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Documents of the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1973)
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Document DT No. 1-16
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 1-E
5 January 1973
Original : French
1973
PLSNAKY MEETING
Memorandum from the Secretary-General
AGiiNDA OF THtC CONFJifteNOS
After a c o n s u l t a t i o n of the lumbers of the Union, the
Administrative Council a t i t s 27th s e s s i o n (May/June 1972) adopted
Resolution No. 705 concerning, i n t e r a l i a , the agenda of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference.
The text of tnis Resolution i s annexed hereto.
ft. MILI
Secretary-General
Annex : 1
PAGE LAISSEE EN BLANC INTENTIONNELLEMENT
PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
Document No. l-£
Page 3
A N N _£ X
R No. 705
WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
CONFEflENCE
The Administrative Council
having examined
the report of the Secretary-General
(Document No. 4283/CA27);
considering
that the proposals of the Administrative Council contained
i n Circular-telegram No. A60 of 6 June 1972 were approved by a majority of
those Members of the Union who r e p l i e d thereto;
resolves
that the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone
Conference shall meet in Geneva on 2 April 1973 until 11 April 1913
inclusive, with the following agenda :
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to revise the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations,
especially in the light of the recommendations of the
Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T., with respect to
the simplification of the provisions of the Telegraph
regulations (Geneva, 1958), and the Telephone Regulations
(Geneva, 1958), in accordance with Resolution No. 36 of
the Plenipotentiary Conference (Montreux, 1965)* and to
adopt, as necessary, new provisions to meet the
requirements of the telegraph and telephone services;
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to take the necessary steps for subsequent incorporation
in the revised Telegraph and Telephone Regulations of
such provisions of the Radio and Additional Radio
Regulations as the next competent World Administrative
Radio Conference may decide to transfer to the Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations in pursuance of
Resolution No. 37 of the Plenipotentiary Conference
(iVtontreux, 1965);
instructs the Secretary-General
to take a l l necessary steps for convening the Conference;
Annex to Document No. 1-E
Page 4
invites the Conference
to adopt, if necessary, appropriate transitional
provisions in respect of the references to the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations in the Radio Regulations and Additional Radio Regulations,
pending decisions to be taken by the above World Administrative Radio
Conference.
Ref. : Docs. 4283, 43*8, 4351, 4404 and 4402/CA27 - May/June 1972.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
*>—* NO 2-E
Original : French
1973
PLENARY KEETING
PROPOSALS FOR THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE
1.
By letter dated 29 August 1972 (RE/CONF/3) Members of the Union
were invited to send to the Secretary-General, by 10 February 1973, their
proposals for the work of the World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference. These proposals will be sent to administrations as
they are received.
Once the proposals are assembled and coordinated, they will be
published, if practicable, in a working document which will be distributed
before the Conference opens.
2.
As indicated in Administrative Council Resolution No. 705 (see
Document No. 1) the basis for the work of the Conference will be the
Draft Telegraph and Telephone Regulations recently adopted by the
Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. (Geneva, December 1972) which are
submitted to the Conference in the form of proposals from the Plenary
Assembly (see Documents Nos. 3, 4 and 5)*
It should be noted that these draft regulations were prepared
by C.C.I.T.T. Study Groups I and II on the basis of contributions submitted
by several Member countries of the Union, and they were examined by the
IVth C.C.I.T.T. Plenary Assembly before being finally adopted by the
Vth Assembly. For this reason, when publishing the proposals for the work
of the Conference which have been submitted by Members, and when regrouping
them subsequently, the General Secretariat will use the numbering and
order of the draft Telegraph and Telephone Regulations mentioned above.
3.
To facilitate the Conference's examination of the working
document the proposals will be given a reference which will identify
-
the country presenting the proposal,
-
the number of the document in which it was published,
-
its order in that country's series.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
REVISED DRAFT TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS
(does not concern the English text)
Corrigendum t o
Document No. 3-E
5 March 1973
T E L E G R A P H
A N D
T E L E P H O N E
Document Ko
C O N F E R E N C E
GENEVA
Original
s
>E
French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
REVISED DRAFT TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS
The Director of the C.C.I.T.T. has transmitted to me the Revised
Draft Telegraph Regulations (annexed hereto) adopted by the Vth Plenary
Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. (Geneva, December 1972).
In application of No. 191 of the International Telecommunication
Convention (Montreux, 1965), I have the honour to submit this draft in the
form of proposals for the work of the Conference.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Annex : 1
Document No. 3-E
Page 3
ANNEX
PROPOSED TEXT FOR
THE TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS
(Submitted by the Vth C.C.I.T.T. Plenary Assembly)
Article 1
Purpose of the Telegraph Regulations
!•
The Telegraph Regulations lay down the general principles to be
observed in the international telegraph service.
In implementing the principles of the Regulations, Administrations
or recognized private operating agencies should take into account the
Recommendations of C.C.I.T.T. as far as possible.
2.
These Regulations shall apply regardless of the means of transmission
used, so far as the Radio Regulations and the Additional Radio Regulations
do not provide otherwise.
Article 2
International system
3.
The circuits and installations provided for the international
telegraph service shall be sufficiently numerous to meet all requirements
of the service.
4.
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies shall
cooperate in the establishment, operation and maintenance of the circuits
and installations used for the international telegraph service to ensure the
best possible quality of service.
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Article 3
Services accorded to users
5.
The following classes of telegrams shall be obligatory in the
international public telegram service :
1. Telegrams relating to the safety of life.
2.
Government telegrams (including telegrams relative to the
application of the United Nations Charter).
3.
Telegrams concerning persons protected in time of war by the Geneva
Convention of 12 August 1949.
4.
Ordinary private telegrams.
5. Telegraph service correspondence.
6.
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies have the
option of admitting other telegrams and telegrams with special services
referred to in C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
7.
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies which do
not admit telegrams and/or telegrams with special services referred to in 6 in
their own services must let them pass in transit except in case of suspension
of service provided for in Article 33 of the Convention.
8.
Administrations may provide or authorize telex, phototelegraph, data
transmission and/or other telegraph services and may place or authorize to be
placed international circuits at the exclusive disposal of users in those
relations where circuits remain available after the needs of the public
telecommunications services have been satisfied.
Article 4
General operating provisions for telegrams
9.
The original telegram must be written in characters which are used
in the country of origin and which have an equivalent in the table of telegraph
signals given in C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
10.
Each telegram must have an address containing all particulars
necessary to ensure delivery of the telegram to the addressee without enquiry
or requests for information.
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11.
Each telegram must contain a text and may contain a signature.
The text and the signature may be expressed in plain language or in secret
language. These languages may be used together in the same telegram.
12.
All Administrations or recognized private operating agencies
accept, in all their relations, telegrams in plain language. They may
to admit, both in acceptance and in delivery, private telegrams wholly
partly in secret language, but they must allow these telegrams to pass
transit, except in the case of suspension defined in Article 33 of the
Convention.
shall
refuse
or
in
13.
The sender of a telegram in secret language must produce the code
from which the text or part of the text or the signature of the telegram is
compiled if the office of origin or the Administration to which this office
belongs asks him for it. This provision shall not apply to Government
telegrams and service telegrams, both of which may be expressed in secret
language in all relations.
14.
Everything that the sender asks to have transmitted shall be
chargeable, with the exception of the route indication and the name of the
code used for the wording of a secret language telegram, when this information
is required by the country of origin or by the country of destination.
15.
Telegrams shall be delivered by any means available according to
their address, either to a private house, office, business house, etc., of
the addressee, or to the place where he is living or staying temporarily
(hotel, etc.) or to a telegraph restant, or to a poste restante or to a
Post Office box.
16.
Telegrams may be delivered either to the addressee, to an adult
member of his family, to any person in his service, to his lodgers or guests,
or to the receptionist or porter at the hotel or house, unless the addressee
has designated in writing a special representative.
17.
Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 39 and 49 of
the Convention, Administrations shall take the necessary steps to secure a
special priority for government telegrams relative to the application of the
provisions of Chapters VT, VTI and VTII of the United Nations Charter,
exchanged in an emergency, between :
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the President of the Security Council,
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the President of the General Assembly,
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the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
-
the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee,
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the Chairman of a regional sub-committee of the Military Staff
Committee,
-
a representative to the Security Council or to the General
Assembly,
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a member of the Military Staff Committee,
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the Chairman or the Principal Secretary of a committee set up by
the Security Council or the General Assembly,
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a person performing a mission on behalf of the United Nations,
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a minister member of a government,
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the Administrative Head of a trust territory designated as a
strategic area.
Article 5
Stoppage of telegrams
18.
The right to stop transmission of certain private telegrams as
provided for in Article 32 of the Convention, shall be exercised by the
terminal or transit telegraph offices subject to reference to the appropriate
authority which shall decide without appeal.
19.
Safety of life telegrams, government telegrams and service
telegrams shall be entitled to transmission as of right. Telegraph offices
shall exercise no control over these telegrams.
20.
undertake to stop, at their respective offices, the acceptance, transmission
and delivery of telegrams addressed to telegraphic reforwarding agencies and
other organizations set up to forward telegrams on behalf of third parties
so as to evade full payment of the charges due for the complete route. The
office stopping the telegram shall at once inform the office of origin.
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Article 6
Archives
21.
The original or facsimile copies of a) telegrams and b) the relevant
documents relating to handing in, transmission (if practicable) and delivery
which should be retained by the Administrations or recognized private
operating agencies shall be preserved with all precautions necessary to ensure
secrecy, until the accounts relative thereto are settled and, in any case,
for at least six months counted from the month after that in which the
telegram was handed in. Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies may preserve the information by any other means, e.g. magnetic or
electronic records.
22.
However, should an Administration or recognized private operating
agency deem it desirable to destroy such documents before the above-mentioned
period, and hence is not in a position to carry out an enquiry in respect of
the services for which it is responsible, such Administration or recognized
private operating agency shall bear all the consequences both as regards
refund of charges or any difference in international accounts which might
otherwise have been observed.
23.
Subject to the exceptions contemplated in Article 35, paragraph 2,
of the Convention, originals or copies of telegrams may be shown only to the
sender or the addressee, after verification of his identity, or to the
authorized representative of one of them.
Article 7
Composition of accounting rates for telegrams
24.
The Administrations or, at the discretion of Administrations, the
recognized private operating agencies, shall fix their terminal and transit
rates for telegrams taking into account the Recommendations of the C.C.I.T.T.
and the real cost. The terminal rates fixed by an Administration or
recognized private operating agency for a particular relation with another
country shall be the same regardless of the route used.
25.
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies who are
authorized by Administrations shall notify the General Secretariat of their
terminal and transit rates.
26.
The overall accounting rates shall be made up of the sum of :
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27.
a) the terminal rates of the countries of origin and destination;
28.
b) the transit rates of intermediate Administrations or recognized
private operating agencies whose territory, installations or
circuits are used for the transmission of telegrams;
29.
c) where the case arises, the rates for any connecting circuits provided
by radio, by submarine cable or by any other means.
30.
The overall accounting rate to be applied between two countries
should, in principle, be that which, by application of the rates above, gives
the lowest figure.
31.
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies may, by
agreement, fix the overall accounting rate applicable in a given relation and
may divide that rate into terminal shares payable to the terminal countries and,
where appropriate, into transit shares payable to the transit countries.
32.
The overall accounting rate shall exclude any fiscal tax or duty.
Any country which for its own benefit levies a fiscal tax on international
telegrams shall collect this tax in addition to the charges and only from
senders of telegrams deposited in its territory.
Article 8
Collection charges for telegrams
33.
Each Administration or recognized private operating agency shall,
subject to the applicable provisions of national law, fix the charges to be
collected from its public; in fixing these charges Administrations or
recognized private operating agencies should make every effort to avoid too
large a difference between the charges applicable in each direction of the
same relation.
Article 9
Prohibition of rebates for telegrams
34.
Members and Associate Members of the Union undertake to prohibit the
granting, in any form whatsoever, of rebates on the rates appearing in the
official tariff lists of Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies, and reserve the right to take action against recognized private
operating agencies, which either directly or through the medium of their
agents or sub-agents, grant to senders or addressees, in any way whatsoever
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(for example, per word, per telegram, by the addition of words through paid
service advices, by means of discounts, etc.) rebates having the effect of
reducing the above-mentioned rates. Such action may involve the suspension
of service with these private operating agencies.
Article 10
Accounting for telegrams
35.
Unless otherwise agreed upon, the Administration or recognized
private operating agency responsible for collecting the charges shall
establish a monthly account showing all the amounts due and forward it to
the Administrations or recognized private operating agencies concerned.
36.
The accounts shall be sent as promptly as possible but in any case
before the end of the third month following that to which they relate.
37.
In principle, an account shall be considered as accepted without
the need for specific notification of acceptance to the Administration or
recognized private operating agency which sent it.
38.
Nevertheless, any Administration or recognized private operating
agency shall have the right to query the data in question during a period of
two months after the receipt of the account but only to the extent necessary
to bring any differences within mutually agreed limits.
39.
The payment of the balance due on an account shall not be delayed
pending settlement of any query on that account. Adjustments which are
later agreed shall be included in a subsequent account.
40.
In relations where specific agreements do not exist, a quarterly
settlement statement showing the balances from the monthly accounts for the
period to which it relates shall be prepared as quickly as possible by the
creditor Administration or recognized private operating agency and be
forwarded in duplicate to the debtor Administration or recognized private
operating agency which, after verification, shall return one of the copies
endorsed with its acceptance.
41.
Payments shall be effected as promptly as possible but in no case
later than six weeks after the day on which the quarterly settlement statement
is received by the debtor Administration or recognized private operating
agency. Beyond this period the creditor Administration or recognized private
operating agency shall have the right to charge interest at the rate of
6 per cent per annum, reckoned from the day following the date of expiration
of the said period.
See also Appendix 1
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Article 11
Reimbursements of telegram charges
42.
On request or following a complaint regarding the performance of
the service, reimbursement shall be made to the person who made the payment,
taking into account the Recommendations of the C.C.I.T.T.
All claims for
a refund must be presented within four months from the date on which the
telegram was handed in.
Appendices : 2
Page 11
Appendix 1
Payment of balances of accounts
(see Document No. 5)
Page 12
Proposed text for
Appendix 2
to the Telegraph Regulations
GENERAL SECRETARIAT - RECIPROCAL COMMUNICATIONS
Relations of Administrations with one another
through the medium of the General Secretariat
1.
Administrations shall notify the General Secretariat, by telegraph,
of any suspension of services carried out under Article 33 of the Convention,
or other abnormal circumstance affecting the flow of traffic, and of the
return to normal conditions.
2
»
The Secretary-General shall bring such information to the attention
of all other Administrations immediately by telegraph.
3.
Administrations (or recognized private operating agencies who are
authorized by Administrations) shall notify the General Secretariat of any
change in their terminal or transit rates.
4.
These changes in rates shall be notified sufficiently in advance,
if necessary by telegraph, to enable the Secretary-General to inform
Administrations, by means of the Operational Bulletin, within the periods
laid down in the Recommendations of the C.C.I.T.T.
5.
notify the General Secretariat of the opening of new circuits and the closing
of existing circuits in so far as they concern the international service.
The Secretary-General shall publish this information in the Operational
Bulletin.
6.
The General Secretariat shall also publish other information and
statistics in connection with the international services in pursuance of
agreements between Administrations, resolutions adopted at the competent
Administrative Conference and taking account of the Recommendations of the
Consultative Committees.
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1.
Administrations shall notify the General Secretariat of any
additions, amendments or deletions to be made to publications. So far as
practicable, amendments to be introduced in service documents shall be
notified in the format required for these documents. For statistics and
other tabulated information, questionnaires will be issued.
8.
Administrations shall reply fully and promptly to requests by the
Secretary-General for information to be included in service documents.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Corrigendum to
Document No. 4-E
27 February 1973
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Memorandum by the Secretary-General
REVISED DRAFT TELEPHONE REGULATIONS
The Director of the C.C.I.T.T. requests that the following
amendments be made to the text annexed to Document No. 4 :
1.
Page 3, point 1, first paragraph
(does not refer to English text)
2.
Page 4_ Article 3. title
3.
Page 4_ Article 3, paragraph 9, first line
4.
Whenever the word "administration" occurs, it should be followed by
an asterisk (*). The pertinent footnote should read :
*) or recognized private operating agency(ies)
M. MILI
Secretary-General
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 4-E
19 January 1973
Original : French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
REVISED DRAFT TELEPHONE REGULATIONS
The Director of the C.C.I.T.T. has transmitted to me the Revised
Draft Telephone Regulations (annexed hereto) adopted by the Vth Plenary
Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. (Geneva, December 1972).
Convention (Montreux, 1965), I have the honour to submit this draft in
the form of proposals for the work of the Conference.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Annex : 1
Document No. 4-E
Page 3
ANNEX
PROPOSED TEXT FOR THE
TELEPHONE REGULATIONS
Article 1
Purpose of the Telephone Regulations
1.
The Telephone Regulations lay down the general principles to be
observed in the international telephone service.
In implementing the principles of the Regulations, administrations
should take into account the Recommendations of. the C.C.I.T.T. as far as
possible.
2.
These Regulations shall apply regardless of the means of
transmission used, so far as the Radio Regulations and the Additional Radio
Regulations do not provide otherwise.
Article 2
3All administrations shall promote the provision of telephone service
on a world-wide scale and shall endeavour to extend the international service
to their entire national network.
4.
The administrations shall designate the exchanges in the territory
they serve which are to be regarded as international exchanges.
5.
The circuits and installations provided for the international
telephone service shall be sufficient to meet all requirements of the service,
6.
The administrations shall cooperate in the establishment, operation
and maintenance of the circuits and installations used for the international
telephone service to ensure the best possible quality of service.
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7.
The administrations shall determine by mutual agreement which
routes are to be used; in reaching such agreements recognition shall be
given to the right of administrations to make the choice between the
possibilities available for the routing of the outgoing traffic.
Article 3
Services offered to users
8.
The administrations shall determine by mutual agreement the
classes of calls, the special facilities and the special transmission
using telephone circuits, to be admitted in their reciprocal international
telephone relations observing the provisions of Articles 39 and 40 of the
Convention.
9.
The administrations shall determine by mutual agreement the
conditions under which they place international telephone-type circuits
at the exclusive disposal of users for an appropriate charge, in those
relations where telephone-type circuits remain available after the needs of
the public telecommunication services have been satisfied.
Article 4
Operating methods
10.
The administrations shall agree between themselves upon the
operating methods best suited to the needs of the international relations
which concern them, taking account of the conditions and the possibilities
of operation.
Article 5
Composition of accounting rates
11.
The overall accounting rates shall be made up of terminal rates
and any transit rates.
12.
The administrations shall fix their terminal and transit rates.
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13*
However, the administrations may by agreement fix the overall
accounting rate applicable in a given relation and may divide that rate into
terminal shares payable to the administrations of terminal countries, and
where appropriate, into transit shares payable to the administrations of
transit countries.
14.
If no such special agreement as mentioned in paragraph 13 is
reached, the overall accounting rate shall be determined in accordance with
paragraphs 11 and 12 above.
15When an administration has acquired the right to utilize, by
renting or by other arrangement, a part of the circuits and/or installations
of another administration, the former shall fix the rate as mentioned in
paragraphs 11 and 12 above for this part of the relation. In like manner,
under the provisions of paragraph 13 above, the share of the overall
accounting rate for this part accrues to the administration which has
acquired the right to utilize the circuits and/or installations of another
administration. The same provisions apply when several administrations
have jointly acquired the right to utilize a part of the circuits and/or
installations of another administration.
Article 6
Fixing of collection charges
16.
Each administration shall, subject to the applicable provisions
of national law, fix the charges to be collected from its public; in
fixing these charges, administrations should make every effort to avoid too
large a dissymmetry between the charges applicable in each direction of the
same relation.
17.
The charge to the public should in principle be the same, in a
given relation, regardless of the route used for setting up a call.
Article 7
Accounting
18.
Unless otherwise agreed upon, the administration responsible for
collecting the charges shall establish a monthly account showing all the
amounts due and forward it to the administrations concerned.
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19.
20.
In principle an account shall be considered as accepted without
the need for specific notification of acceptance to the administration which
sen-: it.
21.
Nevertheless, any administration shall have the right to query
-:he data in question during a period of two months after the receipt of
the account only to the extent necessary to bring the differences within
mutually agreed limits.
22.
23.
settlement statement showing the balances from the monthly accounts for
the period to which it relates shall be prepared as quickly as possible by
the creditor administration and be forwarded in duplicate to the debtor
administration which, after verification, shall return one of the copies
24.
Payments shall be effected as promptly as possible but in no
case later than six weeks after the day on which the quarterly settlement
statement is received by the debtor administration. Beyond this period,
the creditor administration shall have the right to charge interest at
the rate of 6% per annum, reckoned from the day following the date of
expiration of the said period.
Appendix : 1
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Appendix
(see Document No. 5)
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 5-E
19 January 1973
Original : French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
PAYMENT OF BALANCES OF ACCOUNTS
APPENDIX COMMON TO THE TELEGRAPH
AND TELEPHONE REGULATIONS
The Director of the C.C.I.T.T. has transmitted to me the
attached draft Appendix common to the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations
adopted by the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. (Geneva,
December 1972).
Convention, Montreux 1965*. 1 have the honour to submit this draft as a
proposal for the work of the Conference.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Annex : 1
Document No. 5-E
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A N N E X
PROPOSED TEXT FOR APPENDIX 1
TO THE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE REGULATIONS
The currencies used for the payment of balances of international
telecommunication accounts, which in principle are to be drawn up in gold
francs, and the methods of conversion into such currencies shall be as
follows, in the absence of special arrangements between administrations
and/or recognized private operating agencies :
1) The payment of balances of international telecommunication accounts
shall be made in the currency selected by the creditor after
consultation with the debtor. If there is disagreement the
choice of the creditor shall prevail in all cases subject to the
provisions in paragraph 6.1. If the creditor does not specify
a currency the choice shall rest with the debtor.
2) The amount of the payment, as determined hereafter, in the
selected currency shall be equivalent in value to the balance
of the account.
3)
If the balance of the account is expressed in gold francs, the
amount of the selected currency which is equivalent in value to
that balance shall be determined by relating the value of the
gold franc in effect on the day before payment to :
a)
the gold par value of the selected currency approved by the
International Monetary Fund (hereafter designated as I.M.F.);
b)
or, if more recently established than the I.M.F.-approved gold
par value, the gold value of the central rate of the selected
currency established under I.M.F. Executive Board decision
(hereafter designated as central rate) (see Note 1 ) ;
c)
or the gold par value of the selected currency fixed
unilaterally by the appropriate Government or official
issuing authority (hereafter designated as fixed
unilaterally).
3.1
If the selected currency does not have a value of the kind
'shown in paragraph 3, or if the margins permitted by the I.M.F,
are not being observed (paragraph 3 a ) or b)), the equivalent
value of the selected currency shall be determined by its
relationship on the official or generally accepted foreign
exchange market, as provided in paragraph 6, to another
currency with a value of the kind shown in paragraph 3.
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4)
If the balance of the account is expressed in a currency other
than gold francs and the selected currency is the same as the
currency of the balance of the account, the amount of the
selected currency for payment shall be the amount of the balance
of the account.
5)
If the balance of the account is expressed in a currency other
than gold francs and the selected currency for payment is
different from the currency of the balance of the account, the
amount of the selected currency for payment shall be determined
by relating the gold value of the currency of the balance of the
account to the gold value of the selected currency by reference
to their value as in paragraph 3«
5.1
If either or both of the currencies mentioned in paragraph 5
do not have a value of the kind shown in paragraph 3> the
equivalent value of one currency to the other shall be
determined by their relationship on the official or
generally accepted foreign exchange market, as provided in
paragraph 6.
6) For the purpose of determining the official or generally accepted
foreign exchange market equivalent referred to in paragraphs 3*1
and 5.1* the rate used shall be the closing rate for currency which
can be used in the majority of merchandise trade transactions for
spot delivery cable transfers in the official or generally accepted
foreign exchange market of the main financial centre of the debtor
country on the day prior to payment or the most recent rate quoted.
6.1
If a creditor selects a currency with a gold par rate fixed
unilaterally or a currency the equivalent value of which is
to be determined by its relationship to a currency with a
gold par rate fixed unilaterally, the use of the selected
currency must be acceptable to the debtor.
7)
The debtor shall transmit, on the date of payment, the amount of
the selected currency as computed above by a bank cheque, transfer
or any other means, acceptable to the debtor and the creditor.
If the creditor expresses no preference, the choice shall fall
to the debtor.
8)
Provided the periods of payment are observed administrations or
recognized private operating agencies may by mutual agreement
settle their balances of various kinds by offsetting credits and
debits in their relations with other administrations and/or
recognized private operating agencies. The offsetting may be
extended by mutual agreement to debts arising from postal services
where both administrations or recognized private operating agencies
operate both postal and telecommunication services.
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9)
The payment charges imposed in the debtor country (taxes, clearing
charges, commission, etc.) shall be borne by the debtor. The
charges imposed in the creditor country, including payment
charges imposed by banks in intermediate countries, shall be
borne by the creditor.
10)
If, between the time the remittance (cheque, etc.) is effected
and the time the creditor receives it, a variation occurs in the
equivalent value of the selected currency calculated as described
in paragraphs 3, 3.1. 5, 5.1 or 6, and if the difference resulting
from such variation exceeds 5$ of the amount due as calculated
following such variation, the total difference shall be shared
equally between debtor and creditor.
11)
If there should be a radical change in the international monetary
system (e.g. a substantial general change in the official price
of gold, or if gold ceased to be used generally as a basic
reference for currencies) which invalidates or makes
inappropriate one or more of the foregoing paragraphs,
administrations and recognized private operating agencies shall
be free to adopt, by mutual agreement,different procedures for
the payment of balances of accounts, pending a revision of
this Appendix.
Note 1 : Where the central rate is in terms of another I.M.F.
member's currency (hereafter described as such other currency),
the amount of the selected currency shall be determined by first
relating the gold franc amount to the I.M.F.-approved par value of
such, other currency and then by relating the resulting amount of
such other currency to the selected currency for payment. Where
such other currency has no I.M.F.-approved par value in effect,
paragraph 6 shall apply.
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GENEVA
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1973
PLENARY MEETING
GENERAL SECRETARIAT - RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
RELATIONS BETWEEN ADMINISTRATIONS THROUGH
THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Appendix 2 to the revised Draft Telegraph Regulations contains a
number of provisions relating to relations between Administrations through
the General Secretariat (see Document No. 3) but this is not the case as far
as the Draft Telephone Regulations are concerned (see Document No. 4 ) .
In this connection I venture to communicate to the Conference, for
any action it considers useful, the text of Document AP V-No. 129 submitted
by the General Secretariat to the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T.
(December 1972).
The Vth Plenary Assembly took note of the General Secretariat's
suggestion given in the document, while leaving it to the TT Conference to
produce the final version to be published as an Appendix to the new Telephone
Regulations.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Annex : 1
Document
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No. 6-E
ANNEX
International Telegraph and Telephone
Consultative Committee
(C.C.I.T.T.)
Vth Plenary Assembly
Document AP V-No* 129/-E
Published on 5 December 1972
Original : Eng? ish
Geneva, 1972
Vth PLENARY ASSEMBLY - DOCUMENT No. 129
SOURCE : GENERAL SECRETARIAT
TITLE
: SIMPLIFICATION OF TELEPHONE REGULATIONS (RESOLUTION No. 36
OF PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE) - DOCUMENT AP V-No. 104
1.
The Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. is considering the draft
texts of the Revised Telegraph and Telephone Regulations which were drawn up
in compliance with Resolution No. 36 of the Plenipotentiary Conference.
These drafts constitute the central proposals to be considered by the
World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference in 1973.
2.
The draft of the Revised Telephone Regulations (prepared by
Study Group II) does not retain any specific authority for the publication
of certain service matters and documents by the I.T.U., i.e. the equivalent
of Article 44 of the existing Telephone Regulations which has in fact implied
a) the obligations of Member Administrations for reciprocal
exchange with other Administrations of certain information
through the medium of the General Secretariat;
b) the authority for certain tasks which have financial
repercussions to be undertaken at the Headquarters of the
Union.
3.
The Final Report of Study Group II suggests, in relation with
this matter, consideration of an amendment of the International
Telecommunication Convention.
4.
The General Secretariat agrees that the concept now embodied in
the provisions of Article 44 of the present Telephone Regulations should
be more flexible.
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There Is however a need to ensure the continuity of the principles
contained in paragraph 2.a) and 2.b) above. It would therefore be appropriate
to Include in the Draft Telephone Regulations a general provision (similar to
that adopted by Study Group I in its review of the Telegraph Regulations) :
"The General Secretariat shall publish information and statistics
in connection with the international services in pursuance of
agreements between Administrations,resolutions adopted at the
competent Administrative Conference and taking account of the
Recommendations of Consultative Committees.
additions, amendments or deletions to be made.
So far as practicable, amendments to be introduced in service
documents shall be notified in the format required for these
documents. For statistics and other tabulated information,
questionnaires will be issued.
Administrations shall reply fully and promptly to requests by
the Secretary-General for information to be included in service
documents."
5.
The forthcoming Telegraph and Telephone Conference would be able
to direct (by appropriate Resolution(s)) the nature of information to be
the subject of reciprocal exchange, including the periodicity of collection
and publication. This would provide the flexibility for subsequent changes,
Including those resulting from the assistance given to the General Secretariat
by C.C.I.T.T. Plenary Assemblies. This course of action would be within the
spirit of the Convention, which clearly stipulates the duties and
responsibilities of the General Secretariat for the collection and
publication of statistics and information as directed by a competent
Conference (No. 139 of the Convention) as well as the keeping up-to-date
of such information where appropriate with the assistance of another
Organ (which includes a Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. (No. 136)).
6.
The General Secretariat consequently does not consider that an
amendment of the Convention is required in order to introduce the necessary
flexibility with respect to this publication function.
CONFERENCE
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Original
* Jmuary: French
1973
BUDGET CONTROL
COMMITTEE
Note by the Secretary-General
BUDGET OF THE CONFERENCE
For
the budget of
Conference as
27th session,
the information of the Budget Control Committee,
the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone
approved by the Administrative Council at its
Geneva, 1972, is annexed hereto.
It is pointed out that the expenditure foreseen for
the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference is '
included in the ordinary budget of the Union and is therefore
covered by the annual contributions of Members of the Union
for 1973.
On the other hand, under Nos. 224 and 225 of the
International Telecommunication Convention (Montreux, 1965),
the recognized private operating agencies participating in the
Conference, and also any international organizations which are
not exempt by virtue of Administrative Council Resolution No. 574,
are required to contribute to defraying these expenses. See
Document No. 8 on this subject.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Annex : 1
Document No. 7~E
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ANNEX
SECTION 7.2
CONFERENCE, GENEVA. 1973
r
Swiss francs
1. Staff expenditure
Salaries and related expenditure
Travel
Insurance
215,000
20,000
5,000
240,000
2.
Premises and equipment
Premises, furniture, machines
26,000
Document production
30,000
Office supplies and overheads
25,000
Postage, telephone calls, telegrams
15,000
Technical equipment
1,000
Sundry and unforeseen
5,000
102,000
3. Other expenses
Final Acts of the Conference
19,000
361,000
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GENEVA
Original : French
1973
BUDGET CONTROL
COMMITTEE
CONTRIBUTIONS BY PRIVATE OPERATING AGENCIES AND
NON-EXEMPT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Under the provisions of No. 231 of Article 16 of the International
Telecommunication Convention (Montreux, 1965),
"... the amount of the contribution per unit payable, towards the
expenses of administrative conferences by recognized private
operating agencies which participate in accordance with No. 621
of the General Regulations and by participating international
organizations shall be fixed by dividing the total amount of the
budget of the Conference in question by the total number of units
contributed by Members and Associate Members as their share of
Union expenses. They shall bear interest from the sixtieth day
following the day on which accounts are sent out, at the rates fixed
in No. 222".
The total amount of the budget of the World Administrative
Telegraph and Telephone Conference is 361,000 Swiss francs and the total
number of units contributed by Members is 48o| units. Hence, the amount of
the contribution per unit payable by recognized private operating agencies
and international organizations not exempted under the provisions of
Administrative Council Resolution No. 574 is 750.- Swiss francs.
A list of the private operating agencies and non-exempt international
organizations participating in the Conference will be issued later and will
include the numbers of contributory units chosen.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Addendum to
Document No. 9~E
25 March 1973
CONVENING OF THE CONFERENCE
In Document No. 9,
1.
Replace paragraph 2.2 by the following :
2.2
Recognized private operating agencies
The above-mentioned letters mention the fact that Members may
inform their recognized private operating agencies of the invitation.
To date the following have announced their intention of
participating in the Conference :
-
The East African External Telecommunications Co. Ltd.
-
The Great Northern Telegraph Company (Denmark)
-
Radio Austria A.G. (Austria)
-
Radio Suisse S.A. (Switzerland)
2.
In paragraph 3, delete ;
The International Press Telecommunications Council (I.P.T.C.)
3.
Replace the Annex by the new one attached hereto.
Annex : 1
Document No. 9~E
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ANNEX
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
REPLIES TO INVITATIONS
(updated on 25 March 1973)
Invitation
Member countries
Remarks
accepted
not accepted
Afghanistan
Albania
X
Algeria
X
Germany
(Federal Republic of)
X
Saudi Arabia
X
Argentina
X
Australia
X
Austria
X
Barbados
X
Belgium
X
Bielorussia
X
Burma
Bolivia
X
Botswana
X
Brazil
X
Bulgaria
X
Burundi
X
Cameroon
X
Annex to Document No. 9~E
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Invitation
Remarks
Member countries
accepted
Canada
X
Central African Republic
X
Chili
X
China
X
Cyprus
not accepted
X
Vatican
X
Columbia
X
Congo (Brazzaville)
X
Korea
X
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
X
Cuba
X
Dahomey
X
Denmark
X
Dominican Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
United Arab Emirates
X
French Overseas Territories
X
Ecuador
Spain
X
United States
X
Ethiopia
X
Fiji
X
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Invitation
Remarks
Member Countries
accepted
Finland
France
Gabon
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Upper Volta
Honduras
Hungarian P e o p l e ' s
Republic
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
not accepted
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Invitation
Remarks
Member Countries
accepted
Kenya
not accepted
X
Kluner Republic
X
Kuwait
X
•
Laos
X
Lesotho
X
' •
Lebanon
X
Liberia
Libya
X
Liechtenstein
X
Luxembourg
X
Malaysia
X
Malawi
X
Maldives
Madagascar
X
Mali
X
Malta
Morocco
X
X
Mauritius
X
Mauritania
Mexico
X
Monaco
X
Mongolia
Nauru
X
Nepal
X
"
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'
Invitation
Member countries
Remarks
accepted
not accepted
Nicaragua
X
Niger
X
Nigeria
X
Norway
X
New Zealand
X
Oman
X
Uganda
X
Pakistan
X
'
Panama
Paraguay
X
Netherlands
X
Peru
X
Philippines
X
Poland
(People's Republic of)
X
Portugal
X
Spanish Province in Africa
Portuguese Oversea Provinces
X
X
Syria
Ukraine
X
X
Roumania
United Kingdom
X
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
X
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Invitation
Remarks
Member countries
accepted
not accepted
X
Singapore
Somalia
X
Sudan
X
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
X
South Africa (Republic of)
X
Sweden
X
Switzerland
X
Swaziland
X
Tanzania
X
Chad
X
Czechoslovakia
X
United States Territories
X
Overseas Territories
(United Kingdom)
Thailand
X
Togo
X
Tonga
X
Trinidad and To"bago
Tunisia
X
Turkey
X
U.S.S.R.
X
Uruguay
•Venezuela
X
•Viet-Nam
X
1
Annex t o Document No. 9-E
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Invitation
Remarks
Member countries
accepted
not accepted
Yemen A.R.
Yemen (Aden)
X
Yugoslavia
X
Zaire
X
Zambia
-
X
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GENEVA
Document No. 9-E
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PLENARY MEETING
Report by the Secretary-General
CONVENING OF THE WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE TELEGRAPH
AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
1. Action taken by the Administrative Council
At its 27th Session in 1972 the Administrative Council examined proposals
submitted by varipus countries for the convening of a world administrative telegraph
and telephone conference. After consulting the Members of the Union the Council
decided that the Conference would be held in Geneva from 2 to 11 April 1973 and drew
up its agenda (see Resolution No. 705 annexed to Dooument No. 1 of the Conference).
2.
Invitations to the Conference
2.1
Members of the Union
In agreement with the Government of the Swiss Confederation the SecretaryGeneral sent out invitations to all Members of the Union (with the exception of
Rhodesia) on 28 August 1972. A summary of the replies received as of 25 February 1973
is annexed hereto.
2.2
The above-mentioned letters mention that Members may inform their recognized
private operating agencies of the invitation.
To date only the Great Northern Telegraph Company (Denmark) has announced its
intention of participating in the Conference.
2.3
United Nations, Specialized Agencies
Invitations were also sent on 28 August 1972 to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations, to all the specialized agencies and to the Atomic Energy Agency. The
invitation has been accepted by the World Meteorological Organization.
3»
Notification to international organizations
In accordance with No. 6l4 of the General Regulations annexed to the Convention,
notifications concerning the convening of the Conference were sent to those international
organizations which were considered likely to be interested :
Formal requests for admission were received from :
- The International Air Transport Association (I.A.T.A.)
- The International Press Telecommunications Council (I.P.T.C.)
- The Arab Telecommunications Union.
Document No. 9-E
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In application of No. 6l6 of the General Regulations the Conference is invited
to decide whether these organizations are to be admitted.
4.
Position of certain countries with respect to the Conference
4.1
No. 251 of the International Telecommunication Convention (Montreux, 1965)
states that :
"From the end of a period of two years from the date of entry into force
of this Convention, a signatory government which has not deposited an
instrument of ratification in accordance with 249 shall not be entitled to vote
at any conference of the Union, or at any session of the Administrative
Council, or at any meeting of any of the permanent organs of the Union, or
during consultation by correspondence conducted in accordance with the
provisions of the Convention until it has so deposited such an instrument. Its
rights, other than voting rights, shall not be affected."
Attention should be drawn to the fact that the following countries which
signed the Montreux Convention have not yet ratified it :
Colombia (Republic of)
Costa Rica
Haiti (Republic of)
Liberia (Republic of)
Sudan (Republic of)
4.2
The following countries have not yet acceded to the Montreux Convention :
El Salvador (Republic of)
Honduras (Republic of).
5.
Committee structure
The Conference structure indicated below should permit the efficient
organization of the work of the Conference, but it is of course only a proposal which
the Conference is quite free to modify.
PLENARY MEETINGS
Proposed Secretary : Mr. R. Smith
COMMITTEE 1 -
Steering Committee
(composed of the Conference Chairman and Vice-Chairmen and the Chairmen
and Vice-Chairmen of Committees)
Terms of reference : To ensure the smooth functioning of the work of the
Conference and propose to the Plenary'meeting any
action considered necessary to achieve this.
Proposed secretaries : Mr. R. Smith and Mr. A. Winter-Jensen
COMMITTEE 2 - Credentials
Terms of reference : To check the credentials of each delegation
(see Chapter 5 of the General Regulations).
Proposed secretary : Mr. A. Winter-Jensen
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COMMITTEE 3 - Budget control
Terms of reference : To appraise the organization and the facilities made
available to delegates, examine and approve the
statements of expenditure incurred during the
Conference (see Article 5 of the Rules of Procedure
for Conferences in Chapter 9 of the General
Regulations)
Proposed secretary : Mr. B. Albuquerque
COMMITTEE 4 - Operation
Terms of reference : To examine the proposals relating to operation and
rates.
Proposed secretary : Mr. R. Macheret
COMMITTEE 5 - Financial principles
Terms of reference : To examine the proposals relating to financial
principles and settlement of accounts.
Proposed secretary : Mr. R. Smith
COMMITTEE 6 - Editorial
Terms of reference : To improve, where necessary, the form without
altering the sense, of the texts submitted by the
various committees and to combine them with those parts
of former texts which have not been altered. To
submit these texts to the Plenary meeting for approval.
Proposed secretary : Mr. R. Macheret
6.
Conference Secretariat
In accordance with No. 667 of the General Regulations, the first Plenary
meeting constitutes the Conference secretariat, which consists of staff from the Union's
General Secretariat.
The proposals are as follows :
Executive Secretary
Delegates' service and
Documents Service
Mr. U. Petignat, Deputy Chief, Department of
Conferences and Common Services
Translation service
Mr. J. Revoy, Chief, Languages Division
Interpretation service
Mr. A. M. Quintano, translator/reviser
Personnel service
Mr. J.-P. Christinat, Deputy Chief, Personnel
Department
Finance service
Mr. B. Albuquerque, Deputy Chief, Finance
Department
Official responsible
for relations with
the press
Annex : 1
Mr. A. Winter-Jensen, Head of the Administrative
Council and Conferences Section
Mr. R. Fontaine, Chief, Public Information Division
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Document No. 9~E
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ANNEX
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
REPLIES TO INVITATIONS
Invitation
Remarks
Member countries
Accepted
Not accepted
Afghanistan
Albania
X
Algeria
X
Germany
(Federal Republic of)
X
Saudi Arabia
X
Argentina
X
Australia
X
Austria
X
Barbados
Belgium
X
X
Bielorussia
Burma
Bolivia
X
Botswana
X
Brazil
X
Bulgaria
X
Burundi
Cameroon
Annex t o Document No. 9~E
Page 6
Invitation
Member countries
Remarks
Accepted
Canada
X
X
Chili
X
China
X
Cyprus
Not accepted
X
Vatican
X
Columbia
X
Congo (Brazzaville)
X
Korea
X
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
X
Cuba
X
Dahomey
X
Denmark
X
Dominican Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
United Arab Emirates
X
X
Ecuador
Spain
X
United States
X
Ethiopia
X
Fiji
X
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Invitation
Member Countries
Remarks
Accepted
Finland
X
France
X
Gabon
X
Ghana
X
Greece
X
Not accepted
Guatemala
Guinea
X
Equatorial Guinea
X
Guyana
X
Haiti
Upper Volta
X
Honduras
X
Hungarian People's
Republic
X
India
X
Indonesia
X
Iran
X
Iraq
X
Ireland
X
Iceland
X
Israel
X
Italy
X
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
X
X
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Invitation
Member Countries
Remarks
Accepted
Kenya
X
Khmer Republic
X
Kuwait
X
Not accepted
For Uganda and Tanzania also
Laos
X
Lesotho
X
Lebanon
X
Liberia
Libya
X
Liechtenstein
X
Luxembourg
X
Malaysia
X
Malawi
X
Maldives
X
Madagascar
X
Mali
x
Malta
Morocco
X
X
Mauritius
X
Mauritania .
Mexico
X
Monaco
X
Mongolia
Nauru
X
Nepal
X
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r-
i
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Invitation
Member countries
Remarks
accepted
Nicaragua
not accepted
X
Niger
X
Nigeria
Norway
X
New Zealand
X
Oman
Uganda
X
Pakistan
X
See under Kenya
Panama
Paraguay
X
Netherlands
X
Peru
X
Philippines
X
Poland
(People's Republic of)
X
Portugal
X
Spanish Province in Africa
X
X
Syria
Ukraine
X
X
Roumania
United Kingdom
X
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
X
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Invitation
Remarks
Member countries
accepted
not accepted
X
Singapore
Somalia
Sudan
X
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
X
X
Sweden
X
Switzerland
X
Swaziland
X
Tanzania
X
Chad
X
Czechoslovakia
X
See under Kenya
United States Territories
Overseas Territories
(United Kingdom)
Thailand
X
Togo
X
Tonga
X
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
X
U.S.S.R.
X
Uruguay
Venezuela
X
Viet-Nam
X
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1
Invitation
Remarks
Member countries
accepted
not accepted
Yemen A.R.
