of Directors shall act as the president of the conference of plenipotentiaries, within the limits of the powers delegated to it. (2) The Council shall act only as long as it is in a formal meeting. 10. Only the costs of transfer and stay incurred by the representative of each member of the Governing Council shall be borne by the Union on the basis of the performance of its functions. B. Attributions 11. (1) The Governing Council shall take the necessary measures to facilitate the implementation by members and associate members of the provisions of the convention, of the rules of procedure, of the decisions of the plenipotentiary conference and, where appropriate, of the decisions of other conferences and meetings of the Union. (2) Ensure effective coordination of the activities of the Union. 12. In particular, the Governing Council: (a) carry out the tasks entrusted to it by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries (b) At the time of the plenipotentiary conferences, it will ensure coordination with the international organizations referred to in arts. 26 and 27 of this Convention, and for this purpose:

1. It shall enter into provisional agreements on behalf of the Union with the international organizations referred to in Art. 27 of the Convention and with the United Nations pursuant to the agreement contained in annex 6 to the Convention, such provisional agreements shall be submitted for consideration by the following conference of plenipotentiaries, for the purposes of the provisions of art. 9, inc.

1 (g) and 2. It shall designate, on behalf of the Union, one or more representatives to participate in the conferences of such organizations and, where necessary, in the coordination committees that meet in accordance with such organizations. (c) To appoint the Secretary-General, and the deputy general secretaries of the Union (d) to set the staff of the General Secretariat and the special secretariats of the permanent bodies of the Union, taking into account the general rules of the conference of plenipotentiaries (e) Establish such regulations as it deems necessary for the administrative and financial activities of the Union (f) Control the administrative functioning of the Union (g) Review and approve the annual budget of the Union (h) Provide for the annual verification of the accounts of the Union established by the Secretary-General, and approve them for further submission to the plenipotentiary conference (i) It shall fix the salaries of the Secretary-General, the members of the International Frequency Registration Board and of all Union officials, taking into account the base salary scale approved by the plenipotentiary conference, in accordance with Article 1. 9, inc. 1 (c) (j) It shall determine, as appropriate, temporary supplementary compensation, taking into account the fluctuations in the cost of living in the country where the seat of the Union is established and adjusting, as soon as possible, to the practice followed by the Government of that country and by the international organizations in it established (k) It shall take the necessary arrangements to convene the conference of plenipotentiaries and administrative of the Union, in accordance with arts. 9 and 10 (l) It will make the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the Union, such suggestions as it deems relevant m) Coordinate the activities of the permanent agencies of the Union shall make appropriate arrangements for requests or recommendations made by such agencies, and shall internly fill vacancies arising from the director of the international advisory committees and deputy director of the International Radiocommunication Advisory Committee (n) It shall perform the other functions assigned to it in the present convention and those which, within the limits of this and the regulations, are deemed necessary for the good administration of the Union or) shall submit to the consideration of the conference of plenipotentiaries a report on its activities and those of the Union.

International Frequency Registration Board

ARTICLE 6 1. The essential functions of the International Frequency Registration Board shall be as follows: (a) To effect the methodical registration of the allocations of frequencies made by the different countries, in such a way as to be determined, in accordance with the procedure set out in the Radio Regulations and, where appropriate, with the decisions of the relevant Union conferences, the date, purpose and technical characteristics of each such assignment, in order to ensure its official recognition To advise members and associate members, with a view to the exploitation of as many radio channels as possible in the regions of the frequency spectrum where harmful interference may occur (c) To carry out the other complementary functions related to the allocation and use of the frequencies that may be entrusted to the competent conferences of the Union, or the Governing Council, with the consent of the majority of the members of the Union for the preparation of the same conferences, 2 (1) The International Frequency Registration Board is an agency composed of independent members, nationals all from different countries, members of the Union. (2) Board members should be fully trained for their technical competence in radio communications and have political experience in the allocation and use of frequencies. (3) In addition, for the better understanding of the problems to be addressed by the Board under inc.1 (b), each member shall know the geographical, economic and demographic conditions of a particular region of the globe. 3. (1) At each of its meetings, the regular administrative conference on radio communications shall elect the member countries of the Union to designate, each, one of their nationals who meet the above-mentioned conditions, to serve as an independent member of the Board. (2) The procedure for this election will be established by the same conference, ensuring an equitable distribution of members among the different parts of the world. (3) Such countries are eligible for re-election. (4) The members of the Board shall begin the performance of their functions on the date determined by the ordinary administrative conference of radiocommunications that has chosen the countries responsible for designating them, and shall continue to carry them out, normally, until the date that, for the taking of their successors, set the conference at its next meeting. (5) When a member of the Board resigns from his or her functions, or unreasonably leaves them for more than three consecutive months, in the period between two regular administrative conferences of radiocommunications, the President of the Board shall notify the member of the Union that appointed him to appoint another member as soon as possible to replace him. If the member of the Union concerned does not proceed to substitution within three months from the date of notification, he or she will lose the right to appoint a person to participate in the Board. In such a case, the President of the Board shall request the member of the Union of the region to obtain the highest number of votes in the previous election without being elected, to appoint a person to be part of the Board for the period remaining until the expiration of its mandate. 4. The Radiocommunication Regulations define the working methods of the Board. 5. (1) The members of the Board shall carry out their duties, not as representatives of their respective countries or of a particular region, but as impartial agents vested in an international mandate. (2) In the exercise of their functions, the members of the Board shall not request or receive instructions from any government, from any government official, or from any public or private organization or person. In addition, each member or associate member shall respect the international character of the Board and the functions of its members, and shall not, in any case, attempt to influence any of them with regard to the exercise of their functions. (3) During the performance of their functions, the members and staff of the Board shall not take an active part, nor shall they have any financial interests of any kind, in any telecommunications company. The term "financial interests" does not include the continuation of the payment of quotas for the establishment of a retirement pension, derived from a previous job or services. 6. Any person designated to be a member of the International Frequency Registration Board shall automatically cease to function at the time when the country is a national ceases to be a member of the Union.

International Advisory Committees

ARTICLE 7 (1) The International Telegraphic Advisory Committee (C.C.I.T.) will conduct studies and make recommendations on technical issues of exploitation and tariffs related to telegraphy and facsimiles. (2) The International Telephonic Advisory Committee (C.C.I.F.) will conduct studies and make recommendations on the technical, exploitation and tariff issues related to telephone. (3) The International Advisory Committee on Radiocommunications (C.C.I.R.) will conduct studies and make recommendations on technical issues relating to radiocommunications and on those issues of exploitation that are primarily dependent on considerations related to radioelectric technology. 2. The issues to be considered by each international advisory committee, on which it should make recommendations, are those that submit to each of them the conference of plenipotentiaries, an administrative conference, the Governing Council, another Advisory Committee or the International Frequency Registration Board. Each Advisory Committee shall also make recommendations on matters decided by its plenary assembly or at the interval between two meetings of the assembly by at least twelve members or associate members. 3. They shall be members of the international advisory committees: (a) By their own right, the administrations of the members and associate members of the Union; and (b) Any private enterprise of recognized exploitation, which, with the approval of the member or associate member who recognized it, expresses the wish to participate in the work of these committees (4) The functioning of each international advisory committee shall be ensured: (a) By the plenary assembly, which shall normally meet every three years (b) By the commissions of study established by the plenary assembly to deal with matters to be considered (c) By a director appointed by the Plenary Assembly for an indefinite period of time, but with reciprocal authority to terminate the appointment the director of the International Advisory Committee on Radiocommunications will be assisted by a deputy director specializing in radio broadcasting, appointed under the same conditions (d) By a specialized secretariat, who will assist the director (e) By the laboratories or technical facilities created by the Union. 5. The directors of the advisory committees and the deputy director of C.C.I.R. shall be nationals of different countries. 6. (1) The Advisory Committees shall observe, as soon as applicable, the rules of procedure of conferences contained in the general rules of procedure annexed to this convention. (2) In order to facilitate the work of its Committee, each plenary assembly may adopt complementary provisions that are not incompatible with the rules of procedure of the conferences. 7. In the second part of the general rules of procedure annexed to this convention, the working methods of the advisory committees are established.

General Secretariat

ARTICLE 8 (1) The general secretariat will be headed by a general secretary, assisted by two deputy general secretaries, all of whom will be nationals of different countries, members of the Union. (2) The Secretary-General shall be responsible to the Board for the performance of the functions entrusted to the General Secretariat and the entire administrative and financial services of the Union. The deputy general secretaries shall be responsible to the general secretary.

2. The Secretary-General shall: (a) Organize the work of the General Secretariat and appoint its staff in accordance with the rules established by the plenipotentiary conference and the regulations established by the Governing Council (b) It shall take administrative measures relating to the establishment of the specialized secretariats of the permanent agencies and shall appoint the staff of them in accordance with the head of each permanent agency and on the basis of the election of the latter, however, the final decision regarding the appointment and cessation of the staff shall be to the secretary-general c) Ensure that the specialized secretariats apply the administrative and financial regulations approved by the Governing Council d) It shall, in cooperation, ensure, if appropriate, the secretariat of all the conferences of the Union, and, when so requested or made available in the regulations annexed to this convention, that of the meetings of the permanent agencies of the Union or of those held under its auspices.

Secretariat staff may also be recruited for other telecommunications meetings, upon request (g) It will have the official lists, except for the basic records and other essential documentation that may be related to the functions of the International Frequency Registration Board, using the data provided for this purpose by the permanent agencies of the Union or by the administrations (h) Publish the main recommendations and reports of the permanent agencies of the Union (i) It shall publish international and regional agreements concerning telecommunications communicated to it by the parties concerned, and shall update the documentation referred to therein (j) Publish all documentation relating to the allocation and use of frequencies prepared by the International Frequency Registration Board in compliance with its functions (k) It will prepare, publish and update, with the collaboration of the other permanent agencies of the Union as appropriate: 1. Documentation concerning the composition and structure of the Union 2. General statistics and official service documents of the Union, provided for in the regulations annexed to the Convention 3. How many documents prescribe the conferences and the Governing Council. (l) Distribute published documents (m) Collect and publish appropriately national and international reports on telecommunications throughout the world (n) Collect and publish all information regarding the application of technical means that can serve members and associate members to achieve the maximum performance of telecommunication services and, in particular, the most convenient use of radio frequencies to reduce interference or Regularly publish a newsletter and general documentation on telecommunications, based on information that may be collected or provided, including information that may be obtained from other international organizations (p) Prepare and submit to the Governing Council a draft annual budget, which, once approved by the Council, will be sent to all members and associate members for their knowledge (q) It will prepare annually a financial management report to be submitted to the Governing Council, and a status of returns before each conference of plenipotentiaries after verification and approval by the Governing Council, these reports will be sent to associate members and members and submitted to the next conference of plenipotentiaries for final review and approval (r) It will prepare an annual report on the activities of the Union that will be sent to all members and associate members after the approval of the Board of Directors (s). 3. The secretary-general, or one of the two deputy general secretaries, may attend, on a consultative basis, the plenary meetings of the International Advisory Committees and all the Conferences of the Union, the secretary-general or his representative may participate, on a consultative basis, in the other meetings of the Union. 4. The prevailing consideration in the recruitment of staff and in the determination of the conditions of their employment will be the need to ensure to the Union the services of persons of greater efficiency, competence and integrity. Due importance will be given to recruiting staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. 5. (1) In the performance of their duties, the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretaries-General and the staff shall not request or accept instructions from any government, or from any authority outside the Union. They shall also refrain from any act incompatible with their status as international officials.

(2) Each member and associate member undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the functions of the Secretary-General, and of the Assistant Secretaries-General and of the staff, and not to try to influence them in their exercise.

Conference of Plenipotentiaries

ARTICLE 9 1. The conference of plenipotentiaries: (a) Review the report of the Governing Council on its activities and those of the Union since the last conference of plenipotentiaries (b) It shall set the basis for the Union budget and determine the ceiling of its regular expenses until the next conference of plenipotentiaries (c) Establish the base salary scale of the Secretary-General, the staff of the Union and the members of the International Frequency Registration Board (d) Definitely approve the accounts of the Union (e) Choose the members of the Union to constitute the Governing Council (f) Review the agreement, if deemed necessary (g) It shall conclude or revise, where appropriate, the agreements between the Union and other international organizations shall review the interim agreements concluded with such organizations by the Governing Council on behalf of the Union, and shall decide on them as appropriate, and (h) It will address as many telecommunications issues as necessary. 2. The conference of plenipotentiaries will normally meet every five years at the place and date set by the previous conference of plenipotentiaries 3. (1) The place and date of the conference of plenipotentiaries may be modified: (a) At the request of twenty members of the Union, at least addressed to the Secretary-General (b) On the proposal of the Board of Directors. (2) In both cases, in order to establish the new place and date of the conference, the agreement of the majority of the members of the Union will be required.

Administrative conferences

ARTICLE 10 1. The Union ' s administrative conferences include: (a) Regular administrative conferences (b) Extraordinary administrative conferences, and (c) Special conferences including regional and service conferences. 2. (1) Ordinary administrative conferences: (a) Review, each in the field of its competence, the regulations listed in art. 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention (b) They shall deal, within the limits of the convention, with the general rules and rules provided by the conference of plenipotentiaries, with all other matters which they deem necessary (2) In addition, the regular administrative conference on radio communications: (a) To elect members of the International Frequency Registration Board; and (b) It will review the activities of this Board. 3. Regular administrative conferences will normally meet every five years, preferably in the same place and at the same time as the plenipotentiary conference. 4. (1) The date and venue of a regular administrative conference may be amended: (a) When at least twenty members of the Union have proposed to the Secretary-General: (b) On the proposal of the Governing Council. (2) In any of these cases, the consent of the majority of the members of the Union will be required to set the new date and venue. 5. (1) An extraordinary administrative conference may be convened: (a) By decision of the plenipotentiary conference, which will set the agenda and place and date of the meeting (b) When twenty members of the Union, at least, have expressed to the Secretary-General their desire for the meeting of such a conference to consider an order of the day proposed by them (c) On the proposal of the Governing Council. (2) In the cases provided for in (1) (b) and (1) (c), the consent of the majority of the members of the Union shall be required to establish the date and place of the meeting, as well as its agenda. Special conferences may be convened: (a) By decision of the conference of plenipotentiaries or of an ordinary or extraordinary administrative conference, which shall set the order of the day and place and date of the meeting (b) When twenty members of the Union, at least in the case of world conferences, or one quarter of the members of the relevant region, if they are regional conferences, have expressed to the Secretary-General their desire for such a conference to be held, to consider an order of the day proposed by them (c) On the proposal of the Governing Council. (2) In the cases provided for in (1) (b) and (1) (c), the consent of the majority of the members of the Union, whether it is world conferences, or most of the members of the region concerned, will be required in the case of regional conferences. 7. (1) Extraordinary administrative conferences will be convened to study special and urgent telecommunications issues, and will be strictly limited to dealing with matters on their agenda. (2) These conferences may review, each in the area of their competence, some of the provisions of a regulation provided that the revision of such provisions appears on the agenda adopted by the majority of the members of the Union as set out in paragraph 5. (2). 8. The special conferences shall be convened only to consider matters specified in their agenda. Its decisions should be consistent with the provisions of the convention and administrative regulations. 9. For the adoption of proposals concerning the change of place and date of extraordinary administrative conferences and special conferences, the consent of the majority of the members of the union, or of the majority of the members of the region concerned, will be required when it comes to regional conferences.