Yemen (Aden)
X
Yugoslavia
X
Zaire
X
Zambia
x
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CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 10-E
13 February 1975
Original : English
PLENARY MEETING
United States of America
DRAFT TELEPHONE REGULATIONS
PROPOSALS FOR THE WORK OF THE
CONFERENCE
USA/10/1
MOD
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The Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies shall determine by mutual agreement which routes are
to be used^r-ii^reachi-ng-sttch-agreemeftts-reeognitiori-shall-be
grven-4»-the-ri:ght-&f-Adinfn*8trat3:on»--'bcr-make--the-choice
bfrtwee-n-,bhe-p©ss3:bi:l3:tire8-avairiabie-f1or-th&-rottt3:r_g-of1-the
ratgoing—braffarer
Comment : It is believed that "or recognized private operating
agencies" was omitted in error. With respect to the
portion of the paragraph beyond the semi-colon it is
believed it could be construed as being somewhat
contradictory to the portion preceding the semi-colon
colon with the result that the meaning of the
paragraph is ambiguous. Consequently, the U.S.A.
recommends that the paragraph be amended by deleting
the portion following the semi-coIon and the semiitself be changed to a period. At the least the
language deletion recommended would serve the
purpose of eliminating logically superfluous detail.
In negotiating mutual agreements concerning routes
to be used all possibilities as to routes available
should be considered by the Administrations or
recognized private operating agencies involved. It
is inconsistent with the idea of mutual agreement that
one party might enter the negotiation with a right
while the other party has none.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 11-E
13 February 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
DRAFT TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS
Article 2 - No. 3, preceding this number, insert the following text
USA/11/2
ADD
2A
All administrations or recognized private operating agencies shall
promote the provision of telegraph service on a world-wide scale and shall
endeavour to extend the international service to their entire national
network.
Comment : The above paragraph (except the word "telegraph" is "telephone")
appears in the draft Telephone Regulations as Article 2 - No. 3*
It appears desirable for retention as a Telephone Regulation and
it appears equally desirable for inclusion as a Telegraph
Regulation.
Article 2 - No. 4, following this number, insert the following text
USA/11/3
ADD
4A
The administrations or recognized private operating agencies shall
determine by mutual agreement which routes are to be used.
Document No. 11-E
Page 2
Comment : This paragraph does n o t appear i n t h e d r a f t Telegraph R e g u l a t i o n s
i n any form. I t i s i n t h e d r a f t Telephone R e g u l a t i o n s i n a form
which the U.S.A. has recommended in a n o t h e r document be modified
and i f modified appears d e s i r a b l e f o r r e t e n t i o n t h e r e i n . The
U.S.A. b e l i e v e s t h a t t h e thought embodied i n t h i s paragraph i s as
a p p l i c a b l e t o t e l e g r a p h as i t i s t o t e l e p h o n e .
USA/11/4
MOD
Article 7 - Title
Composition of a c c o u n t i n g r a t e s fea?-=feelegpams
Comment : See below i n t h i s document.
A r t i c l e 7 - No. 24, modify the p r e s e n t t e x t as follows :
USA/11/5
MOD
24
The a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s o r , a t the d i s c r e t i o n of a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s , the
recognized p r i v a t e o p e r a t i n g a g e n c i e s , s h a l l f i x t h e i r t e r m i n a l and t r a n s i t
r a t e s f o r =fce±egpaffl6 t e l e g r a p h s e r v i c e s t a k i n g i n t o account t h e
recommendations of the C . C . I . T . T . and the r e a l c o s t . The t e r m i n a l r a t e s
fixed by an a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o r recognized p r i v a t e o p e r a t i n g agency f o r a
p a r t i c u l a r r e l a t i o n w i t h a n o t h e r country s h a l l be the same, r e g a r d l e s s of the
route used.
Comment : See below i n t h i s document
USA/11/6
MOD
28.
b)
the t r a n s i t r a t e s of i n t e r m e d i a t e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s or
recognized p r i v a t e o p e r a t i n g a g e n c i e s whose t e r r i t o r y ,
i n s t a l l a t i o n s or c i r c u i t s are used f o r the =fe3?aReffl£ss£en
e£-=fcelega?affle t e l e g r a p h s e r v i c e s :
Comment : See below i n t h i s document.
USA/11/7
MOD
32
The o v e r a l l a c c o u n t i n g r a t e s h a l l exclude any f i s c a l t a x or d u t y .
Any country which f o r i t s own b e n e f i t l e v i e s a f i s c a l t a x on i n t e r n a t i o n a l
=feeleg3?affl© t e l e g r a p h s e r v i c e s s h a l l c o l l e c t t h i s t a x i n a d d i t i o n t o the charges
Document No. 11-E
Page 3
and only from seneLeses-ef-telegpaffls-depeeited persons responsible for
payment of charges on telegraph services in i t s t e r r i t o r y .
Comment : See below in t h i s document.
USA/11/8
MOD
Article 8 - Title
Collection charges #ep-=feeleg3?aiHS
Comment : See below in t h i s document
USA/11/9
MOD
Article 9 - T i t l e
Prohibition of rebates fep-telegFams
USA/11/10
MOD
34
Members and Associate Members of the Union undertake t o prohibit
the granting, in any form whatsoever, of rebates on the r a t e s appearing in
the o f f i c i a l t a r i f f l i s t s of administrations or recognized private operating
operating agencies, which e i t h e r d i r e c t l y or through the medium of t h e i r agents
or sub-agents, grant to senders or addressees, in any way whatsoever (for
example, per word, per telegram, by the addition of words through paid service
advices, by f a i l i n g to charge for a l l elapsed time, by means of discounts, e t c . )
rebates having the effect of reducing the above-mentioned r a t e s . Such action
may involve the suspension of service with these private operating agencies.
Comment : See below in t h i s document.
USA/11/11
MOD
Accounting fer-êlegparas
USA/11/12
MOD
Document No. 11-E
Page 4
USA/11/13
MOD
42
taking into account the recommendations of the C.C.I.T.T. All claims for a
refund must be presented within four months from the date on which the
%elegpam service was haRded-in rendered.
Comment : See below in this document.
General comments on proposals USA/ll/4 to 13
1.
The purpose of the foregoing proposed deletions from Article
titles and modifications of texts is to make the Telegraph Regulations
applicable to all telegraph services and particularly to telex.
2.
The Telegraph Regulations (Madrid, 1932) dealt only with
telegrams although there was one short provision (Chapter XVII, Article 64)
stating that an optional service of phototelegrams is admitted between
administrations which have declared their willingness to organize it. It
was added that the charges and conditions applicable to phototelegrams are
fixed by direct agreement between the administrations concerned.
3.
The Telegraph Regulations (Cairo Revision, 1938) continued to be
couched in language which limited their application to telegrams with the
exception that a Chapter XVIII was inserted dealing with phototelegrams in
the European regime in the same detail as the Regulations as a whole dealt
with telegrams. With respect to phototelegrams' in the extra-European regime
the provision was continued that the rates and regulations pertaining to
them should be determined by direct agreement between the administrations
concerned. An optional telegraph service between countries of the European
regime was inserted called Service to Subscribers to Telegraph by Start-Stop
Apparatus with the proviso that the rates and provisions relating to this
service were to be fixed in direct agreement between the administrations
concerned. This service came later to be known as the telex service.
4.
The Telegraph Regulations (Paris Revision, 1949) continued the
precedent set in the Madrid and Cairo editions of being written in terms of
telegrams only. The Paris 1949 edition brought forward the Cairo 1938 chapter
Document No. 11-E
Page 5
on phototelegrams in the European system along with the provision for the
same service in the extra-European system on an optional basis with rates
and conditions to be determined by direct agreement. The Cairo 1938
recognition of the telex service was also retained,in the Paris 1949
Revision.
5.
The Telegraph Regulations (Geneva Revision, 1958) includes, for
the first time, in Article 1, paragraph 3» a statement that the provisions
of those Regulations "shall apply to the switched telegraph service". While
the telex service may be considered as, a switched telegraph service, it is
evident that the new paragraph did not have the effect of making the
provisions of the Telegraph Regulations applicable to telex because the
Cairo 1938 and Paris 1949 references to the telex service as a Subscribers'
Telegraph Service by Start-Stop Apparatus were continued. One completely
new subject was brought into the Geneva 1958 Revision of the Telegraph
Regulations in the form of Chapter XXVIII, Article 86 with the title
Leased Telegraph Circuit Service. It was provided that the charges and
conditions for this newly recognized service should be determined by
agreement between the administrations or recognized private operating agencies
concerned.
6.
The foregoing brief review of the Telegraph Regulations from their
inception at Madrid in 1932 through their various revisions up to the present
time, including the draft Telegraph Regulations before this Conference,
reveals clearly that they have continued to be directed, in letter and form
at least, primarily to the telegram service and little recognition has been
given to the newer record services even though the latter are growing rapidly
in importance while the telegram service is generally on the decline. By
calling attention to the foregoing we do not intend to question what
C.C.I.T.T. Study Group I and the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. did
in preparing the draft Telegraph Regulations before this Conference which was
to leave them basically as an international agreement concerning the
telegram service. This is so because the assignment of the C.C.I.T.T. made
to it by the I.T.U. Plenipotentiary Conference of Montreux in 1965 in
Resolution No. 3^> was that the C.C.I.T.T. should recommend material to be
removed from the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations and not to update and
modernize them. Updating and modernization fall within the scope of the
work of this Conference.
Document No. 11-E
Page 6
7.
Telex i s the switched network customer-to-customer short-period
record service while telephone i s the switched network customer-to-customer
short-period voice service. Telephone has a set of regulations designed for
i t alone. Consistency would seem to c a l l for the draft Telegraph Regulations
to be amended with the objective that they would have an application to the
telex service comparable to the scope of the application of the Telephone
Regulations to the telephone service. I t seems probable t h a t the substance
of such Articles of the draft Telegraph Regulations as No. 1, Accounting
Rates; No. 8, Collection Charges; No. 9, Prohibition of Rebates; No. 10,
Accounting; and No. 11, Reimbursements of Charges; are now being applied
to the telex service so t h a t the amendments recommended in r e a l i t y have the
effect merely of bringing the Telegraph Regulations into alignment with
existing p r a c t i c e . I t i s to be noted t h a t the Appendix on Payment of
Balances of Accounts attached t o the draft Telegraph Regulations i s written
in terms broad enough to make i t applicable t o the t e l e x service and t o
other services as well as the telegram service."
CONFERENCE
1973
GENEVA
Document No. 12-E(Rev.)
6 March 1973
Original : English
PLENARY MEETING
DRAFT TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE REGULATIONS
APPENDIX 1
PROPOSALS POR THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE
The revised version does not concern the English
text.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
13 February 1973
Original : English
PLENARY MEETING
APPENDIX 1
USA/12/14
MOD
Paragraph 3.1
If the selected currency does not have a value of the kind
shown in paragraph 3, or if the margins permitted- recognized
by the Articles or Executive Board decisions of the I.M.F.
are not being observed (paragraph 3a) or 3b)), the equivalent
value of the selected currency shall be determined by its
relationship on the official or generally accepted foreign
exchange market, as provided in paragraph 6, to another
currency with a value of the kind shown in paragraph 3.
Comment : Paragraph 3.1 contains an ambiguity in the phrase
"or if the margins permitted by the I.M.F. are not
being observed". If the intent of the phrase with
respect to margins refers to the 1% float pursuant
to the Articles of the I.M.F., the use of the word
"permitted"' may be appropriate, but the intent would
be clarified by adding modifying language as follows
"or if the margins permitted by the Articles of the
I.M.F. are not being observed . . . "
If, however, the intent is to also refer to the wider
margins resulting from a decision of the I.M.F.
Executive Board after the Smithsonian Agreement of
Document No. 12-E
Page 2
December 1971* then the phrase should be clarified
by revising the text to read "or if the margins
recognized by the Articles or Executive Board
decisions of the I.M.F. are not being observed ..."
The United States of America believes the intent of
the ambiguous phrase was to take cognizance both of the
Articles and of the Executive Board decisions of the
I.M.F. and consequently recommends the modification
of text described above.
USA/12/15
MOD
Paragraph 5.1
If either or both of the currencies mentioned in paragraph 5
do not have a value of the kind shown in paragraph 3, or if
the margins recognized by the Articles or Executive Board
decisions of the I.M.F. are not being observed, the equivalent
value of one currency to the other shall be determined by
their relationship on the official or generally accepted
foreign exchange market, as provided in paragraph 6.
Comment : This amendment is proposed in order to make
paragraph 5.1 consistent with paragraph 3.1.' Both
paragraph 3 and paragraph 5 of Appendix 1 concern
conversion to currency of settlement using the gold
• value of currencies. Thus if it is appropriate to
• have a "margin" exception with respect to
paragraph 3, the same should logically follow for
paragraph 5. The text to be used in paragraph 5.1
would, of course, depend on the text ultimately
adopted for paragraph 3.1.
USA/12/16
MOD
Paragraph 7
The debtor shall transmit, on the date of payment, the amount
of the selected currency as computed above by a bank cheque,
transfer or any other means, acceptable to the debtor and the
creditor. If there is a disagreement the choice of the
creditor shall prevail in all cases. If the creditor expresses
no preference, the choice shall fall to the debtor.
Comment : The purpose of this amendment is to establish
consistency between paragraphs 1 and 7. It would
appear desirable that some provision should be made
to cover the contingency that there may be a
disagreement between the debtor and the creditor as
to the means of payment.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 13-E
19 February 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Federal Republic of Germany
Document No. 3> page 5
Number 15, end of sentence should
read :
RFA/13/l
MOD
... or staying temporarily (hotel, etc)
or telegraph restant, or poste restante
or to a Post Office box.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 14-E
19 February 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
RFA/14/2
Document No. 4, page 3, Number 4,
In the text, mention is only made of
"Administrations"; the text should be complemented
by: ..."and/or recognized private operating
agencies".
RFA/14/3
Document No. 6, pages 3/4, paragraph 4
In the text, mention is only made of
"Administrations"; the text should be complemented
by; ..."and/or recognized private operating
agencies".
Document No. 15-E
1 March 1973
Original : French
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
PLENARY MEETING
SERVICE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL
TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY
I attach hereto, for the attention of the Conference, the text of a
circular-letter which has just been dispatched to the administrations of
Members of the Union.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Annex : Circular-letter No. 376/RM of 28.February 1973
INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
U N I 6 N INTERNAOIONAL
DE TELECOMUNICACIONES
U N I O N INTERNATIONALE
DE8 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SECRETARIAT GENERAL
ADRESSE TELEGRAPHIQUE: BURINTERNA GENEVE
TELEPHONE 34 70 00 -
34 80 00
TtLEX 23000
GENEVE,
PLACE DES
Reference 4 rappeler dans la riponse:
When replying, please quote:
28 February 1973
NATIONS
C i r c u l a r L e t t e r No. 376/RM
Indiquese en la respuesta esta referenda :
Concerns
The preparation of I.T.U. Service Documents for
international telegraphy' and telephony subsequent
to the entry into force of the revised Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations to "be approved by the
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference,
Geneva, 1973
Dear Sir,
At the forthcoming Administrative Telegraph and Telephone
Conference, Members will wish to consider which I.T.U. service
documents should henceforth be prepared and published in pursuance
of the new revised Telegraph and Telephone Regulations.
In this connection, it is not always sufficiently
appreciated that I.T.U. service documents, including certain
statistics, are intended to serve operational purposes. The Union
does not publish such documents with the intent of providing general
information.
The basic purpose underlying the preparation and
publication of service documents by the Secretary-General has been
clarified as a result of the review of the Telegraph Regulations
undertaken in accordance with Resolution No. 36 of the Plenipotentiary
Conference, Montreux, 1965.
The draft revised Telegraph Regulations contain, as already
mentioned, provisions related to the preparation and publication of
service documents. Since the revised draft Regulations are designed
to remain valid over many years, no specific publications are
mentioned in the Regulations.
Prlere d'adresser toute correspondence offlcielle a
Please address all official correspondence to
Toda correspondencia oflcial debe dlriglrse a
Monsieur le Secretaire general
Union internationale des telecommunications
1211 GENEVE 20
Suisse - Switzerland - Sulza
- 2 -
Instead, Appendix 2 (paragraph 6) provides that this type
of information can be published in pursuance of a resolution
adopted at the competent Administrative Conference, This is
consistent with 136 to 139 of the International Telecommunication
Convention. A list of publications which was considered appropriate
to include in such a resolution is shown in the Annex to this letter.
The present Telegraph Regulations (Geneva Revision, 1958)
provide for certain service documents which are no longer published
as a result of consultations with the Members. These documents,
"Official maps of International Telecommunication Channels" and
"List of International Telecommunication Channels", were discontinued
by the General Secretariat because they had ceased to be required by
Administrations.
The revised draft Telephone Regulations, in contrast to
the draft Telegraph Regulations, no longer contain any provisions
governing the reciprocal exchange of information between administrations
through the medium of I.T.U, service documents. In a document^-) to
the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. the General Secretariat
drew special attention to this as well as to the need for some
provision in the Telephone Regulations to ensure the continuity of
the related obligations which have so far been embodied in the
Regulations, as well as to provide a specific Authority for the
General Secretariat to collect and publish data required by
administrations through the I,T.U,
The present Telephone Regulations (Geneva
Revision, 1958) provide for the publication by the General
Secretariat of three service documents specific to telephony. Of
these, the "List of International Telephone Routes" is now prepared
in accordance with C.C.I.T.T, Recommendation E.402. The "General
Telephone Statistics", have since the IVth Plenary Assembly of the
C.C.I.T.T, been prepared in accordance with Recommendation E.400
and this information now appears in the publication "Telecommunication
Statistics".
The preparation and publication of the "Official maps
relating to the International Telephone Network" was abandoned a
number of years ago as there was no longer any demand for them.
It is hoped that the above information on I.T.U. Service
documents for international telegraphy and telephony will prove
' C.C.I.T.T. Document AP V-No. 129 reproduced as Document No,
of the Telegraph and Telephone Conference
- 3
useful to administrations when they are considering their needs
for specific types of service information in preparation for
the Telephone and Telegraph Conference.
Yours sincerely,
For the Secretary-General
R.E. BUTLER
Deputy Secretary-General
Annex : 1
ANNEX
LIST OP PUBLICATIONS TO BE PREPARED BY TEE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Title
Transferred Account brochure
Title
List of Definitions of Essential
Telecommunication Terms
Transferred Account credit cards
*) Telecommunication Statistics
Transferred Account table
Codes and abbreviations for the
use of the international
telecommunication services
List of destination indicators
for the telegram retransmission
system and of telex network
identification codes
List of telegraph offices open
for international service
List of cables forming the world
submarine network
List of point-to-point radio
telegraph channels
*) Note
Routing table for offices connected
to the Gentex Service
Table of international telex
relations and traffic
Table of service restrictions
Table of Terminal and Transit
Rates
Table of Optional Provisions of
the Telegraph Regulations and
of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations
*) Yearbook of Common Carrier
Telecommunication Statistics
As from 197^» the General Secretariat intends to include
in a single publication, the statistical data it has to
collect, thus avoiding any duplication that may exist
between the items laid down in the various pertinent
recommendations and regulations.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. l6-E
1 March 1975
Original : Russian
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
PROPOSALS POR THE WORK OP THE CONFERENCE
The Telecommunication Administration of the U.S.S.R. has carefully
examined the draft Telegraph and Telephone Regulations which it received as
working documents of the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone
Conference. It is pleased to note that the C.C.I.T.T. has done a great
deal of useful work towards simplifying those Regulations, as it was asked
to do in Resolution No. 36 of the Montreux Conference (1965).
At its forthcoming meeting the Telegraph and Telephone Conference
will have very little time in which to finalize the preparation of the
Regulations, and see that they are adopted by the greatest possible number
of Members of the Union.
The role of the Regulations, which supplement the Basic Instrument
of the Union, must be maintained.
The basic organizational, operational and legal principles embodied
in the Regulations must therefore be set out in a sufficiently complete and
precise manner. The Telecommunication Administration of the U.S.S.R.
considers that certain provisions of principle, which are not reflected in
the draft, must be included in the texts, and particularly those set out
below.
URS/16/l
1.
In view of the importance of the C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations for the telegraph and telephone services and
the Instructions drawn up by the Committee, it would seem
advisable that the relationship between the Regulations and the
C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations and Instructions should be more clearly
defined. Moreover, the titles of the documents governing
Document No. 16-E
Page 2
the organization and operation of the international telegraph and
telephone services should be parallel, for example "instructions
(or Rules) on the International Telephone Service" and "instructions
(or Rules) on the International Telegraph Service".
We consider that the Article 1.1 of the draft Telephone
and Telegraph Regulations is manifestly inadequate and is liable
to lessen responsibilities as regards the provision of international
telecommunication services.
The Telecommunication Administration of the U.S.S.R.
accordingly proposes the deletion in No. 1 of the provision reading
"In implementing the principles of the Regulations, administrations
or recognized private operating agencies should take into account
the Recommendations of C.C.I.T.T. as far as possible" and that each
set of Regulations should include wording as follows :
"in any cases not covered by the Regulations, administrations and recognized private operating agencies should conform
strictly to the Instructions for the International Telegraph (or
Telephone) Service."
In order to preserve the important role of the Telegraph
URS/16/2 2.
and Telephone Regulations, the Telecommunication Administration of
the U.S.S.R. considers that it would be desirable to define therein
the responsibility of administrations for the activities of the
private operating agencies recognized by them, for the provision
of international telecommunication services and compliance with
the Regulations and Instructions (or Rules) of the C.C.I.T.T.
In the draft Telephone and Telegraph Regulations we
URS/16/3 3.
consider it essential to maintain the basic provisions governing
the procedure for the compilation of telegrams, the transmission
of Government telegrams and the priority to be given to Government
telephone calls; this will increase the responsibility of
administrations and recognized private operating agencies as far
as the efficiency of this important service is concerned.
The Conference should also be asked to consider the
question of retaining certain fundamental provisions in the
Regulations relating to other special categories of telegrams and
telephone calls, such as distress telegrams and telephone calls
Document No. 16-E
Page 3
(SVH), telegrams concerning persons protected by the Geneva
Conventions of 12 August 1949, along with other basic provisions,
including those relating to the fixing of charges for telegrams
and telephone calls.
Needless to say it is unnecessary to maintain provisions
of minor importance in the Regulations.
URS/16/4 4.
considers that the definitions of the terms used in the Regulations
should be maintained in the Annexes thereto.
URS/16/5
5The Regulations should include an article authorizing
parties to those Regulations to conclude regional or bilateral
agreements with the aim of extending and improving service
conditions, it being made clear that the provisions of such
agreements shall be no less advantageous for users than those of
the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations and Instructions.
This proposal is based on the principles set out in
Article 45 of the present Convention; it extends and completes
them.
URS/l6/6 6.
understands that when the time comes to finalize the Regulations,
certain articles will be added concerning the procedure for their
entry into force, approval and revision.
URS/16/7 7«
The Telecommunication Administration of the U.S.S.R.,
bearing in mind Resolution No. 31 of the Montreux Conference, is
of the opinion that the work done on the Regulations and in
particular on the C.C.I.T.T. Instructions and Recommendations
concerning the Regulations for the Telegraph and Telephone Services
cannot be considered to be completed; for this reason the
Telegraph and Telephone Conference should adopt a Resolution
instructing the C.C.I.T.T. to continue the work in question, with
a view to introducing yet more improvements in the Regulations and
in the C.C.I.T.T.'s Instructions and Recommendations.
Document No. 16-E
Page 4
In conclusion, the Telecommunication Administration of the U.S.S.R.
wishes to point out that, with the development of telecommunication facilities,
the role and responsibilities of the I.T.U. in the matter of organizing and
operating the telegraph and telephone services are becoming increasingly
important and, that being so, it is in the interests of all the Members of
the Union to fashion the Regulations and other I.T.U. documents accordingly.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 17-E
1 March 1973
1973
PLENARY MEETING
I have the honour to submit to the Conference a memorandum,
dated 27 February 1973, by the Director of the C.C.I.T.T.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Annex : 1 (with 2 annexes)
Document No. 17-E
Page 3
ANNEX
INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
/Wjfcnj^k
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
IU>M^!
COMITG CONSULTIVO
INTERNACIONAL
TELEGRAFICO Y TELEFONICO
COMITE CONSULTATIF INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHIQUE ET TELEPHONIQUE
(C.C.I.T.T.)
Q 34 80 00
f Comtel, Geneve
Tx 23000
1211 Geneve 20, le 27 F e b r u a r y 1975
2. rue de Varembe
NOTE
No A'. 14-182/01
_
Subject : Telegraph and
Telephone Conference
For the Secretary-General
I should be grateful if you would submit the two attached tables
to the forthcoming Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference.
The discussions at the Conference will certainly be facilitated
if delegates can refer to tables giving a list and brief description of
the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations applicable to the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations (Geneva Revision, 1958).
The Recommendations given are those resulting from the work
of the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. (Geneva, 1972) as they
will appear in the C.C.I.T.T. Green Book.
In addition, attention is drawn to the fact that
Document AP V-No. 29 of the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T.
(Preliminary Report of Study Group I) gives a reference table between
the Telegraph Regulations at present in force (Geneva Revision, 1958)
and the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations, a table showing the origins of the
revised draft Telegraph Regulations and three tables showing the origins
of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations F.l, F.42 and F.100.
R. CROZE
Director of the C,C.I.T.T.
Annexes : 2
Page 4
Annex 1
LIST OF C.C.I.T.T. RECOMMENDATIONS
IN THE GREEN BOOK (GENEVA 1973)
APPLICABLE TO THE CURRENT TELEPHONE
REGULATIONS (GENEVA 1958)
(The Recommendations have been grouped under the relevant
Chapters of the Regulations. For clarity, the headings of
these Chapters, and of some of the articles, are given below.)
Definitions
E.100
Definition of terms used in international telephone operation
Composition and use of the system
E.110
E.lll
E.112
E.171
E.170
Organization o'f the international telephone network
Extension of international telephone services
Arrangements to be made for controlling telephone services
between two countries
The international routing plan
Overflow - Alternative routing - Rerouting - Automatic
repeat attempt
Periodical measurements for the maintenance of circuits
Recommendations in Volume IV of the Green Book
Duration of service - Legal time
E.l4l
Instructions for the international telephone service Articles 35 and 36
Directories
E.113
E.114
Compilation of directories
Supply of directories
Classes of calls and special facilities accorded
to users for the exchange of calls
E.140
Principles for operation of international telephone services
Distress calls
E.l4l
Instructions for the international telephone service - Article 42
Government calls
E.l4l
Instructions for the international telephone service - Article 4^5
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Service calls
E.141
Private calls
E.l4l
Special facilities accorded to users
E.l4l
Instructions for the international telephone service - Articles 51 to 59
Choice of service
E.143
E.144
E.145
Demand operation of international circuits
Advantages of international semi-automatic service
Advantages of international automatic service
E.l4l
Booking of a call
Form of booking
E.l4l
Validity of bookings
E.l4l
Specification of time for completion
E.l4l
Modification of bookings
E.l4l
Establishment of calls
Principles of operation
E.142
E.l4l
Time-to-answer by operators
Instructions for the international telephone service - Articles 37»
169 to 173, 208 to 215
Priority of calls
E.l4l
Programme transmissions associated with sound
broadcasting and television broadcasting
E.330
Sound and television programme transmissions
Phototelegraph transmissions
E."520
Speeding up the establishment and clearing of phototelegraph calls
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E.321
E.322
E.323
Rates for phototelegrams and private phototelegraph calls
Provisions relating to private phototelegraph calls
Rules for phototelegraph communications set up over circuits
normally used for telephone traffic
Tariffs and charging - Adjustments of charges and reimbursements
Unit charge - method of charging
E.200
E.201
Charging for international calls in manual or semi-automatic operating
Charging in the automatic international telephone service
Composition of call rates
E.250
New system for accounting in international telephony
E.250 bis "Old" system for accounting in international telephony
Collection of charges
E.141
Instructions for the international telephone service - Articles 89, 91,
93, 95
Charging during the periods of heavy and light traffic
E.141
E.206
Instructions for the international telephone service - Articles 8l and 82
Introduction of reduced rates for periods of light traffic in the
international telephone service
Determination of the chargeable duration of a call
E.202
Chargeable duration of calls
E.141
Charges for lightning and urgent calls
E.l4l
Charges for distress and Government calls
E.l4l
Instructions for the international telephone service - Articles 96 and 97
Charges for calls when special facilities are requested
E.141
Charges for modification of call bookings
E.l4l
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Charges in particular cases - adjustment of charges and reimbursement
E.141
Instructions for the international telephone service - Articles 90
and 94
Charges for leased circuits
D.l
D.2
D.3
D.4
General principles for the lease of international (continental and
intercontinental) telecommunication circuits for private service
Conditions for the lease of continental telecommunication circuits
for private service
Conditions for the lease of intercontinental telecommunication
circuits for private service
Special conditions applicable to the lease of international radio
or television circuits for private service
Charging for programme transmissions associated with sound
broadcasting and television broadcasting
E.330
Sound and television programme transmission - Section 5 Charging principles
Accounting
E.270
E.271
E.272
Monthly telephone accounts
Adjustments and refunds
Accounting for calls circulated over international routes for
which accounting rates have not been established
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Annex
2
Lists of contents of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations covering the
operational aspects of the Telegraph Regulations (1958 Revision)
*
*
RECOMMENDATION F.l - Operational Provisions for the International
Public Telegram Service
Summary :
Division A
General provisions applying to all methods
of working.
Division B
Operational provisions applying to Morse and
sounder working.
Division C
Operational provisions applying to printing
telegraph systems.
Division D
Telegraph service correspondence.
Annex to Document No. 17~£
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DIVISION A - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL METHODS OF WORKING
Chapter
I
-
Hours of service of offices
1.
II
-
Classification of correspondence in the international
public telegram service
1.
III
-
Duration and closing of service - Legal time
Telegrams and special services
1.1
Obligatory telegrams
1.2
Optional telegrams and special services
Preparation and handing in of telegrams
1.
Plain and secret languages - Acceptance of
these languages
2.
Plain language
3o
Secret language
4.
Characters which may be used, for the preparation
of telegrams
5.
Order of arrangement of the various parts of a
telegram
6.
Preamble
7.
Service indications
8.
Wording of the address
8.1
General provisions
8.2
Different categories of address
8o3
Full address
8.4
Registered address
8.5
Telephonic address
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Chapter
9.
10.
11.
IV
V
VI
-
-
-
8.6
Telex address
8.7
Poste restante, registered poste restante or
telegraph restant address
8.8
Post Office box address
Wording of the text
Wording of the signature
Identification and address of the sender
Counting of words
1.
General provisions
2.
Words, groups and expressions counted as one word
(both actual and chargeable) regardless of the
number of characters
3.
Words, groups and expressions counted in the number
of chargeable words at the rate of one word for each
15 characters
4.
Words, groups and expressions counted in the number
of chargeable words at the rate of one word for each
5 characters
5.
Indication of the number of words in the preamble
6.
Irregularities in the counting of words Correction of errors
7.
Examples of counting of chargeable words
Routing of telegrams
1.
Route to be followed by telegrams
2.
Routing errors
Transmission of telegrams
1.
Order of transmission of telegrams
2.
Order of transmission
a telegram
3.
Transmission of the preamble
4.
Transmission of the other parts of a telegram
5.
Reception
6.
Routine repetition and collation
7.
Errors and interruptions
of the various parts of
Annex t o Document No.- 1-7-E
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Chapter
VII
-
Interruption of telegraph communications
1.
VIII
IX
-
-
Delivery at destination 1.
General provisions
2.
Methods of delivery
3.
Non-delivery and delayed delivery
Cancellation of telegrams at the request of the sender
1.
X
XI
-
-
Diversion of telegrams
Cancellation of telegrams
Obligatory telegrams
1.
Telegrams relating to the safety of life
2.
Government telegrams
3.
Telegrams concerning persons protected in time of
war by the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949
4.
Ordinary private telegrams
5.
Telegraph service correspondence
Optional telegrams
1.
Meteorological telegrams
2.
Money order telegrams and postal cheque telegrams
3.
Press telegrams
4.
3.1
Definition and conditions of acceptance
3.2
Contents, wording, languages
3.3
Tariff and charging
3.4
Transmission, routing and delivery
3.5
Miscellaneous provisions
Letter telegrams
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Chapter
XII
-
Special services
1.
General provisions
2.
Urgent transmission and delivery
3.
Collation (complete repetition)
4.
Prepaid reply
5»
Confirmation of delivery
6.
Reforwarding at the sender's request
7.
Redirection at the addressee's request
8.
Multiple addresses
9.
De luxe form
10.
Express, post or airmail delivery
10.1 General provisions
10.2 Express delivery
10.3 Post or airmail delivery
XIII
-
1.
XIV
-
Appendix
No.1
-
Transmission of certain telegrams as of right
Notification of stoppage
Archives
1.
Archives
2.
Inspection of original forms of telegrams Supplying copies of telegrams
Examples of counting chargeable words
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DIVISION E - OPERATIONAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORSE AND SOUNDER WORKING
Chapter
I
-
Morse code
1.
Morse code signals
2.
Spacing and length of the signals
3.
Transmission of figures in abbreviated form
4.
Transmission of signs for which there is no
corresponding signal in the Morse code
5.
Transmission of accented letters (other than e)
6.
Transmission of groups of figures and. letters, of
ordinal numbers or of fractions
II
-
General transmission rules
ill
-
Transmission of telegrams with identical text or
comprising more than 50 words
IV
-
Transmission irregularities - Service notes
V
-
Routine repetition and collation, checking the number
of words transmitted, acknowledgement of receipt
VI
-
1.
Routine repetition and collation - checking the
number of words transmitted
2.
Acknowledgement of receipt
Transmission procedures
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DIVISION C - OPERATIONAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO PRINTING TELEGRAPH
SYSTEMS
Chapter
I
II
-
-
Transmissions signals
1.
Transmission signals of International Telegraph
Alphabet No.2
2.
Transmission of signs for which there is no
corresponding signal in the telegraph alphabet
3.
Transmission of ordinal numbers, groups of figures
and letters or of numbers which include fractions
General provisions for transmission of telegrams
1.
Calling
2.
Alternate transmission by series and continuous
transmission by series
3.
Transmission with running series of numbers
4.
Routine repetition and collation
III
-
General provisions for reception
IV
-
Special provisions for point-to-point operations
V
-
1.
Transmission of telegrams to tape-printing systems
2.
Transmission of telegrams to page-printing systems
3.
Reception
Special provisions for gentex operations
1.
General provisions
2.
Routing
3.
Answer-back codes
4.
Responsibility of transmitting or receiving stations
5.
Procedures before transmission of a telegram
6.
Actual transmission of a telegram
7.
Procedures following transmission of a telegram
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Chapter
VI
-
8.
Series transmission
9.
Reception of telegrams
10.
Abnormal conditions before transmission
11.
Abnormal conditions during transmission
12.
Misrouted telegrams
13.
Service notes
14.
Service advices (A)
15.
Use of codes
16.
Particular provisions for the use of page-printing
teleprinters format converters and/or error
correction devices in the gentex service
17.
Traffic between gentex offices equipped with
page-printing teleprinters
18.
Interworking between tape-printing and page-printing
teleprinters
19.
Special transmission procedures for use with format
converters and/or automatic error correction devices
20.
Service codes and abbreviations to be used in gentex
operation
Special provisions for telegram retransmission systems
1.
General provisions
2.
Telegram format
3.
Procedure for telegrams of more than 300 words
4.
Treatment of re-runs, and put-backs
5.
Examples of the recommended format
6.
Interworking between telegram retransmission systems
and gentex systems
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DIVISION D - TELEGRAPH SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE
Chapter
I
-
1.
II
III
IV
-
-
-
Definitions
Service telegrams and service advices
1.
General provisions
2.
Service telegrams
3.
Service advices
3.1
General provisions
3.2
Wording of service advices
3.3
Service advice procedure
3.4
Repetition of a telegram
Paid service advices
1.
General provisions
2.
Wording of and operational procedure for paid
service advices
3.
Charging of paid service advices
4.
Use of the service indication RPx in paid service
advices
5.
Examples of format and wording of service correspondence
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RECOMMENDATION F.42 - Charging, accounting and reimbursement in the
International Public Telegram Service (Geneva,
1972)
Summary :
Division A
Accounting rates and collection charges
Division B
Accounting
Division C
Partial and total reimbursement of charges
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DIVISION A - ACCOUNTING RATES AND COLLECTION CHARGES
Chapter
I
II
-
-
Accounting rates
1.
2.
Fixing of accounting rates
3.
Interval before application of new accounting rates
Collection charges
1.
2.
Collection on acceptance and on delivery
3.
Telegrams payable by the addressee or a third
party - the TA service
4.
Prohibition of rebates
5.
Errors in collections
DIVISION B - ACCOUNTING
I
-
General provisions
II
-
Establishment of accounts
III
-
Exchange and verification of accounts
IV
-
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DIVISION C - PARTIAL AND TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT OF CHARGES
Chapter
I
-
General provisions
1.
II
III
-
-
Conditions and procedure for refunds
Cases of reimbursement of charges
1.
Telegrams not delivered to their destination
or delivered too late
2.
Telegrams which have been stopped or cancelled
3.
Alterations or omissions
4.
Prepaid reply vouchers
5.
Special services
6.
Refund of charges in different cases
1.
Refund of charges in cases specified in C7 to C48
2.
Special provisions regarding refund of charges
in the case of stoppage of telegrams
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RECOMMENDATION F.100 - SCHEDULED RADIOCOMMUNICATION SERVICE
General
Conditions of acceptance
Conditions of transmission
Conditions of reception
Charging
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 18-E
14 March 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
PROPOSALS FOR THE WORK OF
THE CONFERENCE
JOR/18/1
Jordan supports the proposal concerning
the classification of meteorological telegrams
as "obligatory telegrams". This is in agreement
with the views held by the Meteorological Department
of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 19-E
16 March 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Japan
PROPOSALS FOR THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE*)
Proposed Telegraph Regulations
(Document No. 3)
J/19/1
Article 3 - No. 5
Modify the present text of Item 2 as
follows :
2.
Government telegrams and telegrams relative
to the application of the United Nations Charter
Reasons : For clarification. See our proposal with
respect to Article 4 - No. 17 (j/l9/2)„
J/19/2
Article 4 - No. 17
Replace the present text by the following :
17. a) Subject to the application of the provisions
of Articles 39 and 49 of the Convention, Administrations shall take the necessary steps to secure a
special priority for telegrams relative to the
application of the provisions of Chapters VI, VII
and VIII of the United Nations Charter, exchanged in
an emergency, between :
(The rest of the text remains unchanged.)
*) See also Documents Nos. 20 and 21
Document No. 19-E
Page 2
17 bis b) Telegrams mentioned in a) above but which
do not fall under the class of government telegrams
shall be regarded as government telegrams.
Reasons : All the authorities shown in the provision
are not entitled to originate "government
telegrams" defined in the Annex 2 of the
Convention. It would be inappropriate,
therefore, to include telegrams relative to
the application of the United Nations
Charter in government telegrams. To
clarify that the former telegrams can
enjoy the same privileges as those given
to the latter telegrams as well as a
special priority, the proposed modifications
would be necessary.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 20-E
16 March 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Japan
PROPOSALS FOR THE WORK OF
THE CONFERENCE *)
Proposed Appendix 1 to the Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations
(Document No. 5)
J/20/3
Paragraph 3)
(English version only)
Modify the present text as follows :
If the balance of the account is expressed
in gold francs, the amount of the selected currency
which is equivalent in value to that balance shall be
determined by the relationship, in effect on the day
before payment, between the value of the gold franc
and :
a)
Reasons : The proposed text translated from French
version might be better understood.
J/20/4
Paragraph 3) a), b) and c)
Replace the present provisions by the
following :
a)
the gold par value of the selected currency
approved by the International Monetary Fund
(hereafter designated as I.M.F.). If. however, the
gold value of the central rate of the selected
*) See also Documents Nos, 19 and 21
Document No. 20-E
Page 2
currency (hereafter designated as central rate) has
been established under I.M.F. Executive Board
decision subsequent to the approval given by the
I.M.F. to the gold par value, the gold value shall
be used in determining the equivalent value.
(See Note l)
b)
or the gold par value of the selected
currency fixed unilaterally by the appropriate
Government or official issuing authority (hereafter
designated as fixed unilaterally). If. 'however,
the central rate of the selected currency with the
gold par value fixed unilaterally has been
established subsequent to the unilateral fixing of
gold par value, the gold value assessed through the
other currency in terms of which the central rate
is expressed shall be used in determining the
equivalent value. (See Note 1)
Reasons : 1) The present texts of a) and b) might
be construed as allowing preference
in their application. Modifications
would be necessary to provide in a
way that the provision of the present
a) be applied subject to the
application of the present b ) .
2) As in the case of the proposed a ) ,
there would also be need of a provision
to be applied in case where the central
rate not equivalent in value to a gold
par value fixed unilaterally is
established later on.
J/20/5
Paragraph 3.1
Make an addition and a modification to the
present text as follows :
If the selected currency does not have a
value of the kind shown in paragraph 3» or if the
margins permitted by the I.M.F. (paragraph 3 a ) ) .
or established beforehand by the appropriate
Government or issuing authority (paragraph 3 b ) )
are not being observed, the equivalent value of the
selected currency shall be determined by its
relationship on the official or generally accepted
foreign exchange market, as provided in paragraph 6,
Document No. 20-E
Page 3
to another currency with a value of the kind shown
in paragraph 3«
Reasons : There would be need of providing for a
case where the margins established for a
currency with a gold par value fixed
unilaterally are not being observed.
J/20/6
Paragraph 5.1
Make an addition to the present text as
follows :
If either or both of the currencies
mentioned in paragraph 5 do not have a value of the
kind shown in paragraph 3> or if the margins
permitted by the I.M.F. or established beforehand
by the appropriate Government or issuing authority
are not being observed, the equivalent value of one
currency to the other shall be determined by their
relationship on the official or generally accepted
foreign exchange market, as provided in paragraph 6,
Reasons : It would be necessary to provide for the
determination of the equivalent value in
case where the margins of the currencies
mentioned in paragraph 5 are not being
observed.
T E L E G R A P H
A N D
T E L E P H O N E
C O N F E R E N C E
GENEVA
Document No. 21-E
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Japan
CONFERENCE*)
Steps to be taken with regard to Resolution No. 37
of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Montreux_ 1965)
With regard to the steps to be taken when
certain provisions of the Radio and Additional Radio
Regulations might need to be transferred into the
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations, we are of the
following opinion :
1.
It is obvious that it lies with the World
Administrative Radio Conference to make decision as to
whether certain provisions of the Radio and Additional
Radio Regulations should or should not be transferred
into other Regulations and/or Recommendations of the
c. c I. s.
2.
From the operational point of view, however,
it appears desirable that rules for classification,
tariff conditions etc, of telegrams and telephone calls
be provided for in a way that provisions may be
equally applied as far as possible to the fixed services
and the mobile services. It is understood that the
Plenipotentiary Conference (Montreux, 1965), bearing
the desirability in mind, adopted the Resolution No, 57
in which it referred to the desirability of transferring
Regulations and instructed the Secretary-General to
make a study of provisions to be transferred.
*) See also Documents Nos, 19 and 20
Document No, 21-E
Page 2
3.
In discussing the necessary steps to be
taken when the next World Administrative Radio
Conference, paying regard to the purport of the
Resolution No. 37, has decided the transfer of
Regulations, attention should, we think, be drawn to
the following :
1) the C.C.I.T.T., pursuant to the
Resolution No. 36 of the Plenipotentiary
Conference (Montreux, 1965)> incorporated
most of the provisions of the present
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations into
C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations, so that the
draft Regulations have been remarkably
simplified;
2) it is desirable that the provisions to be
transferred be incorporated en bloc with a
view to easy reference of the provisions in
the operation of the radio services,
J/21/1
4,
In the light of the above standpoints, we
propose that the forthcoming Administrative Telegraph
and Telephone Conference adopt an Opinion to the effect
that the Administrative Telegraph and Telephone
Conference considers it appropriate to constitute a
single set of C.C.I.T.T, Recommendations with such
provisions, if any, which the next World Administrative
Radio Conference may decide to transfer from the
Radio and Additional Radio Regulations.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 22-E
27 March.1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UK/22/1
ADD
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 12
Completion of the Regulations
43.
These Regulations, which are
annexed to the Convention, may be completed
by a further Appendix, which shall form an
integral part of these Regulations, containing
such clauses, if any, as the 1974 Maritime
World Administrative Radio Conference may
decide is necessary to incorporate, in
pursuance of Resolution 37 of the 1965
Montreux Plenipotentiary Conference, in
these Regulations such Radio Regulations and
Additional Regulations (1968 Edition) or any
amendments thereto or new radio regulations
adopted by the said Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference.