Internal rules of procedure of conferences.

ARTICLE 11 The administrative conferences shall apply in the organization of their work and in their debates, the internal rules of procedure of the conferences included in the general rules of procedure annexed to this convention. However, prior to the commencement of its deliberations, each conference may adopt such additional provisions as it deems indispensable.

Regulations

ARTICLE 12 1. The general rules of procedure contained in annex 5 to the Convention shall have the same scope and duration as the Convention, without prejudice to the provisions of article 5. 11. 2. (1) The provisions of the convention are supplemented by the following administrative regulations, which require all members and associate members: Telegraphic Regulation. Telephone regulations Radio Regulations Additional regulations for radiocommunications (2) Members and associate members shall notify the Secretary-General of their approval of any revision of these regulations by an administrative conference. The Secretary-General shall communicate these approvals, as he receives them, to members and associate members. (3) In the event of divergence between a provision of the convention and another provision of a regulation, the convention shall prevail.

Union Finance

ARTICLE 13 1. The expenses of the Union shall be classified in ordinary and extraordinary. 2. The Union ' s regular expenditures, which should be maintained within the limits set by the plenipotentiary conference, include, in particular, the costs of meetings of the Governing Council, staff salaries and other expenses of the General Secretariat, the International Frequency Registration Board, the International Advisory Committees and the laboratories and technical facilities established by the Union. These regular expenses will be borne by all members and associate members. 3. (1) Extraordinary costs include all those relating to plenipotentiary conferences, administrative conferences and meetings of the international advisory committees, and shall be borne by members and associate members who have agreed to participate in or participated in these conferences or meetings. (2) Private enterprises with recognized exploitation will contribute to the cost of administrative conferences in which they participate or have requested to participate. (3) International organizations will contribute to the cost of plenipotentiary conferences and administrative conferences where they are admitted. (4) Private enterprises with recognized exploitation shall contribute to the payment of the costs of the meetings of the advisory committees to which they are members. Likewise, international organizations and scientific or industrial bodies will contribute to the payment of the costs of the consultative committees meetings in which they are admitted to participate. (5) However, the Governing Council may exempt international organizations on a reciprocity basis from any contribution to the payment of extraordinary expenses. (6) Expenditure incurred in the Union ' s laboratories and technical facilities by the special measurements, tests and investigations carried out by certain members or associate members, groups of members or associate members, regional organizations, etc. will be borne by these members or associate members, groups, organizations, etc. 4. The following scale of classes is set for the expenses of the Union: Class of 30 units Class of 8 units Class of 25 units Class of 5 units Class of 20 units Class of 4 units Class of 18 units Class of 3 units Class of 15 units Class of 2 units Class of 13 units Class of 1 unit Class of 1 unit Class of 10 units Class of 1/2 unit 5. Members and associate members, recognized private operators, international organizations and scientific or industrial bodies shall freely choose the kind in which they wish to contribute to the payment of the expenses of the Union.

6. (1) Each member or associate member shall communicate to the Secretary-General prior to the entry into force of the agreement, the kind of contributor that he has chosen. (2) The Secretary-General shall make this decision known to the members and associate members. (3) Members and associate members may, at any time, choose a higher class than they have previously adopted. (4) Any request submitted after the entry into force of the convention and aimed at reducing the number of contributory units of an associate member or member shall be communicated to the next conference of plenipotentiaries and shall be effective from the date set by that conference. 7. The Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Board of Directors, shall set the sale price of documents to the authorities, private companies of recognized exploitation and private individuals, taking care that the publication costs of the documents are covered with the sale of the documents. b. Members and associate members shall pay their annual contribution in advance, calculated on the basis of budget forecasts. 9. The amounts owed shall be of interest from the beginning of each financial period of the Union, in respect of regular expenses, and thirty days after the date of transfer of accounts to associate members and members, in respect of extraordinary expenses. For these interests the rate of 3 per cent per year is set during the first six months, and of 6 per cent per year from the seventh month.

Languages

ARTICLE 14 1. The official languages of the Union are: Chinese, Spanish, French, English and Russian. (2) The working languages of the Union are: Spanish, French and English. (3) In case of disagreement, the French text will make faith. 2. (1) The final documents of the plenipotentiary conferences and administrative conferences, their final records, protocols and resolutions shall be drafted in the official languages of the Union, in equivalent texts in their form and in their substance. (2) All other documents of these conferences shall be drafted in the working languages of the Union. 3. (1) Official Union service documents provided for in administrative regulations shall be issued in the five official languages. (2) The other documents, whose general distribution is to be made by the Secretary-General, in accordance with their terms of reference, shall be drafted in the three working languages. 4. Documents referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 may be published in a language other than those provided for in the same language, provided that members or associate members who so request undertake to cover the full costs of translation and publication in the language concerned. 5. An effective system of reciprocal interpretation in the three working languages will be used in the discussions of the Union ' s conferences, and whenever necessary at the meetings of its permanent bodies. 6. (1) Other languages other than working languages may be used at the Union conferences and at the meetings of their permanent bodies: (a) When requested by the Secretary-General, or the head of the permanent agency concerned, to take appropriate measures for the oral or written employment of one or more additional languages, provided that the corresponding costs are borne by the members or associate members who have made or supported the request, or: (b) When a delegation ensures, at its expense, the oral translation of its own language into one of the three working languages.

(2) In the case provided for inc. (1) (a) the Secretary-General or the head of the permanent agency concerned shall serve the request to the extent possible, provided that the members or associate members concerned commit themselves to reimbursing to the Union the amount of the related costs. (3) In the case provided for inc. (1) (b), the delegation wishing to do so may, on its own account, ensure the oral translation into its own language of the interventions made in one of the three working languages.

CHAPTER II- Implementation of the convention and regulations.

Ratification of the convention

ARTICLE 15 1. This convention shall be ratified by each of the signatory Governments. Instruments of ratification shall be forwarded as soon as possible, through diplomatic channels and through the Government of the Union headquarters country, to the Secretary-General, who shall make the relevant notification to members and associate members. 2. (1) For a period of two years from the date of entry into force of this convention, any signatory government, even if it has not deposited the instrument of ratification in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 shall enjoy the same rights conferred upon the members of the Union under article 1, paragraph 3.

(2) After the period of two years from this agreement, any signatory government that has not deposited the instrument of ratification in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 above shall not have the right to vote at any conference of the Union or at any meeting of its permanent bodies until such instrument has been deposited. 3. Since the entry into force of this convention, provided for in art. 50, each instrument of ratification shall have effect from the date of deposit with the general secretariat. 4. The lack of ratification of this convention by one or more signatory Governments will in no way impede its full validity for those Governments that have ratified it.

Accession to the convention

ARTICLE 16 1. The Government of a country that has not signed this agreement may accede to it at all times, in accordance with the provisions of article. 1. 2. The instrument of accession shall be forwarded, through diplomatic channels and through the Government of the Union headquarters country, to the Secretary-General, who shall notify the members and associate members and shall send to each of them a certified copy of the certificate of accession. Unless otherwise stipulated, accession shall take effect from the date of deposit of the corresponding instrument.

Implementation of the convention to countries or territories whose international relations are maintained by members of the Union

ARTICLE 17 1. Members of the Union may at any time declare that this convention shall apply to the whole, to a group or to one of the countries or territories whose international relations are maintained by them. 2. Any declaration made in accordance with paragraph 1.

of this article will be addressed to the Secretary General of the Union, who will notify the members and associate members. 3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall not be binding on the countries, territories or groups of territories listed in annex 1 to this Convention.

Application of the Convention to the Territories under the guardianship of the United Nations

ARTICLE 18 The United Nations may accede to this convention on behalf of any territory or group of territories entrusted to its administration under a guardianship agreement established pursuant to article. 75 of the Charter of the United Nations.

Implementation of the Convention and the Regulations

ARTICLE 19 1. Members and associate members shall be obliged to comply with the provisions of this convention and the regulations annexed to all offices and telecommunication stations installed or operated by them and to provide international services or may cause harmful interference in the radiocommunication services of other countries, except in respect of those exempted from these obligations pursuant to article. 48 of the convention. 2. In addition, they should take the necessary measures to enforce compliance with the provisions of this convention and the regulations annexed to recognized private operators and others authorized to establish and exploit telecommunications, to ensure international services or to operate stations that may cause harmful interference with the radiocommunication services of other countries.

Complaint of the convention

ARTICLE 20 1. Any member or associate member who has ratified or acceded to the Convention shall have the right to denounce it by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the Union through diplomatic channels and through the Government of the Union headquarters country.

The Secretary-General shall communicate the complaint to other members and associate members. 2. This complaint shall be effective at the expiration of the one-year period, from the date on which the Secretary-General has received the notification.

Complaint of the convention by countries or territories whose international relations are maintained by members of the Union.

ARTICLE 21 1. The application of this convention to a country, territory or group of territories, in accordance with article 17, may cease at any time.

If the country, territory or group of territories were an associated member, it would lose this quality simultaneously. 2. Complaints provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be notified in the manner provided for in article 1, paragraph 1. 20, and shall be effective under the conditions provided for in paragraph 2 of the same article.

Derogation from the previous convention

ARTICLE 22 This agreement repeals and replaces, in the relations between the contracting governments, the Atlantic City International Telecommunication Convention (1947).

Validity of current administrative regulations

ARTICLE 23 The administrative regulations referred to in Article 2(2). 12 shall be considered as annexes to this convention and shall retain its validity until the date of entry into force of the new regulations adopted by the competent ordinary administrative conferences or, where appropriate, extraordinary.

Relations with non-contracting States

ARTICLE 24 1. Members and associate members reserve for themselves, and for recognized private operators, the power to establish the conditions for admission of telecommunications to be issued with a state that is not a party to this agreement.

2. Any telecommunication from a non-contracting state, accepted by an associate member or member, shall be transmitted to it, and the mandatory provisions of the convention and of the regulations and the normal rates shall be applied to the extent that it uses channels from an associate member or member.

Dispute settlement

ARTICLE 25 1. Members and associate members may resolve their differences on issues relating to the implementation of this convention or the regulations referred to in article. 12, by diplomatic means, by the procedure established in bilateral or multilateral treaties concluded between themselves for the settlement of international differences, or by any other method which they decide in common. 2. Where no such methods are adopted, any member or associate member, part of a dispute, may resort to arbitration in accordance with the procedure set out in annex 4.

CHAPTER III- Relationships with the United Nations and
international organizations

Relations with the United Nations

ARTICLE 26 1. The relations between the United Nations and the International Telecommunication Union are defined in the agreement which is contained in annex 6 to this convention. 2. In accordance with the provisions of art. XVI of the aforementioned agreement, United Nations telecommunications exploitation services shall enjoy the rights provided for and shall be subject to the obligations imposed by this convention and by the annexed regulations. Accordingly, they shall have the right to attend, on a consultative basis, all Conferences of the Union, including the meetings of the International Advisory Committees, and may not be part of any Union agency whose members are appointed by a plenipotentiary or administrative conference.

Relations with international organizations

ARTICLE 27 In order to contribute to complete international coordination in the field of telecommunications, the Union will collaborate with international organizations with interests and related activities.

CHAPTER IV - General provisions relating to
telecommunications

Right of the public to use the international telecommunications service

ARTICLE 28 Members and associate members recognize the public the right to maintain correspondence through the international public correspondence service. The service, rates and guarantees will be the same, in each correspondence category, for all users, without any priority or preference.

Telecommunications detention

ARTICLE 29 1. Members and associate members reserve the right to detain the transmission of any private telegram that may appear to be dangerous to the security of the State or contrary to its laws, public order or good customs, provided that they immediately notify the office of origin of the arrest of the telegram or part thereof, unless such notification is deemed to be dangerous to the security of the State. 2. Members and associate members also reserve the right to discontinue any private, telegraphic or telephone communication, which may seem dangerous to the security of the State or contrary to its laws, public order or good customs.

Suspension of service

ARTICLE 30 Each member or associate member reserves the right to suspend for an indefinite period the international telecommunications service, either in its entirety or only for certain relationships and/or for certain types of correspondence of departure, arrival or transit, with the obligation to communicate it immediately, through the general secretary, to the other members or associate members.

Responsibility

ARTICLE 31 Members and associate members do not accept any liability for users of international telecommunications services, especially with regard to claims for damages.

Telecommunications Secret

ARTICLE 32 1. Members and associate members undertake to take all measures that allow the telecommunication system used to ensure the secret of international correspondence.

2. However, it reserves the right to communicate this correspondence to the competent authorities in order to ensure the application of their domestic legislation or the implementation of the international conventions to which they are a party.

Establishment, operation and protection of telecommunication facilities and channels

ARTICLE 33 1. Members and associate members shall take the necessary measures for the establishment, in the technical improvements of the necessary channels and facilities, to ensure the rapid and uninterrupted exchange of international telecommunications. 2. As far as possible, these channels and facilities should be exploited in accordance with the best methods and procedures adopted in view of the experience achieved by practice, and they will remain in good standing and at the height of scientific and technical progress. 3. Members and associate members shall ensure the protection of these channels and facilities within their respective jurisdictions.

Notification of violations

ARTICLE 34 To facilitate the application of the article. 19, members and associate members undertake to inform each other of the violations of the provisions of this convention and the annexed regulations.