44.
Nevertheless any such clauses so
transferred by the Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference and embodied in the
Appendix referred to in paragraph 43 above
shall not in any way be construed to amend
or alter any clause contained in these
Regulations and, in the event of any conflict,
these Regulations shall overrule such clauses
where such conflict arises.
Document No. 22-E
Page 2
Entry into force of the Regulations
45.
These Regulations excluding the
Appendix referred to in No. 43 shall enter
into force on 1 January 197^* the Appendix,
if any, entering into force on such a date
as the 197^ Maritime World Administrative
Radio Conference shall decide.
46.
In signing these Regulations, the
respective delegates declare that if an
Administration makes reservations with regard
to the application of one or more of the
provisions thereof, other Administrations
shall be free to disregard the said provisions
or provisions in their relations with the
Administration which has made such reservations.
47.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the respective
delegates have signed these Regulations in a
single copy which, together with the Appendix
referred to in No. 43, shall remain deposited
in the archives of the International
Telecommunication Union, which shall forward
a certified copy to each of the signatory
countries.
Done at Geneva, etc.
Reasons : As the Administrative Telegraph
and Telephone Conference has no
mandate to examine the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations, some
bridging provision is necessary,
as indicated in the Conference
agenda as approved by the
Administrative Council, pending
revision of the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations by
the Maritime World Administrative
Radio Conference and to cover the
possibility that the Maritime
Conference will wish to transfer
material to the new Telegraph
Regulations following consideration
of.Montreux Resolution 37.
Document No. 22-E
Page 3
The above addition to the draft
Regulations is intended to provide
for the incorporation of a further
annex, thus avoiding changes to
the new text, into the new
Telegraph Regulations containing
any material that the Maritime
World Administrative Radio
Conference wishes to transfer.
The need to call a further
Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference to consider
the changes is thus avoided.
UK/22/2
ADD
OPINION
Interpretation of the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations
The World Administrative Telegraph
and Telephone Conference, Geneva, 1973*
considering
that difficulties may arise from
the fact that clauses in the 1958 Telegraph
Regulations, which are referred to in the
Radio and Additional Radio Regulations
(1968), have been transferred to C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations, amended or deleted by the
1973 World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference, that the Maritime World
Administrative Radio Conference is to
consider the provisions of the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations concerning the
maritime public correspondence services in
1974;
expresses the opinion
that Administrations and recognized
private operating agencies in any interim
period between the coming into force of the
Geneva 1973 Telegraph Regulations and the
date of introduction of any amendment of the
authorized by the Maritime World Administrative
Radio Conference should continue to apply
Document No. 22-E
Page 4
in respect of the Radio and Additional Radio
Regulations only the rules that have been
applied prior to the coming into force of
the 1973 Telegraph Regulations except in
the case of the rules for the payment of
balances of accounts where Administrations
and recognized private operating agencies,
instead of applying the rules for the payment
of balances given in the Radio Regulations,
should apply those to be found in the
Geneva 1973 Telegraph Regulations.
Reasons : As it is likely that the
Telephone Conference will transfer
to C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations,
delete or amend clauses in the •.
1958 Telegraph Regulations,
provision has to be made concerning
the application of those clauses
of the Radio and Additional Radio
Regulations which refer to the
material that has disappeared or
changed its format. It is suggested
that, for the short period pending
the conclusion of new Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations by the
1974 Maritime World Administrative
Radio Conference, the Administrative
Telegraph and Telephone Conference
could, on the lines of Opinion No. 4
of the 1958 Telegraph Regulations,
agree an Opinion to make it clear
what action to take in the bridging
period. The above proposal is to
serve that end.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 23-E
27 March 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland '
PROPOSALS FOR THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE*)
UK/23/3
ADD
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 8
25.
these Regulations such Radio Regulations
and Additional Radio Regulations (1968
Edition) or any amendments thereto or new
radio regulations adopted by the said
Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference.
26.
transferred by the Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference and embodied in
the Appendix referred to in paragraph 25
above shall not in any way be construed to
amend or alter any clause contained in these
*) See also Document No. 22
Document No. 23-E
Page 2
27.
into force on 1 January 197^* the Appendix,
as the 1974 Maritime World Administrative
28.
respective delegates declare that if- an
Administration makes reservations with
regard to the application of one or more of
the provisions thereof, other Administrations
shall be free to disregard the said
provisions or provisions in their relations
with the Administration which has made, such
reservations.
29.
delegates have signed these Regulations in
a single copy which, together with the
Appendix referred to in No. 25, shall remain
deposited in the archives of the International
countries.
Reasons : As the Administrative Telegraph
and Telephone Conference has no
mandate to examine the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations some
bridging provision is necessary,
as indicated in the Conference
agenda as approved by the
Administrative Council, pending
revision of the Radio and Additional
Radio Regulations by the Maritime
World Administrative Radio
Conference and to cover the
possibility that the Maritime
Conference will wish to transfer
material to the new Telephone
Regulations following consideration
of Montreux Resolution 37.
Document No. 23-E
Page 3
The above addition to the draft
Regulations is intended to provide
for the incorporation of a further
annex, thus avoiding' changes to
the new text, into the new telephone
Regulations containing any material
that the Maritime World Administrative
Radio Conference wishes to transfer.
The need to- call a further
Telephone Conference to consider
the changes is thus avoided.
UK/23/4
ADD
OPINION
•. ..
The World Administrative Telegraph,
considering
the fact that clauses in the 1958 Telephone
Radio and Additional Radio Regulations (1968),
have been transferred to C.C.I.T.T.
Telephone Conference, that the Maritime
World Administrative Radio Conference is
to consider the provisions of the Radio and
1974;
Geneva 1973 Telephone Regulations and the
Radio Conference should continue to apply in
respect of the Radio and Additional Radio
Document No. 23-E
Page 4
the 1973 Telephone Regulations except in
Geneva 1973 Telephone Regulations.
Reasons : As it is likely that the
Telephone Conference will
transfer to C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations, delete or amend
clauses in the 1958 Telephone ,.
Regulations,provision has to be
made concerning the application
of those clauses of the Radio
and Additional Radio Regulations
which refer to the material that
has disappeared or changed its
format. It is suggested that,
for the short period pending the
conclusion of new Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations by
the 1974 Maritime World
Administrative Radio Conference,
the Administrative Telegraph
and Telephone Conference could,
on the lines of Opinion No. 3 of
the 1958 Telephone Regulations,
agree an Opinion to make it clear
what action to take in the
bridging period. The above
proposal is to serve that end.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
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Qrlglnal:
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Memorandum by the Secretary-General-
RESOLUTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND,OPINIONS,
ANNEXED TO THE TELEPHONE REGULATIONS;
(.Geneva," Revision., I958)
In/sGircul-ar-le-feter .N0...6.. of;:8..February 1973> .the Director of the
C.C.I.T.T. described.' tire-;action,-taken ;by -.the C C . I * T A T . on. the- Resolutions,
Recommendation'• -an& Opinions'•annexed' -to the -Telephone: Regulations;'•• -(Geneva
Revision, 1958). These texts" are"" set -'out below-, together with the
C.C.I.T.T.'s conclusions and some comments by the General Secretariat :
RESOLUTION No. 1
Study by the C.C.I.T.T. of special facilities
The Ordipary Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference,.
Geneva, 1958;
considering:
that the Telephone, Regulations .make available to subscribers in
the international telephone service calls which can be made in three different
that the Administrations or recognized private operating agencies
may be tempted, when no (question of charging arises (maximum charge
of one single surcharge) to combine among themselves all these possibilities
in order to offer a maximum variety of services to Users;1 which would
result in undesirable burdening, of operation;
" JA'''" \ th^t in' Tact, -few"^combinations appear to be of-real-interest to
^ ^ i ^ i ^ ' l n i i r i l i a t rib5 sliudy:has been made of fthis-subject;referring :
to Article 7 paragraph 2 of the International Telecommunication
Convention (Buenos Aires, 1952) relating to questions to be studied
by the C.C.I.'s;
directs
the C.C.I.T.T. to study whether the combination of several
special facilities should be allowed for a single call and, if so, what charging
system should be applied.
Document No. 24-E
Page 2
RESOLUTION No. 2
Study by the C.C.I.T.T. of charging for calls booked to
or established with a wrong number
The Ordinary Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference,
Geneva, 1958,
considering
that § 8 of Article 37 " Adjustment of Charges and Reimbursements " of the Telephone Regulations, Geneva Revision, 1958 (201) cannot
be applied in all cases;
directs
the C.C.I.T.T. to study the question of charging for telephone
calls booked to or established with a wrong number;
and requests it
if necessary, to issue a recommendation on this question until
the relevant provisions can be discussed and approved by a future Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference with a view to their
insertion in revised and up-to-date Telephone Regulations.
Conclusions of the C.C.I.T.T.
The C.C.I.T.T, has made the appropriate amendments to the
Recommendations within its field of competence. Resolutions Nos. 1 and 2
can therefore be deleted. This action was approved by the IVth Plenary
Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. at Mar del Plata (see White Book, Vol. II-A,
Recommendation E.114, end of part B ) .
RECOMMENDATION
United Nations Telephone Calls in exceptional circumstances
The Ordinary Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference,
Geneva, 1958,
considering:
that it is important to provide the U.N. with special treatment for
telephone calls in exceptional circumstances, in order that it may carry
out the duties incumbent upon it by virtue of the United Nations Charter
in the sphere of the maintenance of international peace and security,
Document No. 24-E
Page 3
recommends:
that in exceptional circumstances, the Members and Associate Members
of the I.T.U. grant preferential treatment, over Government calls, for calls
requested by those of the persons listed below whom the Secretary-General
of the U.N. shall have designated in each case:
between the President of the Security Council,
the Secretary-General of the U.N. or his deputy,
on the one hand, and
a Minister, member of a Government,
a Representative to the Security Council,
a Representative to the General Assembly,
a Member of the Military Staff Committee,
the Chairman of a Regional Sub-Committee of the Military Staff
Committee,
the Chairman of a special Committee set up by the Security Council or
the General Assembly, or a person entrusted with a mission by the
Security Council or the General Assembly,
on the other hand.
Such preferential treatment shall relate to the order of establishment
of the communications requested and to the length of calls.
It shall be granted only to the persons designated above.
No action has been taken with regard to this Recommendation and it
is for the Telegraph and Telephone Conference to decide whether it should be
retained, revised or deleted. The IVth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T.
at Mar del Plata considered this Recommendation to be no longer necessary
(see White Book, Vol. II-A, Recommendation E.114, and of part B ) .
Note by the General Secretariat
On the other hand, it is desirable that the Conference consider the
practical implications for intergovernmental relations of the deletion of
this Recommendation,
OPINION No. 1
Telegraph and Telephone Franking Privileges for Delegates
and Representatives at Conferences and Meetings of the I.T.U.
The Ordinary Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference, Geneva, 1958;
having examined
the question of telegraph and telephone franking privileges for
Delegates and Representatives at conferences and meetings of the I.T.U.,
Document No. 24-E
Page 4
declares the view :
that at conferences and meetings of the I.T.U. the following
rules should be observed by Administrations and, as far as possible by
recognized private operating agencies, for the application of the franking
privileges mentioned in Rule 26 of Chapter 9 of the General Regulations
annexed to the Convention (Buenos Aires, 1952).
1. Telegraph Franking Privileges
a) Private " Conference" telegrams shall, in principle, be
exchanged between beneficiaries of franking privileges and their families;
b) delegates and representatives, the Secretary-General, the
Director of the C.C.I.T.T., the Director and Vice-Director of the C.C.I.R.,
members of the I.F.R.B., the Assistant Secretaries-General and members
of the Administrative Council may exchange free telegrams either with
their Administrations or with the seat of the Union;
c) Urgent and/or secret language " Conference " telegrams shall
not be admitted. However, heads of delegations or their deputies and
members of the Administrative Council may exchange urgent and/or
secret language telegrams with their Administrations.
2. Telephone Franking Privileges
§ 1. Telephone franking privileges shall be limited to the
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies of the countries
which agree to apply them on a reciprocal basis. They shall consist of
free telephone calls (" Conference calls ") granted in the circumstances
listed below.
§ 2. All delegates and representatives may
calls with their Administrations or recognized private
Only heads of delegations or their official deputies
request urgent calls in relations where such calls are
exchange ordinary
operating agencies.
are authorized to
admitted.
§ 3. Members of the Administrative Council taking part as such
in an I.T.U. meeting are authorized to request ordinary or urgent calls
either with their Administrations or with the seat of the Union.
§ 4. The Secretary-General, the members of the I.F.R.B., the
Directors of the C.C.I.'s, the Vice-Director of the C.C.I.R., and the Assistant
Secretaries-General taking part in I.T.U. meetings away from Geneva are
authorized to request ordinary calls with the seat of the Union on matters
concerning the business of Union.
§ 5. At I.T.U. conferences and meetings, delegates and representatives, members of the Administrative Council and I.T.U. officials
(if the meetings are held away from Geneva) are authorized to request
once a week an ordinary private call of a duration of six minutes or twice
a week an ordinary private call of three minutes when their families live
in the area where the caller normally works, or in the immediate proximity.
§ 6. Apart from the calls mentioned in § 5 above, of which the
duration is always limited, Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies may, if there is congestion, limit the duration of other free calls
to six minutes.
Document No. 24-E
Page 5
Opinion No. 1 should be retained with certain drafting amendments
consequent on the proposal made by the C.C.I.T.T. to designate calls
established under franking privileges at I.T.U. conferences and meetings
"(I.T.U.) franking privilege calls", to avoid confusion between such calls
and calls set up between three (or more) telephone stations, now designated
"Conference calls". By analogy, the term "Conference telegrams" should be
superseded by "(I.T.U.) franking privilege telegrams".
To facilitate the work of the Conference, a draft text for
Opinion No. 1 is given in the annex to this document.
The attention of the Conference is drawn to the fact that the
telex franking privilege, although often granted, is not mentioned in this
Opinion.
OPINION No. 2
Payment of Balances of Accounts
Procedure recommended
(Art. 43 of the Telephone Regulations, Geneva Revision, 1958)
The Ordinary Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference, Geneva, 1958,
considering:
the possible advantages of clearing;
that debit and credit balances, expressed in gold francs, between
any two Administrations and/or recognized private operating agencies,
•resulting from one or more services rendered in the field of telecommunications (telegraph, telephone, radio service, etc.) be cleared, so far as practicable, in order to obtain a general balance, so that one single payment may
be made covering these various services.
The offsetting may be extended by mutual agreement to debits
and credits arising from postal services when both Administrations operate
telecommumcation and postal services.
Document No. 24-E
Page 6
OPINION No. 3
Rules to be followed
The Ordinary Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference, Geneva, 1958,
considering:
that difficulties may arise from the fact that the rules given for
the settlement of International Balances in the Atlantic City Radio Regulations (1947) differ from those shown in the Telegraph and the Telephone
Regulations,
that Administrations and recognized private operating agencies,
instead of applying the rules for the payment of balances given in the
Radio Regulations, should apply those to be found in the Telegraph and the
Telephone Regulations.
The C.C.I.T.T. gave consideration to Opinions Nos. 2 and 3 and took
account of the wishes expressed in those Opinions when preparing the draft
new Appendix I (on payment of balances of accounts) to the draft Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations.
Opinions Nos. 2 and 3 can therefore be deleted. This action was
approved by the IVth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. at Mar del Plata
(see White Book, Vol. II-A, Recommendation E.114, end of part B.)
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Annex : 1
Document No. 24-E
Page 7
A N N E X
NEW DRAFT PROPOSED
FOR
OPINION No. 1
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE FRANKING PRIVILEGES FOR DELEGATES
AND REPRESENTATIVES AT CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS OF THE I.T.U.
The World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference,
Geneva, 1973,
having examined
the question of telegraph and telephone franking privileges for
delegates and representatives at conferences and meetings of the I.T.U.,
declares the view
that at conferences and meetings of the I.T.U. the following rules
should be observed by Administrations and, as far as possible by recognized
private operating agencies, for the application of the franking privileges
mentioned in Rule 26 of Chapter 9 of the General Regulations annexed to the
Convention (Montreux, 1965)*
1.
Telegraph Franking Privileges
a)
Private "(I.T.U.) franking privilege telegrams" shall, in principle,
be exchanged between beneficiaries of franking privileges and their families;
b)
delegates and representatives, members of the Administrative Council,
the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, the Directors of the
C.C.I.s and members of the I.F.R.B., may exchange free telegrams either with
their Administrations or with the seat of the Union;
c)
Urgent and/or secret language "(I.T.U.) franking privilege telegrams"
shall not be admitted. , However, heads of delegations or their deputies and
members of the Administrative Council may exchange urgent and/or secret
language telegrams with their Administrations.
Page 8
2.
Telephone Franking Privileges
I 1.
Telephone franking privileges shall be limited to the Administrations
or recognized private operating agencies of the countries which agree to apply
them on a reciprocal basis. They shall consist of free telephone calls
"(I.T.U.) franking privilege calls" granted in the circumstances listed
below.
§ 2.
All delegates and representatives may exchange ordinary calls with
their Administrations or recognized private operating agencies. Only heads
of delegations or their official deputies are authorized to request urgent
calls In relations where such calls are admitted.
§ 3.
Members of the Administrative Council taking part as such in an
I.T.U. meeting are authorized to request ordinary or urgent calls either with
their Administrations or with the seat of the Union.
§ 4.
The Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, the Directors
of the C.C.I.s and the members of the I.F.R.B. taking part in I.T.U. meetings
away from Geneva are authorized to request ordinary calls with the seat of
the Union on matters concerning the business of the Union.
§ 5.
At I.T.U. conferences and meetings, delegates and representatives,
members of the Administrative Council and I.T.U. officials (if the meetings
are held away from Geneva) are authorized to request once a week an ordinary
private call of a duration of six minutes or twice a week an ordinary private
call of three minutes when their families live in the area where the caller
normally works, or in the immediate proximity.
§ 6.
Apart from the calls mentioned in § 5 above, of which the duration
is always limited, Administrations or recognized private operating agencies
may, if there is congestion, limit the duration of other free calls to six
minutes.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. -25-E
27 March 1973
Original : French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
RESOLUTIONS AND OPINIONS ANNEXED TO THE TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS
(GENEVA REVISION, 1958)
The following Resolutions and Opinions are annexed to the Telegraph
Regulations (Geneva Revision, 1958) :
Resolution No. 1
Phototelegraphy
Resolution No. 2
Study of the possible modification of the International
Telegraph Alphabet No. 2
Resolution No. 3
Study by the C.C.I.T.T. of the method of wordcounting
Resolution No. 4 Revised terminal and transit rates for telegrams
in the European system
Opinion No. 1
Telegraph and telephone franking privileges for
delegates- and representatives at conferences and
meetings of the I.T.U. (identical to Opinion No. 1
annexed to the Telephone Regulations - see
Document No. 24)
Opinion No. 2
Categories of telegrams and optional services
Opinion No. 3
Payment of balances of accounts - Procedure recommended
(identical to Opinion No. 2 annexed to the Telephone
Regulations - see Document No. 24)
Opinion No. 4
Payment of balances of accounts - Rules to be followed
(identical to Opinion No. 3 annexed to the Telephone •
Regulations - see Document No. 24)
In Circular No. 3 dated 7 February 1973, the Director of the
C.C.I.T.T. described the action taken by the C.C.I.T.T. on Resolutions
Nos. 1, 2 and 3. The conclusions of that organ concerning these texts are
reproduced in Annex 1 below.
With regard to Resolution No. 4 and Opinion No. 2, the comments of
the General Secretariat are submitted to the Conference in Annex 2.
Document No. 25-E
Page 2
It should be noted, moreover, that the last Plenary Assembly of
the C.C.I.T.T. approved the view expressed by Study Group I that an Opinion
should be submitted to the Plenipotentiary Conference favouring a change in
the definition of private telegrams given in the present Convention
(see Annex 3).
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Annexes : 3
Document No. 25-E
Page 3
ANNEX
1
CONCLUSIONS OF THE C.C.I.T.T. CONCERNING RESOLUTIONS Nos. 1, 2 AND 3
ANNEXED TO THE TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS, GENEVA, 1958
(Extract from C.C.I.T.T. Circular No. 3 dated 7 February 1973)
"Conclusions
The C.C.I.T.T., in pursuance of Resolutions Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of the
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference, Geneva, 1958, revised a
number of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations dealing with the phototelegraph service,
confirmed the character set of existing International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2
and approved a concise question on word counting. In view of these results,
Resolutions Nos. 1, 2 and 3 might be considered to have been implemented."
Document No. 25-E
Page 5
A N N E X
2
COMMENTS BY THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT ON RESOLUTION No. 4
AND OPINION No. 2 ANNEXED TO THE TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS
A.
Resolution No. 4 - Revised terminal and transit rates for telegrams
in the European system
Geneva, 1958, adopted a Resolution specifying the date by which all
Administrations were to inform the General Secretariat of their new
terminal and transit rates.
As it is now proposed to abolish the distinction between the
European and extra-European systems, it may be expected that some
Administrations will change their terminal and transit rates when the
new Telegraph Regulations come into force. The present Conference may
therefore wish to adopt a similar Resolution. A draft revised text is
submitted below.
Draft
RESOLUTION No. ..
Revised terminal and transit rates for telegrams
Geneva, 1973#
'having abolished
the distinction between the European and extra-European systems
for the fixing of terminal and transit rates for telegrams,
The attention of the. Conference is drawn to the fact that no
reference is made to notification of "the total rates per word" mentioned
in the 1958 Resolution.
The present Conference may wish to consider whether publication
of tables showing the through rates per word should be continued.
Annex 2 to Document No. 25-E
Page 6
decides
that all Administrations, and recognized private operating
agencies which have been so authorized by the Administrations concerned,
should inform the General Secretariat, by
at the latest,
of their.terminal and transit rates which will be applied as
from
B
*
Opinion No. 2 - Categories of telegrams and optional services
Geneva, 1958, issued an Opinion on the admission of all categories of
telegrams and optional services.
It should be noted that, despite this Opinion, certain
restrictions were retained. Since the consideranda in this Opinion are
still applicable, the present Conference may wish to issue a similar
Opinion. A draft revised text is submitted below.
Draft
OPINION No. ..
Classes of telegrams and optional special services
Geneva, 1973,
considering
1.
that there are advantages in standardizing service rules in that
simplification of the provisions facilities .staff vocational training and
prevents errors;
2.
that the great majority of Administrations and recognized private
operating agencies at present admit almost all optional special services,
declares the view
that the Administrations and recognized private operating
agencies which do not admit certain classes of telegrams and optional
special services should consider the possibility of eliminating such
restrictions and should communicate as soon as possible to the General
Secretariat any amendments to be made in the tables relating to these
services.
Document No. 25-E
Page 7
A N N E X
3
DEFINITION OF PRIVATE TELEGRAMS GIVEN IN THE CONVENTION
(Extract from C.C.I.T.T. Circular No. 9 dated 28 February 1973)
"2.2
Attention is drawn to the fact that C.C.I.T.T. Study Group I
encountered certain difficulties for lack of a definition at the start of
its studies of the "ordinary private telegram" - a term commonly used to
designate the type of telegram on which are based the customary charging and
accounting operations as well as the operational arrangements. There is,
indeed, the risk of some confusion arising between this term used in the
Series F Recommendations and the definition of "private telegrams" in the
Convention (Annex 2, No. 423). The C.C.I.T.T. Plenary Assembly approved the
view expressed by Study Group I that an Opinion should be submitted to the
Plenipotentiary Conference favouring a change in the definition of "private
telegram" given in the existing Convention."
Depending on the decisions reached by the present Conference, an
Opinion should be submitted to the next Plenipotentiary Conference.
In this connection it appeared useful to reproduce an extract from
the preliminary report by Study Group I to the Vth Plenary Assembly of the
C.C.I.T.T. (Document AP V-No. 29).
"5.4
The Working Party reported that its task had been made difficult
because of the lack of a definition of the ordinary private telegram, a term
in common use which signifies the basic type of telegram on which accounting
and charging as well as operational arrangements are normally based. This
difficulty derives from the I.T.U. Convention, Annex 2, paragraph 423, which
defines "private telegrams" in terms available within the Convention as "any
telegram other than a government telegram or a service telegram". The
Telegraph Regulations annexed to the Convention, provide for a number of other
classes of telegram (the acceptance of which the Working Party has, during
the course of its work, proposed should be specified either as "optional" or
as "obligatory"). Some of these classes of telegram - for example, press
telegrams, meteorological telegrams, money order telegrams - are not
available to the generality of the public for the transmission of private
information."
Page 8
The RTG Working Party, moreover, expressed the hope that an
Opinion might be submitted to the next Plenipotentiary Conference with a
view to amending the definition of "private telegrams" given in the Convention
to convey the meaning of the words underlined above.
In the same report it is also stated that,
• • .for clarity, the Working Party adopted the term "ordinary private
telegram" to describe the basic type of telegram available to the public for
the transmission of private information and defined the term as follows :
"Ordinary private telegrams are obligatory private telegrams other
than those bearing the service indications SVH, OBS or RCT."
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 26-E
2 April 1973
Original ; English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Nigeria
Nigeria is pf the opinion that meteorologioal
telegrams be classified as "Obligatory Telegrams",
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 27-E
2 April 1973
Original : French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Hungarian People's Republic
With a view to increasing the responsibility of Administrations*)
to ensure the satisfactory operation of international telecommunication
services, the Delegation of the Hungarian People's Republic supports the
proposal put forward in Document No. 16-E (USR/16/l) and proposes that the
second paragraph in Article 1 of both draft Regulations be amended to read :
HNG/27/1
"While implementing the principles of the Regulations,
Administrations*) must comply with the Instructions and
C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations on any matters not covered by the
Regulations."
Reasons : The present draft containing the phrase "as far as
possible" does not sufficiently emphasize the importance
of the Instructions and C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations in
the operation of the telecommunication services.
HNG/27/2
The Hungarian Delegation, moreover, considers that the
provisions relating to the international telegraph services which
are contained in the various C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations should be
assembled in a document entitled "Instructions for the
International Telegraph Service", as has already been done in
respect of the international telephone service. The C.C.I.T.T.
should be responsible for preparing these Instructions.
*) Or recognized private operating agencies
CONFERENCE
W
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V
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GENEVA
"
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1973
____,__.,.. 28-E
2 April 1973
C_____nal : French
STRUCTURE OF THE CONFERENCE
(according to the decision taken by the
first Plenary Meeting, 2 April 1973)
Chairman of the Conference : Mr. Fritz LOCHER (Confederation of Switzerland)
Vice-Chairmen of the Conference : Mr. Robert E. LEE (United States of America)
Mr. N. TALYZINE (Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics)
Mr. TCHOUTA MOUSSA (United Republic of
Cameroon)
Mr. Yasno MAKINO (Japan)
Secretary of the Plenary Meeting : Mr. R. Smith
COMMITTEE 1 - Steering Committee
(composed of the Conference Chairman and Vice-Chairmen and the
Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees)
Terms of reference : To ensure the smooth functioning of the
work of the Conference and propose to the
Plenary meeting any action considered
necessary to achieve this.
Secretaries : Mr. R. Smith and Mr. A. Winter-Jensen
COMMITTEE 3 - Credentials
Terms of reference : To check the credentials of each delegation
(see Chapter 5 of the General Regulations).
Chairman : Mr. J. GALVAN (Mexico)
Vice-Chairman : Mr. A. ZAIDAN (Saudi Arabia)
S e c r e t a r y : Mr. A. Winter-Jensen
Document No. 28-E
Page 2,
COMMITTEE"3 - Budget control
Terms of reference : To appraise the organization and the
facilities made available to delegates,
examine and approve the statements of
expenditure incurred during the Conference
(see Article 5 of the Rules of Procedure for
;Conferences .in Chapter 9 of the General
Regulations).
Chairman : Mr.. M. KULA_ (People.'.s.--Republic of Poland)
Vice-Chairman : Mr. A.C. ITUASSU (Brazil)
,. Secretary z.Mr* .B. .Albuquerque
COMMITTEE-A-- Operation.
• Terms o.f reference : To examine the proposals relating to
;.
...operation and rates.
'Chairman : Mr. A.C. BECKWITH (Commonwealth of Australia)
Vice-Chairman : Mr. A. JEMERE (Ethiopia)
Secretary : 'MrV -R. Macheret"
COMMITTEE 5 - Financial principles
Terms of-reference : To examine the proposals relating to
"-'financial principles- and settlement of
accounts.
-Chairman : -Mr.. S.R.V. PARAMOR~("Uhited- Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland)
' Vice-Chairman :'vMr.--'P;--PANAYOTOV (People's Republic of Bulgaria)
...Secretary : .Mr. .R. Smith .
COMMITTEE 6 - Editorial
Terms, of reference ,: To improvev where necessary, the form without
..altering the 'sense', 'of the texts submitted by
the various committees and to combine them
r.w-ith those.parts of- former texts which have
not been altered. To submit these texts to
the Plenary, meeting for approval.
Chairman : Mr. A. CHASSIGNOL (France)
Vice-Chairmen : Mr. T.'U. MEYER (United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland)
Mr. F. MOLINA NEGRO (Spain)
Secretary : Mr. R. Macheret
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Document No. 29-E
2 April 1973
Original : French
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
(set up by the first Plenary Meeting,
2 April 1973)
Executive Secretary
Delegates' service and
Documents Service
Mr. A. Winter-Jensen, Head of the Administrative
Council and Conferences Section
Mr. U. Petignat, Deputy Chief, Department of
Conferences and Common Services
Translation service
Mr. J. Revoy, Chief, Languages Division
Interpretation service
Mr. A.M. Quintano, translator/reviser
Personnel service
Mr. J.-P. Christinat, Deputy Chief, Personnel
Department
Finance service
Mr. B. Albuquerque, Deputy Chief, Finance
Department
Official responsible
for relations with
the press
Mr. R. Fontaine, Chief, Public Information Division
M. MILI
Secretary-General
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
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O r i g i n a l : Russian
COMMITTEE k
Proposals for the work of the Conference
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
BIELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
ADD the following to Article 2 of the Telegraph
Regulations and Article 2 of the Telephone Regulations :
URS/30/8
Point 8bis of the Telegraph Regulations
Point 7bis of the Telephone Regulations
Telecommunication Administrations are
responsible for the activity of recognized private
operating agencies with respect to observance of
the provisions-of the Regulations and of the
respective Instructions and Recommendations of the
C.C.I.T.T.
Reasons : Operation of the international telephone
(telegraph) services calls for strict
observance of C.C.I.T.T. Instructions and
Recommendations not only by Administrations
but also by recognized private operating
agencies. This responsibility of
Administrations follows from the principles
of the Convention and of the Regulations.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
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Russi£m
1973
COMMITTEE k
Proposals for the work
of the Conference
U.S.S.R., UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
BIELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
URS
ADD
Article 3 of the Telegraph Regulations
and Article 3 of the Telephone Regulations
No. 8bis of the Telegraph Regulations
No. 10bis of the Telephone Regulations
Telecommunication Administrations may
come to bilateral and regional agreements tending
to extend and improve the conditions of the
operation of telegraph and telephone services.
These agreements shall not contain any provisions
which are less favourable for users than those
in the C.C.I.T.T. Instructions and Recommendations
(and shall not be in contradiction with Article 9
of Telegraph Regulations).
Note : The words in brackets refer only to
Telegraph Regulations.
Reasons : In the interests of the development
of international telegraph and telephone
traffic it is advisable to provide in the
Regulations for more tight agreements on
these questions.
This proposal results from the provisions
of Article k5 of the Convention in force.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 32-E
3 April 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Brazil
CONFERENCE
B/32/1
MOD
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The administrations ' shall determine by
mutual agreement which routes are to be used; if
such agreement is difficult to reach, recognition
shall be given to the right of administrations*' to
make the choice between the possibilities available
for the routing of outgoing traffic.
*) or recognized private operating agencies
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GENEVA
Do ent No
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3 April 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Brazil
CONFERENCE
Article 2 - No. 4, following this number, insert the following
text :
B/33/2
ADD
4A
The administrations*' shall determine by
mutual agreement which routes are to be used; if
such agreement is difficult to reach, recognition
shall be given to the right of administrations*) to
make the choice between the possibilities available
for the routing of outgoing traffic.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 34-E
3 April 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
India
PROPOSALS FOR THE WORK
OF THE CONFERENCE
India supports the proposal concerning the classification of
meteorological telegrams as "obligatory telegrams". This is in agreement
with the views held by the Indian Meteorological Department.
TELEGRAPH A N D TELEPHONE
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
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Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
U.S.S.R.
URS/35/10
To modify Article 3 of Draft Telegraph Regulations
as follows :
5«
1.
1.1
In accordance with the provisions of Article 39 of
the Convention, telegrams relating to the safety of life on
land, at sea and in the air and exceptionally urgent
epidemiological telegrams of the World Health Organization
shall have absolute priority over all other telegrams;
1.2
These telegrams from government agencies or from
private persons shall relate to the safety of life in the
cases of exceptional emergency being obviously of common
interest;
1.3
Telegrams relating to the safety of life sent by
the Headquarters of the World Health Organization or by the
regional epidemiological centres of that Organization shall
be certified as really being telegrams of exceptional urgency
relating to the safety of life;
1.4
The text and signature of SVH telegrams handed in
at a telegraph office shall be in plain language.
Note : The text reproduces Nos. 603-606 and No. 613 of
the Regulations in force.
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Page 2
2.
Government telegrams (including telegrams relative to the
application of United Nations Charter);
2.1
Government telegrams are those defined as such
in the Convention;
2.2
Government telegrams must bear the seal or stamp
of the authority which sends them. This formality shall not
be required when the genuineness of the telegram cannot give
rise to doubt;
2.3
Replies to Government telegrams shall also be
regarded as Government telegrams. The right to send a reply
as a Government telegram shall be established by the
production of the original Government telegram;
2.4
The telegrams of consular agents carrying on
private business shall only be regarded as Government
telegrams when they are addressed to an official person, and
relate to official matters. Telegrams which do not fulfil
these latter conditions shall, however, be accepted by
telegraph offices and transmitted as Government telegrams;
but these offices shall at once report the matter to the
Administration to which they are subject;
2.5
In accordance with the application of the •
provisions of Articles 39 and 49 of the Convention,
Administrations shall take the necessary steps to secure
a special priority for Government telegrams relative to the
application of the provisions of Chapters VI, VII and VIII
of the United Nations Charter, exchanged in an emergency
between :
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the President of the Security Council,
-
-
-
-
the Chairman of a regional sub-committee of the
Military Staff Committee,
-
a representative to the Security Council or to
the General Assembly,
-
a member of the Military Staff Committee,
-
the Chairman or the Principal Secretary of a
Committee set up by the Security Council or the
General Assembly,
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a person performing a mission on behalf of the
United Nations,
-
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the Administrative Head of a trust territory
designated as a strategic area.
Note : The text of the proposal reproduces the text of
Nos. 6l6-6l9 of the Regulations in force as well as that of
No. 17 of the Draft Telegraph Regulations.
3. Telegrams concerning persons protected in time of war by the
Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949
3.1
Telegrams addressed to prisoners of war, civilian
internees or their representatives (prisoners' representatives,
internee committees) by recognized relief societies assisting
war victims;
3.2
Telegrams which prisoners of war and civilian
internees are permitted to send or those sent by their
representatives (prisoners' representatives, internee committees)
in the course of their duties under the Convention;
3.3
Telegrams sent in the course of their duties under the
Conventions by the national Information Bureaus or the Central
Information Agency for which provision is made in the Geneva
Conventions, or by delegations of such Bureaus or Agency,
concerning prisoners of war, civilians who are interned or
whose liberty is restricted, or the death of military
personnel or civilians in the course of hostilities.
3.4
Telegrams sent by prisoners of war, civilian
internees or their representatives shall bear the official stamp
of the camp or the signature of the camp commander or one of
his deputies;
3.5
Telegrams sent by the national Information Bureaus
and the Central Information Agency for which provision is made
in the Geneva Conventions, or by delegations thereof, as well
as telegrams sent by recognized relief societies assisting
war victims, shall bear the official stamp of the Bureau, Agency,
delegation or society which send them;
Note : The text of the proposal reproduces the text of Nos. 641-643,
650-651 of the Telegraph Regulations in force.
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Page 4
4.
4.1
The ordinary private telegrams are telegrams defined
as such in the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations0
5. Telegraph service correspondence
5.1
Telegraph service correspondence is a correspondence
defined as such in the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
Article 3
6bis
deliver at once telegrams relating to the safety of life as well as
government telegrams, for which the sender has requested priority in
transmission.
6ter
When a telegram cannot be delivered to the addressee the telegraph
office of destination shall send, with minimum delay, a service advice to
the office of origin, stating the cause of the non-delivery.
Note : 'The proposal is reproducing the text of Nos. 453 and 462 of the
Regulations in force.
Reasons : The given proposals are intended to make the important provisions in
the Regulations concerning the telegrams of the obligatory category.
This especially concerns the case of government telegrams, telegrams
relating to the safety of life, W.H.O. telegrams, as well as
telegrams relating to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, i.e. telegrams
relating to questions which are foreseen in'intergovernmental .
Conventions ratified by the countries - members of I.T.U.
It would be illogical and unreasonable from the legislative point
of view to transfer the principal provisions being regulated by
international instruments of an intergovernmental character into
Recommendations which are of an operational nature.
The inclusion of given provisions makes the Regulations more
explicit and specific and emphasizes the responsibility for the
operation of these important kinds of telegraph service.
T E L E G R A P H
A N D
T E L E P H O N E
Document No. 36-E
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
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1973
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COMMITTEE 4
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Document No. 3, pages 5 and 6
In point 17 concerning special priority for government telegrams,
the Bulgarian Administration proposes that the list of persons entitled to
these facilities should be amended to read :
-
the President and Members of the Security Council,
-
the President and Members of the General Assembly,
-
-
the Chairman and Members of the Military Staff Committee and the
chairman of a regional sub-committee of the Military Staff
Committee,
-
the Chairman or Principal Secretary of a committee set up by the
Security Council or by the General Assembly,
-
a person performing a mission on behalf of the United Nations or of
the Security Council,
-
heads of states,
-
-
the Administrative Head of a territory designated as a strategic
area.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
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Original : English
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
1st MEETING OF COMMITTEE 3
(Budget Control)
Tuesday, 3 April 1973* at 1645 hrs
Chairman : Mr. Mieczysaw KULA (People's Republic of Poland)
1. Organization of the work of the Committee
Document No. 37-E
i'age 2
1.
Organization of the work of the Committee
The Chairman opened the meeting by expressing his appreciation of
the honour which his election represented to his country and himself and then
by reading out the terms of reference of the Committee as contained in
ocument No. 28.
At the request of the Chairman, the Secretary introduced
ocument No. 7 (Budget of the Conference) and No. 8 (Contributions by private
operating agencies and non-exempt international organizations). He pointed
out that since the budget had been approved by the Council there had been an
increase in the salaries of supernumerary staff, effective 1 January 1973,
which corresponded to additional expenditure of 6,000 Swiss francs under the
item "Salaries". At the present stage it was not expected that the budget
would be exceeded; in fact, estimates pointed towards a probable total
expenditure of 347,000 Swiss francs which would represent a saving of
14,000 Swiss francs over the approved budget. In reply to a query by the
delegate of the Territories of the United States of America, he assured him
that if actual expenditure was less than the approved budget, the saving would
go into the Reserve Account and there would be no question of asking the
Council to approve additional credits.
Replying to a question by the delegate of Switzerland, the Secretary
went through the items in the Conference Budget giving the latest estimates,
the largest expected savings being those made under the headings Travel, Office
Supplies and Overheads, Postage etc., and Publication of the Final Acts. He
explained with regard to the last point that it had been decided as an
experiment to have the Final Acts printed by the offset process which would
make it unnecessary for the Conference itself to make a contribution towards
printing costs.as had been normal practice in the past.
The
delegate of the United States Territories and the delegate of
Switzerland were both of the opinion that unless all the bills relating to the
Conference were to be examined (which was not usual) there was no need to set
up a Working Group and a detailed document from the Secretary of the Committee
would suffice as the basis for the Committee's report.
That suggestion was adopted.
The Secretary stressed that the figures which he had read out
earlier - and also the corrected figures in a later document - could only be
estimates but he thought that the final estimates available would be closer
to actual expenditure.
Document No. 37 ~E
Page 3
It was suggested that the Secretary present a draft report to the
Plenary at the end of the week for the consideration of the Committee at its
next (and final) meeting0
It was so agreed.
The meeting rose at 1710 hrs.
The Secretary-General :
M. MILI
The Chairman :
M,
KULA
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 38-E
4 April 1975
Original : Spanish
1973
COMITTEE 4
Peru
OF THE CONFERENCE
The delegation of Peru supports the proposal to classify
meteorological telegrams as "obligatory telegrams".
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 39~E
4 April 1973
Original : English
COMMITTEE 4
Republic of Indonesia
The Indonesian Delegation supports the proposal
concerning the classification of meteorological telegrams as
"obligatory telegrams".
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 4Q-E
4 A p r i l 1973
0^1,
1973
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Spanish
COMMl'l'l'EE 5
Report of the Working Group of Committee 5
PROPOSED ANNEX 1 TO THE TELEGRAPH
(Document No. 5)
The working group established by Committee 5 during
its first meeting proposed the following modifications to the
present text :
Paragraph 3. a), b) and c)
Replace the present provisions by the following :
3.
a) the gold par value of the selected currency approved
by the International Monetary Fund (hereafter
designated as I.M.F.). If, however, a central rate
of the selected currency has been established under
I.M.F. Executive Board decision subsequent to the
approval given by the I.M.F. to the gold par value,
the gold value of that central rate shall be used in
determining the equivalent value. (See Note l);
b) or the gold par value of the selected currency fixed
unilaterally by the appropriate Government or official
issuing authority (hereafter designated as fixed
unilaterally). If, however, a central rate of the
selected currency has been established unilaterally
subsequent to the unilateral fixing of a gold par
value, the gold value of that central rate shall be
used in determining the equivalent value. (See
Note 1).
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Page 2
Paragraph 3.1
Make an addition and a modification to the present
text as follows :
If the selected currency does not have a value of
the kind shown in paragraph 3> or if the margins recognized
(paragraph 3 a-)), or established beforehand by the appropriate
Government or issuing authority (paragraph 3 b)) are not being
observed, the equivalent value of the selected currency shall
be determined by its relationship on the official or generally
accepted foreign exchange market, as provided in paragraph 6,
to another currency with a value of the kind shown in
paragraph 3.
Paragraph 5.1
Make an addition to the present text as follows s
If either or both of the currencies mentioned in
paragraph 5 do not have a value of the kind shown in paragraph 3*
or if the margins recognized by the Articles or Executive Board
decisions of the I.M.F. or established beforehand by the
appropriate Government or issuing authority are not being
observed, the equivalent value of one currency to the other
shall be determined by their relationship on the official or
generally accepted foreign exchange market, as provided in
paragraph 6.
A.P. HAWKINS'
Chairman of the Working Group
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 4l-E
4 April 1973
Original : English
1973
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
FIRST MEETING
OF COMMITTEE 2
(CREDENTIALS)
Tuesday, 3 April 1973, at 1510 hrs
Chairman : Mr. Joel GALVAN TALLEDOS (Mexico)
I.
Organization of work.
Document No. 4l-E
Page 2
1.
Organization of work
The Chairman said that under Chapter 5 of the General
Regulations annexed to the Convention, the Committee was required to
verify the credentials of each delegation sent to the Conference. It
would be necessary to establish a working group to deal with the largely
mechanical task of examining the credentials in order to ensure that they
were in conformity with the relevant provisions of the General Regulations.
In the interest of efficiency, membership of the working group should
perhaps not exceed ten.
The delegate of Spain said that the working group might be
composed of one, or perhaps two, members of each of the five geographical
regions.
After a short discussion, it was agreed that the working group
would be made up of representatives from Argentina, Japan, Spain and the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
In reply to a question by the delegate of Spain, the Chairman
said that up to present credentials had been received from 48 delegations.
Delegations that had not yet submitted credentials would be contacted
by the Secretary.
It was agreed that the Working Group would meet at 0900 hrs
the following morning.