Rates and franchises

ARTICLE 35 The regulations annexed to this convention include provisions relating to telecommunications rates and the various cases in which the franchise is granted.

Priority of telecommunications relating to the security of human life

ARTICLE 36 International telegraphic and telephone services should give absolute priority to telecommunications relating to the safety of human life at sea, on land or in the air, and to the exceptionally urgent epidemiological telecommunications of the World Health Organization.

Priority of telegrams and State telephone calls and communications

ARTICLE 37 Subject to the provisions of the arts. 36 and 46, State telegrams will have priority over other telegrams when the shipper requests it. State telephone calls and communications may also have priority over other telephone calls and communications, at express request and to the extent possible.

Secret language

ARTICLE 38 1. State telegrams, as well as service telegrams, may be written in secret language in all relationships. 2. Private telegrams in secret language may also be admitted to all countries, except those that have previously notified, through the general secretariat, that they do not accept this language for such correspondence. 3. Members and associate members who do not admit private telegrams in secret language from or destined for their own territory shall accept them in transit, except in the case of suspension of service provided for in art. 30.

Establishment and liquidation of accounts

ARTICLE 39 1. The administrations of the members and associate members and the recognized private operators that exploit international telecommunications services should agree on the amount of their respective debits and credits.

2. The accounts for the debits and credits referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be established in accordance with the provisions of the regulations annexed to this convention, unless particular arrangements have been made between the parties concerned. 3. The liquidation of international accounts shall be considered as a current transaction, and shall be made subject to the ordinary international obligations of the countries concerned when the Governments have concluded such agreements.

In the absence of such agreements or of particular arrangements entered into under the conditions provided for in the article. 41 of this Convention, these accounts shall be made in accordance with the regulations.

Monetary unit

ARTICLE 40 The monetary unit used in the composition of international telecommunications rates and for the establishment of international accounts will be the gold franc of 100 cents, weighing 10/31 grams and a law of 900 thousandths.

Individual arrangements

ARTICLE 41 Members and associate members reserve for themselves, for private operators recognized by them and for others duly authorized to do so, the authority to conclude particular arrangements on telecommunications issues that do not interfere with the generality of members and associate members. Such arrangements, however, may not be in contradiction with the provisions of the convention or the annexed regulations as to the harmful interference that their application may cause in the broadcasting services of other countries.

Regional conferences, agreements and organizations

ARTICLE 42 The members and associate members reserve the right to hold regional conferences, conclude regional agreements and establish regional organizations to resolve telecommunication issues that may be addressed at a regional level.

However, regional agreements should not be in contradiction with this convention.

CHAPTER V - Special provisions relating to
radiocommunications

Sound use of frequency and spectrum space

ARTICLE 43 Members and associate members recognize the desirability of limiting the number of frequencies and the space of the spectrum used to the minimum necessary to ensure the functioning of the necessary services satisfactorily.

Intercom

ARTICLE 44 1. The stations that ensure radiocommunications in the mobile service will be obliged, within the limits of their normal use, to the reciprocal exchange of radiocommunications, without distinction of the radioelectric system they use. 2. However, in order not to hinder scientific progress, the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not impede the use of a radio-electric system incapable of communicating with other systems, provided that this incapacity is due to the specific nature of such a system and not the result of devices adopted with the sole purpose of preventing intercommunication. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 a station may be dedicated to a restricted international telecommunication service, determined by the purpose of this telecommunication or by other circumstances independent of the system used.

Harmful interference

ARTICLE 45 1. All stations, regardless of their object, shall be installed and operated in such a way that they may not cause harmful interference in the communications or radio services of other members or associate members, of the private companies of recognized exploitation or of those other duly authorized to perform a radio communication service and operating in accordance with the provisions of the radiocommunication regulations. 2. Each member or associate member undertakes to require private operators recognized by him, and the others duly authorized to do so, to comply with the requirements of the preceding paragraph. 3. In addition, members and associate members recognize the desirability of taking as many measures as possible to prevent the operation of all-class electrical installations and appliances from causing harmful interference in the radio communications or services referred to in paragraph 1.

Relief calls and messages

ARTICLE 46 Radiocommunication stations are obliged to accept, with absolute priority, calls and messages of relief, whatever their origin, and to respond in the same way to such a message, immediately giving them due course.

Signs of false or misleading relief or security. Irregular use of call distinctions

ARTICLE 47 The members and associate members undertake to take the necessary measures to prevent the transmission or circulation of false or misleading relief or security signals, and the use by a station of distinctive calls that have not been assigned to them on a regular basis.

National defence services facilities

ARTICLE 48 1. Members and associate members shall retain their full freedom in relation to the military radio installations of their armies of land, sea and air. 2. However, these facilities shall, as far as possible, conform to the regulatory provisions relating to hazard relief, to measures to prevent harmful interference and to the requirements of regulations concerning emission rates and frequencies to be used, depending on the nature of the service. 3. In addition, when these facilities are used in the public correspondence service or other services governed by the regulations annexed to this agreement, they shall, in general, conform to the regulatory provisions for the implementation of such services.

CHAPTER VI - Definitions

ARTICLE 49 Whenever there is no contradiction with the context: (a) The terms defined in Annex 3 shall have the meaning assigned to them (b) The other terms defined in the regulations referred to in Article 12 shall have the meaning assigned to them in the aforementioned regulations.

CHAPTER VII - Final provision Date of entry into force of the convention

ARTICLE 50 This agreement shall enter into force on January 1, nine hundred and fifty-four, among the countries, territories or groups of territories whose instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited before that date.

In faith of which, the respective plenipotentiaries subscribe to the agreement in a copy in each of the Chinese, English, French, English and Russian languages, on the understanding that, in case of disagreement, the French text will make this copy will be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Replubica Argentina, and a copy of it must be sent to each of the signatory governments. In Buenos Aires, December 22, 1952.

Annex B-Annex 1 of the International Telecommunication Convention signed in Buenos Aires on December 22, 1952-

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Annex C-ANEXO 2 of the International Telecommunication Convention signed in Buenos Aires on 22 December 1952-

British West Africa

Annex D-Annex 3 of the International Telecommunication Convention signed in Buenos Aires on 22 December 1952

Administration: Any department or government service responsible for the fulfilment of obligations under the International Telecommunication Convention and its annexed regulations. Private exploitation company: Any particular or society that, without being an institution or government agency, exploits a telecommunications facility aimed at ensuring an international telecommunication service, or which may cause harmful interference to such service. Private enterprise of recognized exploitation: Any private enterprise of exploitation that responds to the previous definition and that exploits a public correspondence or broadcasting service, and to which the member or associate member in whose territory the social headquarters of this exploitation imposes the obligations provided for in the article. 19. Delegate: Person sent by the government of a member or associate member of the Union to a conference of plenipotentiaries, or person representing the government, or the administration of a member or associate member of the Union, at an administrative conference or at a meeting of an international advisory committee. Representative: Person sent by a private operator in recognition of an administrative conference or an international consultative committee meeting. Expert: Person sent by a national, scientific or industrial establishment, authorized by the government or administration of his country to attend the meetings of the commissions of study of an international advisory committee. Observer: Person sent: By the United Nations, in accordance with art. 26 of the Convention By the Government of a Non-Contracting Country By any international organization invited or admitted to participate in the work of a conference in accordance with the provisions of the general rules of procedure By the government of a member or associate member of the Union, who participates, without the right to vote, in a special conference of a regional nature, in accordance with the provisions of art. 10 of the convention. Delegation: All delegates and eventually representatives, aggregates or interpreters sent by the same country.

Each member and associate member shall have the freedom to organize his delegation as he wishes. In particular, it may include, as delegates or aggregates, persons belonging to private operators recognized by it, or other private companies interested in the telecommunications sector. International service: A telecommunication service between any possible combination of fixed, land or mobile offices or stations, which are not filled in the same country or belong to different countries. Mobile Service: A radiocommunication service between mobile stations and ground stations, or between mobile stations. Broadcasting Service: A radiocommunication service that makes broadcasts intended to be received directly by the general public. This service can include sound, television, facsimile or other broadcasts. Telecommunication: All transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds or information of any nature, by thread, radioelectricity, optical media or other electromagnetic systems. Telegraph: A telecommunication system for the transmission of writings by using a signal code. Telephone: A telecommunication system for the transmission of the word or, in some cases, of other sounds. Telegram: Written to be transmitted by telegraph. This term also includes the radiotelegram, unless otherwise specified. Telegrams and State telephone calls and communications: These are telegrams and telephone calls and communications from one of the following authorities: Head of a State Head of a Government and member of a Government Head of a colony, protectorate, territory of overseas or territory under sovereignty, authority, guardianship or mandate of a member or associate member, or of the United Nations Commanders Heads of the military, land, naval or air agencies Chief diplomatic or consular agents. Responses to the above-mentioned State telegrams are also considered as State telegrams. Service Telegrams: See the current telegraphic Regulation Private Telegrams: Telegrams that are not of service or state. Service conversations: See the current telephone regulations.

Public Correspondence: All telecommunications that must be accepted for transmission, offices and stations, for the simple fact that they are available to the public. Radiocommunication: All telecommunication transmitted through the hertzian waves. Hertzian waves: Electromagnetic waves whose frequency is between 10 kc/s and 3,000.000 Mc/s. Radioelectricity: General term applied to the use of hertzian waves (The corresponding adjective is "radioelectric").

Detrimental interference: Any radiation or induction that compromises the operation of a radio-navigation service, or security (1), or which repeatedly disrupts or disrupts a radio-communication service that operates in accordance with the Radio-communication Regulations.

Annex E-Annex 4 of the International Telecommunication Convention signed in Buenos Aires on 22 December 1952

1. A party wishing to appeal to the arbitration shall initiate the proceedings by sending to the other party a notice of arbitration claim. 2. The parties shall agree on whether arbitration should be entrusted to individuals, administrations or Governments. If within one month of the date of notification of the request for arbitration, the parties shall not agree on this point, the arbitration shall be entrusted to Governments. 3. Where arbitration is entrusted to persons, arbitrators may not belong to a country that is a party to the dispute, or have their domicile in one of the countries concerned, or be at the service of any of them. 4. When arbitration is entrusted to Governments or government administrations, they will be chosen from associate members or members who are not party to the dispute, but in the agreement whose application has caused it. 5. Each of the two parties to the case shall designate an arbitrator within three months from the date of receipt of the notice of the request for arbitration. 6. Where the difference has involved more than two parties, each of the two groups of parties with common interests in the dispute shall designate an arbitrator, in accordance with the procedure provided for in paragraphs 4 and 5. 7. The two so-called arbitrators shall be concluded to appoint a third party, which, in the event that the first two were persons and not Governments or administrations, shall be in response to the conditions set out in paragraph 3 of this annex, and shall be, in addition to nationality other than that of those. If the two arbitrators do not agree on the third party ' s election, each of them will propose a third arbitrator not interested in the difference. In this case, the General Secretary of the Union will draw to appoint the third arbitrator.

8. The dissenting parties may agree to resolve their differences through a single arbitrator, appointed in common agreement, may also designate an arbitrator each and request from the Secretary-General to designate, among them, the sole arbitrator. 9. The arbitrator, or arbitrators, shall freely decide the procedure to be followed. 10. The decision of the sole arbitrator shall be final and shall compel the parties to the dispute. If the arbitration was entrusted to a number of arbitrators, the decision taken by a majority of the arbitrators shall be final and shall oblige the parties. 11. Each party shall bear the expenses incurred in connection with the investigation and submission of the arbitration. The costs of arbitration other than those incurred by the parties shall be equally divided among the litigants. 12. The Unit will provide as many reports related to the dispute may require the arbitrator, or the arbitrators.

Annex F-Annex 5 General Regulations Annex to the International Telecommunication Convention signed in Buenos Aires on 22 December 1952

PART 1 - General provisions relating to conferences

CHAPTER 1 1. The inviting government, in accordance with the Governing Council, will set the final date and the exact place of the conference. 2. (1) A year before this date, the inviting government will send the invitation to the government of each member country and associate member of the Union. (2) Such invitations may be sent either directly, either through the general secretary or through another government. 3. The Secretary-General shall invite the United Nations, in accordance with the provisions of art. 26 of the convention. 4. The inviting Government, in accordance with the Governing Council, or on its proposal, may invite specialized institutions associated with the United Nations to admit reciprocally, the representation of the Union at its meetings, to send observers to participate, on a consultative basis, in the conference. 5. The inviting Government, in accordance with or on the proposal of the Governing Council, may invite non-contracting Governments to send observers to participate, on a consultative basis, in the conference. 6. The proposals of the members and associate members of the Union should be held by the inviting government, one month before, at least, the opening date of the conference, and the composition of the delegation will be recorded, if possible.

7. Any permanent agency of the Union shall have the right to be represented at the conference, on a consultative basis, where matters of its competence are concerned. If necessary, the conference may invite an agency that had not sent a representative. 8. Conferences of plenipotentiaries shall be admitted: (a) Delegations defined in annex 3 to convention (b) United Nations observers (c) To observers of specialized institutions in accordance with paragraph 4, and (d) Eventually, the observers referred to in paragraph 5.

Invitation and admission to administrative conferences

CHAPTER 2 1. (1) The provisions of chapter 1, paragraphs 1 to 6, apply to administrative conferences. (2) However, the deadline for sending invitations to extraordinary administrative conferences may be reduced to six months. (3) Members and associate members of the Union may communicate the invitation received to private companies by them recognized. 2. (1) The inviting Government, in accordance with the Governing Council, or on the proposal of the Governing Council, may send a notification to international organizations that are interested in their observers participating in the work of the conference on a consultative basis. (2) Interested international organizations will direct the inviting government to apply for admission within two months of the date of notification. (3) The inviting government will meet the requests, and the conference will decide on the admission of the organizations. 3. (1) It shall be admitted to administrative conferences: (a) Delegations defined in annex 3 to convention (b) United Nations observers (c) To observers of specialized institutions in accordance with chapter 1, paragraph 4 (d) To observers of international organizations that have been admitted pursuant to paragraph 2 (e) to observers of non-contracting Governments, in their case (f) to representatives of private operators recognized, who have been authorized, To the permanent bodies of the Union, under the conditions set out in chapter 1, paragraph 7 (2) The regional special conferences will also allow observers of members and associate members outside the region concerned.