The Secretary-General
The Chairman
M. MILI
j. GALVAN TALLEDOS
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 42-E
4 April 1973
Original : French
1973
COMMITTEE 4
Malagasy Republic
PROPOSAL FOR THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE
The delegation of the Malagasy Republic supports the proposal
that meteorological telegrams should be placed as "obligatory telegrams".
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 43-E
5 April 1973
Original ; English
COMMITTEE 4
Libyan Arab Republic
OF THE CONFERENCE
The Libyan delegation supports the proposal of
putting the meteorological telegrams as "obligatory
telegrams".
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Document No. 44-E
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
LffiLTLo^
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1973
Spanish
COMMITTEE 6
FIRST SERIES OF TEXTS
SUBMITTED TO THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
(Texts adopted by Committee 4 at its
1st, 2nd and 3rd meetings)
Article 1
1.
The Telephone Regulations lay down the general principles
to be observed in the international telephone service.
While implementing the principles of the Regulations,
administrations*) should comply with the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations
including any Instructions forming part of those Recommendations on
any matters not covered by the Regulations.
2.
transmission used, so far as the Radio Regulations and the Additional
Radio Regulations do not provide otherwise.
or recognized private operating agency(ies)
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Page 2
Appendix 2
through the medium of the
General Secretariat
The General Secretariat shall publish information and
statistics in connection with the international services in pursuance
of agreements between Administrations and/or recognized private
operating agencies, resolutions adopted at the competent Administrative
Conference and taking account of the Recommendations of Consultative
Committees.
additions, amendments or deletions to be made.
So far as practicable, amendments to be introduced in service
documents shall be notified in the format required for these documents.
For statistics and other tabulated information, questionnaires will be
issued.
the Secretary-General for information to be included in service
documents.
Document No. 44-E
Page 3
RESOLUTION No. RTf-A
Official service documents to be published
by the General Secretariat
The World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone
Conference (Geneva, 1973)
in view of
numbers 136, 138 and 139 of the International
Telecommunication Convention (Montreux, 1965)
considers
that the following official service documents of the
Union should be published by the General Secretariat :
Title
Title
*) Telecommunication Statistics**) Codes and abbreviations for
the use of the international
List of International Telephone
telecommunication services**)
Routes
Telecommunication
Telecommunication Terms**)
Statistics**)
1.
to publish the above-mentioned official documents by
the most suitable and economic means: and
2.
to revise, brine un to date or even cancel, such
publications, with appropriate assistance, and taking account of :
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Page k
i) the directives of a competent conference or of the
Administrative Council of the Union;
ii) the results of consultation with the Administrations
of Members; and
Iii) the Recommendations of the Plenary Assembly of the
C.C.I.T.T.
*) As from 1974, the General Secretariat intends to concentrate
the statistical data it has to collect in a single
publication, thus avoiding such duplication as may exist
between the items specified in the pertinent Recommendations
and regulations.
**) Provisions common to the Telephone Regulations and the
Document No. 44-E
Page 5
TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS
Article 1
1.
The Telegraph Regulations lay down the general principles
to be observed in the international telegraph service.
While implementing the principles of the Regulations,
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies should
comply with the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations, including any
Instructions forming part of those Recommendations on any matters
not covered by the Regulations.
2.
transmission used, so far as the Radio Regulations and the
Additional Radio Regulations do not provide otherwise.
Document No. 44-E
Page 6
Appendix 2
1.
Administrations shall notify the General Secretariat, by telegraph,
of any suspension of services carried out under Article 33 of the Convention,
or other abnormal circumstance affecting the flow of traffic, and of the
return to normal conditions.
2
Tne
*
Secretary-General shall bring such information to the attention
of all other Administrations immediately by telegraph.
3»
Administrations (or recognized private operating agencies who are
authorized by Administrations) shall notify the General Secretariat of any
change in their terminal or transit rates.
^These changes in rates shall be notified sufficiently in advance,
if necessary by telegraph, to enable the Secretary-General to inform
Administrations, by means of the Operational Bulletin, within the periods
laid down in the Recommendations of the C.C.I.T.T.
5. ^
notify the General Secretariat of the opening of new circuits and the closing
of existing circuits in so far as they concern the international service.
The Secretary-General shall publish this information in the Operational
Bulletin.
6.
The General Secretariat shall also publish other information and
statistics in connection with the international services in pursuance of
agreements between Administrations, Resolutions adopted at the competent
Administrative Conference and taking account of the Recommendations of the
Consultative Committees.
1Administrations shall notify the General Secretariat of any
additions, amendments or deletions to be made to publications. So far as
practicable, amendments to be introduced in service documents shall be
notified in the format required for these documents. For statistics and
other tabulated information, questionnaires will be issued.
&•
the Secretary-General for information to be included in service documents.
Document No. 44-E
Page 7
RESOLUTION No. RTg-A
in view of
considers
Title
Title
Codes and abbreviations for
List of cables forming the
world submarine network
telegraph channels
List of Definitions of
Essential Telecommunication
Terms**)
*) Telecommunication Statistics**)
Document No. 44-E
Page 8
Title
Title
Routing table for offices
connected to the Gentex Service
Tables of telegraph rates
Table of Provisions
of the Telegraph Regulations
and of C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations
Telecommunication Statistics**)
1.
the most suitable and economic means; and
2.
to revise, bring up to date or even cancel such publications,
with appropriate assistance, and taking account of :
of Members; and
iii) the Recommendations of the Plenary Assembly of the
C.C.I.T.T.
*) As from 197^* the General Secretariat intends to concentrate
and regulations.
**) Provisions common to the Telegraph Regulations and the
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 45-E
5 April 1973
Original : English
COMMITTEE 4
Republic of Kenya, Republic of Uganda and United
Republic of Tanzania
PROPOSAL FOR THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE
The delegations of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania support
the proposal to classify meteorological telegrams as "obligatory
telegrams". This is the view held by the Meteorological
Departments of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 46-E
5 April 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL WORKING GROUP
OF THE PLENARY
1.
Group
The second Plenary Session established a Working
i) to propose transitional provisions which would
ensure that the current Radio and Additional
Radio Regulations would remain applicable,
during the interval between the entry into force
of the revised Telegraph and Telephone Regulations
and the entry into force of the decisions of the
Maritime Conference, for those provisions which
referred to the 1958 Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations;
ii) to propose provisions which would permit the
forthcoming World Administrative Radio Conference
for Maritime Mobile Telecommunications to transfer
to the revised Telegraph and Telephone Regulations,
in pursuance of Resolution No. 37 (Montreux, 1965),
such provisions of the Radio and Additional Radio
Regulations as may be determined essential.
2
«
The Working Group held one meeting. It had before
it Documents No. 16 (Proposal 7) (U.S.S.R.), No. 21 (Japan),
Nos. 22 and 23 (United Kingdom).
3The proposals of the United Kingdom contained in
Documents Nos. 22 and 23 served as a basis for discussion.
The discussion highlighted two matters of concern to
delegates :
i) Some administrations felt that they might
experience difficulties at the national level in
approving the revised Telegraph and Telephone
Document No. 46-E
Page 2
Regulations, if the approving authority were unable
to inspect the transferred provisions prior to
giving approval.
The Working Group proposes that this problem could
be overcome by fixing a date for the entry into
force of the revised Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations after the conclusion of the Maritime
Conference.
ii) Delegates felt that it should be understood that the
inclusion of the proposed provisions in the revised
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations did not imply
a requirement to transfer provisions-from the Radio
and Additional Radio Regulations. The Maritime
Conference has the responsibility for deciding which,
if any, of the provisions of the Radio and Additional
Radio Regulations are to be transferred to the
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations or to the
Recommendations of the C.C.I.'s.
It is the responsibility of administrations at the
national level to ensure, in their preparation for
the Maritime Conference, that their proposals to
that Conference take full account of the need to
simplify the various Regulations.
^
The Working Group proposes the adoption of the
proposals given in Documents Nos. 22 and 23 (United Kingdom)
but with a date of entry into force of the revised Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations of 1 September 1974.
D.S. ROBERTSON
Chairman of the
Working Group
Document No. 47~E(Rev.)
9 April 1973 '
Original : French
TELEGRAPH AND
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
MINUTES
OF THE
FIRST PLENARY MEETING
Monday, 2 April 1973, at 1500 hours
Chairmen : Mr. Gunnar PEDERSEN (Denmark)
Mr. Fritz LOCHER (Switzerland)
Subjects discussed
Document No.
1. Opening of the Conference
2. Election of the Conference Chairman
and Vice-Chairmen
3.
Participation in the Conference, German
Democratic Republic
4.
Address by the Secretary-General
5.
Speech by the Director of the C.C.I.T.T.
6.
Setting-up of Conference Committees and election
of their Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen
9 (point 5)
7«
Conference secretariat
9 (point 6)
8.
Proposals for the work of the Conference;
distribution of work among the Committees
DT/2(Rev.)
9 (point 2) + Add.
Situation of certain countries with regard
to the Convention
9 (point 4)
9»
10.
11.
Date by which the Credentials Committee should
report on its conclusions
12.
Admission of international organizations
13.
Timetable of work
9 (point 3) + Add.
Page 2
1.
Opening of the Conference
Mr. Gunnar Pedersen (Denmark) made the statement reproduced in
Annex 1.
2.
Election of the Conference Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
In accordance with the agreement reached at the meeting of heads of
delegation and to ensure that the five major regions of the world were
represented among Conference officers, the Chairman made the following
proposals :
Chairman of the Conference : Mr. F. Locher (Switzerland)
Vice-Chairmeji : MM. R.E. Lee (United States)
N. Talyzine (U.S.S.R.)
Tchouta Moussa (Cameroon)
Y. Makino (Japan)
The proposals were approved by acclamation.
Mr. Locher (Switzerland) took his place on the podium. He said
thab he was extremely moved by the honour that had been paid to him personally
as well as to his country and the Swiss P.T.T. undertaking. He knew he could
rely on the cooperation of participants and the assistance of the ViceChairmen of the Conference and the Committee Chairmen in ensuring that the
meeting was a complete success.
3«
Participation in the Conference, German Democratic Republic
The Secretary-General explained the position of the German
Democratic Republic, which had submitted a request for membership of the
Union. In accordance with the Convention, Members had been consulted on the
matter and more than two-thirds (the proportion required by the Convention)
had so far expressed themselves in favour of admission of the G.D.R. to the
I.T.U. Ninety-eight Members had already expressed agreement although the
consultation would not end until the beginning of May. The G.D.R. could
therefore be considered to be a full Member of the I.T.U., but its status
would not become official until the instrument of accession - which had just
been signed by the G.D.R. Head of State - had reached the Secretary-General
by diplomatic channel and through the intermediary of the Government of the
Confederation of Switzerland. The heads of delegation had suggested that, in
the meantime, probably for several days, the delegates of the G.D.R. should
attend meetings without the right to vote.
As there were no objections, the proposal was approved, and the
delegation of the G.D.R. took its place in the meeting room.
The Chairman cordially welcomed the G.D.R. delegation, which he was
sure would contribute effectively to the work in the interests of the
development of telecommunications.
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The Delegate of the German Democratic Republic made the following
statement :
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the delegation of the German Democratic Republic, I
wish to thank you for your kind welcome to the Conference. The G.D.R. is
happy that it can now take its place among the Members of the I.T.U. I would
take this opportunity of thanking, above all, those countries which have
expressed themselves for a long time in favour of the participation and
cooperation, as a full Member, of the G.D.R. in the I.T.U.
In view of the important part played by telecommunications in
international peaceful cooperation, the G.D.R. has already followed I.T.U.
activities closely for some time and has supported them so far as lay in its
power. In the future also it will be guided by the main objectives of the
International Telecommunication Convention and will take an active part in
the work of the I.T.U.
The G.D.R. attaches great importance to the World Administrative
Telephone and Telegraph Conference which opened today and, within the limits
of its modest resources, the G.D.R. delegation will contribute to its success,
I would extend all good wishes to the delegates in their efforts.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
^.
The Secretary-General congratulated the Chairman on his election
and expressed the conviction that, thanks to his competence and ability, the
objectives of the Conference would be achieved. He also congratulated the
Vice-Chairmen.
The Secretary-General then delivered the address which is
reproduced in Annex 2„
5-
The Director made the speech reproduced in Annex 3.
6«
Setting-up of Conference Committees and election of their Chairmen
and Vice-Chairmen
Committee structure
The Secretary-General read out the proposals which had been
accepted by the heads of delegation.
The proposals (see point 5 in Document No. 9) were approved
unanimously.
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Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees
Committee 2 - Credentials
-
Committee 3 ~ Budget Control
- Chairman
: Poland
- Vice-Chairman : Brazil
Committee 4 - Operation
-
Chairman
: Australia
Vice-Chairman : E t h i o p i a
Committee 5 - Financial principles
-
Chairman
: United Kingdom
Vice-Chairman : B u l g a r i a
Committee 6 - Editorial
-
Chairman
: Mexico
Vice-Chairman : Saudi Arabia
Chairman
: France
Vice-Chairmen : United Kingdom
and Spain
The proposals were approved unanimously.
7.
The proposals (see point 6 in Document No. 9) which had been
accepted by the heads of delegation were approved.
8
*
Proposals for the work of the Conference; distribution of work
among Committees
"~
"~"
'
At the suggestion of the Chairman, it was decided to defer
consideration of item 8 until the next plenary meeting to give participants
time to examine the documents mentioned in Document DT/2(Rev.).
9.
The
Secretary-General said that all pertinent information was
contained in Document No. 9 and the Addendum thereto which had been issued
recently. Mention should be made at the end of point 2.3 in Document No. 9
of the acceptance of the I.T.U. invitation by the United Nations.
10,
Situation of certain countries with regard to the Convention
. + ., /Jf Secretary-General said that the question was dealt with in
N
?T,\u
, IUment
°° 9 ' A l t h o ^ h s ™ e of the countries mentioned had
stated that they would not take part in the Conference, one of them was
represented. In accordance with the Convention, however, the delegations
of those countries would be unable to vote during the Conference.
P
11
'
Date by which the Credentials Committee should report on its
conclusions
~
w + n ^ T h ! S . ^ W - O e n e r a l said that the heads of delegation had proposed
that the Credentials Committee submit its report at 1600 hours on 10
Ap,T
+
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The proposal was approved.
12.
Referring to point 3 in Document No. 9, the Secretary-General said
that the International Press Telecommunications Council (I.P.T.C.) had
withdrawn its request for admission. The heads of delegation had
considered that the requests of the two other organizations concerned should
be accepted.
The Conference admitted the participation of :
-
International Air Transport Association (I.A.T.A.)
-
Arab Telecommunication Union
13-
Time-table of work of the Conference
The
Secretary-General said that the heads of delegation had
proposed the following time-table :
morning meetings
: from O93O to 1230 hours
afternoon meetings : from 1500 to 1800 hours
The meeting rose at l600 hours.
M
"
MILI
Annexes : 3
The
Chairmen
Gunnar PEDERSEN
F. LOCHER
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ANNEX
1
ADDRESS BY MR. GUNNAR PEDERSEN,
DEAN OF THE CONFERENCE
The Secretary-General has kindly informed me that I happen to be
the oldest Head of Delegation and that according to Chapter 9 of the
General Regulations annexed to the Convention it is my duty to open this
World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference.
For me it is not only a duty but also a privilege to do this. The
I.T.U. is an old organization but the greater part of its present activities
are at the front line of quite new fields which are of great importance to
modern civilization.
So far it has not been found necessary or even desirable to modify
the more fundamental telegraph and telephone provisions at short intervals.
There was a conference in Paris in 1949 and another in Geneva in 1958, nearly
fifteen years ago. We must now, however, be prepared to face a more rapid
development in the future and we must see how the work of the I.T.U. in the
field of telegraphy and telephony can best be organized for this situation.
It has therefore been decided that this conference should find out how this
could be done by transferring certain provisions from the Regulations to
C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations, with their greater flexibility.
The fact that the Plenipotentiary Conference in Montreux 1965 found
such a change desirable is important. It is - in my view - a clear indication
that the general philosophy for the structure of the Union, with the C.C.I.s
responsible for Recommendations on technical, operation and tariff questions
on the one side and Administrative Conferences dealing with the binding
Regulations on the other side, has been found to be fundamentally sound.
Our experience in the past fifteen years confirms this. The
recommendations have been formulated by the best specialists from countries
all over the world and they represent good advice. Of course, the
Administrations are free to accept and use these Recommendations but are not
compelled to do so. However, we have seen that the Recommendations meet a
wide acceptance in all quarters simply because they represent the best
possible advice in the field of telecommunication.
It will be the task of this Conference to make the best use of our
experience since 1958. We should ensure that I.T.U. work in the field of
telegraphy and telephony will be adapted to present-day conditions and, as
far as possible, to conditions during the next decade.
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ANNEX
DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2
INTERNATIONAL
U N I O N INTERNACIONAL
DE TELECOMUNIOACIONES
WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MR. M. MILI, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE I . T . U . ,
AT THE OPENING MEETING
Geneva, Monday 2 A p r i l 1973
Mr. Chairman,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Fifteen years have passed since the I.T.U. held its last Administrative
Telegraph and Telephone Conference. That is too long an interval when one
thinks of the enormous progress that has been achieved in telecommunications
and the extraordinary evolution of techniques and modes of operation.
Not only have there been some very great changes in transmission
systems since 1958 but there has been a marked development in the facilities
offered to subscribers. We have witnessed an extraordinary expansion of the
telex service and remarkable advances in international modes of operation with
the introduction of the semi-automatic and automatic services.
Despite these very rapid developments, however, the Telegraph
Regulations and Telephone Regulations drawn up In 1958 have remained In force
until now, which provides further evidence of the adaptability of the I.T.U.
working methods and the ability of its regulatory machinery to keep pace with
progress.
Of course, It would be wrong to assume that all of the provisions in •
the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations of 1958 have remained operative, since
in the last few years some of these provisions have been transferred to the
Recommendations which are a more flexible form of regulation able to evolve
more rapidly.
Annex 2 to Document No. 47~E(Rev.)
Page 10
To take account of this new trend, the Plenipotentiary Conference
held at Montreux in 1965 adopted three highly important resolutions, the
purpose of which was to introduce the necessary adjustments or changes in
the I.T.U. regulatory machinery. The first of these - Resolution No. 35 concerns the preparation of a Draft Constitutional Charter for the Union; the
second - Resolution No. 36 on the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations - has
led directly to the present Conference; the third - Resolution No. 37 - is aimed
at establishing so far as possible a common body of regulations for public
correspondence in the fixed and mobile services.
I shall not dwell on Resolution No. 35 as the draft constitution
will be considered by the Plenipotentiary Conference when it meets in a few
months' time.
I shall speak at greater length, however, about Resolution No. 36
which is of fundamental interest.
Since its early days the I.T.U. has been faced with the problems of
changes in technique to which I referred a moment ago and its Members have
been conscious of the need to keep regulatory provisions of a more or less
durable nature separate from those requiring more frequent adjustment or
change as a result of technical progress and shifting traffic patterns.
This preoccupation was at the origin of the distinction which was
made at an early date between the Convention and the Administrative Regulations
annexed to it.
It was quite reasonable that, given the dynamic nature of the
technical and operational innovations that were taking place, the Plenipotentiary
Conference in 1965 should wish to introduce an even more flexible approach to
regulation.
At this point it may be useful to recall that, shortly after 1920,
the Members of the Union had already created what I believe may rightly be
described as a third class of regulation, namely, the Recommendations of the
International Consultative Committees. Some of these Recommendations deal with
subjects which directly affect relations between Administrations, particularly
in the field of operations, and hence are a form of regulation.
In adopting Resolution No. 36, the Plenipotentiaries thus wished to
take maximum advantage of this special aspect of the Recommendations. Since
the work of certain C.C.I.T.T. Study Groups is concerned with telegraph or
telephone operation, the Union already had the machinery required to draw up
what might be called "regulatory recommendations" or "regulations in the form
of recommendations".
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In fact, Resolution No. 36 explicitly recognizes the possibility of
giving the provisions contained in Recommendations the force of regulations,
thus laying the groundwork for the action which you will take at this
Conference.
It is therefore reasonable to assume that in due course the
"regulatory Recommendations" will become somewhat more formal in nature than
Recommendations of a purely informative type. In some cases, for example, it
may be necessary to agree on a date, perhaps even an hour, for the application
of some of these Recommendations.
For me, the key point which emerges from the three Resolutions of
the Montreux Plenipotentiary Conference to which I have referred, particularly
Resolution No. 36, is that there will be five classes of regulatory text in
the Union instead of three.
At present we have the Convention and the General Regulations
annexed to it. These documents are so closely linked that they form a whole.
Then there are Administrative Regulations dealing with telegraphy, telephony
and radio and, finally, the Recommendations of the C.C.I.s, so that the I.T.U.
has three classes of legislative text.
But in future it is probable that there will be five classes of such
texts - the Constitution, the General Regulations (which will tend to become
a distinct body of regulation in that the Constitution will have a more
permanent nature than the Convention), the Administrative Regulations, the
"regulatory Recommendations" and the Recommendations strictly speaking.
This change from three to five classes will doubtless have more
far-reaching consequences than can be envisaged at this stage. Once the
distinction between the various regulations has been established, we shall
probably wish to consider how they might be hierarchically related, after
which we shall want to define the procedures for amending or changing them that
would entail the least cost and inconvenience to Members of the Union.
These are merely some very general remarks prompted by the normal
developments which are taking place.
I should now like to say something about Resolution No. 37, which
deals with the unification so far as possible of the regulatory provisions
governing the mobile and fixed public correspondence services.
You will be considering specific aspects of this problem because
the draft revised Telegraph and Telephone Regulations no longer contain, or
do not contain in the same form, the provisions to be found in the Radio
Regulations and the Additional Radio Regulations.
I shall not go into this problem in detail, but it may be useful to
define the fundamental difference that exists between the fixed service and
the mobile service.
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In the fixed service, communications are established between regular
partners, the services are set up on the basis of prior agreement, and such
important matters as the settlement of balances of accounts are the subject of
quite rigid arrangements between Administrations.
So far as the mobile service is concerned, the picture is generally
quite different in that the system is based on trust - and I wish to emphasize
this aspect of trust. How, for example, is a coast station to know that the
accounting authority of the ship sending traffic will in fact pay for the
services which the coast station administration has rendered? This is only
one very obvious example of the differences between the fixed and mobile
services.
It is therefore advisable to bear in mind the basic operational
differences which exist between the fixed and mobile services when you examine
the consequences which changes in the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations may
have on public correspondence to and from mobile stations.
Mr. Chairman,
In conclusion11 would say a few words about the service documents. If
one goes back to the origin of the I.T.U. Secretariat, one discovers that one
of the main reasons for its establishment was to have a central point from
which important information concerning the operation of the world network could
be distributed to all Members of the Union alike.
This is still one of the essential functions of I.T.U. Headquarters
and I mention it here to underline its importance. Service documents are not
published for general information but are intended to provide the data which"
staff at the operational level need to carry out their work properly.
When a Member sends information to I.T.U. Headquarters for publication
in a service document, it does so because other Members with which it wishes
to exchange traffic must have certain essential data if the exchange is to be
made efficiently. It is a mutual responsibility of all Members of the Union
towards each other. It is also a practice which will exist for many years to
come, at least until such time as telecommunication systems will have developed
to such a degree that this type of information will be automatically
distributed to all Members.
Mr. Chairman,
You have very important work ahead of you, and the time available has
been carefully calculated. So we must not waste it and I will merely add that
I wish you every success in your efforts.
Document No.
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ANNEX
kl-EJTtev.)
3
SPEECH BY MR. CROZE. DIRECTOR OF THE C.C.I.T.T..
ON 2 APRIL 1973
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I hope that you will not find it unusual or superfluous if, at the
beginning of your work, the Director of the C.C.I.T.T. makes a few brief
comments on the part played by the C.C.I.T.T. in the preparation of the draft
Telephone and Telegraph Regulations which are submitted for your consideration,
The Secretary-General of the I.T.U. referred to Resolution No. 36
adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference at Montreux in 1965 and analyzed the
extremely important implications of that Resolution so far as the categories
of the Union's regulations are concerned.
I shall therefore merely recall that in the Resolution the
Plenipotentiary Conference expressed the view that the Telephone and
Telegraph Regulations annexed to the I.T.U. Convention should be simplifed.
It also instructed the C.C.I.T.T. to ascertain which provisions of these
Regulations might be the subject*of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations" and accordingly
be omitted from the Regulations, and to submit proposals for that purpose to
the next Plenary Assembly which, after adoption, would be laid before a
Telegraph and Telephone Conference.
C.C.I.T.T. Study Groups I and II were therefore informed of the
problem and the Plenary Assemblies held at Mar del Plata in I968 and in
Geneva in 1972 were able to reach decisions on their proposals.
With regard to the Telephone Regulations, discussions were
practically finished by the Plenary Assembly at Mar del Plata. So far as the
Telegraph Regulations are concerned, most of the work was done in the
1969/1972 period.
It is the result of that work which was carried on for seven years
which is now before the Conference.
In both draft Regulations, which are very short documents, only the
general principles to be followed in the international telegraph and telephone
services have been retained; the form in which both Regulations have been
drawn up is as similar as the contents permit.
Annex 3 to Document No. 47-E(Rev.)
Page 14
The provisions and practical procedures to ensure application of
these general principles have been transferred to the C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations, which were approved by the Plenary Assemblies. The content
of these Recommendations is summarized in Conference Document No. 17.
The special provisions on the payment of the balances of accounts
were thoroughly examined during the 1969/1972 period and the necessary
contacts were made with the Universal Postal Union. These provisions are
contained in an Appendix which is common to both the draft Telephone and
the draft Telegraph Regulations.
With regard to telephone operation, the Instructions for the
International Telephone Service, which was republished in 1969 after the
IVth Plenary Assembly at Mar del Plata, was again revised and supplemented
by the Vth Plenary Assembly and the new edition should be issued shortly
(probably at the beginning of May).
I feel that the C.C.I.T.T. has thus fulfilled the mission entrusted
to it by the Montreux Plenipotentiaries. Naturally the updating of the
Recommendations and their adaptation to developments in technique and
operating methods is one of the continuing responsibilities of the C.C.I.T.T.
and one of its most important activities.
I earnestly hope that the work done by the C.C.I.T.T. will facilitate
your task and assist the Conference in adopting the new simplified Telephone
and Telegraph Regulations in accordance with the wishes of the 1965
Plenipotentiary Conference.
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u
i
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 47-E
5 April 1973
Original : French
1973
MINUTES
OF THE
Monday, 2 April 1973, at 1500 hours
Chairmen : Mr. Gunnar PEDERSEN (Denmark)
Mr. Fritz LOCHER (Switzerland)
Subjects discussed
Document No.
1. Opening of the Conference
2. Election of the Conference Chairman
and Vice-Chairmen
3.
Participation in the Conference, German
Democratic Republic
4.
5.
6.
Setting-up of Conference Committees and election
of their Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen
9 (point 5)
7.
9 (point 6)
8.
distribution of work among the Committees
DT/2(Rev.)
9 (point 2) + Add.
Situation of certain countries with regard
to the Convention
9 (point 4)
9.
10.
11.
Date by which the Credentials Committee should
report on its conclusions
12.
13.
Timetable of work
9 (point 3) + Add.
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Page 2
1.
Opening of the Conference
Mr. Gunnar Pedersen (Denmark) made the statement reproduced in
Annex 1.
2.
Election of the Conference Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
In accordance with the agreement reached at the meeting of heads of
delegation and to ensure that the five major regions of the world were
represented among Conference officers, the Chairman made the following
proposals :
Chairman of the Conference : Mr. F. Locher (Switzerland)
Vice-Chairmen : MM. R.E. Lee (United States)
N. Talyzine (U.S.S.R.)
Tchouta Moussa (Cameroon)
Y. Makino (Japan)
The proposals were approved by acclamation.
Mr. Locher (Switzerland) took his place on the podium. He said
that he was extremely moved by the honour that had been paid to him personally
as well as to his country and the Swiss P.T.T. undertaking. He knew he could
rely on the cooperation of participants and the assistance of the ViceChairmen of the Conference and the Committee Chairmen in ensuring that the
meeting was a complete success.
3»
Participation in the Conference, German Democratic Republic
The Secretary-General explained the position of the German
Democratic Republic, which had submitted a request for membership of the
Union. In accordance with the Convention, Members had been consulted on the
matter and more than two-thirds (the proportion required by the Convention)
had so far expressed themselves in favour of admission of the G.D.R. to the
I.T.U. Ninety-eight Members had already expressed agreement although the
consultation would not end until the beginning of May. The G.D.R. could
therefore be considered to be a full Member of the I.T.U., but its status
would not become official until the instrument of accession - which had just
been signed by the G.D.R. Head of State - had reached the Secretary-General
by diplomatic channel and through the intermediary of the Government of the
Confederation of Switzerland. The heads of delegation had suggested that, in
the meantime, probably for several days, the delegates of the G.D.R. should
attend meetings without the right to vote.
As there were no objections, the proposal was approved, and the
delegation of the G.D.R. took its place in the meeting room.
The Chairman cordially welcomed the G.D.R. delegation, which he was
sure would contribute effectively to the work in the interests of the
development of telecommunications.
Document No. 47-E
Page 3
The Delegate of the German Democratic Republic made the following
statement :
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the delegation of the German Democratic Republic, I
wish to thank you for your kind welcome to the Conference. The G.D.R. is
happy that it can now take its place among the Members of the I.T.U. I would
take this opportunity of thanking, above all, those countries which have
expressed themselves for a long time in favour of the participation and
cooperation, as a full Member, of the G.D.R. in the I.T.U.
In view.of the important part played by telecommunications in
international peaceful cooperation, the G.D.R. has already followed I.T.U.
activities closely for some time and has supported them so far as lay in its
power. In the future also it will be guided by the main objectives of the
International Telecommunication Convention and will take an active part in
the work of the I.T.U.
The G.D.R. attaches great importance to the World Administrative
Telephone and Telegraph Conference which opened today and, within the limits
of its modest resources, the G.D.R. delegation will contribute to its success.
I would extend all good wishes to the delegates in their efforts.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
^.
Tne
Secretary-General congratulated the Chairman on his election
and expressed the conviction that, thanks to his competence and ability, the
objectives of the Conference would be achieved. He also congratulated the
Vice-Chairmen.
The Secretary-General then delivered the address which is
reproduced in Annex 2„
5.
The
Director of the C.C.I.T.T. explained the part played by his
Consultative Committee in the preparation of the two drafts, the Telegraph
and the Telephone Regulations. He recalled that in Resolution No. 36 the
Montreux Plenipotentiary Conference (1965) had expressed the view that those
Regulations should be simplified and had instructed the C.C.I.T.T. :
i) to ascertain which provisions of the Regulations should be the
subject of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations and could accordingly be
omitted from the Regulations, and
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Page 4
ii) to submit to the next Plenary Assembly proposals on those lines
which, after adoption, would be submitted to a telegraph and
telephone conference. C.C.I.T.T. Study Groups I and II had
therefore prepared the proposals now laid before the Conference.
Both draft Regulations were very short and embodied only the
general principles to be observed in the international telegraph
and telephone services. The practical provisions to ensure
implementation of those general principles had been transferred to
C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations which had been approved by the Plenary
Assemblies (cf. Document No. 17 of the TT Conference). The
necessary contacts had been made with the Universal Postal Union
concerning the special provisions on the payment of balances of
accounts; those provisions were contained in an appendix which was
common to both draft Regulations.
The Instructions for the International Telephone Service had again
been revised and supplemented by the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T.
and the new edition would probably be available early in May.
He considered, therefore, that the C.C.I.T.T. had fulfilled the
mission entrusted to it and he hoped that the work it had carried out would
permit the Conference to adopt the new simplified Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations.
6.
Setting-up of Conference Committees and election of their Chairmen
and Vice-Chairmen
Committee structure
The Secretary-General read out the proposals which had been
accepted by the heads of delegation.
The proposals (see point 5 in Document No. 9) were approved
unanimously.
Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees
Committee 2 - Credentials
- - Chairman
: Mexico
- Vice-Chairman : Saudi Arabia
Committee 3 ~ Budget Control
-
Chairman
:' Poland
Vice-Chairman : B r a z i l
-
Chairman
: Australia
Vice-Chairman : E t h i o p i a
Committee 5 ~ F i n a n c i a l p r i n c i p l e s
-
Chairman
: United Kingdom
Vice-Chairman : B u l g a r i a
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Committee 6 - Editorial
-
Chairman
: France
Vice-Chairmen : United Kingdom
and Spain
The proposals were approved unanimously.
7•
The proposals (see point 6 in Document No. 9) which had been
accepted by the heads of delegation were approved.
8-
among Committees
distribution of work
At the suggestion of the Chairman, it was decided to defer
consideration of item 8 until the next plenary meeting to give participants
time to examine the documents mentioned in Document DT/2(Rev.).
9»
The Secretary-General said that all pertinent information was
contained in Document No. 9 and the Addendum thereto which had been issued
recently. Mention should be made at the end of point 2.3 in Document No. 9
of the acceptance of the I.T.U. invitation by the United Nations.
10
•
Situation of certain countries with regard to the Convention
The Secretary-General said that the question was dealt with in
point 4 of Document No„ 9. Although some of the countries mentioned had
stated that they would not take part in the Conference, one of them was
represented. In accordance with the Convention, however, the delegations
of those countries would be unable to vote during the Conference.
11
•
Date by which the Credentials Committee should report on its
conclusions
The
Secretary-General said that the heads of delegation had proposed
that the Credentials Committee submit its report at 1600 hours on 10 April.
12.
Referring to point 3 in Document No. 9, the Secretary-General said •
that the International Press Telecommunications Council (I.P.T.C.) had
withdrawn its request for admission. The heads of delegation had considered
that the requests of the two other organizations concerned should be accepted.
As there were no objections, it was so decided.
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Page 6
13.
Timetable of work of the Conference
The Secretary-General said that the heads of delegation had
proposed the following timetable :
morning meetings
: from O93O to 1230 hours
afternoon meetings : from 1500 to 1800 hours
M. MILI
Annexes : 2
The Chairmen
Gunnar PEDERSEN
F. LOCHER
Document No. 47~E
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ANNEX
1
ADDRESS BY MR. GUNNAR PEDERSEN,
DEAN OF THE CONFERENCE
The Secretary-General has kindly informed me that I happen to be
the oldest Head of Delegation and that according to Chapter 9 of the
General Regulations annexed to the Convention it is my duty to open this
World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference.
For me it is not only a duty but also a privilege to do this. The
I.T.U. is an old organization but the greater part of its present activities
are at the front line of quite new fields which are of great importance to
modern civilization.
So far it has not been found necessary or even desirable to modify
the more fundamental telegraph and telephone provisions at short intervals.
There was a conference in Paris in 1949 and another in Geneva in 1958, nearly
fifteen years ago. We must now, however, be prepared to face a more rapid
development in the future and we must see how the work of the I.T.U. in the
field of telegraphy and telephony can best be organized for this situation.
It has therefore been decided that this conference should find out how this
could be done by transferring certain provisions from the Regulations to
C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations, with their greater flexibility.
The fact that the Plenipotentiary Conference in Montreux 1965 found
such a change desirable is important. It is - in my view - a clear indication
that the general philosophy for the structure of the Union, with the C.C.I.s
responsible for Recommendations on technical, operation and tariff questions
on the one side and Administrative Conferences dealing with the binding
Regulations on the other side, has been found to be fundamentally sound.
Our experience in the past fifteen years confirms this. The
recommendations have been formulated by the best specialists from countries
all over the world and they represent good advice. Of course, the
Administrations are free to accept and use these Recommendations but are not
compelled to do so. However, we have seen that the Recommendations meet a
wide acceptance in all quarters simply because they represent the best
possible advice in the field of telecommunication.
It will be the task of this Conference to make the best use of our
experience since 1958. We should ensure that I.T.U. work in the field of
telegraphy and telephony will be adapted to present-day conditions and, as
far as possible, to conditions during the next decade.
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ANNEX
DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2
INTERNATIONAL
U N I O N INTERNACIONAL
DE TELECOMUNICACIONES
WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MR. M. MILI, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE I . T . U . ,
AT THE OPENING MEETING
Geneva, Monday 2 A p r i l 1973
Mr. Chairman,
Fifteen years have passed since the I.T.U. held its last Administrative
Telegraph and Telephone Conference. That is too long an interval when one
thinks of the enormous progress that has been achieved in telecommunications
and the extraordinary evolution of techniques and modes of operation.
Not only have there been some very great changes in transmission
systems since 1958 but there has been a marked development in the facilities
offered to subscribers. We have witnessed an extraordinary expansion of the
telex service and remarkable advances in international modes of operation with
the introduction of the semi-automatic and automatic services.
Despite these very rapid developments, however, the Telegraph
Regulations and Telephone Regulations drawn up in 1958 have remained in force
until now, which provides further evidence of the adaptability of the I.T.U.
working methods and the ability of its regulatory machinery to keep pace with
progress.
Of course, it would be wrong to assume that all of the provisions in
the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations of 1958 have remained operative, since
in the last few years some of these provisions have been transferred to the
Recommendations which are a more flexible form of regulation able to evolve
more rapidly.
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To take account of this new trend, the Plenipotentiary Conference
held at Montreux in 1965 adopted three highly important resolutions, the
purpose of which was to introduce the necessary adjustments or changes in
the I.T.U. regulatory machinery. The first of these - Resolution No. 35 concerns the preparation of a Draft Constitutional Charter for the Union; the
second - Resolution No. 36 on the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations - has
led directly to the present Conference; the third - Resolution No. 37 - is aimed
at establishing so far as possible a common body of regulations for public
correspondence in the fixed and mobile, services.
I shall not dwell on Resolution No. 35 as the draft constitution
will be considered by the Plenipotentiary Conference when it meets in a few
months time.
I shall speak at greater length, however, about Resolution No. 36
which is of fundamental interest.
Since its early days the I.T.U. has been faced with the problems of
changes in technique to which I referred a moment ago and its Members have
been conscious of the need to keep regulatory provisions of a more or less
durable nature separate from those requiring more frequent adjustment or
change as a result of technical progress and shifting traffic patterns.
This preoccupation was at the origin of the distinction which was
made at an early date between the Convention and the Administrative Regulations
annexed to it.
It was quite reasonable that, given the dynamic nature of the
technical and operational innovations that were taking place, the Plenipotentiary
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At this point it may be useful to recall that, shortly after 1020
the Members of the Union had already created what I believe may rightly be '
described as a third class of regulation, namely, the Recommendations of the
InternationalConsultative Committees. Some of these Recommendations deal with
subjects which directly affect relations between Administrations, particularly
m the field of operations, and hence are a form of regulation.
In adopting Resolution No. 36, the Plenipotentiaries thus wished to
take maximum advantage of this special aspect of the Recommendations. Since
the work of certain C.C.I.T.T. Study Groups is concerned with telegraph or
telephone operation, the Union already had the machinery required to draw uo
what might be called "regulatory recommendations" or "regulation^ in Z
foL
of recommendations .
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In fact, Resolution No. 36 explicitly recognizes the possibility of
giving the provisions contained in Recommendations the force of regulations,
thus laying the groundwork for the action which you will take at this
Conference.
It is therefore reasonable to assume that in due course the
"regulatory Recommendations".will become somewhat more formal in nature than
Recommendations of a purely informative type. In some cases, for example, it
may be necessary to agree on a date, perhaps even an hour, for the application
of some of these Recommendations.
For me, the key point which emerges from the three Resolutions of
the Montreux Plenipotentiary Conference to which I have referred, particularly
Resolution No. 36, is that there will be five classes of regulatory text in
the Union instead of three.
At present we have the Convention and the General Regulations
annexed to it. These documents are so closely linked that they form a whole.
Then there are Administrative Regulations dealing with telegraphy, telephony
and radio and, finally, the Recommendations of the C.C.I.s, so that the I.T.U.
has three classes of legislative text.
But in future it is probable that there will be five classes of such
texts - the Constitution, the General Regulations (which will tend to become
a distinct body of regulation in that the Constitution will have a more
permanent nature than the Convention), the Administrative Regulations, the
"regulatory Recommendations" and the Recommendations strictly speaking.
This change from three to five classes will doubtless have more
far-reaching consequences than can be envisaged at this stage. Once the
distinction between the various regulations has been established, we shall
probably wish to consider how they might be hierarchically related, after
which we shall want to define the procedures for amending or changing them that
would entail the least cost and inconvenience to Members of the Union.
These are merely some very general remarks prompted by the normal
developments which are taking place.
I should now like to say something about Resolution No. 37, which
deals with the unification so far as possible of the regulatory provisions
governing the mobile and fixed public correspondence services.
You will be considering specific aspects of this problem because
the draft revised Telegraph' and Telephone Regulations no longer contain, or
do not contain in the same form, the provisions to be found in the Radio
Regulations and the Additional Radio Regulations.
I shall not go into this problem in detail, but it may be useful to
define the fundamental difference that exists between the fixed service and
the mobile service.
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In the fixed service, communications are established between regular
partners, the services are set up on the basis of prior agreement, and such
important matters as the settlement of balances of accounts are the subject of
quite rigid arrangements between Administrations.
So far as the mobile service is concerned, the picture is generally
quite different in that the system is based on trust - and I wish to emphasize
this aspect of trust. How, for example, is a coast station to know that the
accounting authority of the ship sending traffic will in fact pay for the
services which the coast station administration has rendered? This is only
one very obvious example of the differences between the fixed and mobile
services.
It is therefore advisable to bear in mind the basic operational
differences which exist between the fixed and mobile services when you examine
the consequences which changes in the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations may
have on public correspondence to and from mobile stations.
Mr. Chairman,
In conclusion I would say a few words about the service documents. If
one goes back to the origin of the I.T.U. Secretariat, one discovers that one
of the main reasons for its establishment was to have a central point from
which important information concerning the operation of the world network could
be distributed to all Members of the Union alike.
This is still one of the essential functions of I.T.U. Headquarters
and I mention it here to underline its importance. Service documents are not
published for general information but are intended to provide the data which"
staff at the operational level need to carry out their work properly.
When a Member sends information to I.T.U. Headquarters for publication
in a service document, it does so because other Members with which it wishes
to exchange traffic must have certain essential data if the exchange is to be
made efficiently. It is a mutual responsibility of all Members of the Union
towards each other. It is also a practice which will exist for many years to
come, at least until such time as telecommunication systems will have developed
to such a degree that this type of information will be automatically
distributed to all Members.
Mr. Chairman,
You have very important work ahead of you, and the time available has
been carefully calculated. So we must not waste it and I will merely add that
I wish you every success in your efforts.
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Document No. 48-E
5 April 1973
Original : English
1973
MINUTES
OF THE
SECOND PLENARY MEETING
Chairman : Mr. Fritz LOCHER (Switzerland)
Document No.
1. Accession to the Montreux Convention by
the German Democratic Republic
2.
Distribution of proposals between the
Committees
3. Measures resulting from the application
of Resolution No. 37 of the Plenipotentiary
Conference (Montreux, 1965)
4.
Other business
DT/2(Rev.2)
16 (point 16/7)
21, 22 and 23
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1.
Accession to the Montreux Convention by the German Democratic
Republic
The Secretary-General announced that the German Democratic
Republic's instrument of accession to the Montreux Convention had been
received that morning. He congratulated the German Democratic Republic
on its accession to the Convention.
2.
Distribution of proposals between the different committees
(Document No. DT/2(Rev.2))
The representative of the World Meteorological Organization drew
attention to further documents which had been distributed that morning, and
the Chairman proposed that Documents Nos. 26 and 27 should also be referred
to Committee 4.
It was so agreed.
With that addition, the distribution of proposals among Committee 4
and Committee 5 as set out in Document DT/2(Rev.2) was approved.
3.
Measures resulting from the application of Resolution No. 37 of
the Plenipotentiary Conference (Montreux, 1965) (Document No. 16)
(point 16/7, 21, 22 and 23)
The delegate of the United Kingdom said that at the last session
of the Administrative Council his delegation had undertaken to prepare an
instrument to implement the concepts behind Resolution No. 37, and it had
concluded that the most suitable procedure would be the adoption of
provisions by the Telegraph and Telephone Conference, which would permit the
1974 Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference to transfer to the
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations such parts of the Radio and Additional
Radio Regulations as it might consider necessary. It was•essential that
no constraints should be placed upon the decisions to be taken by the
Maritime Conference and that nothing decided by the Telegraph a n d Telephone
Conference could be changed by the Maritime Conference. The proposals
made in Documents Nos. 22 and 23 were designed to achieve those objectives.
It was possible that the Maritime Conference would not avail
itself of the facility offered, in which case there would be no further
Appendix, as mentioned in Document No. 22, paragraph 43. Paragraph 44
constituted a safeguard in case of conflict between the Telegraph and
Telephone Regulations and the decisions of the Maritime Conference.
Paragraph 45 dealt with the date of entry into force of the Appendix and the
remaining paragraphs were of a formal nature.
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The Opinion was suggested as a safeguard to ensure that the
Radio Regulations would continue to be applicable with respect to the
1958 Telegraph and Telephone Regulations during the interim period pending
adoption of revised Radio Regulations.
The delegate of Japan said it was desirable for the Telegraph and
Telephone Conference to make provision for the necessary action should the
Maritime Conference decide to transfer certain provisions of the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations into the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations.'
The aim was to avoid the necessity of convening another meeting of the
Telegraph and Telephone Conference merely to ratify such a transfer. His
delegation therefore submitted the proposals in Document No. 21, which were
self explanatory.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. said that the U.S.S.R. telecommunication
administration entirely shared the views expressed by the Secretary-General
in his statement at the first plenary meeting regarding Regulations and
Recommendations and the interconnection between them. Since they remained
operative for long periods, the Regulations should embody all provisions of
principle defining an administration's responsibilities for the organization
of telegraph and telephone services. Therefore, in view of the substantial
changes in the structure of the Regulations, there must be a clear statement
of the relationship between the Regulations on the one hand and Instructions
and Recommendations on the other, bearing in mind the increasing importance
of Instructions and Recommendations'. He agreed with the Secretary-General
that a number of Recommendations now had virtually legislative force, and
that their number would increase in future. His delegation therefore submitted
proposals in Document No. 16 for the inclusion of certain provisions of
principle in the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations. He was convinced
that if they were given the appropriate legal status, the Instructions would
create a sound basis for the legislative Recommendations to which the
Secretary-General had referred.
It was agreed to establish a working group consisting of the
delegations of Germany (Federal Republic of), Saudi Arabia, Canada, Denmark,
United States of America, France, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Norway,
Oman, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S.S.R. to
consider Documents Nos. 16, 21, 22 and 23 in relation to Resolution No. 37
of the Montreux Convention, and to produce for approval in plenary draft
appropriate transitional provisions in respect of the references to the
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations in the Radio Regulations and Additional
Radio Regulations, pending decisions to be taken by the Maritime Conference.
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V
It was further agreed that the Canadian delegate would in
principle act as Chairman of the Working Group.
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4.
Other business
The United Kingdom delegate drew attention to a recurring problem
in connection with the word "doivent" which had been rendered into English
as "must" in Document No. 27- The French "devoir" could be translated
either as "must" or "should", but the latter was not so mandatory as.the
former. In his view, the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations, however close they
might come to it, could never be absolutely mandatory, and it was therefore
essential to find a suitable term.
The U.S.S.R. delegate fully endorsed that view, and said that his
delegation did not have in mind any mandatory force for C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations.
The Chairman invited the Working Group to take those comments into
account in its deliberations.
The meeting rose at 104o hrs.
M. MILI
The Chairman
F. LOCHER
Document No. 49-E
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COMMITTEE 6
SECOND SERIES OF TEXTS
(Texts adopted by Committee 4 at its 4th meeting)
Article 3
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The administrations
shall determine by mutual agreement the
classes of calls, the special facilities and the special transmission using
telephone circuits, to be admitted in their reciprocal international
telephone relations observing the provisions of Articles 39 and 40 of the
Convention.
9.
The administrations
shall determine by mutual agreement the
conditions under which they place international telephone-type circuits
at the exclusive disposal of users for an appropriate charge, in those
relations where telephone-type circuits remain available after the needs of
the public telecommunication services have been satisfied.
(Note : Pending : proposal of U.S.S.R. contained in Document No. 31).
Article 4
Operating methods
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10.
The administrations
shall agree between themselves upon the
operating methods best suited to the needs of the international relations
which concern them, taking account of the conditions and the possibilities
of operation.
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Article 5
Accounting rates
11.
The overall accounting rates shall be made up of terminal rates and
any transit rates.
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The administrations
shall fix their terminal and transit rates.
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13.
However, the administrations
may by agreement fix the overall
accounting rate applicable in a given relation and may divide that rate into
terminal shares payable to the administrations*) of terminal countries, and
where appropriate, into transit shares payable to the administrations*) of
transit countries.
12.
14.
If no such special agreement as mentioned in paragraph 13 is
reached, the overall accounting rate shall be determined in accordance with
paragraphs 11 and 12 above.
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15.
When an administration
has acquired the right to utilize, by
renting or by other arrangement, a part of the circuits and/or installations
of another administration ), the former shall fix the rate as mentioned in
paragraphs 11 and 12 above for this part of the relation. In like manner,
under the provisions of paragraph 13 above, the share of the overall
accounting rate for this part accrues to the administration ' which has
acquired the right to utilize the circuits and/or installations of another
administration*). The same provisions apply when several administrations '
have jointly acquired the right to utilize a part of the circuits and/or
installations of another administration*).
Article 6
Collection charges
16.
Each administration ) shall, subject to the applicable provisions
of national law, fix the charges to be collected from its public; in
fixing these charges, administrations*) should make every effort to avoid too
large a dissymmetry between the charges applicable in each direction of the
same relation.
17.
The charge to the public should in principle be the same, in a
given relation, regardless of the route used for setting up a call.
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Article 7
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Accounting
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18.
Unless otherwise agreed upon, the administration
responsible for
collecting the charges shall establish a monthly account showing all the
amounts due and forward it to the administrations ) concerned.
19.
20.
In principle an account shall be considered as accepted without
the need for specific notification of acceptance to the administration )
which sent it.
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21.
Nevertheless, any administration
shall have the right to query
the data in question during a period of two months after the receipt of the
account only to the extent necessary to bring the differences within
mutually agreed limits.
22.
23.
creditor administration > and be forwarded in duplicate to the debtor
administration*) which, after verification, shall return one of the copies
24.
is received by the debtor administration*). Beyond this period, the creditor
administration*^ shall have the right to charge interest at the rate of 6%
per annum, reckoned from the day following the date of expiration of the said
period.
Note : Resolutions Nos. 1 and 2 annexed to Telephone Regulations, Geneva, 1958
are deleted.
l) See also Appendix 1
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RECOMMENDATION RTf-A
United Nations telephone calls in exceptional circumstances
Geneva, 1973,
considering :
that it is important to provide the U.N. with special treatment for
telephone calls in exceptional circumstances, in order that it may carry out
the duties incumbent upon it by virtue of the United Nations Charter in the
sphere of the maintenance of international peace and security.
recommends :
that in exceptional circumstances, the Members and Associate
Members of the I.T.U. grant preferential treatment, over Government calls,
for calls requested by those of the persons listed below whom the SecretaryGeneral of the U.N. shall have designated in each case :
on the one hand, and
the Chairman of a Regional Sub-Committee of the Military
Staff Committee,
the Chairman of a special Committee set up by the Security
Council or the General Assembly, or a person entrusted with
a mission by the Security Council or the General Assembly,
on the other hand.
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Such preferential treatment shall relate to the order of
establishment of the communications requested and to the length of calls.
It shall, be granted only to the persons designated above.
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THIRD SERIES OF TEXTS
(Texts adopted by Committee 5 at its
1st and 2nd meetings)
APPENDIX 1
In the absence of special arrangements between
administrations and/or recognized private operating agencies,
the currencies used for the payment of balances of international
telecommunication accounts, which should be drawn up in gold
francs as provided for in the statutory acts of the I.T.U.,
and the methods of conversion into such currencies shall be as
follows :
1)
The payment of balances of international
telecommunication accounts shall be made in the currency
selected by the creditor after consultation with the debtor.
If there is disagreement the choice of the creditor shall
prevail in all cases subject to the provisions in
paragraph 6.1. If the creditor does not specify a currency the
choice shall rest with the debtor.
2)
The amount of the payment, as determined hereafter,
in the selected currency shall be equivalent in value to the
balance of the account.
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3)
If the balance of the account is expressed in gold
francs, the amount of the selected currency which is equivalent
in value to that balance shall be determined by the relationship, in effect on the day before payment, between the value
of the gold franc and :
determining the equivalent value. (See Note l);
unilaterally by the appropriate Government or
official issuing authority (hereafter designated as
fixed unilaterally). If, however, a central rate of
the selected currency has been established unilaterally subsequent to the unilateral fixing of a
gold par value, the gold value of that central rate
shall be used in determining the equivalent value.
(See Note l).
3.1
If the selected currency does not have a value of
the kind shown in paragraph 3, or if the margins recognized
(paragraph 3 a)), or established beforehand by the appropriate
Government or issuing authority (paragraph 3b)) are not being
observed, the equivalent value of the selected currency shall
be determined by its relationship on the official or generally
accepted foreign exchange market, as provided in paragraph 6,
to another currency with a value of the kind shown in
paragraph 3.
4)
If the balance of the
currency other than gold francs
the same as the currency of the
amount of the selected currency
of the balance of the account.
account is expressed in a
and the selected currency is
balance of the account, the
for payment shall be the amount
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5)
If the balance of the account is expressed in a
currency other than gold francs and the selected currency for
payment is different from the currency of the balance of the
account, the amount of the selected currency for payment shall
be determined by relating the gold value of the currency of
the balance of the account to the gold value of the selected
currency by reference to their value as in paragraph 3.
5.1
paragraph 5 do not have a value of the kind shown in
paragraph 3, or if the margins recognized by the Articles or
Executive Board decisions of the I.M.F. or established beforehand by the appropriate Government or issuing authority are
not being observed, the equivalent value of one currency to the
other shall be determined by their relationship on the official
or generally accepted foreign exchange market, as provided in
paragraph 6.
6)
For the purpose of determining the official or
generally accepted foreign exchange market equivalent referred
to in paragraphs 3.1 and 5.1, the rate used shall be the closing
rate for currency which can be used in the majority of
merchandise trade transactions for spot delivery cable transfers
in the official or generally accepted foreign exchange market
of the main financial centre of the debtor country on the day
prior to payment or the most recent rate quoted.
6.1
If a creditor selects a currency with a gold par rate
fixed unilaterally or a currency the equivalent value of which
is to be determined by its relationship to a currency with a
gold par rate fixed unilaterally, the use of the selected
currency must be acceptable to the debtor,
7)
The debtor shall transmit, on the date of payment,
the amount of the selected currency as computed above by a
bank cheque, transfer or any other means, acceptable to the
debtor and the creditor. If the creditor expresses no
preference, the choice shall fall to the debtor.
8)
Provided the periods of payment are observed
administrations or recognized private operating agencies may
by mutual agreement settle their balances of various kinds by
offsetting credits and debits in their relations with other
administrations and/or recognized private operating agencies.
The offsetting may be extended by mutual agreement to debts
arising from postal services where both administrations or
recognized private operating agencies operate both postal and
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9)
The payment charges imposed in the debtor country
(taxes, clearing charges, commission, etc.) shall be borne by
the debtor. The charges imposed in the creditor country,
including payment charges imposed by banks in intermediate
countries, shall be borne by the creditor.
10)
If, between the time the remittance (cheque, etc.) is
effected and the time the creditor receives it, a variation
occurs in the equivalent value of the selected currency
calculated as described in paragraphs 3, 3.1, 5, 5.1 or 6, and
if the difference resulting from such variation exceeds 5$ of
the amount due as calculated following such variation, the
total difference shall be shared equally between debtor and
creditor.
11)
If there should be a radical change in the international monetary system (e.g. a substantial general change
in the official price of gold, or if gold ceased to be used
generally as a basic reference for currencies) which
invalidates or makes inappropriate one or more of the foregoing paragraphs, administrations and recognized private
operating agencies shall be free to adopt, by mutual
agreement, different procedures for the payment of balances
of accounts, pending a revision of this Appendix.
Note 1 : Where the central rate is in terms of another I.M.F.
the amount of the selected currency shall be determined by
first relating the gold franc amount to the I.M.F.-approved
par value of such other currency and then by relating the
resulting amount of such other currency to the selected
currency for payment. Where such other currency has no
I.M.F.-approved par value in effect, paragraph 6 shall apply.
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Document Ho. 51-E
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1973
PLENARY MEETING
Mexico
1.
Draft Appendix 1 to the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations (submitted by the Vth Plenary Assembly of the
C.C.I.T.T.) contains the general provisions to be applied
to the payment of balances of account. Paragraph ll) of
the Appendix deals with the eventuality of a radical change
in the international monetary system.
2.
Whatever decision is adopted by the Conference in
this matter, there is no doubt that the problem may recur at
any time with the inevitable consequences for the Administrations
or recognized private operating agencies of countries whose
currency loses its value because of a fall in its exchange
rate vis-a-vis the gold franc.
3.
For the countries affected, this situation is
tantamount to a further drain of foreign currency or a
reduction in the influx of foreign currency (according to
whether a debit or a credit balance ensues), resulting in
increased costs for the services of the administrations
concerned.
4.
The Mexican Telecommunications Administration
considers that the Conference should find a formula which
mitigates the effects of a radical change in the exchange
rate of currencies. In this connection, the administrations
concerned could agree, inter alia, to change the tariffs in
gold francs or their local tariff in national currency,
bearing in mind that the purpose of the readjustment is to
mitigate the effects of the new exchange rate.
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Document No. 52-E
5 April 1973
Original : Spanish
1973
COMMITTEE 2
REPORT BY THE WORKING GROUP OF COMMITTEE 2
(Credentials)
The Working Group met on 4 and 5 April 1973 and examined the
Credentials received.
Annex 1 shows a list of credentials which are in order.
Annex 2 shows a list of delegations which have not yet deposited
credentials.
The Working Group agreed that the Chairman of the Working Group
shall report to the Committee on credentials received after the drawing up
of the present report.
Joel GALVAN TALLEDOS
Chairman of
the Working Group
Annexes : 2
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ANNEX
1
CREDENTIALS WHICH ARE IN ORDER
Albania (People's Republic of)
Germany (Federal Republic of)
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Argentine Republic
Australia (Commonwealth of)
Austria
Belgium
Bielorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Brazil
Canada
People's Republic of China
Vatican City State
People's Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Group of Territories represented by the French Overseas Post
and Telecommunication Agency
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Greece
Republic of India
Ireland
Iceland
State of Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Lebanon
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Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mexico
Monaco
Norway
New Zealand
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Peru
Republic of the Philippines
People's Republic of Poland
Portugal
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
Somali Democratic Republic
Democratic Republic of the Sudan
Republic of South Africa
Sweden
United Republic of Tanzania
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Territories of the United States of America
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Republic of Viet-Nam
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
This country has not ratified the Convention.
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ANNEX
2
DELEGATIONS WHICH HAVE NOT YET DEPOSITED CREDENTIALS
(as of 5 April, 1000 hrs)
Algerian Democratic and Popular Republic
Republic of Burundi
United Republic of Cameroon
Republic of Dahomey
Spain
Gabon Republic
Iran
Kenya
State of Kuwait
Malagasy Republic
Republic of Mali
Kingdom of Morocco
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Sultanate of Oman
Uganda
Pakistan
German Democratic Republic
Socialist Republic of Roumania
Republic of the Senegal
Confederation of Switzerland
Document No. 53~E
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Tî^m
Original : Spanish
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Mexico
DRAFT
RECOMMENDATION
The World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1973).
considering
a)
that Appendix 1 to the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations contains general provisions applying to the payment of
balances of accounts;
b)
that paragraph 11 of that Appendix leaves
administrations free to adopt procedures by mutual agreement for
the payment of such balances whenever there is a radical change in
the international monetary system,
c)
that when such a change occurs the economic
interests of those administrations whose currencies suffer a
fall in the exchange rate with respect to- the gold franc are
adversely affected,
d)
that a situation of this kind can be
extremely prejudicial to the harmonious development and efficient
operation of telecommunication services through the additional
financial burden placed on the administrations affected,
recommends
1.
that when there is a radical change in the
international monetary system which appreciably affects the
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settlements to be made by an administration, the least affected
administration should show the maximum good will and offer its
cooperation in mitigating the effects of the change.
2.
that among the measures to be adopted for the
purposes of the preceding paragraph, consideration should be
given to the revision, by mutual agreement, of the rates in gold
francs or of national rates in an endeavour to make appropriate
adjustments to counter or reduce the financial impact on the
administration most affected.
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CONFERENCE
GENEVA
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Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
REPORT BY THE BUDGET CONTROL COMMITTEE
The Budget Control Committee held two meetings at
which it considered the various points arising from its terms
of reference*
In accordance with No. 676 of the General Regulations,
the Budget Control Committee shall present to the Plenary Meeting
a report showing as accurately as possible, the estimated total
expenditure of the Conference. After consideration and approval
by the Plenary Meeting, this report must be transmitted to the
Secretary-General for submission to the Administrative Council
at its next annual session.
1.
Budget of the Conference (Document No. 7)
The Budget Control Committee took note of the budget
of the Conference adopted by the Administrative Council of the
Union at its 27th Session, 1972. The Committee was informed
that salaries of short-term staff had been increased with effect
from 1 January 1973 and a request for additional credits of
6,000 Swiss francs to cover this increase will be submitted to
the Administrative Council in 1973 for approval. The Committee
was further informed that the request will be withdrawn.
2.
Cost of printing of the Final Acts
The documents required by the Telegraph and Telephone
Conference for its own use will be produced by offset. There
will accordingly be no type set-up which can be used subsequently,
either in whole or in part, for the printing of the Final Acts.
The Budget Control Committee therefore does not propose that any
proportion of the cost of typographical composition be charged to
the Budget of the Conference.
3.
Situation concerning expenditure for the Telegraph and
The Budget Control Committee was informed that it would
be possible to meet the entire expenditure for the Telegraph and
Telephone Conference from the budget approved by the Administrative
Council in 1972 as adjusted to include additional credits. The
position of the Conference accounts as at 5 April 1973, as
compiled by the General Secretariat, is at Annex 2.
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4.
Contributions of recognized private operating
agencies and international organizations not
enjoying exemption (Document No. 8)
Under No. 231 of the International Telecommunication
Convention, Montreux 1965, the amount of the contributory unit
for recognized private operating agencies and international
organizations not enjoying exemption was fixed at 750 Swiss
francs.
A list of recognized private operating agencies and
international organizations in question, together with an
indication of the number of contributory units chosen to date,
is at Annex 3 to the present document.
M. KULA
Chairman
Budget Control Committee
Annexes : 3
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ANNEX
SECTION 7.2
CONFERENCE, GENEVA, 1973
Swiss francs
Travel
Insurance
215,000*)
20,000
5,000
240,000
2.
26,000
Document production
30,000
25,000
Postage, telephone calls, telegrams
15,000
Technical equipment
1,000
5,000
102,000
I 3.
Other expenses
19,000
361,000
*) Not including additional credits of 6,000 Swiss francs
to cover salary increases of short-term staff for which
approval of the Administrative Council will be requested
in 1973.
ANNEX
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2
SITUATION CONCERNING EXPEITDI'l'TTRL H-R TEE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
( a t 30 March 1973)
Chapters and Items
Budget *)
Actual Expenditure
Commitments
to expenditure
Estimated
Expenditure
Total estimated
Expenditure
Swiss francs
I
Staff
7.501 - Salaries and related expenses
215,000.-
18,523.15
160,686.85
41,790.-
7.502 - Travel expenses
20,000.-
1,079.15
8,512.30
5,000.-
14,591.45
5,000.-
2,449.95
3,000.-
5,449.95
7.503 - Insurance
II
221,000.-
Premises and Equipment
7.504 - Premises, furniture, machines
26,000.-
7.505 - Document production
30,000.-
7.506 - Office supplies
& overheads
25,000.-
359-80
7.507 - Post, telegraph
& telephone
15,000.-
792,80
20,500.8,438.4,500.-
4,000.-
24,500.-
21,562.-
30,000.-
15,500.-
20,359.80
10,000.-
10,792.80
7.508 - Technical
material
1,000.-
500.-
500.-
7.509 - Sundry & unforeseen
5,000.-
5,000.-
5,000.-
19,000.-
15,000.-
15,000.-
121,352.-
347,194.-
III Other expenditure
7.511 - Final Acts of
the Conference
Total
—
361,000.-
31,642.85
194,199.15
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*) Not including additional credits of 6,000.- Swiss francs which will be submitted to the Administrative Council
in 1973 fer approval.
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ANNEX
3
LIST OF RECOGNIZED PRIVATE OPERATING AGENCIES AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE CONFERENCE
The Great Northern Telegraph Company
**)
Radio-Austria A.G.
**)
Radio Suisse S.A.
**)
International Organizations
The Arab Telecommunications Union
*)
The International Air Transport Association
*)
*) Exempted from all contributions in accordance with the
provisions of Resolution No. 574 of the Administrative
Council.
**}
Class of contribution not yet intimated to the Secretariat,
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 55 ~E
6 April 1973
Original : French
COMMITTEE 4
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE FIRST MEETING OF COMMITTEE 4
(OPERATION)
Chairman : Mr. A.C. BECKWITH (Commonwealth of Australia)
Document No.
1. Organization of work
2.
Commencement of the work programme
DT/4
3
4 + Corr.
16
27
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1.
The Chairman referred to Document No. DT/4 containing a draft work
programme for Committee 4.
In reply to a question by the delegate of Brazil, the Deputy
Secretary-General explained that it had not been possible to mention in
Document No. DT/4 the proposal submitted that morning by Brazil. For lack of
time that contribution could not be published and distributed until the
following morning.
The Chairman said that the proposals should be considered in the
following order : l) those relating to both sets of Regulations; 2) those
concerning only the Telephone Regulations; 3) those concerning only the
The draft work programme contained in Document No. DT/4 was adopted.
2.
Commencement of the work programme (Documents Nos. DT/4, 3,
4 + Corr, 16 and 27) Article 1 (RTf and RTg) Purpose of the
Regulations
The Chairman opened the discussion on the first item in the work
programme relating to Article 1 of the Telephone Regulations and Article 1
of the Telegraph Regulations, the texts of which were almost identical.
Proposals for revision were contained in Documents Nos. 3/ ^(+ Corrigendum),
16 and 27 (Proposals URS/l6/l and HNG/27/l and 2 ) .
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. said that, after studying
Document No. 27, his delegation had observed that the proposals of the
Hungarian People's Republic were identical in substance but were more
precisely worded than the U.S.S.R. proposals in Document No. 16. The U.S.S.R.
delegation therefore endorsed the Hungarian proposals HNG/27/l and 2.
Proposal HNG/27/I
After a lengthy discussion, in which the delegates of the
Hungarian People's Republic, Netherlands, U.S.S.R., Norway, United Kingdom,
Federal Republic of Germany_ United States, Poland, Cameroon, Canada,
Saudi Arabia and Denmark took part, it emerged that substantial differences
of view existed on two points in proposal HNG/27/l. First, the wording
seemed to be too peremptory and did not leave Administrations sufficient
discretion as to how they should apply the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations. It
would therefore be preferable to draft the text in the conditional tense.
On the other hand, the question was raised of whether it was really
advisable expressly to mention "instructions" in the Regulations insofar as
No. 187 of the Convention instructed the C.C.I.T.T. to'issue "Recommendations"
and not "instructions", which in reality were an integral part of the
Recommendations.
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It was finally decided to amend the second paragraph in Article 1
of both Regulations to read :
"While implementing the principles of the Regulations,
Administrations and recognized private operating agencies should comply with
the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations, including any Instructions contained therein,
on any matters not covered by the Regulations."
In conclusion, the delegate of the U.S.S.R. pointed out that it
would be advisable to inform the Plenipotentiary Conference of the
difficulties encountered in preparing the text which had just been adopted so
that, if necessary, it might amend the present text of the Convention to
stipulate that the C.C.I.T.T. should prepare not only "Recommendations" but
also "instructions" on matters affecting the operation of the telephone and
telegraph services.
Secretary-General
Chairman
M. MHiI
A.C. BECKWITH
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Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 6
FOURTH SERIES OF TEXTS
(Sweden and the General Secretariat of the I.T.U.
at the invitation of Committee 5)
DRAFT
RECOMMENDATION No.
The World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1973),
considering
a)
that administrations and recognized private
operating agencies are currently experiencing considerable
practical difficulties in applying the provisions for the payment
of balances of accounts annexed to the 1958 Telegraph and
Telephone Regulations;
b)
that the date of entry into force of the revised
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations is 1 September 1974;
c)
that the provisions for the payment of balances
of accounts annexed to the revised Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations take account, as far as possible, of the present
world monetary situation;
is of the opinion
that the revised provisions for the payment
of balances of accounts could be applied, subject to agreement
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between the parties concerned, prior to the entry into force
of the revised Telegraph and Telephone Regulations;
recommends
that administrations and recognized private
operating agencies apply the revised provisions for the payment
of balances of accounts, by mutual arrangement, as soon as practical,
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 57~E
6 A p r i l 1973
Original : English
French
Spanish
COMMITTEE 6
5th SERIES OF TEXTS
(Texts adopted by Plenary at its 3rd meeting)
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 8
25.
these Regulations such Radio Regulations
and Additional Radio Regulations (1968
Edition) or any amendments thereto or new
radio regulations adopted by the said
Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference.
26.
transferred by the Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference and embodied in
the Appendix referred to in paragraph 25
above shall not in any way be construed to
amend or alter any clause contained in these
Document No. 57-E
Page 2
27.
into force on 1 September 1974, the Appendix
28.
Administration makes reservations with
regard to the application of one or more of
the provisions thereof, other Administrations
shall be free to disregard the said
provisions or provisions in their relations
with the Administration which has made such
reservations.
29.
delegates have signed these Regulations in
a single copy which, together with the
Appendix referred to in No. 25, shall remain
deposited in the archives of the International
countries.
OPINION
and Telephone Conference, Geneva, 1973,
Document No. 57-E
Page 3
considering
the fact that clauses in the 1958 Telephone
Radio and Additional Radio Regulations (1968),
have been transferred to C.C.I.T.T.
Telephone Conference, that the Maritime
World Administrative Radio Conference is
to consider the provisions of the Radio and
1974;
Geneva 1973 Telephone Regulations and the
Radio Conference should continue to apply in
respect of the Radio and Additional Radio
the 1973 Telephone Regulations except in
Geneva 1973 Telephone Regulations.
Document No. 58~E
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1973
Spanish
COMMITTEE 6
SIXTH SERIES OF TEXTS
(Texts adopted by Plenary at its 3rd meeting)
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 12
43.
These Regulations, v/hich are
pursuance of Resolution 37 cf the 1965
these Regulations such Radio Regulations and
Additional Regulations (1968 Edition) or any
amendments thereto or new radio regulations
adopted by the said Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference.
44.
transferred by the Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference and embodied in the
Appendix referred to in paragraph 43 above
shall not in any way be construed to amend
or alter any clause contained in these
Document No. 58~E
Page 2
45.
into force on 1 September 1974, the Appendix,
46.
Administration makes reservations with regard
to the application of one or more of the
provisions thereof, other Administrations
shall be free to disregard the said provisions
or provisions in their relations with the
Administration which has made such reservations
47.
delegates have signed these Regulations in a
single copy which, together with the Appendix
referred to in No. 43* shall remain deposited
in the archives of the International
countries.
OPINION
Document No. 58-E
Page 3
considering
the fact that clauses in the 1958 Telegraph
(1968), have been transferred to C.C.I.T.T.
Telephone Conference, that the Maritime World
Administrative Radio Conference is to
consider the provisions of the Radio and
1974;
Geneva 1973 Telegraph Regulations and the
Radio Conference should continue to apply
in respect of the Radio and Additional Radio
the 1973 Telegraph Regulations except in
Geneva 1973 Telegraph Regulations.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 59-E
6 April 1973
1973
COMMITTEE 6
SEVENTH SERIES OF TEXTS
(Texts adopted by Committee 4 at
its 6th and 7th meetings)
Note to the Editorial Committee :
The Committee's attention is drawn to the fact that every time
the "Convention" is mentioned in the texts of the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations it should be made clear that it is the Montreux Convention.
Article 3
5.
2.
Government telegrams and telegrams relative to the application
of the United Nations Charter.
3.
4.
5»
6.
Meteorological telegrams.
Provisions concerning these classes of telegrams are contained
in Annex 1#
Document No. 59-E
Page 2
6.
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies have the
option of admitting other telegrams and telegrams with special services
referred to in C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
7.
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies 'which do
not admit telegrams and/or telegrams with special services referred to in 6 in
their own services must let them pass in transit except in case of suspension
of service provided for in Article 33 of the Convention.
8.
Administrations may provide or authorize telex, phototelegraph, data
transmission and/or other telegraph services and may place or authorize to be
placed international circuits at the exclusive disposal of users in those
relations where circuits remain available after the needs of the public
Article 4
9»
The original telegram must be written in characters which are used
in the country of origin and which have an equivalent in the table of telegraph
signals given in C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
10.
Each telegram must have an address containing all particulars
necessary to ensure delivery of the telegram to the addressee without enquiry
or requests for information.
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11.
12.
-transit, except in the case of suspension defined in Article 33 of the
Convention.
shall
refuse
or
in
13.
14.
15.
Telegrams shall be delivered by any means available according to
their address, either to a private house, office, business house, etc., of
(hotel, etc.) or telegraph restant, or poste restante or to a Post Office
Box.
16.
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17.
a) Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 39 and
49 of the Convention, Administrations shall take the necessary steps to
secure a special priority for telegrams relative to the application of the
provisions of Chapters VI, VII and VIII of the United Nations Charter,
-
-
-
the President and Members of the Economic and Social Council,
- ' the President and Members of the Trusteeship Council,
-
the President and Members of the International Court of Justice,
-
-
the Chairman and Members of the Military Staff Committee and the
Chairman of a regional sub-committee of the Military Staff
Committee,
-
the Chairman or Principal Secretary of a committee set up by the
Security Council or by the General Assembly,
-
a person performing a mission on behalf of the United Nations or of
the Security Council,
- heads of states,
-
-
the Administrative Head of a territory designated as a strategic
area.
b) Telegrams mentioned in a) above but which do not fall under the
class of government telegrams shall be regarded as government telegrams.
Article 5
18.
The right to stop transmission of certain private telegrams as
provided for in Article 32 of the Convention, shall be exercised by the
terminal or transit telegraph offices subject to reference to the appropriate
authority which shall decide without appeal.
19.
telegrams shall be entitled to transmission as of right. Telegraph offices
shall exercise no control over these telegrams.
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20.
Article 6
Archives
21.
The original or facsimile copies of a) telegrams and b) the relevant
which should be retained by the Administrations or recognized private
electronic records.
22.
refund of charges or any difference in international accounts which might
23.
of the Convention, originals or copies of telegrams may be shown only to the •
Article 7
Accounting rates for telegrams
24.
The Administrations or, at the discretion of Administrations, the
rates for telegrams taking into account the Recommendations of the C.C.I.T.T,
recognized private operating agency for a particular relation with another
25.
(SUP)
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26.
The overall accounting rates shall be made up of the sum of :
27.
28.
b)
29.
c) where the case arises, the rates for any connecting circuits provided
by radio, by submarine cable or by any other means.
the transit rates of intermediate Administrations or recognized
30.
should, in principle, be that which, by application of the rates above, gives
the lowest figure.
31.
may divide that rate into terminal shares payable to the terminal countries and,
where appropriate, into transit shares payable to the transit countries.
32.
Article 8
33.
subject to the applicable provisions of national law, fix the charges to be
collected from its public; in fixing these charges Administrations or
recognized private operating agencies should make every effort to avoid too
large a difference between the charges applicable in each direction of the
same relation.
Article 9
34.
Members and Associate Members of the Union undertake to prohibit the
granting, in any form whatsoever, of rebates on the rates appearing in the
official tariff lists of Administrations or recognized private operating
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Article 10
Accounting
35.
establish a monthly account showing all the amounts due and forward it to
36.
57.
38.
Nevertheless, any Administration or recognized private operating
agency shall have the right to query the data in question during a period of
to bring any differences within mutually agreed limits.
39.
In
4-°»
relations where specific agreements do not exist, a-quarterly
forwarded in duplicate to the debtor Administration or recognized private
41.'
operating agency shall have the right to charge interest at the rate of
of the said period.
See also Appendix 1
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Article 11
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All claims for
a refund must be presented within four months from the date on which the
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ANNEX
1
TO TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS
1.
1.1
the Convention, telegrams relating to the safety of life on
land, at sea, in the air and in outer space, and exceptionally
urgent epidemiological telegrams of the World Health Organization
shall have absolute priority over all other telegrams.
, 1.2
These telegrams from government agencies or from
interest.
1.3
be certified as really being telegrams of exceptional urgency
relating to the safety of life.
1.4
The text and signature of SVH telegrams handed in at
a telegraph office shall be in plain language.
2.
Government telegrams and telegrams relative to the
application of United Nations Charter
2.1
Government telegrams are those defined as such
in the Convention.
2.2
rise to doubt.
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2.3
regarded as Government telegrams. The right to send a reply
as a Government telegram shall be established by the production
of the original Government telegram.
2-4
telegrams when they are addressed to an official person, and
relate to official matters. Telegrams which do not fulfil
these latter conditions shall, however, be accepted by
telegraph offices and transmitted as Government telegrams,
but these offices shall at once report the matter to the
Administration to which they are subject.
2-5
Subject to the application of the provisions of
Articles 39 and 49 of the Convention, Administrations shall
take the necessary steps to secure a special priority for
telegrams relative to the application of the provisions of
Chapters VI, VII and VIII of the United Nations Charter,
exchanged in an emergency between :
-
the President and Members of the Security
Council,
-
the President and Members of the General
Assembly,
-
the President and Members of the Economic
and Social Council,
-
the President and Members of the Trusteeship
Council,
-
the President and Members of the International
Court of Justice,
-
the Secretarty-General of the United Nations,
-
the Chairman and Members of the Military
Staff Committee and the Chairman of a regional
sub-committee of the Military Staff Committee,
-
the Chairman or Principal Secretary of a
Committee set up by the Security Council or
the General Assembly,
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a person performing a mission on behalf of
the United Nations or of the Security Council,
-
Heads of state,
-
-
the Administrative Head of a trust territory
designated as a strategic area.
2.6
Telegrams mentioned in 2.5 above but which do not
fall under the class of government telegrams shall be
regarded as government telegrams.
3- - Telegrams concerning persons protected in time of war
by the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 shall include :
a) telegrams addressed to prisoners of war,
civilian internees or their representatives
(prisoners1 representatives, internee
committees) by recognized relief societies
assisting war victims;
b) telegrams which prisoners of war and civilian
internees are permitted to send or those sent
by their representatives (prisoners'
representatives, internee committees) in the
course of their duties under the Convention.
c) telegrams sent in the course of their duties
under the Conventions by the national
Information Bureaus or the Central Information
Agency for which provision is made in the
Geneva Conventions, or by delegations of such
Bureaus or Agency, concerning prisoners of
war, civilians who are interned or whose
liberty is restricted, or the death of
military personnel or civilians in the course
of hostilities.
internees or their representatives shall bear the official
stamp of the camp or the signature of the camp commander or
one of his deputies.
Telegrams sent by the national Information Bureaus
as telegrams sent by recognized relief societies assisting war
victims, shall bear the offial stamp of the Bureau, Agency,
delegation or society which send them.
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4.
The ordinary private telegrams are obligatory
private telegrams other than those bearing the service
indications SVH, OBS or RCT.
5»
Telegraph service correspondence is a correspondence
defined as follows :
5-1
Service telegrams are telegrams which relate to
public international telecommunication and are exchanged
between :
5.1.1
administrations,
5-1.2
recognized private operating agencies,
5-1.3
administrations and recognized private
operating agencies,
5.1.4
administrations and recognized private
operating agencies on the one hand and the
Secretary-General of the I.T.U. on the other
hand.
5-2
Service advices are telegrams which relate to
details of service or to the working of circuits and telegraph
offices and to transmission of traffic. They shall be
exchanged between telegraph offices.
5.3
Paid service advices are telegrams initiated by the
sender or addressee of any telegram to obtain information or
to give instructions about that telegram.
6.
Meteorological telegrams
6.1
The term "meteorological telegram" denotes a telegram
sent by an official meteorological service or by a station in
official relation with such a service, and addressed to such a
service or to such a station, and which consists solely of
meteorological observations or forecasts. A telegram of this
kind must always be regarded as drawn up in plain language.
6.2
The service indication OBS shall be shown before the
address. No service indication other than OBS shall be admitted
in meteorological telegrams.
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Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies shall deliver at once telegrams relating to the
safety of life as well as government telegrams, for which the
sender has requested priority in transmission.
8.
When a telegram cannot be delivered to the addressee
the telegraph office of destination shall send, with minimum
delay, a service advice to the office of origin, stating the
cause of the non-delivery.
Note : Resolutions Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and Opinion No. 1
annexed to the Telegraph Regulations, Geneva (1958), are
deleted.
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1973
Document No. 60-E
7 April 1973
Original : French
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
At the time of signing the Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference, (Geneva, 1973),
the undersigned delegates take note of the following statements
forming part of the Final Acts of the Conference
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the respective delegates have
signed this Final Protocol in each of the Chinese, English, French,
Russian and Spanish languages in the single copy, which shall
remain deposited in the archives of the International Telecommunication
Union, which shall forward a copy to each of the signatory countries.
Done at Geneva,
1973
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CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
1»
The Paris Agreement on Viet-Nam recognizes in fact
the existence in South Viet-Nam of two administrations, namely,
the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of
South Viet-Nam and the Saigon authorities. Under the present
political situation, it is inappropriate for the Saigon
authorities to be unilaterally represented at any meetings of
I.T.U. We therefore express our regret.
The signatures affixed by the representatives of the
Saigon authorities to Telegraph Regulations and to Telephone
Regulations are therefore null and void.
2.
The South African white authorities enforcing colonial
rule is imposed on the South African people. It is by no means
qualified to participate in any meetings of I.T.U. in the name
of the South African people. Its signatures to the Telegraph
Regulations and to the Telephone Regulations are therefore
illegal.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
D
°°«„N°- 6f-g
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
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DECLARATION FOR INCLUSION IN THE
MINUTES OF THE PLENARY MEETING
\*
The Paris Agreement on Viet-Nam recognizes in fact
the existence in South Viet-Nam of two administrations, namely,
the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republip of
3outh Viet-Nam and the Saigon authorities. Under the present
political situation, it is inappropriate for the Saigon
authorities tq be unilaterally represented at any meetings of
I.T.U. We therefore express our regret.
The signatures affixed by the representatives of the
Saigon authorities to Telegraph Regulations and to Telephone
Regulations are therefore null and void.
2„
The South African white authorities enforcing colonial
rule is imposed on the South African people. It is by no means
qualified to participate in any meetings of I.T.U. in the name
of the South African people. Its signatures to the Telegraph
Regulations and to the Telephone Regulations are therefore
illegal.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
^ " ; 62"E
0ri inal: French
^
1973
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
FIRST MEETING OF COMMITTEE 5
(FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES)
Chairman : Mr. S.R.V. PARAMOR (United Kingdom)
Sub.iects discussed
Document No.
1. Payment of balances of accounts
(Appendix common to the Telegraph
Regulations and Telephone Regulations)
2.
Other business
Document No. 5
Proposal by Belgium to amend slightly
the first paragraph in draft Appendix 1.
5» 12, 20
Document No. 62-E
Page 2
1.
Payment of balances of accounts (Appendix common to
the Telegraph Regulations and Telephone Regulations)
The Chairman briefly recalled that C.C.I.T.T. Study
Group II had been responsible for the work on Appendix 1 and
that a draft text had been prepared at a joint meeting of that
Study Group and Study Group I. The draft had been submitted to
the C.C.I.T.T. Plenary Assembly and had been adopted with a few
minor amendments.
Document No. 12
The delegate of the United States introduced
Document No. 12 and explained that it had been considered
necessary to make certain parts of paragraph 3.1 more precise,
particularly those referring to the margins, which were of two
types - the 1% float mentioned in the Articles of the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.) and the margin adopted by the
I.M.F. Executive Board. The clarification suggested by the
United States should be introduced also in paragraph 5.1 to
bring it into line with paragraph 3.1.
Referring to recent events which had affected the
international monetary system, the delegate of Japan considered
it most desirable that the provisions of Appendix 1 should be
as clear as possible. He therefore supported the United States
proposal concerning paragraphs 3.1 and 5.1.
As there was no objection, the proposal was approved.
During the discussion on the amendment proposed by
the United States to paragraph 7), the delegate of the
Federal Republic of Germany requested that the fifth line of
the paragraph be amended to read "... shall prevail in all
cases which are possible for the debtor
"
...
The delegate of Spain considered that the currency
chosen by the creditor should always be agreed by the debtor
and that the amendment proposed by the United States was not
justified.
The delegates of Switzerland and of the United Kingdom
did not think that paragraph 7) should be amended or that it
was essential for there to be consistency between it and
paragraph 1 of Appendix 1.
Document No. 62-E
Page 3
In view of the comments made, the delegate of the
United States withdrew his proposal on paragraph 7).
Subject to the foregoing, Document No. 12 was adopted.
Document No. 20
The delegate of Japan explained that his country's
proposal concerning paragraph 3) in the English version of
Appendix 1 was intended to make the text perfectly clear.
The delegates of the United States and of the
United Kingdom agreed that the proposal was justified.
As there was no objection, it was decided to introduce
the proposed amendment in the English text.
The delegate of Japan gave the reasons for the amendments proposed to paragraphs 3 a ) , 3 b ) and 3 c) and pointed
out that the existing text was not sufficiently precise.
The delegate of France fully endorsed the views of
the previous speaker and believed that the proposed amendments
would facilitate adjustment to fluctuations in the international
monetary system and make it easier to take account of the
prevailing economic situation.
The delegates of the United Kingdom and of the
United States also supported the Japanese proposal but felt
that a small working group might be appointed to improve certain
points in the text submitted.
That view was shared by the Committee as a whole.
In response to a request by the Chairman, the delegates
of the following countries offered to take part in the work of
the group :
Argentina
United States
Spain
France
Japan
United Kingdom.
Document No. 62-E
Page 4
With regard to the amendment proposed to paragraph 3.1,
the delegate of Japan explained that the intention was to introduce
a clause which could be applied also to the currencies of
countries not Members of the I.M.F.
In view of certain objections raised by the delegate
of the United Kingdom and of the opinion expressed by the
delegate of the United States, it was decided that the working
group which had just been set up should examine the suggestions
by Japan relating to paragraphs 3.1 and 5.1 with a view to
arriving at a satisfactory solution.
2.
Other business
Document No. 5
Proposal by Belgium to amend slightly the first
paragraph in draft Appendix 1.
The delegate of Belgium believed that the words
"in principle" should be deleted from the first paragraph
since the gold franc should be the sole monetary unit under
the Regulations for the establishment of international accounts,
as was stipulated, moreover, in Article 43 of the Montreux
Convention (1965). He was aware that the proposed text was the
outcome of a great deal of work to reach a satisfactory compromise,
but he was opposed to altering the basic idea expressed in the
Convention.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R.. recalling that his
country was not a Member of the I.M.F., fully agreed with the
observations of the delegate of Belgium and considered that the
gold franc should be the monetary unit for all financial
settlements within the Union.
The delegates of Poland and of Algeria shared that
view.
The Chairman briefly mentioned the considerable work
carried out by the authors of draft Appendix 1, who had devoted
a great deal of time in an attempt to reconcile differing
requirements and interests. He read out No. 294 of the
Convention, referring to "special arrangements" that might be
concluded between the parties concerned.
The delegate of Belgium pointed out that such "special
arrangements" nevertheless had to be agreed by the pertinent
Document No. 62-E
Page 5
Administrations. In his opinion the basic principle should
remain the gold franc, it being understood that Administrations
could, if they wished, bilaterally agree to choose another
currency.
The delegate of the United States shared the Chairman's
point of view. He was opposed to deletion of the words "in
principle".
The delegates of Mexico, Canada and Japan shared that
view.
The delegate of Bulgaria proposed that the words
"in principle" should be deleted and the parenthesis "(except
in the case of special arrangements)" inserted in the third
line after "... gold francs".