Timelines and modalities for the presentation of proposals at conferences.

CHAPTER 3 1. Upon invitations by the inviting Government, the Secretary-General shall immediately request members and associate members who submit to him, within four months, any proposals they wish to submit to the Conference for consideration. Any proposal whose adoption involves the revision of the text of the convention or of the rules of procedure should contain references to identify by number of chapters, article or paragraph, the parts of the text under review. 3. The Secretary-General shall convene and coordinate the proposals received, and shall send them to all members and associate members three months in advance, at least at the opening of the conference.

Special arrangements for conferences at the Union headquarters.

CHAPTER 4 1. When a conference is to be held without the participation of the inviting government, the secretary-general will take the necessary arrangements to convene it at the headquarters of the Union, in accordance with the government of the Swiss Confederation. 2. In this case, the Secretary-General will be responsible for the organizational work that normally belongs to the inviting government.

Credentials for conferences

CHAPTER 5 1. (1) The delegation of a member of the Union to a conference should be duly accredited in order to exercise the right to vote and provided with the necessary powers to sign the final records. (2) The delegation of a member associated with a conference should be duly accredited to participate in its work, in accordance with Article 6 (6). 1 of the convention. 2. At plenipotentiary conferences (1) (a) Delegations shall be accredited by credentials signed by the Head of State, by the Head of Government, or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (b) They may also be provisionally accredited by the head of the diplomatic mission to the Government of the country in which the conference is held. (2) To sign the final records of the conference, delegations should be provided with letters of plenipotence signed by the authorities referred to in paragraph (1) (a). (3) In administrative conferences: (1) The provisions of paragraph (2) shall apply A delegation may also be accredited with credentials signed by the Minister competent in the field of the conference. 4. A special commission shall examine the credentials of each delegation and present its conclusions within the time limit established by the plenary assembly. 5. (1) The delegation of any member of the Union shall exercise its right to vote from the moment it begins to participate in the work of the conference. (2) However, a delegation will lose the right to vote from the moment the plenary assembly declares that its credentials are not in order and until such time as this situation is regulated. 6. As a general rule, member countries should endeavour to send their own delegations to the Union conferences. However, if for exceptional reasons a member could not send his or her own delegation, he or she could credit that of another member with the authority to act and sign on his or her behalf. 7. Any properly accredited delegation may grant power to another delegation also accredited to vote on its behalf, for one or more meetings to which it cannot attend. In such a case, you must notify the president of the conference. 8. In the cases provided for in paragraphs 6 and 7, no delegation may render more than one vote of power.

Procedure for convening extraordinary administrative conferences at the request of members of the Union or at the proposal of the Governing Council

CHAPTER 6 1. Members of the Union wishing to convene an extraordinary administrative conference shall notify the Secretary General, indicating the order of the day, the place and the date proposed for the call. 2. Received twenty concordant petitions, the Secretary-General shall telegraphically transmit the communication to all members and associate members and shall request members to inform him, within six weeks, whether they accept or not the proposal made.

3. When the majority of the members are in favour of the whole of the proposal, that is, if they accept, at the same time, the agenda, date and place of the proposed meeting, the Secretary-General shall communicate it to all members and associate members of the Union through circular telegram. 4. (1) When the accepted proposal relates to the meeting of the conference rather than the seat of the Union, the Secretary General will ask the government of the country concerned if he agrees to be an inviting government. (2) If so, the Secretary-General shall make the necessary arrangements for the meeting of the conference, in accordance with that Government. (3) If not, the Secretary-General shall invite members who have requested the convening of the conference to make further proposals regarding the venue of the meeting. 5. When the accepted proposal to convene the conference at the headquarters of the Union, the provisions of chapter 4.

6 (1) When the proposal is not fully accepted (day, place and date), by the majority of the members, the Secretary-General shall communicate the replies received to the members and associate members of the Union, and shall invite members to make a final decision on the point or points at issue. (2) Such points shall be considered adopted when they receive the approval of most members. 7. When the proposed convening of an extraordinary administrative conference is made by the Governing Council, the above procedure shall apply.

Procedure for convening special administrative conferences at the request of members of the Union or at the proposal of the Governing Council

CHAPTER 7 1. The provisions of chapter 6 shall apply in full to the global special conferences. 2. In the case of regional special conferences, the procedure provided for in chapter 6 shall be applied only to members of the region concerned. When the call is made on the initiative of members of the region, it will suffice the Secretary-General to receive the concordant requests of a quarter of the members of it.

Provisions common to all conferences. Change of venue and date of a conference

CHAPTER 8 1. The provisions of chapters 6 and 7 shall be applied by analogy when, at the request of the members of the Union or at the proposal of the Governing Council, it is a matter of changing the date or meeting place of a conference. However, such changes may be made only when the majority of the members concerned have spoken in their favour. 2. The Secretary-General shall disclose, as appropriate, in the consultation provided for in chapter 6, paragraph 2, the financial implications that may result from the change of place or date, for example, when expenditures had already been incurred to prepare the conference at the originally scheduled location.

Internal rules of procedure of conferences

CHAPTER 9 ARTICLE 1 Opening of the conference The conference will be opened by a personality designated by the inviting government. If there is no inviting government, it will be opened by the president of the board of directors or, in his absence, the secretary general. ARTICLE 2 Order of placement At the meetings of the plenary assembly, delegations shall be placed in alphabetical order of the names, in French, of the countries represented. ARTICLE 3 Election of the President and the Vice-Presidents Constitution of the Secretariat At the first session of the plenary assembly will proceed: (a) To the election of the president and the vice-presidents of the conference, and (b) To the constitution of the conference secretariat, with staff of the General Secretariat of the Union and, if necessary, with staff of the administration of the inviting government. ARTICLE 4 Attributions of the President of the Conference 1. The President, in addition to the powers conferred upon him by these rules, shall open and adjourn the meetings of the plenary assembly, direct his deliberations, ensure the implementation of the rules of procedure, accord the floor, put questions to the vote and proclaim the decisions taken.

2. It shall assume the general direction of the work of the conference and shall ensure the maintenance of order during the plenary meetings. It shall resolve motions and points of order and, in particular, may propose deferral or closure of the debate or suspension or adjournment of a meeting.

In addition, you may defer the call for an assembly or plenary meeting, when you consider it necessary. 3. It will protect the right of delegations to express their views freely and fully on the matter in discussion. 4. It will ensure that the discussions are limited to the matter under discussion, and it may interrupt any speaker who departs from the topic, to recommend that the matter be brought into being. ARTICLE 5 Institution of commissions The plenary assembly may institute commissions to examine matters under consideration of the conference. Such commissions may, in turn, establish subcommissions. The commissions and subcommissions, if necessary, may also form working groups. ARTICLE 6 Composition of the commissions 1. Conference of Plenipotentiaries: The Commissions shall be constituted with delegates of associate members or members and with observers provided for in chapter 1, paragraph 8, of the general rules of procedure, upon request or designated by the plenary assembly. 2. Administrative conferences: The commissions shall be constituted with delegates of associate members or members, and with observers and representatives provided for in chapter 2, paragraph 3, of the general rules of procedure, upon request or designated by the plenary assembly.

ARTICLE 7 Chairs, Vice-Presidents and Rapporteurs of the Commissions 1. The president of the conference will submit to the approval of the plenary assembly the appointment of the president and vice presidents of each commission. 2. The chairperson of each commission shall propose to the Commission the appointment of its corresponding rapporteurs, and the appointment of the chairpersons, vice presidents and rapporteurs of the subcommissions that are constituted. ARTICLE 8 Call to Sessions Plenary meetings, commissions, subcommissions and working groups will be announced sufficiently in advance at the conference venue. ARTICLE 9 Propositions presented prior to the opening of the conference. The plenary assembly shall circulate the proposals submitted prior to the opening of the conference between the competent commissions that are established in accordance with the provisions of art. 5 of these rules. However, the plenary assembly may deal directly with any proposal.

ARTICLE 10 Proposals or amendments presented during the conference. 1. Proposals or amendments to be made after the opening of the conference shall be forwarded to the chair of the conference or to the chair of the competent commission, as appropriate. They may also be delivered to the conference secretariat for publication and distribution as conference documents. 2. No proposal or amendment may be made without the signature or approval of the head of the delegation concerned or of those who replace it. 3. Any proposal or amendment shall contain, in precise and concrete terms, the text to be considered. 4. (1) The chairperson of the conference, or that of the competent commission, shall, at each time, decide whether the proposal or amendment shall be communicated to delegations in writing or orally. (2) In general, the text of any important proposals to be put to the vote in the plenary assembly should be distributed in the working languages of the conference, sufficiently in advance to facilitate its study before the discussion. (3) In addition, the president of the conference, upon receiving the proposals or amendments mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article, shall assign them to the competent commission, or to the plenary assembly, as appropriate. 5. Any authorized person may read, or request that any proposal or amendment he or she has submitted during the course of the conference be read, at the plenary meeting, and state the reasons for the case. ARTICLE 11 Requirements for discussion of proposals and amendments 1. No proposal or amendment that has been submitted prior to the opening of the conference, or that a delegation may be discussed during its course, if at the time of its consideration the support of another delegation is not achieved at least. Any properly supported proposal or amendment, once discussed, shall be put to the vote. ARTICLE 12 Propositions or amendments omitted or deferred When a proposal or amendment is omitted or deferred, the delegation concerned shall bear the responsibility for its further consideration.

ARTICLE 13 Rules for deliberations in plenary assembly Quorum Votes in the plenary meeting shall be valid only when more than half of the delegations entitled to vote accredited to the conference are present or represented at the meeting. 2. Order of deliberations (1) Those who wish to speak will need the President ' s prior consent. As a rule, they will begin to indicate their representation. (2) Every speaker should express himself slowly and clearly, distinguishing the words well and interspersing the necessary pauses to facilitate the understanding of his thinking. 3. Reasons and issues of order (1) During the deliberations, any delegation may make a motion for order or raise a point of order when it deems appropriate, which shall be immediately resolved by the President, in accordance with these rules. Any delegation shall have the right to appeal the presidential decision, but it shall remain in all its terms if the majority of the delegations present and voting are not against it.

2. The delegation submitting a motion for order will abstain from speaking on the substance of the matter in discussion.

4. Priority of motions and issues of order The priority to be assigned to the motions and points of order dealt with in paragraph 3 of this article shall be as follows: (a) Any question of order concerning the implementation of these rules (b) Suspension of the meeting (c) Re adjournment of the meeting (d) Deferral of the debate on the topic under discussion (e) Closure of the debate on the topic under discussion (f) Any other motion or point of order that may be raised, the relative priority of which shall be set by the President. 5. Motion of suspension or adjournment of the meetings During the course of a debate, any delegation may propose the suspension or adjournment of the meeting indicating the reasons for the proposal. If the proposal was supported, only two speakers opposing that motion would be given the floor to refer exclusively to it, after which the proposal would be put to the vote. 6. Motion of adjournment of the debate During the discussion, any delegation may propose the adjournment of the debate for a given time. Formulated such a motion, the consequent discussion, if any, shall be limited to three speakers, one against and two against, in addition to the author of the motion. 7. Motion of the closure of the debate Any delegation may at any time propose the closure of the debate on the item under discussion, with the list of speakers inscribed thus far. In such a case, and before the voting is verified, only two speakers opposing the motion may be given the floor. 8. Limitation of interventions (1) The plenary assembly may eventually establish the number and duration of the interventions of the same delegation on a given item. (2) However, in procedural matters, the President shall limit each intervention to five minutes maximum. (3) When a speaker exceeds the preset, the President shall notify the assembly and request the speaker to briefly conclude his statement. 9. Closure of the list of speakers (1) In the course of a debate, the President may arrange for the reading of the list of speakers inscribed therein to include those who wish to speak, and with the consent of the Assembly, to order its closure. However, when it deems appropriate, the President may, as an exception, allow any previous statement to be answered, even after the closure of the list of speakers. (2) Exhausted the list of speakers, the President shall declare the debate closed. 10. Competition issues The questions of competence that may arise will be resolved before the vote on the substance of the matter under discussion. 11. Withdrawal and replacement of motions The author of any motion may withdraw it before the vote.

Any motion, amended or not, withdrawing from the debate, may be challenged or taken up by the delegation author of the amendment or by any other delegation. ARTICLE 14 Right to vote 1. The delegation of any member of the Union, duly accredited by the Union to take part in the work of the conference, shall be entitled to one vote at all meetings to be held, in accordance with the provisions of art. 1 of the convention. (2) The delegation of any member of the Union shall exercise its right to vote under the conditions set out in chapter 5 of the General Regulations. ARTICLE 15 Vote 1. Definition of majority (1) The majority means half plus one of the delegations present and voting. (2) Delegations that abstain from voting shall not be taken into consideration for the compute of the majority. (3) In the event of a tie, any proposal or amendment shall be deemed rejected. (4) For all the purposes of this regulation, it is considered "present and voting delegation" to which you vote in favour or against a proposal. (5) Delegations present that do not participate in a particular vote or express their willingness not to participate in it shall not be regarded as absent for the determination of the quorum, nor as abstained for the implementation of paragraph 3 of this article. 2. Special majority For the admission of members of the Union shall govern the majority provided for in art. 1 of the Convention. 3. Abstaining more than fifty percent When the number of abstentions exceeds half of the recorded votes (in favour, against and abstentions), the examination of the matter under discussion will be deferred until a later session, in which abstentions will not be computed. (4) Voting procedures (1) The voting shall take the following procedures, except in the case provided for in paragraph 5 of this article: (a) Hand-on-hand, as a rule (b) By roll-call, if the majority were not clearly due to the previous procedure or when a delegation so requested. (2) The nominal ballots shall be verified by alphabetical order of the names, in French, of the members represented.

5. Secret vote. The vote shall be secret when requested, at least five of the delegations present with the right to vote. In this case, the secretariat shall immediately take the necessary measures to ensure the secrecy of the suffrage.

6. Prohibition of discontinuing a vote No delegation may interrupt a vote initiated, except if it were a point of order concerning the manner in which it was made. 7. Bastions of the vote After the vote, the President shall give the floor to delegations wishing to explain their vote. 8. Voting by parties (1) Any proposal shall be subdivided and put to the vote by parties if the author so requests or if the assembly deems it appropriate. The parts of the proposal that are adopted shall then be put to further vote as a whole. (2) When all parts of a proposition are rejected, the proposal shall be considered rejected as a whole. 9. Order of voting on concurrent proposals (1) Where there are two or more proposals on the same matter, the vote shall be held in accordance with the order in which they have been submitted, except if the assembly decided to adopt another different order. After each vote has been completed, the assembly will decide whether or not to vote on the next proposal. 10. Amendments (1) An amendment shall mean any modification proposal that only store to delete, add or alter a part in the original proposal. (2) Any amendment admitted by the delegation that submitted the original proposal shall be immediately incorporated into that proposal. (3) No proposal for modification that the assembly deems incompatible with the original proposal shall be regarded as an amendment. 11. Election of amendments (1) When a proposal is amended, it shall be voted first. (2) When a proposal is subject to two or more amendments, the amendment that departs most from the original text will be voted in the first place, then the same will be done with that amendment which, among the remaining ones, also departs to a greater extent from the proposal considered, and finally this same procedure will be observed successively until the consideration of all the amendments submitted. (3) When one or more amendments are adopted, the proposal as amended will be put to the vote. (4) If no amendment was adopted, the original proposal would be put to the vote. ARTICLE 16 Commissions and subcommissions. Rules for deliberations and voting procedures 1. The president of any commission or subcommission shall have powers similar to those granted by art. 4 to the president of the conference. 2. The rules of deliberation established in article 13 for plenary assemblies shall also apply to the debates of the commissions and subcommissions, except as stipulated in the matter of quorum. 3. The rules provided for in art. 15 will also be applicable to votes to be verified in any commission or subcommission except in the case of paragraph 2. ARTICLE 17 Reservations 1. In general, any delegation whose points of view are not shared by other delegations will endeavour, to the extent feasible, to accede to the views of the majority. 2. However, when a delegation considers that any decision is of such nature that it will prevent its Government from ratifying the convention or adopting the revision of the regulations, such delegation may make provisional or final reservations on that decision. ARTICLE 18 Acts of plenary assemblies 1. The proceedings of the plenary meetings shall be drawn up by the secretariat of the conference, which shall ensure that their distribution among delegations is made as early as possible to the date on which they are to be considered. 2. Upon issuance of the records, interested delegations may submit to the conference secretariat in writing within the shortest possible time any corrections they deem relevant, without prejudice to their right to orally make such corrections during the meeting at which the records are considered. 3. (1) As a general rule, the records shall contain only the proposals and conclusions, with their respective basis, drawn up as much as possible. (2) However, any delegation shall have the right to request that the record be collected in a summary or in full form, any statement made by that party during the debate. In this case, as a rule, it will announce it at the beginning of its presentation, to facilitate the task of the rapporteurs. The respective text will be provided to the conference secretariat within two hours of the end of the meeting. 4. The authority granted in paragraph 3 (2) as regards the insertion of statements shall be used in all cases with discretion. ARTICLE 19 Summaries of the debates and reports of the commissions and subcommissions 1. (1) The debates of the commissions and subcommissions shall be composed by session, in summaries that will highlight the essential points of each discussion, as well as the different views that may be appropriate to comment, without prejudice to the proposals or conclusions that are derived from the whole. (2) However, any delegation will also have the right to proceed in such cases in accordance with the power vested in it by art. 18, paragraph 3 (2). (3) The faculty referred to in the preceding section should also be used in all cases with discretion. 2. The commissions and subcommissions may draft the partial reports they deem necessary and, eventually, at the end of their work, may submit a final report in which they will summarize, concisely, the proposals and conclusions resulting from the studies entrusted to them. ARTICLE 20 Adoption of records, summaries of debates and reports 1. (1) As a general rule, at the beginning of each plenary meeting, commission or subcommission, the chairperson will ask whether delegations have any comments to make regarding the record or summaries of the discussions at the previous meeting, and these documents will be approved if they were to mediate corrections to the secretariat or if there were no verbal opposition. Otherwise, the corrections to which there is a place will be introduced. (2) Any partial or final report shall be approved by the commission or subcommission concerned. 2. (1) The record of the last plenary assembly will be examined and approved by the President of the plenary. (2) The summaries of the discussions at the last session of each commission or subcommission shall be examined and approved by its respective chairperson.

ARTICLE 21 Drafting Commission 1. The texts of the convention, of the rules of procedure and of the other final records of the conference which the various commissions, taking into account the views issued, shall, as far as possible, be submitted to the drafting committee, which, without altering the sense, shall be responsible for perfecting its form, and to have its proper articulation with the pre-existing texts that have not been modified. 2. The drafting committee shall submit such texts to the plenary assembly of the conference, which shall decide on its approval or return, for further consideration, to the competent commission. ARTICLE 22 NUMBER 1. Until their first reading in plenary assembly, the numbers of the chapters, articles and sections of the texts to be revised will be retained. Provisionally, the texts will be given to add numbers bis, ter, etc., and the numbers of the deleted texts will not be used. 2. The final numbering of the chapters, articles and sections, after their first reading approval, shall be entrusted to the drafting commission. ARTICLE 23 Final Approval The texts of the convention, of the regulations and other final records shall be considered definitive after the adoption of the second reading by the plenary assembly. ARTICLE 24 Signature The texts definitively approved by the conference shall be subject to the signature of the delegates who have for this purpose the plenipotences defined in chapter 5, for which purpose the alphabetical order of the names, in French, of their respective countries will be observed. ARTICLE 25 Press releases No official press releases will be made available on the work of the conference without prior authorization from the president or one of the vice presidents. ARTICLE 26 Franquicia During the conference, members of delegations, members of the Board of Directors, senior officials of the permanent agencies of the Union and the staff of the conference shall have the right to the postal, telegraphic and telephone franchising that the government of the country in which the conference is held has been able to grant, in accordance with the other governments and with the recognized private operators concerned.

PART II - International Advisory Committees
Invitation and admission to plenipoteciary conferences

General provisions

CHAPTER 10 1. The provisions of this Part II of the General Regulations complete art. 7 of the Convention, which defines the powers and structure of the international advisory committees. 2. The advisory committees shall also observe, as soon as applicable, the internal rules of procedure of conferences, as contained in Part I of these general rules.

Conditions for participation

CHAPTER 11 (1) They will be members of the international advisory committees:

(a) The administrations of all members and associate members of the Union, by their own right (b) Any private enterprise of recognized exploitation which, under the conditions set forth below, and with the approval of the member or associate member who recognized it, expresses the desire to participate in the work of these committees. (2) The first request for the participation of a private operator in the work of a consultative committee shall be addressed to the Secretary-General, who shall bring it to the attention of all members and associate members and the Director of the Advisory Committee concerned. The request of a recognized private exploitation company must be approved by the partner that recognizes it. 2. (1) In the work of the advisory committees, the participation of international organizations with related activities and the coordination of their work with those of the International Telecommunication Union may be admitted.

2. The first request for the participation of an international organization in the work of a consultative committee shall be addressed to the Secretary-General, who shall telegraphically communicate it to all members and associate members inviting members to speak on acceptance.

The request will be accepted when most of the replies received are favorable within one month. The Secretary-General shall inform all members and associate members and the director of the advisory committee concerned of the outcome of the consultation. (3) Chapter 20, paragraph 5, of these rules establishes the conditions under which any administration, private enterprise of recognized exploitation or international organization may cease to participate in the work of a consultative committee.

(3) (1) Scientific or industrial bodies engaged in the study of telecommunication problems or in the study or manufacture of materials for telecommunications services may be admitted to participate, on a consultative basis, in the meetings of the commissions of study of the advisory committees provided that their participation has been approved by the administration of the country concerned. (2) The first application for admission of a scientific or industrial body to the meetings of the commissions of study of an advisory committee should be addressed to the director of the committee. The request must be approved by the administration of the country concerned.

Attributions of the Plenary Assembly

CHAPTER 12 The plenary assembly: (a) Review the reports of the commissions of study and approve, modify or reject the draft recommendations contained in the same (b) It shall establish the list of new issues to be considered, in accordance with the provisions of article 2, paragraph 2. 7 of the Convention, and if necessary, it shall establish a curriculum (c) Depending on the requirements, it will maintain existing commissions of study and create new ones (d) (e) Review and approve the report of the director on the activities of the committee since the last meeting of the plenary meeting (f) Adopt the report on the financial needs of the committee until the next plenary meeting, to be submitted by the director for consideration by the Governing Council (g) It shall examine all matters which it deems necessary in accordance with the provisions of art. 7 of the Convention and this Part II of the General Regulations.

Meetings of the Plenary Assembly

CHAPTER 13 1. The plenary assembly will normally meet every three years. 2. The date of a plenary meeting may be amended upon approval by the majority of the members of the Union who participated in the previous meeting of the plenary assembly, or who have not participated in it, communicated to the Secretary-General their desire to take part in the work of the corresponding advisory committee. 3. (1) To the extent possible, the plenary assembly will meet at the headquarters of the Union. (2) At each meeting of the plenary meeting, however, a different place may be set for the next, which may be changed further through the procedure set out in paragraph 2.

4. At each of its meetings, the plenary assembly shall be chaired by the head of the delegation of the country in which the meeting is held or, in the case of a meeting held at the headquarters of the Union, by a person elected by the assembly. The president will be assisted by vice presidents elected by the plenary assembly. 5. The specialized secretariat of the committee will be responsible for the secretariat of the plenary assembly, with the contest, if necessary, of staff of the administration of the inviting government and of the general secretariat.

Languages and voting at plenary meetings

CHAPTER 14 1. The languages to be used in plenary meetings and official documents of the advisory committees are those provided for in art. 14 of the convention. 2. Countries authorized to vote at the plenary meetings of the advisory committees are those referred to in art. 1 paragraph 3 (2), and art. 15, paragraph 2, of the convention. However, when a member country is not represented by an administration, the group of representatives of its recognized private operators, whatever their number, shall be entitled to one vote.

Constitution of the commissions of study

CHAPTER 15 1. The plenary assembly shall constitute the necessary committees of study to deal with the issues that it has decided on.

The administrations, private companies of recognized exploitation and international organizations admitted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 11, paragraph 2, which wish to take part in the work of the commissions of study, shall indicate their name either at the meeting of the plenary assembly, or subsequently to the director of the advisory committee concerned. 2. In addition, subject to chapter 11, paragraph 3, of these rules, experts from scientific or industrial bodies may be admitted to participate, on a consultative basis, in any meeting of any commission of study. 3. The plenary assembly shall appoint the principal rapporteur to preside over each of these commissions of study, and a deputy chief rapporteur. When a principal rapporteur is unable to perform his or her functions at the interval of two meetings of the plenary assembly, the deputy chief rapporteur shall replace him or her in office and the commission of study shall elect a new deputy chief rapporteur among its members.

Processing of matters in the commissions of study.

CHAPTER 16.- 1. The matters entrusted to the commissions shall normally be dealt with by correspondence. 2. (1) However, the plenary assembly may instruct the meetings of commissions of study that appear necessary to deal with important groups of issues. (2) Furthermore, if, after the plenary meeting, a principal rapporteur considers it necessary to convene a commission of study not provided for by the plenary assembly, to discuss orally matters that have not been dealt with by correspondence, he may propose a meeting in an appropriate place, taking into account the need to reduce expenditures to the minimum, upon authorization of his administration, and after having consulted with the director of the committee and members of his commission of study. 3. However, in order to avoid useless travel and prolonged absences, the director of a consultative committee, in accordance with the main accounts chaired by the various study commissions concerned, shall establish the general plan for the meetings of a group of study commissions in the same place during the same period. 4. The director will send the final reports of the commission of study to the participating administrations, to the private operators recognized by his advisory committee and, eventually, to the international organizations that have participated. These reports will be sent as soon as possible, and in any case long enough to reach their destination a month earlier, at least, of the opening date of the next plenary meeting. Issues that have not been the subject of a report submitted under the above-mentioned conditions may not be included in the agenda of the plenary meeting.

Director's functions. Specialized Secretariat.

CHAPTER 17 - 1. (1) The director of each advisory committee shall coordinate the work of its committee, plenary assembly and commissions of study, and shall be responsible for organizing the work of the advisory committee. (2) The committee ' s files shall be in charge. (3) It will be assisted by a secretariat, established with specialized staff, who will work directly in organizing the work of the committee. (4) The Director of the International Advisory Committee on Radiocommunications will also be assisted by a deputy director in accordance with article 7 of the Convention. 2. The director shall elect the technical and administrative staff of his secretariat, in accordance with the budget approved by the plenipotentiary conference or by the Governing Council. The appointment of this technical and administrative staff will be made by the general secretary, according to the director. 3. The Director shall participate in the deliberations of the plenary assembly and the commissions of study in a consultative manner and shall take the necessary measures for the preparation of the meetings of the plenary assembly and the commissions of study. 4. The deputy director of the International Advisory Committee on Radiocommunications shall participate in the deliberations of the Plenary Assembly and the Commissions of Study in a consultative manner, when matters relating to their activities are included in the agenda. 5. The director shall submit to the plenary Assembly for consideration a report on the activities of the committee since the previous plenary meeting. This report, once approved, will be sent to the Secretary-General for transmission to the Board of Directors. 6. The director shall submit to the approval of the plenary assembly a report on the financial needs of his advisory committee until the next plenary meeting. That report, once approved by the plenary assembly, shall be sent to the Secretary-General for the purposes accordingly.

Preparation of proposals for administrative conferences.

CHAPTER 18. A year before the competent administrative conference, representatives of the commissions of study of the advisory committee concerned shall communicate by correspondence, or shall meet with representatives of the general secretariat to discuss the recommendations made by that committee since the previous administrative conference, those relating to amendments to the corresponding rules of procedure.

Relations of the consultative committees between themselves and other international organizations.

CHAPTER 19. 1. (1) The plenary meetings of the international advisory committees may constitute joint commissions for studies and recommendations on issues of common concern. (2) The directors of the advisory committees, in collaboration with the main rapporteurs, may organize joint meetings of separate advisory committees ' curricula, with the aim of studying and preparing draft recommendations on issues of common concern. These draft recommendations will be presented at the next plenary meeting of the Advisory Committee. 2. The plenary assembly or the director of an advisory committee may designate a representative of its committee to attend, in consultative status, meetings of other EU committees or other international organizations to which the advisory committee concerned has been invited. 3. The meetings of a consultative committee may be attended, on a consultative basis, by the Secretary-General of the Union, or by one of the two Deputy Secretaries-General, by representatives of the International Frequency Registration Board and the directors, or their representatives, of the other advisory committees.