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. emphasized that use of
the gold franc was a basic rule laid down in the Convention and
supported the Bulgarian proposal.
Following observations by the delegate of Saudi Arabia,
and at the suggestion of the Chairman, it was agreed that the
members of the Committee should give the matter further thought
and that the discussion should be resumed at the beginning of
the next meeting.
The meeting rose at 1815 hours.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
S.R.V. PARAMOR
Chairman
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
FIRST MEETING OF COMMITTEE 6
(EDITORIAL COMMITTEE)
Thursday, 5 April 1973, at 1500 hrs
(Room A)
Chairman : Mr. A. CHASSIGNOL (France)
1.
2. Form of the Final Acts
3. Title on folder containing the Final Acts.
Document No. 63-E
9 April 1973
Original : English
French
Document-No. 63-E
"?;
1.
Organization of the work of the Committee
The Chairman opened the meeting by welcoming the participants and
recalling the Editorial Committee's terms of reference. He stressed the
importance of each participant knowing at least one language in addition to
his own so that interpretation services would not be required. The Chairman
then explained that all texts would have to be reviewed and described briefly
the usual procedure whereby ..the documents were produced and approved by the
Plenary Meeting in two stages before being issued in final form.
2.
Form of the Final Act's
The Chairman noted that some thought should be given to the form
of the Final Acts. A; possible, solution..would be to publish them in the
following order : firstly, the Telegraph Regulations + Appendices followed by
the signatures, the Telephone Regulations + Appendices followed by signatures,
a single Final protocol and lastly, the.Resolutions, Recommendations and
Opinions.
He felt, and the Editorial Committee agreed, that it was for the
Plenary Meeting to take a decision on the form of the Final Acts and he
proposed that the Plenary be asked to decide without delay.
Mr. Molina Negro (Spain), Vice-Chairman, supported the suggestion
by the Chairman that this outline be reproduced in a working document which
would be submitted to the Plenary Meeting.
It was so agreed.
3.
Title of folder containing Final Acts
The Secretary proposed that the folder containing the various texts
to be signed should be entitled :
Final Acts
of the
World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
(Geneva, 1973)
It was so agreed.
M. MILI
The Chairman :
A. CHASSIGNOL
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Document No. 64Ê
9 A p r i l 1973
CONFERENCE
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Texts submitted by the Editorial Committee to the
Plenary Meeting for first reading :
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Art. 1
App. 2
Tf R
Art. 1, 3 to 7
App. 2
Res.
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Tf R - A
Rec.
Tf R - A
A. CHASSIGNOL
Chairman of the Editorial Committee
Annexes : B.l-1 to B.l-12
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Article 1
1,
The Telegraph Regulations lay down the general
principles to be observed in the international telegraph service.
In implementing the principles of the Regulations,
Administrations*) should comply with the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations
including any Instructions forming part of those Recommendations,
on any matters not covered by the Regulations.
2.
These Regulations shall apply regardless of the rreans
of transmission used, so far as the Radio Regulations and tbe
*) or recognized private operating agency(ies).
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Appendix 2
*)
1.
Administrations
shall notify the General Secretariat,
by telegraph, of any suspension of services carried out under
Article 33 of the Convention, or other abnormal circumstance
affecting the flow of traffic, and also of the return to normal
conditions.
2.
The Secretary-General shall bring such information to
the attention of all other Administrations*) immediately by
telegraph.
3.
Administrations*) shall notify the General Secretariat
of any change in their terminal or transit rates.
4.
These changes in rates shall be notified sufficiently
in advance, if necessary by telegraph, to enable the SecretaryGeneral to inform Administrations /, by means of the Operational
Bulletin, whithin the periods laid down in C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations.
*)
5.
Administrations ' shall notify the General Secretariat
of the opening of new routes and the closing of existing routes
in so far as they concern the international service. The
Secretary-General shall publish this information in the Operational
Bulletin.
6.
The General Secretariat shall also publish other
information and statistics relating to the international services
in pursuance of agreements between Administrations and/or
recognized private operating agencies, Resolutions of competent
Administrative Conferences, taking into account the Recommendations
of Consultative Committees.
7.
Administrations shall notify the General Secretariat of
any additions, amendments or deletions to the above information
and statistics. So far as practicable, amendments to the relevant
documents shall be notified in the form required for these documents.
Questionnaires will be issued to Administrations*) when the statistics
or other information is to be presented in tabulated form.
8.
Administrations shall reply fully and promptly to requests
by the Secretary-General for information to be included in these
documents.
)
or recognized private operating agencies.
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Article
1
1.
The Telephone Regulations lay down the general
principles to be observed in the international telephone
service.
Administrations*) should comply with the C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations, including any Instructions forming part of
those Recommendations, on any matters not covered by the
Regulations.
2.
These Regulations shall apply regardless of the
means of transmission used, so far as the Radio Regulations
and the Additional Radio Regulations do not provide
otherwise.
)
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Article 3
8.
Administrations ' shall determine by mutual agreement
the classes of calls, special facilities and special transmissions
using telephone circuits to be admitted in their reciprocal
international telephone relations observing the provisions of
Articles 39 and 40 of the Convention.
9Administrations*) shall determine by mutual agreement
the conditions under which they place international telephonetype circuits at the exclusive disposal of users for an
appropriate charge in those relations where telephone-type
circuits remain available after the needs of the public
telecommunication services have been satisfied.
(Note : Pending : proposal of U.S.S.R. contained in Document No. 31)
Article 4
Operating methods
10.
Administrations ' shall agree among themselves upon
the operating methods best suited to the needs of the international
relations which concern them, taking account of the conditions
and the possibilities of operation.
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Article 5
Accounting rates
11.
Accounting rates shall be made up of terminal rates
12.
rates.
. .
. *)
.
.
.
Administrations
shall fix their terminal and transit
13However, Administrations *) may by agreement fix the
overall accounting rate applicable in a given relation and may
divide that rate into terminal shares payable to the
. .
.
#\
Administrations > of terminal countries, and where appropriate,
into transit shares payable to the Administrations ) of transit
countries.
14.
If no agreement as mentioned in 13 is reached, the
overall accounting rate shall be determined in accordance with
11 and 12 above.
. .
. *M
15.
When an Administration ' has acquired the right to
utilize, by lease or by other arrangement, a part of the circuits
and/or installations of another Administration*), the former
shall fix the rate as mentioned in 11 and 12 above for this
part of the relation. Similarly, under the provisions of
13 above, the share of the overall accounting rate for this
part shall accrue to the Administration*) which has acquired
the right to utilize the circuits and/or installations of
another Administration*). The same provisions apply when
several Administrations*) have jointly acquired the right to
utilize a part of the circuits and/or installations of another
Administration '.
Article 6
Collection charges
16.
Each Administration ' shall, subject to the applicable
national law, fix the charges to be collected from its public.
In so doing, Administrations*) should make every effort to avoid
too large a dissymmetry between the charges applicable in each
direction of the same relation.
17.
The charge to the public for a call should in principle
be the same, in a given relation, regardless of the route used.
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Article 7
4--
D
Accounting
*)
lo.
Unless otherwise agreed, the Administration
responsible for collecting the charges shall establish a monthly
account showing all the amounts due and send it to the
Administrations*) concerned.
19.
The accounts shall be sent as promptly as possible
but in any case before the end of the third month following
that to which they relate.
20.
In principle an account shall be considered as
accepted without the need for specific notification of
acceptance to the Administration*) which sent it.
21.
However, any Administration*) shall have the right
to question the contents of an account for a period of two
months after the receipt of the account but only to the extent
necessary to bring the differences within mutually agreed limits,
22.
The payment of the balance due on an account shall
not be delayed pending settlement of any query on that account.
Adjustments which are later agreed shall be included in a
subsequent account.
23.
In relations where specific agreements do not exist,
a quarterly settlement statement showing the balances from the
monthly accounts for the period to which it relates shall be
prepared as quickly as possible by the creditor Administration*)
and be sent in duplicate to the debtor Administration*) which,
after verification, shall return one of the copies endorsed
with its acceptance.
24.
Payments shall be effected as promptly as possible
but in no case later than six weeks after the day on which the
quarterly settlement statement is received by the debtor
Administration*). Beyond this period, the creditor
Administration*) shall have the right to charge interest at
the rate of 6% per annum, reckoned from the day following the
date of expiration of the said period.
1) See also Appendix 1
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Appendix 2
General Secretariat
The General Secretariat shall publish information
and statistics relating to the international services in
pursuance of agreements between Administrations and/or
recognized private operating agencies and Resolutions of
competent Administrative Conferences, taking into account the
Recommendations of Consultative Committees.
of any additions, amendments or deletions to the above
information and statistics.
So far as practicable, amendments to the relevant
documents shall be notified in the forms required for these
documents. Questionnaires will be issued to Administrations*)
when the statistics or other information is to be presented
in tabulated form.
Administrations*) shall reply fully and promptly to
requests by the Secretary-General for information to be
included in these documents.
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Conference (Geneva, 1973),
in view of
considering
Identification codes
telegraph channels
Terms**)
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Table of Provisions
and of C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations
1.
to publish the above-mentioned official documents
by the most suitable and economic means;
2.
to revise, bring up to date or, if necessary, cancel
such publications, with appropriate assistance, taking account
of :
of Members; and
C.C.I.T.T.
*) The Secretary-General intends, as from 1974, to combine
the statistical data in a single publication to avoid
any duplication of the items specified in the pertinent
Recommendations and Regulations.
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in view of
considering
Routes
Telecommunication
Statistics**)
1.
the most suitable and economic means;
2to revise, brine ur> to date or if necessary, cancel, such
publications, with appropriate assistance, taking account of :
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ii) the results of consultation by correspondence with
Administrations; and
iii) the recommendations of the Plenary Assembly of the
C.C.I.T.T.
*) The Secretary-General intends, as from 197*+» to combine
the statistical data in a single publication to avoid any
duplication of the items specified in the pertinent
Recommendations and Regulations.
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RECOMMENDATION RTf-A
United Nations Telephone Calls in Exceptional Circumstances
(Geneva, 1973),
considering :
that it is important to accord the United Nations special
treatment for telephone calls in exceptional circumstances, in order
that it may carry out the duties incumbent upon it by virtue of the
United Nations Charter in the sphere of the maintenance of
international peace and security,
recommends :
that in exceptional circumstances, the Members and Associate
Members of the I.T.U. grant preferential treatment, over Government
calls, for calls requested by those of the persons listed below whom
the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall have designated in
each case :
on the one hand :
the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee;
and, on the other hand s
the Chairman of a Regional Sub-Committee of the Military
Staff Committee,
the Chairman of a special Committee set up by the Security
Council or the General Assembly, or a person entrusted with
a mission by the Security Council or the General Assembly.
Such preferential treatment shall relate to the order of
establishment of the communications requested and to the length of
calls.
It shall be accorded on a strictly personal basis only to the
individuals designated above.
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Document No. 65-E
9 April 1973
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Plenary Meeting for second reading :
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Art. 1
App. 2
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App, 2
Res.
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A. CHASSIGNOL
Annexes : R.l-1 to R.l-10
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Article 1
1.
The Telegraph Regulations lay down the general
principles to be observed in the international telegraph service.
Administrations*) should comply with the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations,
including any Instructions forming part of those Recommendations,
on any matters not covered by the Regulations.
2.
These Regulations shall apply regardless of the means
of transmission used, so far as the Radio Regulations and the
*) or recognized private operating agency(ies).
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Appendix 2
*)
1.
Administrations
shall notify the General Secretariat,
by telegraph, of any suspension of services carried out under
Article 33 of the Convention, or other abnormal circumstance
affecting the flow of traffic, and also of the return to normal
conditions.
2.
The Secretary-General shall bring such information to
the attention of all other Administrations ) immediately by
telegraph,
3.
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies
who are authorized by Administrations shall notify the General
Secretariat of their terminal and transit rates and of any
subsequent changes in these rates.
4.
Changes in rates shall be notifed sufficiently in
advance, if necessary by telegraph, to enable the Secretary-General
to inform Administrations*), by means of the Operational Bulletin,
within the periods laid down in C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
* )
•
5.
Administrations ' shall notify the General Secretariat
of the opening of new routes and the closing of existing routes
in so far as they concern the international service. The
Secretary-General shall publish this information in the Operational
Bulletin.
6.
The General Secretariat shall also publish other
information and statistics relating to the international services
in pursuance of agreements between Administrations and/or
recognized private operating agencies and Resolutions of competent
Administrative Conferences and taking into account the Recommendations
of Consultative Committees.
7.
Administrations shall notify the General Secretariat of
any additions, amendments or deletions to the above information
and statistics. So far as practicable, amendments to the relevant
documents shall be notified in the form required for these documents.
Questionnaires will be issued to Administrations*) when the statistics
or other information is to be presented in tabulated form.
8.
Administrations shall reply fully and promptly to requests
by the Secretary-General for information to be included in these
documents.
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Article 1
1.
The Telephone Regulations lay down the general
principles to be observed in the international telephone
service.
Administrations*) should comply with the C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations, including any Instructions forming part of
those Recommendations, on any matters not covered by the
Regulations.
2.
These Regulations shall apply regardless of the
means of transmission used, so far as the Radio Regulations
and the Additional Radio Regulations do not provide
otherwise.
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Article 3
/ pending /
Article 4
Operating methods
10.
Administrations *)' shall agree among themselves upon
the operating methods best suited to the needs of the international
relations which concern them, taking account of the conditions
and the possibilities of operation.
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Article 5
Accounting rates
11.
Accounting rates shall be made up of terminal rates
*)
12.
rates.
Administrations
shall fix their terminal and transit
*)
13.
However, Administrations
may by agreement fix the
overall accounting rate applicable in a given relation and may
divide that rate into terminal shares payable to the
Administrations ) of terminal countries, and where appropriate,
into transit shares payable to the Administrations*) of transit
countries.
14.
If no agreement as mentioned in 13 is reached, the
overall accounting rate shall be determined in accordance with
11 and 12 above.
15.
When an Administration ' has acquired the right to
utilize, by lease or by other arrangement, a part of the circuits
and/or installations of another Administration*), the former
shall fix the rate as mentioned in 11 and 12 above for this
part of the relation. Similarly, under the provisions of
13 above, the share of the overall accounting rate for this
part shall accrue to the Administration*) which has acquired
the right to utilize the circuits and/or installations of
another Administration*). The same provisions apply when
several Administrations*) have jointly acquired the right to
utilize a part of the circuits and/or installations of another
Administration ).
Article 6
Collection charges
16.
Each Administration ) shall, subject to the applicable
national law, fix the charges to be collected from its customers.
In so doing, Administrations*) should make every effort to avoid
too large a dissymmetry between the charges applicable in each
direction of the same relation.
17.
The charge to the customer for a call should in principle
be the same, in a given relation, regardless of the route used.
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Article 7
Accounting
lo.
Unless otherwise agreed, the Administration
responsible for collecting the charges shall establish a monthly
account showing all the amounts due and send it to the
Administrations ' concerned.
19.
The accounts shall be sent as promptly as possible
but in any case before the end of the third month following
that to which they relate.
20.
In principle an account shall be considered as
accepted without the need for specific notification of
acceptance to the Administration*) which sent it.
21.
However, any Administration*) shall have the right
to question the contents of an account for a period of two
months after the receipt of the account but only to the extent
necessary to bring the differences within mutually agreed limits.
22.
The payment of the balance due on an account shall
not be delayed pending settlement of any query on that account.
Adjustments which are later agreed shall be included in a
subsequent account.
23.
In relations where specific agreements do not exist,
a quarterly settlement statement showing the balances from the
monthly accounts for the period to which it relates shall be
prepared as quickly as possible by the creditor Administration*)
and be sent_in duplicate to the debtor Administration*) which,
after verification, shall return one of the copies endorsed
with its acceptance.
24.
Payments shall be effected as promptly as possible
but in no case later than six weeks after the day on which the
quarterly settlement statement is received by the debtor
Administration*). Beyond this period, the creditor
Administration*) shall have the right to charge interest at
the rate of 6% per annum, reckoned from the day following the
date of expiration of the said period.
1) See also Appendix 1
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Appendix 2
General Secretariat
The
»
General Secretariat shall publish information
m
and statistics relating to the international services in
pursuance of agreements between Administrations and/or
recognized private operating agencies and Resolutions of
competent Administrative Conferences, and taking into account
the Recommendations of Consultative Committees.
1
2.
of any additions, amendments or deletions to the above
information and statistics. So far as practicable, amendments
to the relevant documents shall be notified in the form
required for these documents. Questionnaires will be issued
to Administrations*) when the statistics or other information
is to be presented in tabulated form.
3.
Administrations*) shall reply fully and promptly to
requests by the Secretary-General for information to be
included in these documents.
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in view of
considering
Transferred Account booklet
International credit card for
telegraph services
telegraph channels
Terms
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Yearbook of Common Carrier
!•
to publish the above-mentioned official documents
by the most suitable and economic means;
2.
to revise, bring up to date or, if necessary, cancel
such publications, with appropriate assistance, taking account
of :
C.C.I.T.T.
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in view of
considering
Routes
Telecommunication Terms
' Yearbook of Common Carrier
1'
the most suitable and economic means,*
2.
to revise, bring UD to date or if necessary, cancel, such
publications, with appropriate assistance, taking account of :
iii) the recommendations of the Plenary Assembly of the
C.C.I.T.T.
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Tg R
Art. 12 and 13
Tf R
Art. 8 and 9
Appendix
1 to Tf R and Tg R
Rec.
Tf-B and Tg-A
Opinions
Tg R-A
Tf R-A
A. CHASSIGNOL
Annexes : B.2-1 to B.2-11
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FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 12
43.
These Regulations may, in pursuance of Resolution 37
of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Montreux, 1965), ê completed
by a further Appendix, which shall form an integral part of
these Regulations, containing :
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such clauses, if any, as the 197^ Maritime World
Administrative Radio Conference may deem necessary
to incorporate in these Regulations;
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such provisions of the Radio Regulations and
Additional Regulations (1968 Edition, as modified in
1972), as the said Conference may see fit to transfer;
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any amendment to these provisions or new radio
regulations which may be adopted by the 197^ Maritime
World Administrative Radio Conference.
44.
However, no clause so transferred by the Maritime
World Administrative Radi£ Conference and embodied in the
Appendix referred to in ]_ 43_/ above shall in any way be
construed to amend or alter any clause contained in these
Regulations and, in the event of any conflict, these
Regulations shall overrule such clause.
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Article 13
45.
These Regulations shall enter into force on
1 September 1971+__ with the exception of the Appendix, if any,
referred to in ]_ 43_/, which shall enter into force on such
a date as the 1974 Maritime World Administrative Radio
Conference shall determine.
46.
In signing these Regulations, the respective
delegates declare that if an Administration makes
reservations with regard to the application of one or more
of the provisions thereof, other Administrations shall be
free to disregard the said provision or provisions in their
relations with the Administration which has made such
reservations.
47.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the respective delegates have
signed these Regulations in a single copy which, together
with the Appendix referred to in ]_ 43_/, shall remain
deposited in the archives of the International Telecommunication
Union, which shall forward a certified copy to each of the
signatory countries.
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FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 8
25.
These Regulations may in pursuance of Resolution No. 37
of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Montreux, 1965), be
completed by a further Appendix, which shall form an integral
part of these Regulations, containing :
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such clauses, if any, as the 1974 Maritime World
Administrative Radio Conference may deem necessary
to incorporate in these Regulations;
such provisions of the Radio Regulations and
Additional Radio Regulations (1968 Edition,
as modified in 1972) as the said Conference may
see fit to transfer;
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any amendment to these provisions or new radio
regulations adopted by the 1974 Maritime World
Administrative Radio Conference.
26.
However, no clause so transferred by the Maritime
World Administrative Radio Conference and embodied in the
Appendix referred to in / 25_/ above shall in any way be
construed to amend or alter any clause contained in these
Regulations and, in the event of any conflict, these
Regulations shall overrule such clause.
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Article 9
27.
These Regulations shall enter into force on
1 September 1974_, with the exception of the Appendix, if any,
referred to in / 25_/ which shall enter into force on such
a date as the 1974 Maritime World Administrative Radio
Conference shall determine.
28.
In signing these Regulations, the respective
delegates declare that if an Administration makes
reservations with regard to the application of one or more of
the provisions thereof, other Administrations shall be free
to disregard the said provision or provisions in their
relations with the Administration which has made such
reservations.
29.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the respective delegates have
signed these Regulations in a single copy which, together
with the Appendix referred to in / 25_/, shall remain
deposited in the archives of the International Telecommunication
Union, which shall forward a certified copy to each of the
signatory countries.
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APPENDIX 1
In the absence of special arrangements between
Administrations and/or recognized private operating agencies,
the currencies used for the payment of balances of
international telecommunication accounts, which should be
drawn up in gold francs as provided for in the International
Telecommunication Convention (Montreux, 1965), and the methods
of conversion into such currencies shall be as follows :
1.
The payment of balances of international
telecommunication accounts shall be made in the currency
selected by the creditor after consultation with the debtor.
If there is disagreement the choice of the creditor shall
prevail in all cases subject to the provisions in ]_ 6.1__/. If
the creditor does not specify a currency the choice shall
rest with the debtor.
2.
The amount of the payment, as determined hereafter,
in the selected currency shall be equivalent in value to the
balance of the account.
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3.
If the balance of the account is expressed in gold
francs, the amount of the selected currency which is equivalent
in value to that balance shall be determined by the relationship in effect on the day before payment between the value of
the gold franc and :
determining the equivalent value. (See Note);
unilaterally by the appropriate Government or
official issuing authority (hereafter designated as
fixed unilaterally). If, however, a central rate of
the selected currency has been established unilaterally subsequent to the unilateral fixing of a
gold par value, the gold value of that central rate
shall be used in determining the equivalent value.
(See Note).
3.1
If the selected currency does not have a value of the
kind shown in j_ 3__/, or if the margins recognized by
_
_
the Articles or Executive Board decisions of the I.M.F. ]_ 3 a)_/,
or established beforehand by_the appropriate Government
or issuing authority J_ 3 b)_/ are not being observed,
the equivalent value of the selected currency shall be
determined by its relationship on the official or generally
accepted foreign exchange market, as provided in J_ 6__/,
to another currency with a value of the kind shown
inZ3_/.
4.
If the balance of the
currency other than gold francs
the same as the currency of the
amount of the selected currency
of the balance of the account.
account is expressed in a
and the selected currency is
balance of the account, the
for payment shall be the amount
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If the balance of the account is expressed in a
currency other than gold francs and the selected currency for
payment is different from the currency in which the balance is
expressed, the amount of the selected currency for payment shall
be determined by relating the gold value of the currency of
the balance of the account to the gold value of the selected
currency by reference to their respective values as in ]_ 3__/.
5.1 _
J_ 5__/ do not have a value of the kind shown in j_ 3__/,
or if the margins recognized by the Articles or
Executive Board decisions of the I.M.F. or established beforehand by the appropriate Government or issuing authority are
not being observed, the equivalent value of one currency to the
other shall be determined by their relationship on the official
or generally accepted foreign exchange market, as provided
in L 6_y.
For the purpose of determining the official or
generally accepted foreign exchange market equivalent referred
to in j_ 3.1__/ and ]_ 5-l_/, the rate used shall be the closing
rate for currency which can be used in the majority of
merchandise trade transactions for spot delivery cable transfers
in the official or generally accepted foreign exchange market
of the main financial centre of the debtor country on the day
prior to payment or the most recent rate quoted.
6.1
If a creditor selects a currency with a gold par or
central rate fixed unilaterally or a currency the equivalent
value of which is to be determined by its relationship to a
currency with a gold par or central rate fixed unilaterally, the
use of the selected currency must be acceptable to the debtor.
The debtor shall transmit, on the date of payment,
the amount of the selected currency as computed above by a
bank cheque, transfer or any other means, accepted by the
debtor and the creditor. If the creditor expresses no
preference, the choice shall fall to the debtor.
Provided the periods of payment are observed
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies may
by mutual agreement settle their balances of various kinds by
offsetting credits and debits in their relations with other
Administrations and/or recognized private operating agencies.
The offsetting may be extended by mutual agreement to debts
arising from postal services where both Administrations or
recognized private operating agencies operate both postal and
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9.
The payment charges imposed in the debtor country
(taxes, clearing charges, commission, etc.) shall be borne by
the debtor. The charges imposed in the creditor country,
including payment charges imposed by banks in intermediate
countries, shall be borne by the creditor.
10*
If, between the time the remittance (cheque, etc.) is
effected and the time the creditor receives it, a variation
occurs in the equivalent value of the selected currency
calculated as described in J_ 3, 3.1, 5, 5.1__/ or / 6J and
if the difference resulting from such variation exceeds 5% of
the amount due as calculated following such variation, the
total difference shall be shared equally between debtor and
creditor.
11*
If there should be a radical change in the international monetary system (e.g. a substantial general change
in the official price of gold, or if gold ceased to be used
generally as a basic reference for currencies) which
invalidates or makes inappropriate one or more of the foregoing paragraphs, Administrations and recognized private
operating agencies shall be free to adopt, by mutual
agreement, different procedures for the payment of balances
of accounts, pending a revision of this Appendix.
Note : Where the central rate is in terms of another I.M.F.
the amount of the selected currency shall be determined by
first relating the gold franc amount to the I.M.F.-approved
par value of such other currency and then by relating the
resulting amount of such other currency to the selected
currency for payment. Where such other currency has no
I.M.F.-approved par value in effect, /_ 6_/ shall apply.
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RECOMMENDATION No. RTf-B and RTg-A
considering
a)
that Administrations and recognized private
operating agencies are currently experiencing considerable
practical difficulties in applying the provisions for the
payment of balances of accounts annexed to the 1958 Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations;
b)
that the date of entry into force of the revised
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations is 1 September 1974;
c)
that the provisions for the payment of balances of
accounts annexed to the revised Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations take account, as far as possible, of the present
world monetary situation;
is of the opinion
that the revised provisions for the payment of
balances of accounts could be applied, subject to agreement
between the parties concerned, prior to the entry into force
of the revised Telegraph and Telephone Regulations;
recommends
that Administrations and recognized private operating
agencies apply the revised provisions for the payment of
balances of accounts, by mutual arrangement, as soon as practical,
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OPINION No. RTg-A
Conference (Geneva, 1973)»
considering
a)
that difficulties may arise from the fact that
clauses in the Telegraph Regulations (Geneva, 1958), which
are referred to in the Radio and Additional Radio Regulations
(1968, as modified in 1972), have been transferred to
C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations, amended or deleted by this
Conference;
b)
that the Maritime World Administrative Radio
Conference is to consider the provisions of the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations concerning the maritime public
correspondence services in 1974;
that, in any interim period between the coming
into force of the Telegraph Regulations (Geneva, 1913) and
the date of introduction of any amendment of the Radio
Regulations and Additional Radio Regulations authorized by
the Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference,
Administrations and recognized private operating agencies
should continue to apply in respect of the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations only the rules that have been
applied prior to the coming into force of the Telegraph
Regulations (Geneva, 1973) except in the case of the rules
for the payment of balances of accounts where Administrations
and recognized private operating agencies, instead of
applying the rules for the payment of balances given in the
Radio Regulations, should apply those to be found in the
Telegraph Regulations (Geneva, 1973).
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OPINION No. RTf-A
considering
a)
that difficulties may arise from the fact that
clauses in the Telephone Regulations (Geneva, I958), which
are referred to in the Radio and Additional Radio Regulations
(1968, as modified in 1972), have been transferred to
C.C.I.T,T0 Recommendations, amended or deleted by this
Conference;
b)
that the Maritime World Administrative Radio
Conference is to consider the provisions of the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations concerning the maritime public
correspondence services in 1974;
that, in any interim period between the coming
into force of the Telephone Regulations (Geneva, 1973) and
the date of introduction of any amendment of the Radio
Regulations and Additional Radio Regulations authorized by
the Maritime World Administrative Radio Conference,
Administrations and recognized private operating agencies
should continue to apply in respect of the Radio and
Additional Radio Regulations only the rules that have been
applied prior to the coming into force of the Telephone
Regulations (Geneva, 1973) except in the case of the rules
for the payment of balances of accounts where Administrations
and recognized private operating agencies, instead of
applying the rules for the payment of balances given in the
Radio Regulations, should apply those to be found in the
Telephone Regulations (Geneva, 1973).
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CONFERENCE
Document No. 67-E
9 April 1973
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Art. 3-11
Annex No. 1
A. CHASSIGNOL
Annexes : B.3-1 to B.3-12
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Article 3
5.
2.
Government telegrams and telegrams relative to the application
of the United Nations Charter.
3. Telegrams concerning persons protected in time of war by the Geneva
4. Meteorological telegrams.
5«
6.
Provisions concerning these classes of telegrams are contained
in Annex No. 1.
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6.
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies
have the option of accepting other telegrams and telegrams with
special services referred to in C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
7.
agencies which do not accept the telegrams and/or telegrams
with special services referred to in /_ 6_/ in their own services
must admit them in transit except in case of suspension of
service provided for in Article 33 of the Convention (Montreux,
1965).
8.
Administrations may provide or authorize telex,
phototelegraph, data transmission and/or other telegraph
services and may place or authorize to be placed international
circuits at the exclusive disposal of users in those relations
where circuits remain available after the needs of the public
8 bis
The Administrations may come to bilateral and regional
agreements with a view to improving services available to the
users, provided that such agreements are not in conflict with
Article 9 of these Regulations.
Article 4
9.
The original telegram must be written in characters
which are used in the country of origin and which have an
equivalent in the table of telegraph signals given in C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations.
10.
Each telegram must have an address containing all
particulars necessary to ensure delivery of the telegram to
the addressee without enquiries or requests for information.
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11.
12.
transit, except in the case of suspension defined in Article 33 of the
Convention (Montreux, 1965).
shall
refuse
or
in
13.
14.
15.
Telegrams shall be delivered according to their address, by any means
available, either to a private house, office, business house, etc., of
(hotel, etc.) or telegraph restant, or poste restante or to a Post Office
Box.
16.
16 bis
when a telegram cannot be delivered to the addressee, the
telegraph office of destination shall send, with minimum delay] a service
advice (see Annex 1, 6.2) to the office of origin, stating the cause
of the non-delivery.
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17.
a) Subject to the application of the provisions of
Articles 39 and 49 of the Convention (Montreux, 1965),
Administrations and recognized private operating agencies shall
take the necessary steps to secure a special priority for
telegrams relative to the application of the provisions of
Chapters VI, VII and VIII of the United Nations Charter,
-
-
the President and Members of the Economic and Social
Council,
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the President and Members of the Trusteeship Council,
-
the President and Members of the International
Court of Justice,
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the Chairman and Members of the Military Staff
Committee and the Chairman of a regional sub-committee
of the Military Staff Committee,
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the Chairman or Principal Secretary of a committee
set up by the Security Council or by the General
Assembly,
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a person performing a mission on behalf of the
United Nations or of the Security Council,
a head of state,
-
the Administrative Head of a trust territory designated
as a strategic area.
b) Telegrams mentioned in a) above but which do not fall
under the class of government telegrams shall be regarded as
government telegrams.
Article 5
18.
The right to stop transmission of certain private telegrams
as provided for in Article 32 of the Convention (Montreux, 1965),
shall be exercised by the terminal or transit telegraph offices
subject to reference to the appropriate authority which shall decide
wi thout appeal.
19«
telegrams shall be entitled to transmission as of right. Telegraph
offices shall exercise no control over these telegrams.
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20.
Article 6
Archives
21.
The original or facsimile copies of telegrams and the relevant
which are reauired to be retained bv the Administrations or recognized private
electronic records.
22.
refund of charges and any difference in international accounts which might
23.
of the Convention, originals or copies of telegrams may be shown only to the
Article 7
Accounting rates for telegrams
24.
The Administrations or, at the discretion of .Administrations, the
rates for telegrams taking into account the Recommendations of the C.C.I.T.T.
recognized private operating agency for a relation with another
25.
(SUP)
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26.
Accounting rates shall be made up of the sum of :
27.
28.
b) the transit rates of intermediate Administrations or recognized
29.
c) where the case arises, the rates for any connecting circuits
provided by radio, by submarine cable or by any other means.
30.
should, in principle, be that which, by addition of the rates above, gives
the lowest sum.
31.
may divide that rate into terminal shares payable to the Administrations or
recognized private operating agencies of the terminal countries and, where
appropriate, into transit shares payable to the Administrations or
recognized private operating agencies of the transit countries.
32.
Article 8
33.
subject to the applicable national law, fix the charges to be collected from
its customers; in fixing these charges Administrations or recognized private
operating agencies should make every effort to avoid too great a dissymmetry
between the charges applicable in each direction of the same relation.
Article 9
34.
Members and Associate Members of the Union undertake to prohibit
the granting, in any form whatsoever, of rebates on the rates appearing in
the official tariff lists of Administrations or recognized private operating
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Article 10
4.'
1)
Accounting
35.
establish a monthly account showing all the amounts due and send it to
36.
37.
38.
However, any Administration or recognized private operating agency
shall have the right to question the contents of an account for a period of
to bring the differences within mutually agreed limits.
39.
40.
sent in duplicate to the debtor Administration or recognized private
41.
operating agency shall have the right to charge intere'st at the rate of
of the said period.
See also Appendix 1
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Article 11
42
the service, reimbursement shall be made to the person who made the pa^meft
All c l a i m s " '
a refund must be presented within four months from the date on which t h f
ne
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ANNEX
No. 1
1. Telegrams relating to the safety of life
1.1
the Convention (Montreux, 1965) telegrams relating to the
safety of life on land, at sea, in the air and in outer space,
and exceptionally urgent epidemiological telegrams of the
World Health Organization shall have absolute priority over
all other telegrams.
1.2
Such telegrams from government agencies or from
interest.
1.3
be certified as being truly telegrams of exceptional urgency
relating to the safety of life.
1.4
The text and signature of telegrams relating to the
safety of life handed in at a telegraph office shall be in
plain language.
1.5
agencies shall deliver immediately telegrams relating to the
safety of life.
2.
Government telegrams and telegrams relative to the
application of the United Nations Charter
2.1
Government telegrams are those defined as such in
the Convention (Montreux, 1965).
2.2
rise to doubt.
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2.3
regarded as Government telegrams. The right to send a
reply as a Government telegram shall be established by the
production of the original Government telegram.
2.4
telegrams when they are addressed to an official person,
and relate to official matters. Telegrams from such consular
agents which do not fulfil these conditions shall, however,
be accepted by telegraph offices and transmitted as
Government telegrams; but these offices shall at once
report the matter to the Administration to which they are
subject.
2.5
Article 4.17 of these Regulations defines telegrams
relating to the application of the United Nations Charter to
which a special priority is to be secured and which are to be
treated as Government telegrams.
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2.6
agencies shall deliver immediately government telegrams, for
which the sender has requested priority in transmission.
3. Telegrams concerning persons protected in time of war
by the Geneva Conventionsof 12 August 1949 shall include :
a) telegrams addressed to prisoners of war,
civilian internees or their representatives
(prisoners* representatives, internee
committees) by recognized relief societies
assisting war victims;
b) telegrams which prisoners of war and civilian
internees are permitted to send or those sent
by their representatives (prisoners'
representatives, internee committees) in the
course of their duties under the Convention;
c) telegrams sent in the course of their duties
under the Conventions by the national
Information Bureaux or the Central Information
Agency for which provision is made in the
Geneva Conventions, or by delegations of such
Bureaux or Agency, concerning prisoners of
war, civilians who are interned or whose
liberty is restricted, or the death of
military personnel or civilians in the course
of hostilities.
internees or their representatives shall bear the official
stamp of the camp or the signature of the camp commander or
one of his deputies.
Telegrams sent by the national Information Bureaux
as telegrams sent by recognized relief societies assisting war
victims, shall bear the offial stamp of the Bureau, Agency,
delegation or society which send them.
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4. Meteorological telegrams
4.1
The term "meteorological telegram" denotes a telegram
sent by an official meteorological service or by a station in
official relation with such a service, and addressed to such a
service or to such a station, and which consists solely of
meteorological observations or forecasts. A telegram of this
kind must always be regarded as drawn up in plain language.
^2
The service indication OBS shall be shown before the
address. No service indication other than OBS shall be admitted
in meteorological telegrams.
5.
Ordinary private telegrams are obligatory
private telegrams other than those bearing the service
indications SVH, OBS or RCT.
6. Telegraph service correspondence
Telegraph service correspondence comprises :
6.1
Service telegrams are telegrams which relate to
public international telecommunication and are exchanged
between :
6*1.1
Administrations,
6*1.2
Recognized private operating agencies,
6-1.3
Administrations and recognized private
operating agencies,
6.1.4
Administrations and recognized private
operating agencies on the one hand and the
Secretary-General of the I.T.U. on the other
hand.
6.2
Service advices are telegrams which relate to
details of service or to the working of circuits and telegraph
offices and to transmission of traffic. They shall be
exchanged between telegraph offices.
6*3
Paid service advices are telegrams initiated by the
sender or addressee of any telegram to obtain information or
to give instructions about that telegram.
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CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 68-E
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*«ii«h
1973
Spanish
COMMITTEE 6
EIGHTH SERIES OF TEXTS
(Texts adopted by Committee 4 at its 7th meeting)
RESOLUTION No. RTgINSTRUCTIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC TELEGRAM SERVICE
considering
mUSy
?"ran«™. I O . ^ v.
^
° f t h S P r o v i s i o n s o f th * Telegraph Regulations
(Geneva, 1958) have been transferred to the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations
series F;
2
that
\
the operational services should have available as
quickly as possible a Manual of Instructions for operating the international
public telegram service;
3°
that such a Manual should be derived from the
Recommendations of the C.C.I.T.T.;
that the
£•
.
transfer of provisions from the Telegraph
Regulations to C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations will affect other regulations
published by the General Secretariat,
directs
a
'
.
that the Secretary-General should publish for the
operational services Instructions for the international mihUc telegram
5 S J 2 " ! ( l » a c c ? r d a ? c e with the text of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations F.l and
v.id) for distribution not later than 1 April 1974.
that the
^ ^
C.C.I.T.T. should continue to study the questions
in the approved study programme adopted by the Vth Plenary Assembly concerning
the simplification of the public telegram service and that the VTth Plenary
Assembly should revise and develop, as necessary these Instructions;
that the
?)
Secretary-General should publish the Instructions
in suitable form to facilitate up-dating following any later revision in
Recommendations adopted by the C.C.I.T.T.
Document No. 68-E
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recommends
a)
that as far as
. .
practicable the administrations take action
to bring into operation the provision in these Instructions (where the
relevant Recommendations have not been introduced already) as from
1 September 1974 i.e. at the same time as the entry into force of the
Telegraphic Regulations (Geneva, 1973);
b
)
that the administrations inform the Secretary-General when
they have decided to introduce the following recommendations - either fully or
' t ^ j ! ~. fC T W h i ! h + t h e r e i S a n e e d f o r reciprocal exchange of information
concerning implementation of the relevant C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations :
Recommendation F.l
A10
Optional telegrams :
PRESSE
MANDAT
Recommendation F.l
All
LT
Special services :
URGENT
TC
RPx
PC
CR
FS
FSDEx
REEXPEDIEDEx
TMx
CTA
LX
LXDEUIL
JOUR
NUIT
REMETTREx
Jx
XP
EXPRES
POSTE
PR
GP
GPR
PAV
PAVR
TR
MP
TFx
TLXx
Recommendation F.l
A13
Optional admission of telegrams in secret language
Recommendation F.l
A17
List of languages in use in a country the
admission of which in plain language is requested
by the administration of that country
Recommendation F.l
A8l
Telegrams to be delivered to travellers in trains
or in aircraft
Recommendation F.l
A254
Percentage of the reduction that may be made on
charges for SVH telegrams
Recommendation F.l
A275
Percentage of the reduction allowed in rates
applicable to meteorological telegrams (at
least
Recommendation F.l
A310
List of national languages designated for the
preparation of press telegrams
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Recommendation F.l
A311
List of additional languages designated for the
Recommendation F.l
A340
Definition of the term "continent" for the
purposes of certain provisions, including those
concerning the reduction applicable to press
telegrams and the possibility, in exceptional
cases, of belonging to the system of another
continent
Recommendation F.42
A13
Notification of terminal and transit rates to
the General Secretariat
Recommendation F.42
Al6
Interval before application of new accounting
rates
resolves further
that the Secretary-General should publish, in the most
suitable and economical manner, this information which is the subject of
reciprocal exchange through the General Secretariat in accordance with b)
above.
Document No. 68-E
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OPINION No. 1
(RTg and RTf)
TELEGRAPH. TELEPHONE M P TELEX FRANKING PRIVTT.BflTgfi
FOR DELEGATES AND REPRESENTATIVES AT CONFERENCES
AND MEETINGS OF THE I.T.U.
Geneva, 1
9
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Mministrative
Telegraph and Telephone Conference,
having examined
for. ,..1 ! h e q u ? s t i o n o f telegraph, telephone and telex franking privileges
for delegates and representatives at conferences and meetings or" t h e T T ! U
declares the view
private operating agencies, for the a p X a ^ V ^ S ' . S . f
mentioned in Rule 26 of Chapter Q of th* r«n«r.«\ * • i if®"™* Prlvileges
Convention (Montreux, 1965*
Reflations annexed to the
1. Telegraph Franking Prlv_.,.,c™«
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ssiassir^K_r_-__z_r"— *""- --l-i , * u r S 6 n t a n d / ° r seoretlanguage "(I.T.U.) franking privilege t e l e s r W
shall not be admitted. However, heads of delegations or tLirleputies S T
members of the Administrative Council may exchange urgent aS/or secret
language telegrams with their Administrations.
Document No. 68-E
Page 5
2. Telephone Franking Privileges
§ 1.
below.
§ 2.
their Administrations or recognized private operating agencies. Only heads
calls in relations where such calls are admitted.
§ 3.
their Administrations or with the seat of the Union.
§ 4.
§ 5»
§ 6.
Apart from the calls mentioned in § 5 above, of which the duration
is always limited, Administrations or recognized private operating agencies
minutes.
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Page 6
3.
Telex franking privileges
§ 1.
Telex franking privileges shall be limited to the
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies of the
countries which agree to apply them on a reciprocal basis. They
shall consist of free telex calls "(I.T.U.) franking privilege
calls" granted in the circumstances listed below.
§ 2.
All delegates and representatives may exchange telex
calls with their Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies.
§ 3.
Members of the Administrative Council taking part as
such in an I.T.U. meeting are authorized to request telex calls
§ 4.
The Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General,
the Directors of the C.C.I.s and the members of the I.F.R.B.
taking part in I.T.U. meetings away from Geneva are authorized
to request telex calls with the seat of the Union on matters
concerning the business of the Union.
§ 5»
agencies may, if there is congestion, limit the duration of free
telex calls to six minutes.
T E L E G R A P H
GENEVA
A N D
T E L E P H O N E
CONFERENCE
1973
Document Ho. 69-E
Original : French
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROUMANIA
In signing the Final Acts of the present World Administrative
Telegraph and Telephone Conference, that is, the Telegraph Regulations, the
Telephone Regulations and the Final Protocol, the Roumanian delegation
wishes to state that its signature is subject to approval by the Government
of the Socialist Republic of Roumania.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. TO-E(Rev.)
10 April 1973
Original : French
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
The delegation of the People's Republic of Albania protests against
the presence at this Conference of the delegation of the so-called
Republic of Viet-Nam as that delegation does not represent the Vietnamese
people.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 70-E
9 April 1973
Original : French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
People's Republic of Albania
MINUTES OF THE PLENARY MEETING.
The delegation of the People's Republic of Albania protests against
the presence at this Conference of the delegation of the so-called
Republic of Viet-Nam as that delegation does not represent the Vietnamese
people.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
10 April 1913
Original : French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
The delegation of the People's Republic of Albania wishes
to declare that it considers the credentials issued by the racist
government of the Republic of South Africa to be null and void.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 71-E
9 April 1973
Original : French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
People's Republic of Albania
MINUTES OF THE PLENARY MEETING
The delegation of the People's Republic of Albania wishes
to declare that it considers the credentials issued by the racist
government of the Republic of South Africa to be null and void.