Finance of advisory committees.

CHAPTER 20. 1. The salaries of the directors of the advisory committees and the deputy director of the International Advisory Committee on Radiocommunications, and the regular expenses of the specialized secretariats, shall be included in the regular expenses of the Union, in accordance with the provisions of art. 13 of the convention. 2. The full extraordinary expenses of each advisory committee, which shall include the extraordinary expenses of the directors, those of the deputy director of the international advisory committee on radio communications, those of the secretariat employed in the meetings of the commissions of study or of the plenary assembly, and the cost of working papers of the commissions of study and of the plenary assembly, shall be charged in the manner prescribed in article. 13, paragraph 3 and 6, of the convention: (a) Governments that have communicated to the general secretary who wish to take an active part in the work of the advisory committee, even if they have not attended the plenary meeting (b) To the administrations that, without having communicated to the Secretary-General who wish to participate in the work of the advisory committee, have attended the meeting of the plenary assembly or to that of a commission of study (c) To the private companies of recognized exploitation that, in accordance with chapter 11, paragraph 1 (2), have requested to participate in the work of the advisory committee, even if they have not attended the meeting of the plenary assembly (d) to the international organizations that, in accordance with chapter 11, paragraph 2. 13, paragraph 3 (5) of the Convention, and (e) Scientific and industrial bodies that, in accordance with chapter 11, paragraph 3, have participated in the meetings of the commissions of study of the advisory committees. 3. Private enterprises of recognized exploitation, international organizations and scientific and industrial bodies referred to in subparagraphs 2 (c), (d) and (e) shall indicate the class of those referred to in paragraph 4 of Art. 13 of the Convention, according to which they wish to contribute to the payment of the extraordinary expenses of the Advisory Committee. 4. The costs of the commissions of study shall be included in the extraordinary expenses of the following plenary assembly. However, when meetings of the commissions of study are held more than a year before the date of the next meeting of the plenary assembly, the Secretary-General shall submit the interim accounts for the extraordinary expenses incurred by such meetings to the administrations, companies, agencies and organizations concerned. 5. The administrations, private companies of recognized exploitation, international organizations and scientific and industrial bodies mentioned in paragraph 2, shall be obliged to contribute to the payment of extraordinary expenses, from the closing date of the preceding meeting of the plenary assembly, an obligation that will last until its denunciation. Notification of such a complaint shall take effect from the closing of the meeting of the plenary assembly following the date of receipt of the notification, but shall not entail loss of the right to receive documents concerning this meeting of the plenary assembly. 6. Each administration, private enterprise of recognized exploitation, international organization or scientific or industrial agency shall take charge of the personal expenses of its representatives. 7. However, the personal expenses of representatives of a consultative committee resulting from the participation referred to in chapter 19, paragraph 2, shall be borne by the committee whose representation they hold.

Annex G-Annex 6 Agreement between the United Nations and the International Telecommunication Union signed in Buenos Aires on 22 December 1952.

ARTICLE I The United Nations recognizes the International Telecommunication Union, henceforth referred to in this "the Union" agreement, as the specialized institution responsible for adopting, in accordance with its constituent record, the measures necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes set out in it.

Mutual representation

ARTICLE II 1. The organization of the United Nations will be invited to send representatives to participate, without the right to vote, in the deliberations of all the Union ' s plenipotentiary and administrative conferences, it will also be invited, with due agreement with the Union, to send representatives to attend meetings of international advisory committees or any other convocated by the Union, with the right to take part, without a vote, in the discussion of matters of concern to the United Nations. 2. The Union will be invited to send representatives to attend meetings of the United Nations General Assembly for the purpose of consultation on telecommunications matters. 3. The Union will be invited to send representatives to attend the meetings of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and the Council of Trustees and its committees, and to participate, without the right to vote, in its deliberations, when it comes to points of the agenda on which the Union may be interested. 4. The Union will be invited to send representatives to attend the meetings of the Main Committees of the General Assembly in which matters of the competence of the Union are to be discussed, and to participate, without the right to vote, in these discussions.

5. The secretariat of the United Nations shall circulate among the members of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and its commissions, and the Council of Trustees, as appropriate, how many statements present the union in writing. Similarly, the written statements presented by the United Nations will be distributed by the Union among its own members.

Inclusion of matters on the agenda

ARTICLE III Before the appropriate consultations, the Union shall include in the agenda of the conferences of plenipotentiaries or administrative, or of the meetings of other agencies of the Union, the matters proposed to it by the United Nations. The Economic and Social Council and its commissions, as well as the Council of Trustees, shall likewise include in their agenda the matters proposed by the conferences or other organs of the Union.

United Nations recommendations

ARTICLE IV 1. The Union, taking into account the duty of the United Nations to facilitate the achievement of the objectives set out in art. 55 of the Charter, and to assist the Economic and Social Council in exercising the role and power conferred upon it by art. 62 of the Charter to carry out or promote studies and information on international problems of economic, social, cultural, educational, health, etc. and to make recommendations on such matters to the competent specialized institutions, taking into account also that the arts. 58 and 63 of the Charter provide that the United Nations should make recommendations to coordinate the activities of these specialized institutions and the general principles in which they are inspired, agrees to take the necessary steps to submit to its appropriate body, for the purposes appropriate, how many official recommendations can be directed by the United Nations organization.

2. The Union agrees to relate to the United Nations organization, when requested, with respect to the recommendations referred to in the preceding paragraph, and to communicate in due time to the United Nations the measures taken by the Union or its members to implement those recommendations or any other outcome arising from the consideration of them. 3. The Union will cooperate to any other extent that may be deemed necessary to ensure the full effective coordination of the activities of specialized institutions and the United Nations. It is particularly important to collaborate with any body or bodies that the Economic and Social Council may create to facilitate this coordination, and to provide as many reports as are necessary for the achievement of such purposes.

Exchange of information and documents

ARTICLE V 1. Without prejudice to any measures that may be necessary to ensure the confidentiality of certain documents, the United Nations and the Union shall proceed to the fullest and fastest possible exchange of information and documents to meet the needs of each of them. 2. Without prejudice to the general nature of the provisions of the preceding subparagraph: (a) The Union shall submit to the United Nations an annual report on its activities (b) The Union shall, as far as possible, proceed to any request for special reports, studies or background to be directed by the United Nations (c) The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall relate to the competent authority of the Union, at the request of the Union, to provide the Union with any information that may be of particular interest to it.

Assistance to the United Nations

ARTICLE VI The Union agrees to cooperate with the United Nations and its principal and subsidiary bodies, and to provide them with the assistance that is possible, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the International Telecommunication Convention, with due regard to the particular situation of non-United Nations members.

Relations with the International Tribunal for Justice

ARTICLE VII 1. The Union agrees to provide the International Court of Justice with all information that it may request from it, in accordance with art. 34 of the statute of that court. 2. The General Assembly of the United Nations authorizes the Union to request from the International Tribunal for Justice advisory opinions on the legal issues arising in the area of its competence and do not concern the mutual relations of the Union with the organization of the United Nations or with other specialized institutions. 3. The conference of plenipotentiaries or the Governing Council, acting under the authority of the plenipotentiary conference, may direct a request of this nature to the court. 4. When the Union requests a advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice, it shall report to the Economic and Social Council.

Provisions concerning staff.

ARTICLE VIII 1. The United Nations and the Union agree to establish for staff, as far as possible, common rules, methods and provisions in order to avoid serious contradictions in terms and conditions of employment, to prevent competition in the recruitment of staff, and to facilitate the exchange of staff that is appropriate for the best use of their services. 2. The United Nations and the Union agree to cooperate, as far as possible, in achieving the stated purposes.

Statistical services.

ARTICLE IX 1. The United Nations and the Union agree to make the most of their efforts to achieve maximum collaboration, eliminate any unnecessary concurrence in their activities and use their technical staff as effectively as possible in the compilation, analysis, publication, standardization, improvement and dissemination of statistical data. They will also unite their efforts to obtain the greatest possible use of statistical information and to alleviate the work of Governments and other agencies called to provide such information. 2. The Union recognizes the United Nations organization as the central agency to collect, analyse, publish, standardize, refine and disseminate statistics that serve the general purpose of international organizations. 3. The United Nations Organization recognizes the Union as the central agency responsible for collecting, analysing, publishing, standardizing, refining and disseminating statistics in the field of its competence, without prejudice to the right of the United Nations to be interested in such statistics, as soon as they may be necessary for the realization of its own objectives or for the further development of statistics worldwide.

It will be up to the Union to take decisions on how its service documents are to be established.

4. In order to establish a statistical information centre for general use, the data provided to the Union to incorporate them into its statistical series or its special reports will be made available to the United Nations when requested. 5. The data received by the United Nations to incorporate them into its core statistical series or its special reports shall be made available to the Union at the request of the United Nations and to the extent possible and timely.

Administrative and technical services

ARTICLE X 1. For the most effective use of staff and available resources, the United Nations and the Union recognize the desirability of avoiding, as soon as possible, the creation of services that may be made available or whose work is similar, and to consult in this regard where necessary. 2. The United Nations and the Union shall jointly make arrangements regarding the registration and deposit of official documents.

Budget provisions

ARTICLE XI 1. The budget or proposed budget of the Union shall be transmitted to the United Nations at the same time as to the members of the Union. The General Assembly may make recommendations to the Union in this regard. 2. The Union shall have the right to send representatives to participate without the right to vote, in the deliberations of the general assembly or of any of its committees, when the budget of the union is under discussion.

Provision of funds for special services.

ARTICLE XII 1. If, as a result of a request for cooperation, special reports or studies submitted by the United Nations pursuant to art. VI or other provisions of this agreement, the Union is obliged to make significant additional costs, the parties will be consulted to determine how to deal with these costs in the most equitable manner possible. 2. The United Nations and the Union will also consult to make such arrangements as they deem equitable to cover the costs of central, technical or fiscal services and of all special facilities or assistance provided by the United Nations at the request of the Union.

United Nations

ARTICLE XIII The officials of the Union shall have the right to use the United Nations safe conduct in accordance with the special agreements of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the competent authorities of the Union,

Agreement between institutions

ARTICLE XIV 1. The Union agrees to inform the Economic and Social Council of the nature and scope of any formal agreement projected between the Union and any other specialized institution, intergovernmental body or international non-governmental organization and to communicate, as a matter of fact, the details of that agreement, once concluded. 2. The United Nations agrees to inform the Union of the nature and scope of any formal agreement projected by any other specialized institutions on issues that may be of interest to the union, and to communicate to it also the details of that agreement, once concluded.

Link.

ARTICLE XV 1. The United Nations organization and the Union agree on the above provisions in the belief that they will contribute to the effective liaison between the two organizations and affirm their intention to take as many measures as may be necessary to that end. 2. The provisions relating to the link provided for in this agreement shall apply, to the appropriate extent, to the relations between the Union and the United Nations, including its regional or subsidiary offices.

United Nations telecommunication services.

ARTICLE XVI 1. The Union recognizes the importance for the United Nations to enjoy the same rights as members of the Union in the exploitation of telecommunication services. 2. The United Nations is committed to exploiting the telecommunication services that depend on it in accordance with the terms of the International Telecommunication Convention and the Regulations annexed thereto. 3. The precise modalities of implementation of this article shall be subject to separate arrangements.

Implementation of the agreement

ARTICLE XVII The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the competent authority of the Union may conclude as many complementary arrangements may seem appropriate for the implementation of this agreement.

Review.

ARTICLE XVIII This agreement will be subject to a concert review between the United Nations and the Union, with a six-month notice on either side.

Entry into force

ARTICLE XIX 1. The present agreement shall enter into force provisionally after its approval by the General Assembly of the United Nations and the Atlantic City telecommunication plenipotentiary conference, 1947. 2. Subject to the approval mentioned in the preceding paragraph, this agreement shall enter into force officially at the same time as the Atlantic City International Telecommunication Convention, 1947, or at an earlier date if the union so decides.

Annex H-Protocol Final of the International Telecommunication Convention signed in Buenos Aires on 22 December 1952

From the People's Republic of Albania:

I By signing the Buenos Aires International Telecommunication Convention, the delegation of the People ' s Republic of Albania made the following statement. 1. (a) The representatives of the Kuomintang are not, in fact, representatives of China and therefore the agreement of the plenipotentiary conference to allow them to sign the agreement is illegal.

They have the right to sign the convention on behalf of China, representatives appointed by the Government of the People ' s Republic of China. (b) It is also illegal to sign the International Telecommunication Convention on behalf of Germany by the representatives of the Bonn authorities, because these authorities do not represent all of Germany. The Government of the German Democratic Republic has legally acceded to the 1947 International Telecommunication Convention and, therefore, the German Democratic Republic is a contracting party to the 1947 Convention and a member of the International Telecommunication Union with full rights. (c) The decision of the plenipotentiary conference to grant the right to sign the International Telecommunication Convention to the representatives of the Viet-Nam of Bao Dai, and of South Korea, is also illegal, as these representatives do not, in fact, represent either Viet-Nam or Korea. 2. The new International Frequency List mentioned in art.

47 of the Atlantic City Radio Regulations has not yet been prepared or approved. Therefore, the decisions of the extraordinary administrative conference of radiocommunications are in contradiction with the regulations of radiocommunications, and therefore illegal. In view of the above, the delegation of the People ' s Republic of Albania declares that resolution No. 30 of the conference of plenipotentiaries in Buenos Aires considering that the illegal decisions of the C.A.E.R. replace the provisions of the regulations on radiocommunications, are in contradiction with the existing International Telecommunication Convention and constitutes a violation of the procedure concerning the revision of the regulations. The People ' s Republic of Albania therefore considers it unacceptable. As a matter of fact, the People ' s Republic of Albania reserves the right to act in accordance with art. 47 of the regulations governing radiocommunications, with regard to the registration and use of radio frequencies. It also reserves the right to be considered or not bound by the provisions of the article. 6 of the convention.

From the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:

II. The delegation of Saudi Arabia states that it does not agree with article 12, paragraph (b). 5 and that by signing this agreement on behalf of Saudi Arabia, it does so with the reservation that Saudi Arabia does not consider itself bound by agreements that deem contrary to its interests and that the Governing Council may hold provisionally on behalf of the Union. 2. The delegation of Saudi Arabia, by signing this agreement on behalf of Saudi Arabia, reserves the right to accept, or not, any obligation in respect of the telegraphic regulations or the additional regulations on radio communications mentioned in art. 12 of this agreement.

From Australia:

III The delegation of Australia states that by signing this agreement on behalf of Australia, it does so with the reservation that Australia is not considered bound by the telephone regulations mentioned in article. 12 of the Buenos Aires agreement.

From the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus:

IV "Bearing in mind that, on the basis of art. 47 of the radio-communication regulations supplementing the International Telecommunication Convention, the entry into force of the most important part of that regulation is subject to the decisions of the future special administrative conference referred to in that article, and that, as a result of the adoption of the decisions of the Extraordinary Administrative Conference on Radiocommunications (C A.E.R.) of 1951, the provisions of article were violated. 47 of the regulations on radiocommunications, which removes all legitimacy from the aforementioned decisions of the C.A.E.R., also taking into consideration that the conference of plenipotentiaries of 1952, in adopting the resolution that considers the illegal decisions of the C.A.E.R.

replace the provisions of the radio regulations, have violated the provisions of article 13 of the International Telecommunication Convention that establishes the mandatory nature of the regulations, The Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus considers open to discussion the question of acceptance of the provisions of the International Telecommunication Convention concerning the International Frequency Registration Board, as well as the adoption of the Radiocommunication Regulations."

From the People ' s Republic of Bulgaria:

V By signing the International Telecommunication Convention, the delegation of the People ' s Republic of Bulgaria states: 1. The decision by which the plenipotentiary conference granted Kuomintang representatives the right to sign the International Telecommunication Convention lacks legality, considering that they do not actually represent China. Only representatives designated by the Central People ' s Government of the People ' s Republic of China have the right to sign the agreement. The Bonn authorities do not represent Germany as a whole, and it is therefore not legitimate for their representatives to sign the convention. Under such conditions the German Democratic Republic has acceded to the Atlantic City Convention in accordance with the procedure provided for in Additional Protocol II to the same convention. Under such conditions the German Democratic Republic is a participant in the Atlantic City conference and a full member of the International Telecommunication Union.

The decision of the plenipotentiary conference to be granted to the representatives of the Viet-Nam of Bao-Dai and South Korea is illegal to sign the agreement, and it is illegal because such representatives do not actually represent either Viet Nam or Korea. 2. The new International Frequency List, which provides for art.

47 of the Atlantic City Radio Regulations is not yet drafted or approved. Therefore, decisions taken by the Extraordinary Administrative Conference on Radiocommunications are illegal, as they are in contradiction with the regulations on radiocommunications. Taking into account the above, the delegation of the People ' s Republic of Bulgaria declares that resolution num. 30 of the plenipotentiary conference in Buenos Aires, which considers that the illegal provisions of the Extraordinary Administrative Conference on Radiocommunications have replaced the provisions of the Radiocommunication Regulations, is in contradiction with the current agreement, violates the normal procedure for reviewing the regulations and is therefore unacceptable to the People ' s Republic of Bulgaria.

Accordingly, the People ' s Republic of Bulgaria declares that the issue of the adoption of the radio-communication regulations is open. The People ' s Republic of Bulgaria also reserves the right to accept or not the provisions of art. 6 of the convention.

From Canada:

VI By signing this agreement, Canada makes a reservation that it does not accept Article 2 (1). 12 of the Buenos Aires International Telecommunication Convention. Canada recognizes the obligations arising from the radio Regulations and the telegraphic regulations annexed to this convention, but is not currently bound by the additional radio Regulations or by the telephone regulations.

From China:

VII The delegation of the Republic of China to the conference of plenipotentiaries of the International Telecommunication Union in Buenos Aires is the only legitimate representation of China in it and as such has recognized the conference. If any of the members of the Union makes any declaration or reservation relating to this agreement, or annexed thereto, which is incompatible with the position of the Republic of China as defined above, such declaration or reservation is illegal, and therefore null and void. With regard to the above-mentioned members, the Republic of China does not accept, in signing this agreement, any obligation arising from the Buenos Aires Convention or the related protocols thereto.

From the Republic of Colombia:

VIII The Republic of Colombia formally declares that in signing this agreement it does not accept any obligation in relation to the telegraphic and telephone regulations mentioned in article.

12 of the Buenos Aires agreement.

From Cuba:

IX. Seen the provisions of art. 12 of the Buenos Aires agreement and considering the provisions of the agreement, the Republic of Cuba declares that it makes a formal reservation to the acceptance of the telegraphic and telephone regulations.

From the United States of America:

X The signing of this agreement, by and on behalf of the United States of America, also constitutes, in accordance with its constitutional regulations, the signature on behalf of all the territories of the United States of America. The United States of America officially declares that its country does not accept, through the signature of this agreement on its behalf, any obligation in respect of the telephone regulations or the additional regulations on radiocommunications referred to in article. 12 of the Buenos Aires agreement.

From Greece:

XI The Hellenic delegation formally declares, at the time of signing this agreement, that it maintains the reservations made by Greece when the administrative regulations referred to in article were signed. 12 of the Buenos Aires agreement.

From Guatemala:

XII The fact of signing this convention on behalf of the Republic of Guatemala does not require my Government to ratify it in its entirety, final drafting and implementation, noting that the National Congress of my country may introduce to it any reservations it deems necessary at the time of ratification. I declare on behalf of my Government that it will not accept any financial impact derived from the reservations of the countries participating in this conference.

From the Hungarian People ' s Republic:

XIII. In signing the International Telecommunication Convention, the delegation of the Hungarian People ' s Republic states:

Considering that the plenipotentiary conference in Buenos Aires has adopted a resolution according to which the illegal decisions of the C.A.E.R. replace the provisions of the convention concerning the revision of the regulations, the Hungarian People ' s Republic disagrees with resolution No. 30 adopted by the conference of plenipotentiaries and reserves the right to consider matters relating to the adoption of the radio Regulations and the I.F.R.B. still open to the discussion. By signing the International Telecommunication Convention, the Hungarian People ' s Republic makes the following statement: 1. The decision of the plenipotentiary conference in Buenos Aires to grant the representatives of the Kuomintang the right to sign the agreement is illegal, as the only legitimate representatives are those appointed by the Central People ' s Government of the People ' s Republic of China, and only they have the right to sign on behalf of China 2. The alleged representatives of the Viet-Nam of Bao-Dai and South Korea do not, in fact, represent either Viet-Nam or Korea, and therefore their participation in the work of the conference and the decision authorizing them to sign the International Telecommunication Convention, and 3. The Government of the German Democratic Republic, which has acceded to the Atlantic City International Telecommunication Convention in accordance with the procedure envisaged, is indisputably a member of the Union, with full rights. The Bonn authorities do not represent all of Germany and, therefore, the signing of the Buenos Aires International Telecommunication Convention by the representatives of those authorities is illegal.

From the Republic of Indonesia:

XIV By signing this agreement on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, the delegation of Indonesia to the conference of plenipotentiaries of Buenos Aires reserves its rights, with regard to the reference in the documents of the Union, and annex 1 to this agreement, of the name "New Guinea" subsequently and under the name "Netherlands", in view of the fact that New Guinea (West) is still a territory in dispute.

Iraq

The delegation of Iraq makes the following reservations: 1. It reserves the right of its Government to comply with the telephone, telegraphic and additional radio communications regulations mentioned in art. 12 of the Buenos Aires Convention 2. It reserves the right of its Government to accept or reject any obligation arising from the provisional agreements that may be concluded by the Governing Council in accordance with the provisions of article 5, paragraph 12 (b) 1., and article 1. 9 subsection 1, inc. g).

From the State of Israel:

XVI The delegation of the State of Israel cannot accept the reservation concerning Israel made by the delegations of Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria and Yemen, and reserves the right of its Government to take such measures as it deems necessary to safeguard the interests of the State of Israel in the implementation of this convention and the regulations annexed thereto, with regard to the member countries mentioned above.

From Italy and Austria:

XVII Italy and Austria reserve the right to take as many measures as they deem necessary to ensure their interests, in the event that some members or associate members do not contribute to the payment of the expenses of the Union in accordance with the provisions of the Buenos Aires International Telecommunication Convention (1952), or if reservations from other countries may compromise the operation of their telecommunication services.

From the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan:

XVIII The delegation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan makes the following reservations: 1. It reserves the right of its Government to accept or not the telephone regulations, telegraphic regulations and the additional radio regulations referred to in art. 12 of the Buenos Aires Convention 2. It reserves the right of its Government to accept or reject any obligation arising from the provisional agreements of the Governing Council pursuant to article 5, paragraph 12 (b), and article 1 (g), and article 5, paragraph 1 (g). 9.

From Mexico:

XIX The delegation of Mexico, when signing the Buenos Aires International Telecommunication Convention, states: 1. "That this does not impose any obligation on his Government with respect to the telegraphic regulations, the telephone regulations or the additional radio regulations referred to in article. 12, Section 2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of that Convention 2. "That it does not accept reservations from any country that directly or indirectly may have as a result the increase in Mexico's contribution beyond the provisions of that convention."

From Pakistan:

XX The delegation of Pakistan solemnly declares that, by signing this agreement, on behalf of its country, Pakistan does not accept any obligation under the telephone regulations mentioned in article. 12 of the Buenos Aires agreement. It also reserves the right of its Government to accept or not the provisions of the convention relating to I.F.R.B.

From the Republic of the Philippines:

XXI The Republic of the Philippines formally declares when signing this convention: that it cannot accept any obligation at present with respect to the telephone and telegraphic regulations referred to in article 2, paragraph 2. 12 of the aforementioned agreement.

From the People ' s Republic of Poland:

XXII By signing the Buenos Aires International Telecommunication Convention, the delegation of the People ' s Republic of Poland is authorized to declare what follows. 1. The delegation of the People ' s Republic of Poland considers it illegal for the representatives of the Kuomintang people to participate in the work of the plenipotentiary conference in Buenos Aires and to have been granted the right to sign the International Telecommunication Convention, as the only legitimate representatives of China are those designated by the Central People ' s Government of the People ' s Republic of China. The right to participate in the conference and the authorization to sign the agreement granted to the representatives of the Viet-Nam of Bao-Dai and South Korea are also illegal, as they do not represent Viet-Nam or Korea. 2. The delegation of the People ' s Republic of Poland also considers it illegal to participate in the conference and to sign the agreement granted to the representatives of the Bonn authorities, who do not represent all of Germany and therefore have no right to act on their behalf. The right to sign the Buenos Aires agreement should also be granted to the representatives of the German Democratic Republic who is a contracting party to the Atlantic City Convention and a member of the U.I.T. 3. By signing the Buenos Aires International Telecommunication Convention, the issue concerning the adoption of the Radio Regulations is still open for the People ' s Republic of Poland. 4. The delegation of the People ' s Republic of Poland cannot agree with the terms of art. 6 of the Buenos Aires agreement or with which new functions are entrusted to the I.F.R.B. The People ' s Republic of Poland considers that the acceptance of art is pending. 6 of the International Telecommunication Convention, until this issue is finally examined and resolved by the next radio conference. 5. The People ' s Republic of Poland shall not be deemed bound by the decisions of art. 5, paragraph 12, inc. (b) 1., in the event that, on the basis of the provisions of the same, the Governing Council of the Union shall conclude any agreement contrary to the interests of the People ' s Republic of Poland, with any international organization. 6. By signing this International Telecommunication Convention, the delegation of the People ' s Republic of Poland reserves the right of its Government to submit further any additional reservations it deems necessary in respect of the terms of the Convention and its annexes, prior to the final ratification by the People ' s Republic of Poland."

From the German Federal Republic:

XXIII In view of the reservations of some delegations concerning Germany, the delegation of the German Federal Republic solemnly declares that the Government of the German Federal Republic is the only legally constituted government that can speak on behalf of Germany and represent the German people in international relations.

From the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine:

XXIV Bearing in mind: That, on the basis of art. 47 of the radio-communication regulations that supplement the International Telecommunication Convention, the entry into force of the most important part of that regulation is subordinate to the decisions of the future special administrative conference referred to in that article, and that, as a result of the adoption of the decisions of the Extraordinary Administrative Conference on Radiocommunications (C A.E.R.) of 1951, the provisions of article were violated. 47 of the radio communications regulations, which removes all legitimacy from the aforementioned decisions of the C.A.E.R. Taking also into consideration: That the plenipotentiary conference of 1952, in adopting the resolution that considers the illegal decisions of the C.A.E.R.

substitution of the provisions of the radio Regulations has violated the provisions of article 13 of the International Telecommunication Convention which establishes the mandatory character of the regulations. The Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine considers the question of acceptance of the provisions of the International Telecommunication Convention relating to the International Frequency Registration Board open to discussion, and of the adoption of the Radiocommunication Regulations.

From the Romanian People ' s Republic:

XXV By signing this agreement on behalf of the Romanian People ' s Republic, the delegation of the Romanian People ' s Republic makes the following statement. 1. (1) The Buenos Aires plenipotentiary conference has illegally resolved to grant the right to sign the International Telecommunication Convention to the so-called Chinese delegation, sent by the Kuomintang. The only legitimate representatives of China, entitled to sign the International Telecommunication Convention, are the representatives designated by the People ' s Central Government of the People ' s Republic of China. (2) The Government of the German Democratic Republic has legally acceded to the Atlantic City International Telecommunication Convention of 1947, and is therefore a contracting party to the 1947 International Telecommunication Convention and enjoys all the rights of the members of the Union. The Bonn authorities do not represent all of Germany and, therefore, the decision of the conference to grant such representatives the right to sign the convention is illegal. (3) The right granted to the representatives of the Viet-Nam of Bao Dai and South Korea to sign the Buenos Aires International Telecommunication Convention is illegal, as such representatives have been sent by puppet governments that do not really represent Viet-Nam or Korea. 2. The conference of plenipotentiaries in Buenos Aires of 1952, in contravention of the procedure established in the current convention on the review of the regulations, has adopted a resolution according to which the illegal decisions of the 1951 Extraordinary Administrative Conference of Radiocommunications adopted in contravention of art. 47 of the Regulations on Radiocommunications Supplementary to the Convention replace the provisions of these Regulations. Under such conditions, the delegation of the Romanian People ' s Republic reserves for its Government the right to accept or not the rules of procedure of radiocommunications, art. 6 of the Convention and other provisions concerning I.F.R.B. It also reserves the right not to take resolution No into consideration. 30 of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of Buenos Aires.