T E L E G R A P H
A N D
T E L E P H O N E
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
pûmei_
l i i
* Apri 7 97: ^F r e n chh
Original
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
SECOND AND LAST MEETING OF COMMITTEE 5
Chairman : Mr. S.R.V. PARAMOR (United Kingdom)
Subjects discussed
1. Payment of balances of accounts
(Appendix common to the Telegraph and
Telephone Regulations) (continuation
and end of discussion)
2.
Other business
a) Document No. 5
Proposal by Belgium to amend the
first paragraph of draft Appendix 1
(continuation and end of discussion)
b) Entry into force of Appendix 1 to
the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations
3. End of the work of the Committee
o^
Document No,
5 and 40
Document No. 72-E
Page 2
Payment of balances of accounts (Appendix common to the
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations) (continuation and end
of discussion) (Documents Nos. 5 and 40)
Document No. 40
The delegate of the United Kingdom, who had presided
over the Working Group set up to revise the Japanese proposal
concerning paragraphs 3 a), 3 b) and 3 c) of Appendix 1 to the
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations, introduced the Group's
report (Document No. 40) which took account of the comments
made at the Committee's preceding meeting. The amendment
introduced in paragraph 5.1 was identical with that made in
paragraph 3-1.
The delegates of France, Spain and Argentina
confirmed that the French and Spanish versions were in accord
with the English text of Document No. 40.
The delegate of Japan considered the text drawn up
by the Working Group perfectly satisfactory and thanked its
members for their efficient work.
Document No. 40 was then adopted.
2.
Other business
a)
Proposal by Belgium to amend the first paragraph of
draft Appendix 1 (continuation and end of discussion)
The delegate of the United States maintained that
the words "in principle" should not be deleted from the first
paragraph, as suggested by the delegate of Belgium. He
stressed that the recent C.C.I.T.T. Plenary Assembly had studied
the question most carefully from the practical point of view.
It had done its best to take into consideration the situation
created by disturbances in the international monetary system
and to produce a text adapted to existing conditions which
were quite different from those which had prevailed at the
time of the last Telegraph and Telephone Conference in 1958.
The delegate of Belgium pointed out that the question
had both a legal and an economic aspect. The gold franc was
the only reliable basis for relations among telecommunication
administrations all over the world and retention of the words
Document No. 72-E
Page 3
"in principle" would alter the basic intent of Article 43 of the
Convention. In the interest of cooperation, however, he would
propose that the first paragraph in Appendix 1, after the words
"international telecommunication accounts", be amended to read : .
"should be drawn up in gold francs, and the methods
of conversion of such currencies shall be as follows.."
etc.
The wording could doubtless be improved by the
appropriate committee but the substance of the text was
satisfactory.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. believed that abandonment
of the basic principle of use of the gold franc would have dire
financial consequences. The salaries of certain categories of
Union staff members were expressed in United States dollars and
owing to several fluctuations in the rate of exchange between
that currency and the Swiss franc, Administrations had had to
make up the currency losses entailed. Use of the gold franc
would obviate such problems. Moreover, countries which were
not Members of the I.M.F. (such as the U.S.S.R.) were not
obliged to take account of I.M.F. decisions. On the other hand,
the Members of the Union were all bound by the Convention,
which stipulated that the monetary unit to be used for the
establishment of international accounts was the gold franc.
He suggested a slight amendment of the text proposed by the
delegate of Belgium.
Further amendments were suggested by the delegates of
Ireland and the United States.
On the basis of the foregoing, the Secretary of the
Committee read out the following text for the first paragraph
in Appendix 1 on which the Committee should decide :
"In the absence of special arrangements between
Administrations and/or recognized private operating
agencies, the currencies used for the payment of
balances of international telecommunication accounts
should be drawn up in gold francs, as provided in
the Statutory Acts of the Union, and the methods
of conversion of such currencies shall be as follows :
...", etc.
Document No. 72-E
Page 4
The text was approved without comment, on the
understanding that the wording should be finalized by the
Editorial Committee.
b)
Entry into force of Appendix 1 to the Telegraph and
Telephone Regulations
The delegate of Sweden said that the Working Group,
over which Mr. M. Robertson (Canada) had presided, had intended
to propose in Plenary Meeting that the revised Telegraph and
Telephone Regulations come into force in September 1974.
However, as the existing provisions on the payment of balances
of accounts were difficult to apply, and since the new
Appendix 1 would be particularly useful from a practical point
of view, it was desirable that the Appendix take effect as
soon as possible.
The Deputy Secretary-General observed that
Administrations would first have to agree on the effective date
of the new text and that the Plenary Meeting was competent to
specify, for example, that Appendix 1 could be applied by
special agreement among Administrations.
The Secretary-General added that the Acts of the Union
had to be ratified by Member countries before they could come
into force. However, in practice, if Administrations so
wished, such Acts could be brought into force without delay.
Consequently, it would be advisable for a recommendation on
the lines suggested by the delegate of Sweden to be adopted
in Plenary Meeting.
On the proposal of the Chairman it was decided that
the delegation of Sweden and the Deputy Secretary-General
should prepare a draft recommendation.
3.
End of the work of the Committee
On behalf of the members of the Committee, Mr. Lee
(United States), a Vice-Chairman of the Conference, paid
tribute to the Chairman for the competence with which he had
directed the Committee's work and brought it to a successful
conclusion.
Document No. 72-E
Page 5
The Chairman expressed his appreciation of the kind
words which had been addressed to him and thanked the
participants for the cooperation they had shown. He was also
grateful to the members of the Working Group, the Secretariat
staff and all who had contributed to the success of Committee
activities.
The meeting rose at 10.35 hours.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
S.R.V. PARAMOR
Chairman
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 73~E
9 April 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
REPORT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE 5
1.
Committee 5 held two meetings under the Chairmanship
of Mr. S.R.V. Paramor (United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland) and the Vice-Chairmanship of Mr. P. Panayotov
(People's Republic of Bulgaria).
2.
The draft of Appendix 1 of the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations (Payment of Balances of Accounts) approved by the
Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T., served as a basis for
discussion. Proposals for the amendment of this draft text were
submitted by the United States of America (Document No. 12)
and by Japan (Document No. 20).
3.
The Committee established a small working group of
the representatives of the Argentine Republic, Spain, United
States of America, France, Japan and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland to deal with the detailed
proposals contained in Document No. 20.
4.
Following a proposal by the delegate of Belgium, and
after extensive discussion, the Committee decided to amend the
first paragraph of the draft Appendix in order to emphasize
that the gold franc is the Monetary Unit prescribed in the
constitutional acts of the I.T.U. for the establishment of
international accounts.
5The delegate of Sweden pointed to the difficulties that
administrations are currently experiencing in applying the 1958
provisions for the Payment of Balances of Accounts, and he
suggested that the new provisions might be applied before the
entry into force of the 1973 Telegraph and Telephone Regulations.
The Committee requested the delegate of Sweden to draft a suitable
recommendation in cooperation with the General Secretariat.
6.
The minutes (Summary Record) of the first and second
meetings of Committee 5 are to be found in Documents Nos. 62 and 72,
S.R.V. PARAMOR
Chairman
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 74-E
9 April 1973
Original : French
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
For the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Delegation of the Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia declares that the Delegation of Viet-Nam does
not have the right to sign the Final Acts of this Conference
on behalf of all of Viet-Nam.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 75-E
9 April 1973
Original : French
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
For the Socialist Republic of Roumania
1.
The Delegation of the Socialist Republic of
Roumania declares that the Saigon Administration cannot
represent South Viet-Nam at the World Administrative Telegraph
and Telephone Conference. Consequently the Roumanian
Delegation considers the signature of the documents of the
Conference by the representatives of the Saigon authorities
to be null and void.
2.
The Delegation of the Socialist Republic of
Roumania also considers that the Delegation of the Republic
of South Africa does not represent the interests of the
South African people and therefore cannot act on its behalf.
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Document No. 76-E
10 April 1973
CONFERENCE
B4
PLENARY MEETING
Tg R
Art. 1 bis and 2
Tf R
Art. 1 bis, 2 and 3
Res.
Tg R - B
Tg R - C
Rec.
Tf R - C
Opinions Tg R - B and Tf R - B
A. CHASSIGNOL
Annexes s B.4-1 to B.4-14
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Article 1 b i s
Definitions
International Route
An international route comprises the circuits to be
used for telecommunication traffic between two international
terminal exchanges or offices.
International Public Telegram Service
The service which provides for the exchange of
various classes of international telegrams.
International Telegraph Service
Denotes the generality of the various kinds of
international telegraph-type services therein comprised,
including the telegram and radiotelegram services, the phototelegraph service, the telex service, the data transmission
service, the scheduled radiocommunication service and the
leased telegraph circuit service.
Ordinary Private Telegrams
Ordinary private telegrams are obligatory private
telegrams other than those bearing the service indications
SVH (Safety of Life), OBS (Meteorological telegrams) or RCT
(Persons protected in time of war - Geneva Convention
August 1 9 ^ ) .
Accounting Rate
The accounting rate is the rate agreed between
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies in a
given relation which is used for the establishment of
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Collection Charge
The collection charge is the charge established and
collected by Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies from its customers for the use of the international
telecommunication service.
Instructions
Instructions consist of a Recommendation (or a group
of Recommendations) prepared by the C.C.I.T.T. and dealing with
practical procedure for operation and rate-fixing, which maybe published in the form of a separate manual and made available
to Administrations and recognized private operating agencies
for use by their operational services.
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Article 2
25.
The circuits and installations provided for the
international telegraph service shall be sufficient to meet
all requirements of the service.
^.
agencies shall cooperate in the establishment, operation and
maintenance of the circuits and installations used for the
international telegraph service to ensure the best possible
quality of service.
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Article 1 bis
Definitions
International route
An international route comprises the circuits to be
used for telecommunication traffic between two international
terminal exchanges or offices.
Accounting rate
Administrations or recognized private operating agencies in a
given relation which is used for the establishment of
Collection charge
The collection charge is the charge established and
collected by Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies from its customers for the use of the international
telecommunication service.
Instructions
Instructions consist of a Recommendation (or a group of
Recommendations) prepared by the C.C.I.T.T. and dealing with
practical procedure for operation and rate-fixing, which may
be published in the form of a separate manual and made available
to Administrations and recognized private operating agencies for
use by their operational services.
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Article 2
3.
All Administrations*) shall promote the provision of
telephone service on a world-wide scale and shall endeavour to
extend the international service to their entire national
network.
4.
Administrations*) shall designate the exchanges in the
territory they serve which are to be regarded as international
exchanges.
5The circuits and installations provided for the
international telephone service shall be sufficient to meet
all requirements of the service.
6".
Administrations*) shall cooperate in the establishment,
operation and maintenance of the circuits and installations
used for the international telephone service to ensure the best
possible quality of service.
7«
The Administrations*) shall determine by mutual
agreement which routes are to be used.l)
1) Pending mutual agreement, see Recommendation No. C
concerning the treatment of outgoing traffic.
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Article 3
8«
Administrations*) shall determine by mutual agreement
the classes of calls, special facilities and special transmissions
using telephone circuits to be admitted in their reciprocal
international telephone relations observing the provisions of
Articles 39 and 40 of the Convention (Montreux, 1965). To this
end, the Administrations may conclude bilateral or regional
agreements with a view to improving services available to
users.
9«
Administrations*) shall determine by mutual agreement
the conditions under which they place international telephonetype circuits at the exclusive disposal of users for an
appropriate charge in those relations where telephone-type
circuits remain available after the needs of the public
telecommunication services have been satisfied.
)
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RESOLUTION No. RTg-B
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC TELEGRAM SERVICE
considering
a)
that many of the provisions of the Telegraph Regulations
(Geneva, 1958) have been transferred to C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations
series F;
b)
that the operating services should have available as
quickly as possible a manual of instructions for the international
c)
that such a manual should be derived from the Recommendations
of the C.C.I.T.T.;
d)
that the transfer of provisions from the Telegraph
Regulations to C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations will affect other
Regulations published by the General Secretariat,
instructs
1.
the Secretary-General to publish for the operating
services Instructions for the international public telegram
service (in accordance with the text of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations
F.l and F.42) for distribution not later than 1 April 1974;
2.
the C.C.I.T.T. to continue to study the questions in
the study programme adopted by the Vth Plenary Assembly concerning
the simplification of the public telegram service and to revise and
develop, as necessary, these Instructions at its Vlth Plenary
Assembly;
3.
the Secretary-General to publish the Instructions in
suitable form to facilitate up-dating following any later revision
of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
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recommends
1.
that Administrations should apply these Instructions,
as far as practicable, (where the relevant Recommendations have
not been applied already) as from 1 September 1974 i.e. at the
same time as the entry into force of the Telegraph Regulations
(Geneva, 1973);
2.
that Administrations notify the Secretary-General of
their decision to apply, either fully or in part, the following
Recommendations which entail exchange of information concerning
their implementation :
Recommendation F.l
A 6
Legal time
Recommendation F.l
A10
PRESSE
MANDAT
Recommendation F.l
All
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Special services :
URGENT
TC
RPx
PC
CR
FS
FSDExREEXPEDIEDEx
TMx
CTA
LX
LXDEUIL
JOUR
NUIT
REMETTREx
Jx
XP
EXPRES
POSTE
PR
GP
GPR
PAV
PAVR
TR
MP
TFx
TLXx
Recommendation F.l
A13
Optional admission of telegrams
in secret language
Recommendation F.l
A17
List of languages in use in a
country the admission of which
in plain language is requested
by the Administration of that
country
Recommendation F.l
A8l
Telegrams to be delivered to
travellers in trains or in
aircraft
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Recommendation F.l
A254
Percentage of the reduction
that may be made on charges
for SVH telegrams
Recommendation F.l
A275
Percentage of the reduction
allowed in rates applicable
to meteorological telegrams
(at least 50$)
Recommendation F.l
A310
List of national languages
designated for the preparation
of press telegrams
Recommendation F.l
A311
List of additional languages
designated for the preparation
of press telegrams
Recommendation F.l
A340
Definition of the term
"continent" for the purposes
of certain provisions,
including those concerning
the reduction applicable to press
telegrams and the possibility,
in exceptional cases, of
belonging to the system of
another continent
Recommendation F.42
A13
Notification of terminal and
transit rates to the General
Secretariat
Recommendation F.42
Al6
Interval before application
of new accounting rates
resolves
that the Secretary-General shall publish in the most
suitable and economical manner the information collected under
2• above.
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RESOLUTION No. RTg-C
REVISED TERMINAL AND TRANSIT RATES FOR TELEGRAMS
having abolished
the distinction between the European and extraEuropean systems for the fixing of terminal and transit rates
for telegrams,
decides
that all Administrations, and recognized private
operating agencies which have been so authorized by the
Administrations concerned, should inform the General Secretariat,
not later than 1 March 1974, of their terminal and transit rates
which will be applied as from 1 September 1974, and, if
appropriate, the through accounting rates per word, in order
that these may be communicated to all Members and Associate
Members,
instructs the Secretary-General to
1.
publish these terminal and transit rates and the
through accounting rates in the most suitable form,
2.
continue to publish the through accounting rates
pending further advice from the VIth Plenary Assembly of
the C.C.I.T.T.
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RECOMMENDATION RTf-C
ROUTING OF OUTGOING TRAFFIC
considering
the importance of achieving mutual agreement on
routes to be used,
realizing
a)
that difficulties may arise in reaching agreement on
routes to be used,
b)
that the interests of both terminal countries need
to be met,
recommends
that, pending agreement and provided that there is
no direct route existing between the terminal countries
concerned, the country of origin has the choice to determine
the routing of its outgoing traffic taking into account the
interests of the Administration or recognized private operating
agency of the country of destination.
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OPINION No. 1
(RTg and RTf)
TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE AND TELEX FRANKING PRIVILEGES
FOR DELEGATES AND REPRESENTATIVES AT CONFERENCES
AND MEETINGS OF THE I.T.U.
The World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
(Geneva, 1973) ,
having examined
the question of telegraph, telephone and telex franking privileges
for delegates and representatives at conferences and meetings of the I.T.U.
declares the view
that at conferences and meetings of the I.T.U. the following rules
should be observed by Administrations and, as far as possible by recognized
private operating agencies, for the application of the franking privileges
mentioned in Rule 26 of Chapter 9 of the General Regulations annexed to the
Convention (Montreux, 1965).
1. Telegraph Franking Privileges
a)
Private "(I.T.U.) franking privilege telegrams" shall, in principle,
be exchanged between beneficiaries of franking privileges and their families;
b)
delegates and representatives, members of the Administrative Council,
the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, the Directors of the
C.C.I.s and members of the I.F.R.B., may exchange free telegrams either with
their Administrations or with the seat of the Union, as the case may be;
c)
Urgent and/or secret language "(I.T.U.) franking privilege telegrams"
shall not be admitted. However, heads of delegations or their deputies and
members of the Administrative Council may exchange urgent and/or secret
language telegrams with their Administration.
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2.
Telephone Franking Privileges
a)
below.
b)
their Administration or recognized private operating agencies. Only heads
calls in relations where such calls are admitted.
c)
their Administration or with the seat of the Union.
d)
e)
f)
Apart from the calls mentioned in e) above (of which the duration
is always limited) Administrations or recognized private operating agencies
minutes.
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3.
a)
b)
All delegates and representatives may exchange.telex
calls with their Administration or recognized private operating
agencies.
c)
either with their Administration or with the seat of the Union.
d)
e)
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CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 77-E
8 April 1973
Original : Russian
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE DELEGATIONS OF THE BIELORUSSIAN S.S.R.. THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA.
THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC. THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLAND. THE UKRAINIAN S.S.R..
THE U.S.S.R. AND THE CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
The delegations of the Bielorussian S.S.R., the People's Republic of
Bulgaria, the Hungarian People's Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the
People's Republic of Poland, the Ukrainian S.S.R., the U.S.S.R. and the
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic declare that the delegates of the Saigon
Administration do not represent South Viet-Nam, since there are two zones and
two administrations in South Viet-Nam: the Provisional Revolutionary Government
of the Republic of South Viet-Nam and the Saigon Administration.
Signature of the Final Acts by the delegates of the Saigon
Administration cannot therefore be regarded as signature on behalf of South
Viet-Nam.
Document No. 78-E
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
10^11973
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Spani5h
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO
In signing the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations, the delegation
of Mexico reserves the right to apply the Recommendations of the C.C.I.T.T.
insofar as they may solve problems of a world-wide international character*
and meet regional requirements.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 79-E
9 April 1973
1973
PLENARY MEETING
REPORT BY COMMITTEE 2
(CREDENTIALS)
1.
Committee 2 held two meetings, on 3 and 9 April 1913.
2.
In accordance with its terms of reference, it
checked the credentials handed in to the Conference Secretariat,
The result is given in Annex 1.
3.
The delegations of the countries listed in Annex 2
have not yet handed in their credentials to the Conference
Secretariat. Committee 2 authorized its Chairman to examine
credentials handed in subsequent to the present report and to
report verbally on the matter in Plenary Meeting.
J. GALVAN
Chairman of Committee 2
Annexes : 2
Document No. 79-E
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ANNEX
1
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE CONFERENCE
WHOSE DELEGATIONS HAVE DEPOSITED THEIR CREDENTIALS
1.
order :
The credentials of the following delegations were found to be in
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Argentine Republic
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Vatican City State
P e o p l e ' s Republic of t h e Congo
Denmark
Spain
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Greece
Republic of India
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Ireland
Iceland
State of I s r a e l
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
State of Kuwait
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malagasy Republic
Kingdom of Morocco
Mexico
Monaco
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Norway
New Zealand
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Peru
Republic of the Philippines
People's Republic of Poland
Portugal
Socialist Republic of Roumania
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
Republic of the Senegal
Republic of South Africa
Sweden
Confederation of Switzerland
United Republic of Tanzania
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Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Republic of Viet-Nam
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
2.
The credentials of the delegation mentioned below were found to be
in order, but the country in question has not ratified the International
Telecommunication Convention.
Democratic Republic of the Sudan.
3.
Delegations provisionally accredited. (General Regulations, No. 631)
Iran
Pakistan
4.
The credentials of the following countries were not found to be
in order.
Republic of Dahomey
Republic of Mali.
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ANNEX
2
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE WHOSE DELEGATIONS
HAVE NOT YET HANDED IN THEIR CREDENTIALS
Republic of Burundi
United Republic of Cameroon
Gabon Republic
Sultanate of Oman
Uganda
Togolese Republic
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 80-E
10 April 1973
Original : French
1973
COMMITTEE 4
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
SECOND MEETING OF COMMITTEE 4
(OPERATION)
Wednesday, 4 April 1973, at 0930 hrs
Subjects discussed
PROVISIONS COMMON TO BOTH SETS OF REGULATIONS
1. Article 1 (RTf and RTg) - Purpose of the
Regulations (continued)
2.
Article 2 (RTf and RTg) - International
system
3. Article 3 (RTf and RTg) - Services
offered to users
4. Article 7 RTf - Accounting, and
Article 10 RTg - Accounting for telegrams
5. Definitions of the terms used in the
Regulations
Document No,
DT/4(Rev.)
27
30
16, 31
h, 3
11
16
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Page 2
(Document No. DT/4(Rev.))
1.
Article 1 (RTf and RTg) - Purpose of the Regulations
(Document No. 27) (continued)
Proposal HNG/27/2
The Chairman proposed the resumption of consideration
of Document No. DT/4 and referred to proposal HNG/27/2 in
Document No. 27.
The delegate of the Hungarian People's Republic
insisted on the need to harmonize the provisions concerning the
international telegraph services with those for the international
telephone service and to draw up a document of "Instructions"
on the international telegraph service to facilitate its
operation, such instructions had already proved extremely
useful in the case of the telephone service.
On the proposal of the delegate of the U.S.S.R., it
was decided to ask the Secretary-General to prepare a draft
Resolution on the question.
2
-
Article 2 (RTf and RTg) - International system
(Documents Nos. 30, 32 and 33)
Proposal URS/30/8
The delegate of the Ukrainian S.S.R. introduced the
proposal which had been prepared jointly by his country, the
U.S.S.R. and the Bielorussian S.S.R.
The delegate of Canada, supported by the delegates
of the United States, Ireland and Australia, pointed out that
the provision which it was proposed to introduce in the Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations annexed to the Convention was already
contained in Article 22 of the Convention. It would be
preferable to avoid duplication.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R., supported by the
delegates of the Hungarian People's Republic and the Ukrainian S.S.R.,
pointed out that No. 26l in Article 22 of the Convention implied
that Members of the Union might make arrangements with each
other with a view to applying the Convention and the Regulations.
Those were therefore intergovernmental agreements whereas
proposal URS/30/8 concerned operational agreements that might
be concluded by governments and recognized private operating
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agencies (R.P.O.A.). So far the R.P.O.A. had enjoyed
considerable freedom in operational matters and it was clear
that for certain countries the new provision would clarify
the situation and at the same time increase the responsibility
of Administrations for ensuring that the provisions of the
Regulations and of the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations and
Instructions were observed by the R.P.O.A.
The delegate of Austria pointed out that the
imperative form of proposal URS/30/8 conflicted with the
principle of flexibility introduced in Article 1 by the use
of the conditional tense.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. conceded that the
proposal might be worded differently but it was essential
that the principle be expressly stated in the Regulations.
The delegate of Saudi Arabia saw no objection to
including a provision of the Convention in a set of
regulations.
The delegate of the United Kingdom disagreed. In
that particular case constitutional difficulties might arise
in some countries which, by virtue of national legislation,
delegated responsibilities to organs duly appointed to
discharge them.
The delegate of the Ukrainian S.S.R. raised the
fundamental question of who was responsible for the most
important telecommunication facilities, particularly those
concerned with the safety of life, government telegrams and
all types of priority communication. The purpose of
proposal URS/30/8 was precisely to determine who was responsible
in case of difficulty in such matters.
The Deputy Secretary-General observed that there was
a loophole in the Convention in that respect which should be
filled. It might therefore be advisable to consider the
problem of responsibility more thoroughly and to defer further
discussion of the point until later.
It was so decided.
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Proposals B/32/1 and B/33/2 (Documents Nos. 32 and 33)
At the suggestion of the delegate of the United Kingdom,
supported by the delegate of France, it was decided not to
examine the above-mentioned proposals concerning Article 2
immediately: they should be discussed in connection with each
set of Regulations rather than as common provisions.
3-
Article 3 (RTf and RTg) - Services offered to users
(Documents Nos. 16 and 31)
Proposal URS/16/5
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. introduced the proposal.
Its purpose - as in the case of a number of other proposals was to introduce provisions with a view to extending services
and improving their conditions of operation so that users'
requirements might be satisfied as fully as possible and their
interests protected by means of closer international
cooperation.
The delegate of the Bielorussian S.S.R. pointed out
that Articles 44 and 45 of the Convention gave Members of the
Union the right to make special agreements on telecommunication
matters provided such agreements did not conflict with the
Convention, the Regulations, C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations and
Instructions and other statutory provisions in force.
At the request of the delegate of the United Kingdom who considered the proposed addition superfluous and dangerous the delegate of the U.S.S.R. gave further explanation. At the
same time he objected to the systematic way in which proposals
submitted to the Conference were opposed by the argument that
the provisions which it was desired to insert in the Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations already existed in substance in the
Convention. It should be realized that the proposals were
concerned with the adoption of detailed regulatory provisions
intended to supplement the general principles laid down in
the Convention.
The delegate of Switzerland quite understood the
reasons for the proposal, which was inspired by the desire to
safeguard users' interests. He doubted, however, whether it
was always possible for some countries to conclude agreements
containing no provision which would be less favourable for
users than those incorporated in the I.T.U. regulatory texts.
Many provisions in the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations, for example,
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went beyond the possibilities of some countries and often
could be applied only in certain relations. It would therefore
be undesirable for the Regulations to lay down obligations
which in a number of cases were clearly impossible to fulfil.
The delegate of Argentina wondered which authority
would be competent to determine whether provisions contained in
bilateral or multilateral agreements were "less favourable for
users". Moreover, the proposal was at variance with the decision
reached on the previous day with regard to Article 1 which made
application of the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations and Instructions
conditional in character.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. replied to the arguments
put forward, pointing out, with regard to the question raised
by the delegate of Argentina, that the parties to an
agreement would alone be entitled to determine whether
conditions and improvements were of advantage to users.
During the discussion which followed, the arguments
against the proposal were commented on and developed by the
delegates of the United States, Cameroon, Canada and the
Netherlands; the latter considered that the proposal went so
far that it should be submitted for decision to the
Plenipotentiary Conference.
The delegate of Belgium considered that a
contradiction existed - apparently at least - between the first
and second sentences of the proposal. It was difficult to
envisage adopting a provision which would stipulate that
agreements should be designed "to improve the conditions of
operation" and also that "those agreements should not contain
any provisions which were less favourable for users". In
his opinion, the very commendable purpose of the authors of
the proposal would be achieved by adopting the first sentence
and omitting the second.
Following a discussion on the wording of the
proposal, in which the delegates of Cameroon, the Hungarian
People's Republic, Mexico, U.S.S.R., Canada and Morocco took
part, the Deputy Secretary-General suggested a rewording of
the proposal in Document No. 31.
In conclusion, it was decided that the authors of
the proposal, in cooperation with the Secretariat, should
prepare a new document for submission to the Committee at a
later date.
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4.
Article 7 of the Telephone Regulations (Accounting)
and Article 10 of the Telegraph Regulations
(Accounting for telegrams) (Documents Nos. 4, 3 and 11)
Proposal USA/11/11
It was decided to omit from the title the words "for
telegrams" without prejudice to discussion of the justification
of the amendment.
5.
Definitions of the terms used in the Regulations
(Document No. 16)
Proposal URS/16/4
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. said that his country's
Administration considered it advisable to include in an annex
to the Regulations the definitions of the terms employed.
It was an opinion rather than a proposal.
The delegate of Canada found the U.S.S.R. suggestion
logical, but considered that the Conference should adopt a
resolution requesting the 1973 Plenipotentiary Conference to
include a number of terms and definitions among those already
contained in the Convention.
The delegate of the United Kingdom explained that
C.C.I.T.T. Study Group I, which had been responsible for
revising the Telegraph Regulations, had felt that, in view of
the inclusion of a number of terms and definitions in the
Convention, certain other expressions should be shown in the
List of Definitions of Essential Telecommunication Terms rather
than in the Telegraph Regulations.
The delegate of Canada pointed out that there were
inconsistencies between the definitions given in the List and
those in the Convention.
The delegate of Spain was of the opinion that the
definitions listed in the Regulations should be confined to
terms that might give rise to confusion in interpreting those
Regulations.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. pointed out that some
terms were not used in the Regulations and their definitions
would not therefore be included therein. He accordingly
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supported the Canadian proposal that a resolution be drawn
up asking the Plenipotentiary Conference to add some
definitions to the List of Definitions of Essential
Telecommunication Terms. The Secretary-General should be
asked to prepare for this purpose a list of terms and
definitions for submission to the Plenipotentiary Conference.
The question was to determine whether it was really advisable
to keep a list of terms and definitions in the Regulations.
The Secretary-General said that the terms contained
in the Telegraph Regulations had been reproduced in the 1965
Convention. The Plenipotentiary Conference which would meet
in September 1973 could thus supplement or amend, if necessary,
the definitions contained in the Convention or in the
Regulations. For that purpose it would be advisable for the
Telegraph and Telephone Conference to draw up a list of the
terms and definitions to be inserted in the Convention. The
last point was important because the Plenipotentiary
Conference might not have specialists available to do the
work whereas the Telegraph and Telephone Conference had.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
A
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Chairman
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 8l-E
10 April 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE THIRD MEETING OF COMMITTEE 4
(OPERATION)
Document No.
1. Definitions of the terms used in the
Regulations (contd.)
16 (URS/16A) .
2.
Appendix 2 to the Telegraph Regulations : 3 + Corr.
General Secretariat - Reciprocal
6, 14 (RFA/14/3)
Communications - Relations of
Administrations with one another through
the medium of the General Secretariat
3»
Service documents relating to
international telegraphy and telephony
4.
Opinion No. 1 Telegraph and Telephone
Franking Privileges
15, DT/5
24
5. Art. 2
4 , 10 (USA/10/1)
14 (RFA/14/2)
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1.
Definitions of the terms used in the Regulations
(contd.) (Document No. 16 (URS/l6/4))
Following a short discussion of points raised at
the previous meeting, it was decided to set up a small
Working Party, composed of Argentina, Spain, France, Norway,
the United Kingdom, U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. under the
Chairmanship of Canada, to consider what definitions should
be recommended for inclusion in the Telephone and Telegraph
Regulations and the Convention.
2.
Appendix 2 to the Telegraph Regulations; General
Secretariat - Reciprocal Communications Relations of Administrations with one another
(Documents Nos. 3 + Corr., "6, 14"(RFA/14/3))
After introducing the proposed text for Appendix 2
to the Telegraph Regulations (pages 12 and lj5, Document No. 3),
the Deputy Secretary-General said that, in order
that similar provisions for the exchange of information
might apply to the telephone service, the last four
paragraphs of section 4, page 4 of Document No. 6 were
proposed for addition to the Telephone Regulations.
In reply to a question from the delegate of the
United States of America, the Deputy Secretary-General said
that the proposed provisions would not involve the Union in
any extra expenditure as their effect was to give the
General Secretariat official authorization to continue a
process that was already in existence. However, some
consolidation would result in savings.
Answering a second question from the delegate of
the United States of America, he said that the term
"agreements between Administrations" in the third line of
the first paragraph of the proposed addition to the Telephone
Regulations did not refer to any specific agreement between a
few countries at present but was included to cover the
eventuality of larger agreements that, as had already
happened in the case of Regional Agreements, gave rise to
information exchange.
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The delegate of Switzerland proposed that for
greater precision the last line of the first paragraph of
the proposed addition to the Telephone Regulations (section 4,
page 4, Document No. 6) reading "Recommendations of
Consultative Committees" be amended to "Recommendations
adopted by the Plenary Assemblies of Consultative Committees".
It was so agreed.
The amendment proposed by the German Federal
Republic (Document No. 14 (RFA/14/3)) was approved.
The last four paragraphs of section 4, page 4,
Document No. 6, as amended above, were approved for addition
to the Telephone Regulations at a place to be decided by the
In reply to the delegate of Canada, who noted that
Article 7* paragraph 25 and Appendix 2, paragraph 3» both
dealt with telegram terminal and transit rates, and wondered
if one reference might be suppressed, the delegate of the
United Kingdom said that as one item covered initial
notification and the other changes in rates both were
necessary. There was, perhaps, a need to alter the placing
of the two items, a decision best left to the Editorial
Committee.
The Deputy Secretary-General pointed out that as
there was no longer a list of publications included in
Appendix 2 there was no reason why those texts should not be
consolidated in the Regulations if the Conference wished it.
It was decided to approve the proposed text of
Appendix 2 (pages 12 and 13, Document No. 3) with the proviso
that it should be added to the Telegraph Regulations at a
place to be decided by the Editorial Committee.
3»
Service Documents relating to international
telegraphy and telephony (Documents Nos. 15, DT/j)
Replying to the delegate of Belgium, who considered
that a publication giving retrospective telecommunication
statistics would be very useful in enabling Administrations
to take stock of world-wide telecommunication development,
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the Deputy Secretary-General said that efforts at present
were directed only to consolidating and rationalizing the
collection of statistics and to eliminating duplication.
Evaluation of telecommunication development would become
easier when, in accordance with the reorganization of the
World Plan Committee, statistics were improved and published
every two instead of every four years.
In response to the delegate of Switzerland, who
drew attention to the lack of alignment between the
authorities given for revising and up-dating publications
in section 2, page 3, Annex 1 of Document No. DT/5 and those
specified in the proposed addition to the Telegraph
Regulations (section 4, page 4, Document No. 6), the
Deputy Secretary-General explained that differences arose
because the latter text was concerned with establishing the
principle for the authority for the publication of such
statistics whereas the former formed part of a working
document and dealt with the mechanics cf the revision
procedures and the actual collection to be done from the
Administrations.
With regard to the lists of service documents given
in Annexes 1 and 2 of Document DT/5 the delegate of Algeria
considered that some of those publications would gain from
being combined, the delegate of the United Kingdom thought
two might be eliminated while the delegate of the U.S.S.R.
said that great caution should be exercised in making changes
to the list of documents published by the Union for many
years and to which operating services were accustomed.
The Deputy Secretary-General said that in view of
the fact that the documents mentioned were financially selfsupporting, that they were in demand by government
organizations other than telecommunications administrations,
and that improvements would shortly be implemented as a
result of the reorganization of the World Plan Committee
statistics for which the Secretary-General had also the
responsibility for publication it would be preferable not
to modify the list at present.
It was decided to accept unchanged the lists of
documents for publication given in Annexes 1 and 2 of
Document DT/3 and at the same time to instruct the General
Secretariat to continue to keep those documents under constant
study with a view to their improvement.
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The delegate of Canada proposed that the words
"sont a publier" in the French text of the second paragraph
of the draft resolution contained in Annex 1 should be
replaced by "devraient etre publies" in order to bring the
French into line with the English text. He also proposed
that the first phrase of operative paragraph 2 of the draft
resolution should be amended to read : "to revise, bring
up-to-date and even cancel such publications,". The same
amendments should be made to the draft resolution in Annex 2.
The delegate of Spain said that the Spanish text
of the second paragraph of both draft resolutions should be
brought in line with the English.
The amendments proposed by the delegate of Canada
were adopted.
Annexes 1 and 2 to Document DT/5, as amended, were
approved,
4.
Opinion No. 1 Telegraph and Telephone Franking
Privileges (Document No. 24)
The delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany,
referring to the terminology used in the new draft proposed
for Opinion No. 1 (Annex to Document No. 24), expressed the
view that the term used to designate the type of telegram in
question should be as short and simple as possible.
The delegates of the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium
and Italy supported that view.
The delegate of the United Kingdom, supported by
the delegates of Australia, Norway and Bulgaria, said that
the term chosen should be short, easily comprehensible and
common to both the telegram and telephone services. The
designation "privilege calls" and "privilege telegrams"
might be a satisfactory solution.
The delegate of Spain said that at first sight, the
Spanish equivalent of the word "privilege" would not be
appropriate for such services. He would, however, need to
consult with delegates from other Spanish-speaking countries.
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The delegate of Switzerland, supported by the
delegate of the German Democratic Republic, considered that
the term chosen ought, if possible, to be the same in all
languages.
A discussion followed in which the delegates of
Italy, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, France, India and the
German Democratic Republic participated, and during which a
number of alternative terms were suggested.
The delegate of Australia, supported by the
delegates of Switzerland and Indonesia, proposed that the
terms "(I.T.U.) franking privilege telegrams" and "(I.T.U.)
franking privilege calls" should be retained in the text of
Opinion No, 1. The task of establishing operating procedures
and developing a suitable code for such telegrams could be
entrusted to the experts of the relevant C.C.I.T.T.
operational Study Groups. Pending the adoption of a new
operational term for the type of telegram in question, the
term "Conference" could continue to be used as the service
indicator on "(I.T.U.) franking privilege telegrams".
That proposal was approved.
The delegate of the United Kingdom, supported by
the delegate of Indonesia, suggested that an appropriate
section on telex franking privileges should be included in
Opinion No. 1.
The Chairman said that if the Committee agreed in
principle to the suggestion by the United Kingdom delegate,
the Secretariat would be requested to draft the appropriate
paragraphs for inclusion in the Opinion.
It was so agreed.
The new draft proposed for Opinion No. 1 in the
Annex to Document No. 24 was approved, subject to the
addition of an appropriate section on telex franking
privileges.
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5.
Art. 2 International system (Documents Nos. 4,
10 (USA/10/1), 14 (RFA/14/2) and 32 (B/52/l))
The delegate of the United States of America
introduced his proposed amendment (Document No. 10).
The delegate of France supported the amendment.
The delegate of Belgium said that the phrase which
the United States delegate was proposing to delete had made
its first appearance in C.C.I.T.T. Recommendation E.114. It
would be interesting to know why the IVth Plenary Assembly of
the C.C.I.T.T. had considered it necessary to add that phrase
to the previous text of Telephone Regulation 7.
The delegate of the United Kingdom observed that
some misunderstanding seemed to have arisen as to the exact
intention behind Regulation 7, the purpose of the second part
of which was to ensure that once agreement had been reached
on the routes to be used, each Administration would have the
right to choose between the various agreed routes for its
outgoing traffic. The text of the Regulation proposed in the
Annex to Document No. 4 should perhaps be reworded in order to
avoid any ambiguity.
The delegates of the Federal Republic of Germany
and Canada associated themselves with the previous speaker.
The delegate of Brazil drew attention to his
Administration's proposed amendment (Document No. 32) and
stressed that the Regulations should specify clearly that
Administrations had the right to choose between the
possibilities available for the routing of outgoing traffic.
The delegate of France said that he would be
prepared to accept the suggestion just made by the United
Kingdom delegate, although he preferred the United States
proposal. It was most important that agreement be reached
between the two terminal countries in respect of the
distribution of charges.
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The delegate of Spain agreed that it was essential
for agreement to be reached between the two terminal countries.
He also supported the Brazilian amendment.
The delegate of Japan considered that the wording
of the second part of Regulation 7 should be improved.
However, the United States amendment went too far, since the
originating country should have the possibility of choosing
the most favourable possible route for its outgoing traffic.
The Chairman said that the United Kingdom delegate
might be requested to prepare a redraft of Regulation 7 for
consideration at the Committee's next meeting.
It was so agreed.
The Chairman
M. MILI
A.C. BECKWITH
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 82-E
10 April 1975
Original : English
1973
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
FOURTH MEETING OF COMMITTEE 4
(OPERATION)
Thursday, 5 April 1973. at 1100 hrs
Chairman : Mr. A.C. BECKWITH (Australia)
Document No.
1. Art. 2 International system (contd.)
4, 10 (USA/10/1),
14 (RFA/14/2),
32 and DT/7)
2.
Art. 3
4 + Corr.
3.
Art. 4
Operating methods
4
4.
Art. 5
4
5.
Art. 6
Fixing of collection charges.
4
6.
Art, 7
Accounting
4
7»
Resolution No. 1 Study by the C.C.I.T.T.
of special facilities, and Resolution No. 2.
Study by the C.C.I.T.T. of charging for calls
booked to or established with a wrong number
8. Recommendation. U.N. Telephone Calls
in exceptional circumstances
24
24
Document No. 82-E
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1.
Art. 2 International System (Documents Nos. 4,
10 (USA/10/1), 14 (RFA/14/2), 32 and DT/7)) (contd.)
The Chairman invited the Committee to consider the
proposed revised text for Article 2, paragraph 7 (Document DT/7).
The delegates of Brazil and the United States of
America said they could not accept the proposed compromise
text, and maintained their delegations' original proposals
(Documents Nos. 32 and 10).
The delegates of Canada, Spain, Argentina and
Mexico supported the Brazilian proposal (Document No. 32). It
was generally conceded that the outgoing administration had
traditionally enjoyed the right to choose the route, and that
right should not be removed.
- The delegate of Mexico pointed out that a more
profound problem arose from the fact that historically there
had been two groups of countries, those owning their own
telecommunication installations and those dependent on the
installations of others. The countries in the first group
had always enjoyed a financial advantage, and for the sake of
economic equity attempts must be made to achieve an equilibrium
between incoming and outgoing traffic.
The United Kingdom delegate said he found it difficult
to accept the Brazilian proposal because it recognized the
possibility of agreement not being reached, which was contrary
to the spirit of international cooperation. The text should
emphasize that an agreement based on the mutual interests of
both administrations must be achieved.
The delegate of Brazil pointed out that failure to
reach agreement was also contemplated in the proposed text for
Appendix 1 to the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations,
paragraph 1 (Document No. 5)» Naturally all administrations
would make the utmost efforts to reach agreement, but it was
not always possible to do so.
The delegates of Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Japan and
India made drafting suggestions designed to improve the text
proposed in Document DT/7.
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The United States delegate said that the phrase
preceding the semi-colon in Document DT/7 was already embodied
in the Telephone Regulations, and any difficulties which might
have arisen in the past had been satisfactorily settled. He
was reluctant to change the situation by introducing additional
language which might provide an incentive to one party not to
reach agreement.
The delegate of France concurred with the Mexican
delegate's view that the problem had an economic as well as
a purely technical aspect, and agreement between the two
terminal countries was necessary. The simplest solution
would be to adopt the United States proposal (Document No. 10).
Alternatively, the Committee might amend Document No. DT/7 by
adding a sentence dealing with the rights of the terminal
country of destination.
The Chairman proposed that a working group consisting
of the delegations of Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Canada, United
States of America, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Philippines,
United Kingdom and Somalia, under the Chairmanship of
Switzerland, should meet to produce a revised text in the
light of the discussion that had taken place.
It was so agreed.
The delegate of Spain, referring to the French
delegate's remarks, asked the Working Group to introduce a
reference to terminal administrations in its revised text.
2.
Art. 3 Services offered to users
(Document No. 4 + Corr.)
The Deputy Secretary-General recalled that in the
general discussion on Article 3, it had been agreed in
connection with Document No. 51 to make an addition to the
original proposal. The text drafted by the Secretariat would
be available the following day.
Subject to consideration of the Secretariat's text,
Article 3 was approved.
3«
Art. 4
Operating methods (Document No. 4)
Approved.
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4.
Art. 5 Composition of accounting rates
(Document No. 4)
The delegate
Argentina, proposed an
text of Article 5* and
Article 5 be shortened
of Spain, supported by the delegate of
amendment affecting only the Spanish
further proposed that the title of
to "Accounting Rates".
Article 5, as thus amended, was approved.
5.
Art. 6
Fixing of collection charges (Document No. 4)
The delegate of Spain proposed that the title be
shortened to 'Collection Charges".
6.
Art. 7
Accounting (Document No. 4)
, The delegate of Spain said there were some drafting
points in connection with the Spanish text of Article 7 which
he would raise in the Editorial Committee.
Article 7 was approved.
7.
Resolution No. 1 Study by the C.C.I.T.T. of special
facilities, and Resolution No. 2 Study by the
C.C.IoT.T. of charging for calls booked to or
established with a wrong number (Document No. 24)
It was agreed to delete those Resolutions.
8.
Recommendation U.N. Telephone Calls in exceptional
circumstances (Document No. 24)
The delegate of Bulgaria raised a question concerning
Representatives to the Security Council and to the General
Assembly, and asked whether a Head of State should not also be
included in the Recommendation0
After a brief discussion, the U.S.S.R. delegate,
supported by the United Kingdom and Canadian delegates,
proposed retention of the Recommendation.