From the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:

XXVI We declare that our signature on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland also applies to the Anglo-Norman Islands and the Man Islands, as well as to British East Africa.

From Czechoslovakia:

XXVII By signing the International Telecommunication Convention, the Czechoslovak delegation solemnly declares the following: 1. The presence, at the conference of plenipotentiaries of the International Telecommunication Union of Buenos Aires, of representatives of the Kuomintang, and the signing of the International Telecommunication Convention on behalf of China by the representatives of the Kuomintang, lack legality, as the only legitimate representatives of China entitled to sign the agreement on behalf of China are the representatives designated by the Central People ' s Government of the People ' s Republic of China. Czechoslovakia also denies the right to sign this International Telecommunication Convention to the representatives of South Korea and the Viet-Nam of Bao Bai, on behalf of Korea and Viet-Nam respectively, as they do not represent these countries. Czechoslovakia does not accept that representatives of the Bonn authorities sign the International Telecommunication Convention on behalf of the whole of Germany, and declares that the Democratic Republic of Germany, which has acceded to the 1947 Atlantic City International Convention, has the full right to be considered a member of the International Telecommunication Union. 2. Czechoslovakia does not accept the decisions of the plenipotentiary conference of the International Telecommunication Union of Buenos Aires regarding the agreement of the extraordinary administrative conference of radiocommunications of Geneva (1951), since such decisions tend to legalize the agreement that is in contradiction with art. 47 of the Atlantic City Radio Regulations (1947), and the right to comply strictly with the provisions of art. 47 of those rules. 3. Czechoslovakia disagrees with the decisions of the plenipotentiary conference of the International Telecommunication Union of Buenos Aires concerning the International Frequency Registration Board, and reserves the right to accept or not art. 6 of the International Telecommunication Convention, in part, be it as a whole.

From Turkey:

XXVIII (1) In view of the provisions of art. 12 of the new agreement of Buenos Aires, I solemnly declare, on behalf of my delegation, that the reservations previously made on behalf of the Turkish Government are maintained in full on the regulations listed in that article. 2. In signing the final minutes of the Buenos Aires agreement, I solemnly declare, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Turkey, that my Government cannot accept any financial impact derived from the reservations or counter-reservations that may be made by any other delegation participating in the present conference.

South African Union and South African Territory:

XXIX The delegation of the South African Union and South-West African Territory declares that by signing this agreement on behalf of the South African Union and South-West African Territory, it does so with the reservation that the South African Union and South-West African Territory do not agree to be bound by the telephone regulations referred to in article. 12 of the Buenos Aires agreement.

From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:

XXX Bearing in mind that, on the basis of art. 47 of the radio-communication regulations that supplement the International Telecommunication Convention, the entry into force of the most important part of the regulations is subject to the decisions of the future special administrative conference referred to in that article, and that, as a result of the adoption of the decisions of the Extraordinary Administrative Conference on Radiocommunications (C A.E.R.) of 1951, the provisions of article were violated. 47 of the radio communications regulations, which removes all legitimacy from the aforementioned decisions of the C.A.E.R. Taking also into consideration: That the plenipotentiary conference of 1952, in adopting the resolution that considers the illegal decisions of the C.A.E.R.

replace the provisions of the radio regulations, have violated the provisions of article 13 of the International Telecommunication Convention which sets the mandatory nature of the regulations, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics considers open the question of acceptance of the provisions of the International Telecommunication Convention relating to the International Frequency Registration Board and the question of the adoption of the Radio Regulations.

From the State of Viet-Nam:

XXXI By signing the present convention on behalf of the State of Viet Nam, the delegation of Viet-Nam reserves the right to accept or not: - any obligation relating to the telephone regulations mentioned in article. 12, and in particular in the case of extending such rules extra-European regime - any provisional agreement between the Governing Council and international organizations, which Viet-Nam considers to be contrary to their interests. In addition, it firmly believes that they lack any legal basis and are in flagrant contradiction with the agreement, the statements made by the delegations of: - the People's Republic of Bulgaria - The Hungarian People's Republic - the People's Republic of Albania - the People's Republic of Poland - the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus - the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine - Czechoslovakia - the U.R.S.A. that denies the legal agreement

From Belgium, Kingdom of Cambodia, China, Republic of Colombia, Congo Belga and Territory of Rwanda-Urundi, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, France, Greece, Republic of India, Iran, Iraq, State of Israel, Japan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Lebanon, Monaco, Portugal, French Overlands of Morocco and Tunisia, Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Sweden, Swiss Confederation, Syrian Republic,

XXXII The delegations they subscribe declare, on behalf of their respective Governments, that they do not accept any consequence of the reservations that may result in an increase in their contributions to the payment of the expenses of the Union. Belgium Cambodia (Kingdom of) China Colombia (Republic of) Congo Belga and Territory of Rwanda-Urundi Costa Rica Cuba Egypt France Greece India (Republic of) Iran Iraq Israel (State of) Japan Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of) Lebanon Monaco Portugal French Protected Republic of Morocco and Tunisia German Federal Republic People ' s Federal Republic of Yugoeslavia Sweden Switzerland (Confederation) Territories administered by Ultramar of the French Republic and

From Afghanistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, the Syrian Republic and Yemen:

XXXIII The above-mentioned delegations declare that the signature and subsequent ratification by their respective Governments of the Buenos Aires Convention is not valid with respect to the member listed in annex 1 to this convention under the name of Israel, and does not imply, in any way, recognition of the same.

From Egypt and Syria:

XXXIV The delegations of Egypt and the Syrian Republic shall, on behalf of their respective Governments, declare their dissatisfaction with art. 5, subsection 12, inc. (b) 1., and with art. 9 subsection 1, inc. (g), authorizing the Governing Council to conclude agreements with international organizations on behalf of the Union. Any such agreement, which they consider to be contrary to their interests, shall not be binding on them.

From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, the Socialist Republic of Ukraine and the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus:

XXXV By signing the International Telecommunication Convention, the delegations of the U.R.S., the R.S.S. of Ukraine and the R.S.S.

of Belarus declare the following: 1. The decision of the plenipotentiary conference to grant the Kuomintang agent the right to sign the International Telecommunication Convention is illegal, because the only legitimate representatives of China are those appointed by the Central People ' s Government of the People ' s Republic of China, who are also the only ones with full right to sign the Telecommunications Agreement on behalf of China 2. The representatives of the Viet-Nam of Bao Dai and South Korea do not, in fact, represent either Viet-Nam or Korea, and, therefore, their participation in the work of the plenipotentiary conference and their right to sign the International Telecommunication Convention, on behalf of Viet-Nam and Korea, are illegal 3. The Government of the German Democratic Republic has acceded to the Atlantic City International Telecommunication Convention (1947) in accordance with the procedure provided for in Additional Protocol II to that Convention, therefore, the German Democratic Republic is a contracting party to the 1947 International Telecommunication Convention and a member of the Union with full rights. The Bonn authorities do not represent or represent all of Germany and, consequently, it is illegal to sign the international telecommunications convention adopted by the Buenos Aires plenipotentiary conference.

From the Federation of Australia, Canada, China, Republic of India, Iraq, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:

XXXVI In view of the fact that certain countries have reserved the right to accept or not the provisions of art. 6 of the Convention, the countries listed below reserve the right to take such measures as may be necessary, provided that it is appropriate in union with other members of the Union, to ensure the smooth functioning of the I.F.R.B., in the event that the countries that have formulated the reservations do not accept, in the future, the provisions of article. 6 of the convention. Australia Federation Canada China United States of America Republic of India Iraq Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Mexico New Zealand Netherlands, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

In faith, the respective plenipotentiaries sign this final protocol in a single copy written in the Chinese, Spanish, French, English and Russian languages. This Protocol, from which a copy will be sent to each signatory government, will be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Argentine Republic. In Buenos Aires, December 22, 1952.

Annex I-Protocols Additional to the International Telecommunication Convention signed in Buenos Aires on December 22, 1952-

Protocol Procedure to be followed by members and associate members to choose their contributory class

1. Members and associate members shall notify the Secretary-General, by 1 July 1953, of the class of contributors that they choose in the table contained in art. 13 of the Buenos Aires International Telecommunication Convention 2. Members and associate members who have not reported their decision on 1 July 1953, pursuant to paragraph 1, shall have an obligation to contribute according to the number of units subscribed by them in the Atlantic City Convention.

Optional Protocol to the International Telegraphic Advisory Committee and the International Telephone Consular Committee

II. The administrative, telegraphic and telephone conference to be convened in 1954 is authorized to approve the merger of the C.I.T. with the C.C.I.F. in a single permanent agency of the Union, if it considers that it is in the interest of the Union. In making such a decision, the conference will take into account the recommendations made in this regard, and in accordance with resolution No. 2, the plenary meetings of C.C.I.T. and C.C.I.F. 2. In the event that such a conference adopts a decision favouring the merger of the C.C.I.T. with the C.C.I.F. (a) The merger shall take effect from the date on which the conference is set, which shall not be prior to 1 January 1955 (b) The incs. d) and (e) of Article 3. 4 of the International Telecommunication Convention shall be considered as amended and integrated into the following single paragraph with effect from the date set by the conference: "3...(d) The International Telegraphic and Telephone Advisory Committee (C.C.I.T.)" (c) Article 1 (1) and (2). 7 of the International Telecommunication Convention shall be amended and entered into force from the same date, constituting a single paragraph with the following text: "1. (1) The international telegraphic and telephone advisory committee (C.C.I.T.) will conduct studies and make recommendations on technical issues of exploitation and fees related to telegraphy, facsimiles and telephony" (d) The study commissions and the specialized secretariats of C.I.T. and C.C.I.F. will be replaced by study commissions and by a unique specialized secretariat of the merged agency, in the form to be determined by the telegraphic and telephone administrative conference taking into account the recommendations made by the plenary assemblies of C.C.I.T. and C.I.F. 3. In the event of the postponement of the administrative telegraphic and telephone conference until a date after 1954, the Governing Council shall be authorized to act, after consultation with the members of the Union, with the same powers as paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Protocol confer upon the administrative telegraphic and telephone conference. 4. In the meantime, and until the merger of C.C.I.T. with C.C.I.F. is decided and entered into force in accordance with the above provisions, the deputy secretary-general responsible for the telegraphic and telephone division of the general secretariat will continue to direct the operation of C.C.I.T., in accordance with resolution No. 172/CA5 of the Governing Council and, except for the provisions of article 4 (c). 7 of the International Telecommunication Convention.

Union Regular Budget Protocol for the Year 1953

III The Union ' s regular budget for 1953 has been set out in the following summary of income and expenditure. Income Swiss Francs Balance of 1952 415000 Contributive Parties 680 units of 7.560 fr 5.140 800 From the provision fund of C.C.I.F. 20.000 Reimbursement of the budget annex to publications 245000 Interests 350000 Contingencies 6555 6,177,355 Expenditures Swiss Francs Board of Directors 200000 General Secretariat 2096400 I.F.R.B. 1917500 C.C.I.F. 459750 C.C.I.T. 78900 C.C.I.R. 488600 5.241.150 Expenditures arising from the decisions of the plenipotentiary conference 466205 (See below) 5,707,355 Interests 250000 5,957,355 Balance 220,000 6,177,355 During its regular meeting of 1953, the Governing Council will review this budget in detail, based on the figures indicated here. Details of the costs arising from the decisions of the Swiss Franc Plenipotentiary Conference (1) Impact of the new salary scale as regards category 8: 6000 (2) Temporary compensation for temporary readjustment of salaries to increase of cost of living (categories 1 to 8) (3%) 66000 3) New classification of certain jobs of the Union staff: salaries 52356 insurance 47644 4) Compensation for children ' s study expenses 52000 (5) Sanitation of the pension fund 100000 6) Increase in the single contributions of the functions of more than 40000 7000

Protocol Regular expenses of the Union during the period 1954-1958

IV. The Board of Directors is authorized to approve the annual budget of the Union, in such a way that the ceiling of the regular expenses, without including the interest of arrears paid to the Swiss Confederation, does not exceed the following amounts during the years 1954-1958: SwF 5,890,000 for the year 1954, SwF 5,995,000 for the year 1955,955,000 for the year 1956, CHF 6,085,000 2. However, in entirely exceptional cases, the Board of Directors is authorized to have a credit not exceeding 3 per cent of the figures set out in paragraph 1.

In such a case, it shall adopt a special resolution by specifying the exact reasons for such a measure. 3. Furthermore, in addition to the supplements authorized in paragraph 2, the Council may include: (a) In each of the budgets from 1955 to 1958 a supplementary amount of up to 60,000 Swiss francs, to deal with an eventual increase in the rental of the premises of the Union, under the conditions provided for in resolution 8 (b) In each of the budgets from 1954 to 1958 a supplementary amount of 200,000 Swiss francs maximum, in order to meet the eventual award to staff for life-saving compensation, under the conditions provided for in resolution No. 20. The Governing Council shall have the duty to make the maximum savings, to reduce expenditures to the lowest possible level. 5. Out of the cases provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3, for the Governing Council to take decisions that could directly or indirectly result in the withdrawal of the ceiling set for each year in paragraph 1, it would have to strictly implement the provisions of paragraph 6. If the credits that may be used by the Governing Council in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 3, are insufficient to ensure the smooth functioning of the Union, the Council may only exceed those provisions with the approval of the majority of the members of the Union, duly consulted. Any consultation with the members of the Union should be accompanied by a complete presentation of the cases justifying the request. 7. No decision shall be taken in respect of administrative conferences or plenary meetings of the advisory committees that involve a direct or indirect increase in regular expenses over the provisions that the Governing Council may have in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 3, or under the conditions provided for in paragraph 6. In adopting a decision that would bring financial implications, the administrative conferences and plenary meetings of the Consultative Committees would undertake an accurate assessment of the additional costs that might arise from them.

In faith of which, the respective plenipotentiaries sign these additional protocols, in the Chinese, English, French, English and Russian languages, in a copy that will be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Argentine Republic and from which a copy will be sent to each signatory government. In Buenos Aires, December twenty-two, nine hundred and fifty-two.