It was so agreed.
The S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l :
M. MILI
The Chairman :
A.C. BECKWITH
Document No. 83-E
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1° ^ n 1973
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: Ensllsh
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Signature of the Final Acts (Telegraph Regulations, Telephone
Regulations and the Final Protocol) of the World Administrative Telegraph
and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1975) by the Libyan delegation is subject
to the approval of the Government of the Libyan Arab Republic, as specified
in the delegation's credentials.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 84-E
10 April 1973
Original : French
1973
COMMITTEE 3
SUMMARY RECORD' OF THE SECOND
AND LAST MEETING OF
COMMITTEE 3
(BUDGET CONTROL)
Friday, 6 April 1973, at 1040 hrs
Chairman : Mr. Mieczyslaw KULA (People's Republic of Poland)
Subjects discussed
1.
Summary record of the first meeting
2.
Draft report by the Committee .
3.
Conclusion of the work of the Committee
Document No.
DT/5
Document No. 84-E
Page 2
1.
Summary record of the first meeting
As the document was not yet available, the Chairman
asked-the Committee to authorize him to approve the Summary
Record himself as soon as it had been issued.
It was so decided.
2.
Draft report by the Committee (Document No. DT/5)
The Secretary briefly introduced the document. In
point 1 mention should be made of the amount of 6,000 Swiss francs
already requested under additional credits from the
Administrative Council at its session in 1973. The document
to be submitted to the Council had already been published.
The Final Acts would be printed by the offset process so that
there would be no expenditure in that respect for the
Conference.
After explanations given by the Secretary and a
comment made by the delegate of the United States, it was
agreed to delete the words following "will be withdrawn" in
point 1 of Document No. DT/5.
With the above-mentioned amendment, Document No. DT/5
was approved.
3.
The delegate of the United States said that it was
probably the first time that a Conference had managed not to
exceed the budget adopted for it by the Administrative Council.
The task of the Budget Control Committee had thus been both
short and simple.
On behalf of the Members of the Committee, he thanked
the Chairman for the way in which he had directed the work.
The Chairman expressed his appreciation to
participants for the assistance they had given him and
declared the work of the Budget Control Committee to be
concluded.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
M. KULA
Chairman
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 85-E
10 April 1973
Original : English
PELNARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR JAMAICA
In signing the Final Acts of the World Administrative
Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1973), the
Jamaican Delegation reserves the right of its Administration
to accept, or otherwise, all or some Qf the provisions of the
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations.
Document No. 86-E
/>r.MrrnrM/M-
10 A p r i l
C O N F E R E N C E
Original : French
GENEVA
19T3
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
STATEMENT BY THE REPUBLIC OF VIET-NAM
1.
The Delegation of the Republic of Viet-Nam
categorically rejects the tendentious statements made by
certain delegations and deplores the misuse of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference by these
delegations for political and propaganda purposes.
2.
The Delegation of the Republic of Viet-Nam
reiterates the statement it made to the Credentials Committee
and considers the statements of the above-mentioned delegations
to be null and void.
BUI-TRONG-TUAN
Head of the Delegation
of the Republic of Viet-Nam
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 87-E
°April 1973
1973
PLENARY MEETING
REPORT BY COMMITTEE 4
(OPERATION)
1.
Committee 4 held 8 meetings from 3 to 9 April.
2.
In accordance with its terms of reference, the
Committee examined the provisions concerning operation and
charges in the draft Telegraph and Telephone Regulations
adopted by the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T.
(Geneva, 1972), and the proposals of Administrations relating
thereto. The work programme of the Committee is given in
Document No. DT/4(Rev.).
3.
Two working groups were set up :
-
a working group presided over by Mr. Robertson,
which dealt with definitions. Its report is
contained in Document No. DT/13;
-
a working group presided over by Mr. Rutschi, which
examined paragraph 7 in Article 2 of the Telephone
Regulations. The proposed text is contained in
Document No. DT/lO.
4.
The Committee's debates are summarized in
Documents Nos. 55, 80, 81, 82, 93 to 96. The texts adopted
by the Committee are the subject of Documents Nos. 44, 49, 59
and 68.
A.C. BECKWITH
Chairman of Committee 4
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CONFERENCE
Document No. 88-E
10 April 1973
B5
PLENARY MEETING
RESOLUTION No. RTg-D
TELEX OPERATION AND TARIFF PRINCIPLES
considering
a)
that the Telegraph Regulations (Geneva, 1973) lay
down general principles only, in regard to the telex service,
notably in Articles 2, 10 and Appendix 1,
b)
that it would be desirable to have explicit operational
rules and Instructions and tariff principles for the international
telex service,
requests the C.C.I.T.T.
1.
to continue its study programme approved by the
Vth Plenary Assembly for the revision or elaboration of
Recommendations relating to the telex service;
2.
to formulate the necessary rules and Instructions
concerning the operation and tarification of the telex service.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 89-E
10 April 1973
Original : French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR ALGERIA (ALGERIAN DEMOCRATIC AND POPULAR REPUBLIC),
REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI, UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO, REPUBLIC OF DAHOMEY, ETHIOPIA,
KENYA, LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC, MALAGASY
REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC OF MALI, KINGDOM OF
• MOROCCO, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,
UGANDA, REPUBLIC OF THE SENEGAL, SOMALI
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE SUDAN, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA,
TOGOLESE REPUBLIC, TUNISIA, REPUBLIC OF ZAIRE
The delegations mentioned above consider that the
delegation attending this Conference on behalf of the Republic
of South Africa does not represent the interests of the South
African people. It therefore cannot act on their behalf.
Consequently, its signature of the final agreements
of the World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
is illegal.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 90(Rev.)-E
11 April 1973
Original : Russian
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
for the Bielorussian Soviet Socialist Republic,
the People's Republic of Bulgaria,
the Hungarian People's Republic,
the People's Republic of Poland,
the German Democratic Republic,
the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,
the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The above-mentioned delegations support without reservation the
statement of a group of African countries concerning the condemnation of the
racist policy of the South African Republic and the illegality of the
participation of the delegation of the South African Republic in the work of
the Conference.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 90-E
10 April 1973
Original : Russian
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE BIELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC,
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,
THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC,
THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLAND,
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS,
THE UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC AND
THE CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
The above-mentioned delegations fully support the
statement of a group of African countries condemning the racist
policy of the Government of the Republic of South Africa and
consider that the participation of the delegation of that
country in the work of the Conference and its signature of the
Final Acts have no legal value.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
!»!___________•____
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1.
The United States of America formally declares that
the United States of America does not, by signature of the
Telegraph Regulations (Geneva Revision, 1973) on its behalf, or by
ratification thereof, accept any obligation in respect of the
application of any provision of the Regulations to service within
the United States with respect to telegraph service between the
United States, on the one hand, and Canada, Mexico, and Saint-Pierre
and Miquelon Islands, on the other hand, and to the rates applicable
to such service.
2.
The United States of America formally declares that the
United States of America does not accept any obligation in respect
of the application of any provision of the Telegraph Regulations
(Geneva Revision, 1973) to service over telecommunication channels
other than those open to public correspondence.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 92-E
10 April 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1.
the United States of America does not, by signature of the
Telephone Regulations (Geneva Revision, 1973) on its behalf,
or by ratification thereof, accept any obligation in respect
of the application of any provision of the Regulations to
service within the United States with respect to telephone
service between the United States, on the one hand, and Canada,
Mexico, and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands, on the other
hand, and to the rates applicable to such service.
2.
the United States of America does not accept any obligation
in respect of the application of any provision of the
Telephone Regulations (Geneva Revision, 1973) to service over
telecommunication channels other than those open to public
correspondence.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 93-E
17 April 1973
Original : French
1973
COMMITTEE 4
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF COMMITTEE 4
(OPERATION)
Document No.
SUBJECTS DISCUSSED
TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS - Study of proposals
DT/4(Rev)
(contd.)
1. Article 2 - International system
2.
Article 3 - Services offered to users
3, 11 and 33
3, 16, 18, 19,
26, 34, 35, 38,
39 and 42
Document-:NoV 93-E-'
Page 2
TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS - Study of proposals
(Document No. DT/4(Rev)) (contd.)
1.
Art.-1 *- -International system
(Documents Nos. 3, 11 and 33)
The Committee was informed of a draft revision of the
Telegraph Regulations contained in Document No. 3 in which the
Administration of the United States (Document No. 11) and of
Brazil (Document No. 33) wished to introduce amendments.
At the request of the delegate of Brazil, it was
agreed to consider the amendment' proposed in Document No. 33
later when the final text was ready.
Proposal USA/11/2
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. agreed in principle
with the addition proposed by the United States except for
the idea that'the international service should be extended
to the "entire" national network. Such a requirement was not
feasible in a country like the U.S.S.R. or apparently-in -manyother countries. The proposed text, moreover, was acceptable,
only if it h'acL- the status of' an opinion.
The delegate of the United Kingdom, supported by the
delegates'of -Australia and of Norway'.'' referred to comments' *
made by the delegation of Brazil and considered.that it would
be erroneous to' assume that, for reasons of' uniformity,' any
text- adopted, for; the Telephone Regulations should ipso facto
be applicable to the telegraph service. With regard to
proposal US:A/ir/'2, it should remain a pious hope. It was
obvious that the telegram service was declining and it would
be unrealistic to attempt to extend the international service
as proposed by the United States. Consequently, the draft text
contained in Document No. 3 should be retained without change.
The delegate of the Netherlands fully shared the
point of view of the previous speaker and rejected the
amendment completely. Moreover, in view of the losses suffered
by the telegram service in his country, the Netherlands
Administration was following a diametrically opposite policy
which consisted in restricting the number of offices taking
part in the international telegram service.
Document No. 93-E
Page 3
The delegate of the United States explained that
proposal USA/11/2 in fact concerned the telex service which,
like the telephone service, was fully automatic. In his
Administration's view, it would be advisable if the telegram
and telex services were governed by the same body of regulations
The delegates of the Netherlands and of the United
Kingdom, supported by the delegate of the U.S.S.R.. questioned
the very principle of identifying the telex service with the
telegram service. They hoped that the Conference would confine
itself exclusively to considering and revising the Telegraph
Regulations. It would be most premature to orient the
discussion in any other direction.
After a long discussion of a legal nature, in which
the delegates of Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States.
Canada. Spain. U.S.S.R. and the Deputy Secretary-General took
part, the delegate of the United States withdrew proposal
USA/11/2 since the duration of the Conference would not permit
a thorough examination of all the implications of the amendment,
which in any case was incomplete.
On the proposal of the delegate of the U.S.S.R.,
supported by the delegate of the United States, it was decided
to adopt a resolution instructing the C.C.I.T.T. to continue
studying the provisions governing the telex and other telegraphtype services.
To clarify the situation, the delegate of the United
States said that proposals USA/11/2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
and 13 contained in Document No. 11 were withdrawn on the
understanding that the decisions reached on the previous day
with regard to proposals USA/11/3 and 11 remained effective.
2.
Art. 3 •" Services offered to users
(Documents Nos. 3, 16, 18, 19, 26, 34, 35, 38, 39
and 42)
The Chairman summarized the content of the proposals
contained in the above-mentioned documents. Documents Nos. 16
and 35 contained proposals relating to special categories of
telegrams and distress telephone calls (SVH) while
Documents Nos. 18, 19, 26, 34, 38, 39 and 42 contained proposals
concerning the classification of meteorological telegrams as
obligatory telegrams.
Document No. 93-E
Page 4
The ensuing discussion was begun by the delegate of
the United Kingdom who related the background of the question
of meteorological telegrams.
The delegate of Pakistan emphasized the importance
of meteorological telegrams and the imperative need to classify
them as obligatory telegrams insofar as they concerned the
safety of populations as well as maritime and air navigation.
The meteorological services of the developing countries were
still rudimentary and depended to a very large extent on the
data furnished by the advanced countries over international
telecommunication circuits.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. unreservedly supported
the proposals submitted in that sense by India, Indonesia,
Jordan, Malagasy Republic, Nigeria and Peru.
The representative of the World Meteorological
Organization (W.M.O.) stressed the dangers with which the
less developed regions of the world were continuously
threatened, particularly regions in the tropical zone which
were not yet equipped with adequate transmission facilities,
unlike the industrialized countries which had extremely dense
and efficient transmission networks. In view of the fact that
meteorological messages for the developing countries necessarily
were sent over ordinary channels, the W.M.O. wished to draw
governments' attention to the importance of the classification
of meteorological telegrams, particularly so far as the order
of priority given to their routing and transmission was
concerned. He hoped that the Telegraph and Telephone Conference
would take appropriate decisions on that category of telegrams,
given the safety problems involved.
He explained further that the provisions affecting
the safety of life (SHV) were not applied until after a
disaster had occurred whereas meteorological warnings preceded
such events. Moreover, it was not simply a question of sending
warning telegrams but also of transmitting the data which was
essential to foresee the danger and establish forecasts. The
meteorological centres at Melbourne, Washington and Moscow
had very heavy responsibilities to discharge in that connection
and could not carry out their work properly if they were
prevented from receiving the information they required.
The Chairman remarked that l4 countries were in favour
of including meteorological telegrams in the category of
obligatory telegrams.
Document No. 93-E
Page 5
During the discussion the delegates of the United
Kingdom. Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands.
Belgium and Switzerland expressed themselves as opposed to
such classification for various legal, economic and practical
reasons, although they recognized the importance of
meteorological telegrams and hoped that the best possible
solution could be found to the problem.
Th
e delegate of Australia wondered what country could
be opposed to the urgent routing and transmission of
meteorological telegrams affecting the safety of life.
The delegates of Pakistan. Uganda. Tanzania. KenyaJamaica. Sweden and China were strongly in favour of the
proposal to make meteorological telegrams obligatory.
It was finally decided, with no objections, to
classify meteorological telegrams as obligatory telegrams.
The S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l
M
« ^LI
The Chairman
A.C. BECKWITH
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 9^-E
11 A p r i l 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
SIXTH MEETING OF COMMITTEE 4
(OPERATION)
Subjects discussed
1.
Document No.
Study of proposals in accordance with
DT/4(Rev.) (continued)
Art. 3 Services accorded to users
16 (URS/16/3)
19 (.J/19/1)
35 (URS/35/10)
Art. 4 General operating provisions for
telegrams
13 (RFA/13/1)
36 (BUL/36)
Art. 5 Stoppage of telegrams
Art. 6 Archives
3 + Corr.
Art. 7 Composition of accounting rates
for telegrams
3
Art. 8 Collection charges for telegrams
3
Art. 9 Prohibition of rebates for
telegrams
3
Art.11 Reimbursements of telegram charges
3
Document No. 94-E
Page 2
1. Study of proposals in accordance with DT/4 (Rev-*-)
(continued)
Art. 3 Services accorded to users
(Documents Nos. 3, 16 (URS/16/3), 19'(J/19/1)
and 35 (URS/35/10))
The delegate of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics introduced the proposals contained in
Documents Nos. 16 (URS/16/3) and 35 (URS/35/10).
The delegate of Norway, supported by the
delegate of Sweden, said he had some difficulty in accepting
the U.S.S.R. proposals, because inclusion in the Telegraph
Regulations of such detailed provisions, which were partly
operational in nature, would be contrary to the principles
laid down in Resolution No. 36, by which the Conference
should be guided in its task of revising the Regulations.
Furthermore, the types of telegram dealt with in the
U.S.S.R. proposals were already covered in the revised
draft Telegraph Regulations (Document No. 3), the Montreux
Convention and various C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
The delegate of Canada expressed the view that
the types of telegram with which the U.S.S.R. proposals
were concerned were important enough to warrant their
inclusion in the Regulations.
The delegate of Australia supported the views
expressed by the delegate of Norway. It might be appropriate
to refer the U.S.S.R. proposals to C.C.I.T.T. for inclusion
in one of the latter's Recommendations, where the operational
details could be spelt out in all the detail necessary to
ensure proper handling of such telegrams.
Republics said that the proposals contained in
Document No. 35 contained no operational provisions. The
issue at stake was that of ensuring that the Regulations,
which would be ratified by Governments, embodied all the
necessary fundamental principles, standards and guidelines.
The purely operational provisions had already been
transferred to the F series of Recommendations.
Document No. 94-E
Page 3
The delegate of Belgium supported the proposals
submitted by the U.S.S.R. delegation, as they were concerned
with fundamental principles which must be embodied in the
Regulations, since the latter constituted the only contract
between administrations and the users of the services.
The delegate of the Netherlands considered that
the stipulations proposed by the U.S.S.R. in respect of
telegrams relating to the safety of life and telegrams
concerning persons protected in time of war by the Geneva
Conventions of 12 August 1949 might usefully be included in
the Regulations, whereas those concerning the three other
types of telegram in question could more appropriately be
dealt with in other documents.
The delegate of Sweden said that some of the
telegrams in question were already covered by Articles 39
and 40 of the Montreux Convention. In cases where
definitions of important telegrams did not exist or were
not sufficiently clear, the Editorial Committee could be
requested to draw up appropriate definitions for inclusion
in the relevant annex to the Convention. As far as
operational provisions were concerned, their proper place
was in C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations. There was no need to
repeat such definitions and provisions in the Regulations.
The delegate of Cameroon said that if the new
Regulations were simplified too much, they would not be
comprehensible to anybody who had not actually attended
the Conference. It was important that they should contain
.all the basic principles on which administrations would be
required to base the organization and operation of the
service. He therefore supported the U.S.S.R. proposals.
The delegate of the United Kingdom, speaking as
Chairman of the Working Party on the revision of the
Regulations, said that Recommendation F.l embraced the
existing Regulations which had not been included in the
revised draft (Document No. 3). In view of the fact that
the Secretary-General was going to be instructed to publish
relevant operating instructions for the telegraph service
based on Recommendation F.l, that Recommendation would
have a somewhat higher standing than was usually the case
for C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations. Acceptance of the U.S.S.R.
proposals would entail a great deal of complex and arduous
Document No. 94-E
Page 4
editorial work in order to make the new Regulations readable
and coherent, and he doubted whether sufficient time was
available to perform such a task satisfactorily.
The delegate of Norway said that he would have
no difficulty in accepting a solution along the lines
suggested by the delegates of either Sweden or the
Netherlands.
The delegate of Bulgaria supported the U.S.S.R.
proposals.
The delegate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic, referring to the United Kingdom delegate's
remarks, said that the Conference had the responsibility of
examining the drafts produced by the various working
parties, amending them as it saw fit, and approving the
final texts. The U.S.S.R. proposals were fully in
accordance with the Conference's objectives and deserved
full support.
The delegate of Nigeria fully endorsed the
principles underlying the U.S.S.R. proposals, but agreed
with the United Kingdom delegate that the Conference did
not have sufficient time to perform the editorial work
that their inclusion in the Regulations would entail. In
his view, Article 3 should be retained as drafted in
Document No. 3, with the possible addition of crossreferences to the relevant Recommendations and operational
instructions.
The delegate of Saudi Arabia said that the
Regulations should be as comprehensive as possible in order
to facilitate the operators* work. However, he agreed with
the United Kingdom delegate that it was perhaps inadvisable
to change radically the structure and format of the revised
draft. He therefore suggested that the important definitions
contained in the U.S.S.R. proposals should be annexed or
appended to the Regulations.
Republics said that the decision taken by the Committee in
respect of meteorological telegrams had perhaps influenced
the delegations that were now opposing his delegation's
proposals. The solution suggested by the Saudi Arabian
delegate would be acceptable to the U.S.S.R.
Document No. 94-E
Page 5
Organization remarked that the decision mentioned by the
previous speaker would not entail any editorial difficulties
since meteorological telegrams were already mentioned in
Document No. 29 of the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T.
In his view, therefore, that decision was irrelevant to the
present discussion.
The delegate of Australia said that he did not
object to the solution suggested by the delegate of Saudi
Arabia, although he did not really see the necessity of
reproducing identical provisions in several different
documents.
The delegate of Hungary pointed out that C.C.I.T.T.
instructions and Opinions were not mandatory. Provisions
concerning the more important categories of telegrams,
including those dealt with in the U.S.S.R. proposals, must
have force of law and should therefore be embodied in the
Regulations.
The Deputy Secretary-General said it was the wish
Of the United Nations that the provisions governing the
types of telegram dealt with in paragraph 2.5 of the U.S.S.R.
proposal in Document No. 35 should retain force of law. He
believed that the same consideration applied to the
provisions in paragraph 3 of the same document. There would
therefore be some merit in including at least those two
sections of Document No. 35 in the Regulations, either in
the body of the text or as an appendix.
The delegate of Belgium quoted a concrete example
of the type of difficulty that could arise if certain
provisions did not have force of law, and pressed for
inclusion in the Regulations of all fundamental, and
indispensable provisions.
The delegate of Cameroon said that it would not
be practical for operators to be obliged to consult several
different documents in the course of performing their duties.
In his view, the Conference should produce a single, workable,
comprehensible set of Regulations which included, inter alia,
the provisions proposed by the U.S.S.R. delegation.
Document No. 94-E
Page 6
The delegate of the Netherlands remarked that
selective inclusion in the Regulations of provisions
governing some types of telegram only would be tantamount
to discriminating against certain categories of users.
It was not logical that some users should benefit from
provisions having force of law while the vast majority of
ordinary users had only the non-mandatory C.C.I.T.T.
Opinions to fall back on.
The delegate of Luxembourg expressed the view
that the question of annexing certain definitions to the
Regulations would need to be examined by legal experts.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. said that in view
of the comments made by the Deputy Secretary-General, the
latter should be consulted by the Editorial Committee when
the texts were being prepared.
The delegate of the United Kingdom reminded the
Deputy Secretary-General that the substance of 2.5 was
already contained in No. 17 of the draft Regulations.
The delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany
pointed out that the text of 1.1 should be brought into
line with the Convention by the insertion of "and in outer
space" in the third line.
The delegate of the United States of America,
referring to paragraphs 4 and 5 9 said he thought the
definitions should be incorporated in the Regulations.
That view was endorsed by the delegate of the U.S.S.R.
The delegate of Austria referred to the earlier
decision about the classification of meteorological telegrams
and the fact that the representative of the World
Meteorological Organization had proposed reproducing the
text of Document AP V-No. 29; in the case in point,
paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of that Document should be omitted.
The delegate of Sweden, whose view was shared
by the delegates of the Federal Republic of Germany,
Luxembourg and Norway, thought that the only measure
required was the addition of meteorological telegrams to
the list in paragraph 5.
Document No. 9^~E
Page 7
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. said it was evident
that 5-1 would have to be supplemented and amended; a
drafting amendment would also be required to No. 704 of
the existing Telegraph Regulations.
It was agreed that paragraphs 4 and 5 would
contain the appropriate definitions and that meteorological
telegrams would be added.
At the request of the delegate of Japan, it was
agreed to consider together proposals J/19/1 and J/19/2
concerning Articles 3 and 4 which were intended to clarify
the situation with regard to "government telegrams".
The proposals were adopted.
The delegate of Canada suggested that wherever
"Convention" was mentioned it should be followed by
"(Montreux, 1965)" to avoid any confusion resulting from
renumbering in the next edition.
It was so agreed.
It was finally agreed that there would be a
general reference in Article 3 of the Regulations and an
Appendix reproducing the substance of Document No. 35
subject to drafting amendments by the Editorial Committee
to take account of the points raised and any amendments
found necessary by the Deputy Secretary-General.
Art. 4 (General operating provisions for telegrams)
(Documents Nos. 3, 13 (RFA/13/l) and 36 (BUL/36) )
It was agreed that the proposals of a drafting
nature in Document No. 13 were acceptable and would be
forwarded to the Editorial Committee.
Prposal BUL/36 which regrouped the persons
entitled to special priority and added Heads of State was
supported by the delegate of the U.S.S.R. Further to a
point raised by the Deputy Secretary-General, the Chairman
said that the Editorial Committee would be asked to pay
special attention to ensure that the terms of the Convention
were being satisfied.
On that understanding the proposal was adopted.
Document No. 94-E
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Art. 5 (Stoppage of telegrams) (Document No. 3)
Approved.
Art. 6 (Archives) (Document No. 3 + Corr.)
Approved.
Art. 7 (Composition of accounting rates for
telegrams) (Document No. 3)
The delegate of the United Kingdom (Mr. Paramor)
said that he and the delegate of Canada (Mr. Robertson)
had examined Regulation No. 25 as requested and had come
to the conclusion that it could be deleted and the text
in Appendix 2 revised to cover the point. That proposal
was supported by the delegate of the Netherlands.
They were asked to hand the text they had
drafted to the Editorial Committee.
Article 7 was approved subject to that amendment
and the amendment of the title (deletion of the words
"Composition of") decided at an earlier meeting.
Art. 8 (Collection charges for telegrams)
(Document No. 3)
Approved.
Art. 9 (Prohibition of rebates for telegrams)
(Document No. 3)
Approved.
Art. 11 (Reimbursement of telegram charges)
(Document No. 3)
Approved.
The Chairman :
M. MILI
A.C. BECKWITH
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 95~E
17 April 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
SUMMARY. RECORD
OF THE
SEVENTH MEETING OF COMMITTEE 4
Document No,
1.
2.
3.
Study of proposals in accordance with
DT/4(Rev.) (cont.)
25
Consideration of the draft text on telex
franking privileges
DT/9
Consideration of the draft Resolution
"Operation of the international public
telegram service"
DT/8
4. Telephone Regulations : proposed revised
text for Article 2, paragraph 7 (cont.)
DT/10
Document No. 95-E
Page 2
1.
Study of proposals in accordance with DT/4(Rev.)(cont.)
Resolutions 1, 2 and 3 (Document No. 25, Annex l)
The Committee approved the C.C.I.T.T. conclusions
concerning Resolutions 1, 2 and 3.
Resolution 4 (Document No. 25, Annex 2)
The Deputy Secretary-General said the proposed draft
Resolution referred to "terminal and transit rates for telegrams"
but not to total rates per word. Information regarding the
latter continued to be published in compliance with the
Regulations, but the Secretariat thought that in view of recent
developments such publication might cease, at least for through
rates within the European system (Table C ) .
The delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany,
supported by the delegates of the United Kingdom and the
United States of America, proposed that publication of through
rates be continued. Through rates were not arrived at by the
mere addition of terminal and transit rates, and it was
necessary to know all three rates in order to establish how
costs should be shared.
The delegate of Switzerland said that Table C, which
gave total rates for Europe, might be discontinued when the
unified rate for Europe came into force but it would still be
necessary, at least for the time being, to know total rates for
the extra-European system.
In reply to the delegate of the Netherlands, the
Deputy Secretary-General confirmed that all rates published
were expressed in gold francs.
It was agreed that the publication of through rates
be continued.
The Deputy Secretary-General said the Secretariat would
continue to publish through rates in Europe only, and through rates
between Europe and the rest of the world, insofar as such
information was made available by Administrations, pending the
possibility of further consideration of the question by the
C.C.I.T.T. Plenary. The draft Resolution would be revised
accordingly.
Subject to revision, Resolution 4 was approved.
Document No. 95-E
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Opinion 2 (Document No. 25, Annex 2)
The delegate of Belgium, supported by the delegates
of the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Federal Republic of
Germany said that in view of changing circumstances some
special services were now scarcely demanded by the public, and
administrations would be increasingly tempted to suppress them,
because of financial difficulties. The Opinion was outdated
and there was little point in retaining it.
It was agreed to delete Opinion 2.
Titles of Telegraph and Telephone Regulations
Referring to the discussion at the previous meeting,
the Chairman summarized the alterations which had been made in
the titles of Articles 5 and 6 of the Telephone Regulations,
and it was agreed that the titles of Articles 7 and 10 of the
Telegraph Regulations should be altered to bring them into
line.
2.
Consideration of the draft text on telex franking
privileges (Document No. DT/9)
Approved.
3.
Consideration of the draft Resolution "Operation of
the international public telegram service"
(Document No. DT/8)
The Director of the C.C.I.T.T. said that a Manual of
Instructions for the operation of the international telephone
service, in readily understood language, had already been
published and explained the possibility of publishing a similar
Manual of Instructions for the international telegraph service
based on texts already approved by the C.C.I.T.T. in the
F Series Recommendations which would soon be available in their
final form in three languages. In addition, the Conference
might charge the C.C.I.T.T. with the preparation of a
definitive Manual of Instructions, and that would require some
amendment of the draft Resolution in Document No. DT/8.
The Senior Counsellor of the C.C.I.T.T. proposed
amendments to paragraphs a ) , b) and c) on page 1 of the draft
Resolution to authorize action by C.C.I.T.T. Study Groups to
prepare suitable texts for a provisional and a final Manual of
Instructions.
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The Deputy Secretary-General said it was clear that
the C.C.I.T.T. would be the source of all the material to be
published, but the role of Union headquarters in the matter
must also be clearly defined, and in view of the very large
number of manuals likely to be published, the Secretary-General
must have proper authorization to embark on the task. As an
example 17,000 copies of the 1958 Telegraph Regulations had
been prepared. He suggested 1 April 197^. by which time all
the Green Books would have been produced, as a suitable date
for insertion in paragraph a) on page 1 of the draft
Resolution.
The second operative section of the draft Resolution
dealt with the replacement of methods of exchange of
information; if the Conference wished to ensure circulation of
such information, it must provide specific authorization for
the Secretary-General to find out which administrations were
applying certain Recommendations which were largely the
previous Optional Service Provisions of the 1958 Regulations.
After a further brief discussion of the draft
Resolution, the delegate of the U.S.S.R., supported by the
delegate of Kenya, said the existing text appeared
satisfactory, and proposed its adoption so as to facilitate
early publication of the Manual of Instructions.
It was agreed, on the proposal of the delegate of
Belgium, to delete the words : "in particular those provisions
which' form part of the Telegraph Regulations (Geneva, 1958),
and" in paragraph b ) , page 2 of the draft Resolution.
The Resolution as thus
insertion of the date of 1 April
and the date of entry into force
(Geneva, 1973), in paragraph a ) ,
4.
amended, and with the
197^ in paragraph a ) , page 1,
page 2 was approved.
Telephone Regulations ; Proposed revised text for
Article 2, paragraph 7 (Document No. DT/10) (cont.)
The delegate of Switzerland, who had acted as
Chairman of the Working Group, introduced the proposed revised
text produced by the Working Group for Article 2, paragraph 7
of the Telephone Regulations.
The delegate of Saudi Arabia supported the proposed
compromise text and the Peruvian delegate proposed some
drafting amendments to it.
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The delegate of the Netherlands asked whether, if the
proposed text was adopted for the Telephone Regulations, it
would mean that similar wording would also be incorporated
in the Telegraph Regulations.
The delegate of the United Kingdom still found the
proposed text unsatisfactory and unacceptable, and the
delegate of the United States of America, speaking as Chairman
of the C.C.I.T.T. Working Party which had produced the draft
Telephone Regulations, suggested that .the Committee re-examine
Document No. DT/7, which he considered preferable as a basis
for a compromise text.
The delegates of the U.S.S.R. and Mexico said that
although not entirely satisfactory the text in Document No. DT/10
was the best compromise which could be achieved at that time.
The delegate of Cameroon said the text in
Document No. DT/10 safeguarded the interests of all the parties
concerned and he fully supported it, as well as the Peruvian
amendments to it.
Further consideration of Document No. DT/10 was
deferred.
The meeting rose at 165Q hrs.
The Chairman
M. MILI
A.C. BECKWITH
CONFERENCE
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Document No. 96-E
16 April 1973
Original : French
1973
COMMHTEE 4
SUMMARY RECORD
OP THE EIGHTH AND LAST MEETING OP COMMITTEE 4
(Operation)
Monday, 9 April 1913,
at O9OO hrs
Document No.
Subjects discussed
1. Draft text of paragraph 1, Article 2,
of the Telephone Regulations
DT/10
2. Draft texts of paragraph 8, Article 3,
of the Telephone Regulations and of
paragraph 8 bis, Article 3, of the
Telegraph Regulations
DT/11
3.
Report by Working Group 4 (Definitions)
4. Revision of the draft Resolution on
revised terminal and transit rates
for telegrams
DT/13 + Add.
DT/l4(Rev.)
5. Addition to Article 2 of the Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations
DT/15
6. Draft Opinion concerning Article 2,
paragraph 7, of the Telephone Regulations,
Geneva Revision, 1913
DL/6
7. Preliminary draft Report by Committee 4
DL/5
8. Conclusion of the work of the Committee
Document No. 96-E
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1.
Draft text of paragraph 7* Article 2, of the Telephone
Regulations (Document No. DT/lO)
The Chairman referred to the difficulties encountered
by the Working Group responsible for preparing the provision.
While the first part seemed to be acceptable to all delegations,
the second part, which represented a compromise, had already
given rise to many divergent opinions at the previous meeting.
The delegate of the United States congratulated the
Working Group on its efforts to arrive at the compromise
solution submitted to the Committee. Given the differing points
of view, the text was well-balanced and appeared acceptable.
That view was shared by the delegates of Ireland,
Japan, France, Italy, Roumania, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Poland
and Thailand.
The delegate of Canada, on the other hand, who was
supported by the delegate of New Zealand, considered that, for
numerous reasons. - which he explained fully - the compromise
reached by the Working Group was not acceptable. The solution
suggested previously by the delegation of Brazil was preferable,
although it was somewhat weaker than the original wording so far
as application of the provision was concerned. In any case, the
best- course was unquestionably to adopt the draft text submitted
by the C.C.I.T.T. in Document No. 4.
The delegate of the United Kingdom explained his
misgivings on the subject and, in view of the divergent views
concerning the text proposed in Document No. DT/10, he suggested
that it should be divided into two parts. The first could be
incorporated in the Telephone Regulations while the second might
be the subject of an Opinion annexed to the Regulations.
The proposal was seconded by the delegates of Mexico
and of Denmark.
After further discussion, it was decided to resume
consideration of the point at the end of the meeting on the
basis of a written text which would be distributed to
delegations, at the request of the delegate of the U.S.S.R.
2.
Draft texts of paragraph 8. Article 3> of the Telephone
Regulations and of paragraph 8 bis, Article 3% of the
Telegraph Regulations (Document No. DT/ll)
The document was approved without comment.
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Page 3
3.
Report by Working Group 4 (Definitions]
(Document No. DT/5 + Addendum)
The Chairman recalled that the Working Group had met
under the chairmanship of Mr. Donald S. Robertson (Canada) and
had been composed of the delegates of the following countries :
Argentina, Spain, United States of America, France, Norway,
United Kingdom and U.S.S.R.
The Chairman of the "Definitions" Working Group said
that the Group had reviewed the question of amending the
definition of "private telegrams" given in Number 42j5 of the
Convention, which is raised on page 7 of Document No. 25, and
did not consider it possible to submit to the Penipotentiary
Conference an Opinion in favour of amendment of this
definition, since the term is used in Article 32 (No. 276)
of the Convention. That being so, the Working Group considered
that it would suffice to define "ordinary private telegrams" in
the Telegraph Regulations by reference to the definition adopted
by the Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T.
Referring to the Addendum to Document No. DT/lj5, "the
delegate of the Netherlands pointed out that it was drafted as
a provision rather than as a definition.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R. agreed with Document No. DT/13
as a whole but asked for explanations concerning the Addendum.
The Chairman of the Working Group on Definitions said
that the text was based on Nos. 603 et seq. and 642 et seq. of
the Telegraph Regulations which had been followed without change.
After comments made by the delegate of the U.S.S.R.,
the Deputy Secretary-General and the representative of the
W.MpO., it was decided to leave final!zation of the text to the
A thorough review was made of the definitions in
Document No. DT/13, in which the Chairman of the Working Group
on Definitions, the delegates of the United States, Italy,
Sweden, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Algeria, U.S.S.R., Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Roumania, Norway,
Cameroon, .India, Pakistan, Bulgaria and Mali, the Director of the
C.C.I.T.T. and the representative of the W.M.O. took part.
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Page 4
After a lengthy debate on the definition of the term
"route" in Appendix 2, it was decided instead to define the term
"international route".
In view of comments made by the delegates of Spain
and the United Kingdom, It was decided to define international
route" as follows : "An international route comprises the
circuits to be used for telecommunication traffic between two
international terminal exchanges or offices".
To take account of a remark made by the delegate of
Brazil, which was endorsed by the delegate of the United
Kingdom, it was decided to insert the word "international" after
"various kinds of" in the first line of the definition of the
term "international telegraph service" and to ensure alignment
of the texts in all three languages.
Other minor amendments introduced in the definitions
in Document No. DT/lJ would be incorporated by the Editorial
Committee.
of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands and
Canada, proposed that the definitions in Document NO. DT/1J
should include the term "instructions" and he read out the
following text which was accepted in substance : "instructions
consist of a C.C.I.T.T. Recommendation dealing with practical
procedures for operation and charging, which may be published
as a separate brochure".
Following comments made
who pointed out, inter alia, that
supplemented by a sentence to the
should be sent to Administrations
operating agencies as directives,
delegate of Belgium should revise
the final version should be drawn
which would also decide where the
in the Regulations.
by the delegate of the U.S.S.R.,
the definition should be
effect that all "instructions"
and recognized private
it was agreed that the
the text accordingly and that
up by the Editorial Committee
definitions should be inserted
Subject to the amendments, additions and deletions
adopted during the discussion and insertion in the Telegraph
Regulations of the new definition mentioned above, the Report
by the Working Group on Definitions in Document No. DT/15 was
approved.
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Page 5
^«
Revision of the draft Resolution on revised terminal
and transit rates for telegrams (Document No. DT/l4(Rev.))
The document was approved without comment.
5-
Addition to Article 2 of the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations(Document No. DT/15)
After objections had been raised by the delegates of
Argentina, United States. Federal Republic of Germany and
Belgium, the delegate of the U.S.S.R. withdrew the proposal in
Document No. DT/15.
The Chairman thanked the previous speaker and said
that Document DT/15 was therefore withdrawn.
6*
Draft Opinion concerning Article 2, paragraph 7, of
the Telephone Regulations, Geneva Revision, 1973
(Document No. DL/6)
In reply to a question raised by the delegate of
Brazil, the Secretary-General explained that an "Opinion" was
merely a wish expressed by the Conference.
Tne
delegate of Mexico, whose view was shared by the
delegates of Spain and of Brazil, considered it preferable to
entitle Document No. DL/6 "Recommendation".
The
Secretary-General agreed that the word was perhaps
stronger than "Opinion", but pointed out that, in both cases,
it was for Administrations to decide whether to apply such
texts.
After a further exchange of views in which the
delegates of Denmark and the U.S.S.R. and the Deputy SecretaryGeneral took part, it was decided to replace the word "Opinion" by
"Recommendation" in the title of Document No. DL/6 and, in the
body of the document, "expresses the opinion" by "recommends".
Following a remark by the delegate of Switzerland and to align
the French text with the English original, the words "sous
reserve d'un accord" at the beginning of the last paragraph
were replaced by "dans lfattente d*un accord".
On the proposal of the delegate of Canada, seconded
y the delegate of Denmark, it was agreed to delete the word
"service" in paragraph b ) .
b
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Page 6
The question arose of whether the above-mentioned
Recommendation should be annexed also to the Telegraph
Regulations. The delegations of the Federal Republic of
Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil and
Ireland were opposed to this action in view of the differences
in the nature and operation of the telephone and telegram
services.
The delegate of India, on the other hand, whose view
was shared by the delegate of Mexico, was in favour of annexing
the Recommendation to the Telegraph Regulations.
The Chairman thought it preferable in the circumstances
not to open discussion on this matter.
The delegate of India therefore withdrew his proposal
and it was decided that the Recommendation and the section of
paragraph 7 taken from Document No. DT/10 should apply
exclusively to the Telephone Regulations.
Following a suggestion by the delegate of Brazil,
which was seconded by the delegate of Spain, it was decided to
insert in paragraph 7 of Article 2 of the Telephone Regulations
a reference to the Recommendation In Document No. DL/6. The
provision would read as follows :
"7.
Administrations ' shall determine by mutual
agreement which routes are to be used."*-'
1.
*)
l)
Pending mutual agreement, see Recommendation No. ..
on the handling of outgoing traffic."
Preliminary draft Report by Committee 4
(Document No. DL/5)
The delegate of the United States drew attention to
an error in the English text of the second paragraph in point 3,
where "paragraph ll" should read "paragraph 7".
Organization and the delegate of the United Kingdom having
expressed the wish to comment on Document No. 59, the SecretaryGeneral suggested that they should do so when the text was
considered as a blue document.
Document No. 96-E
Page 7
Document No. DL/5 was approved without further
comment•
8.
The delegate of Canada was sure that he spoke for all
members of Committee 4 when he said that its work had been the
most important and the lengthiest of the Conference and that
the Chairman of the Committee was to be warmly congratulated
on the masterly fashion in which he had directed the debates.
(Applause).
The Chairman acknowledged that the programme of
Committee 4 had been particularly heavy, but thanks to the
patience and the spirit of cooperation of all participants,
the difficulties had been overcome. In closing the last
meeting of Committee 4, he wished to express his sincere thanks
to the Conference Secretariat as well as to the interpreters
and all who had contributed to the successful outcome of the
work.
The Chairman
M. MILI
A.C. BECKWITH
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Original : French
1973
PLENARY MEETING
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR ALGERIA (ALGERIAN DEMOCRATIC
AND POPULAR REPUBLIC)
In signing the Final Acts of the World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1973), the delegation of the Algerian Democratic
and Popular Republic declares that it reserves the right to take all measures
it may deem necessary to protect its interests should any delegations not
observe the.provisions of these Regulations.
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CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
PLENARY MEETING
Nigeria
DRAFT RESOLUTION No.
EXCLUSION OF THE CK)VERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
FROM ALL I.T.U. CONFERENCES
The Telegraph and Telephone Conference, Geneva 1973,
considering
that the racial policy in South Africa perpetuating
or accentuating discrimination constitutes a flagrant violation
of the United Nations Charter and the Declaration of Human
Rights;
noting
that the Government of the Republic of South Africa
has paid no attention to the repeated requests and demands of
the United Nations, the specialized agencies and worldwide
public opinion and has not accordingly reconsidered or revised
its racial policy;
deploring
the fact that the Government of the Republic of
South Africa thus continues to pay no attention to these requests
and, furthermore, deliberately aggravates the racial question
by more discriminatory measures and by their application
accompanied by violence and bloodshed;
Document No. 98-E
Page 2
recalling
the fact that a number of subsidiary, organs of the
United Nations and the specialized agencies have excluded the
Government of the Republic of South Africa from their work
until such time as it should give up its apartheid policy;
regrets
because of the prevailing circumstances that the
South African Delegation would be signing the Final Acts;
requests
the next Plenipotentiary Conference to take definite
steps to exclude the Government of the Republic of South Africa
from all I.T.U. Conferences.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 99-E
11 April 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 2
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
SECOND AND LAST MEETING
OF COMMITTEE 2
(CREDENTIALS)
(Monday, 9 April 1975, at 1445 hrs)
Chairman : Mr. Joel GALVAN TALLEDOS (Mexico)
Document No,
1. Approval of the summary record of
the first meeting
41
2.
52
Report by the Working Group
3. First preliminary draft report by
the Committee
DL/4
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1. Approval of the summary record of the first meeting
(Document No. 4l)
The delegate of Spain said that the second paragraph
of the summary record should be amended to read : "The delegate
of Spain said that the composition of the Working Group should
adequately reflect the geographical distribution of Member
States".
The summary record of the first meeting, as amended,
was approved.
2.
Report by the Working Group (Document No. 52)
The Chairman said that the Central African Republic,
Spain, Kenya, the State of Kuwait, the Malagasy Republic, the
Kingdom of Morocco, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the German
Democratic Republic, the Socialist Republic of Roumania, the
Republic of the Senegal and the Confederation of Switzerland
should be deleted from Annex 2 and added to the list in Annex 1
of Document No. 52, and that Togo should be added to the list
in Annex 2. Thus, the credentials of 69 delegations had been
found to be in order, while 12 delegations had not yet deposited
their credentials.
The delegate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic made the statement reproduced in Annex 1. .
The delegate of Viet-Nam made the statement
reproduced in Annex 2.
The report of the Working Group, as amended, was
approved.
3. First preliminary draft report by the Committee (Document No. DL/4)
The Chairman, referring to section 3 of Annex 1 to
Document No. DL/4, said that all the credentials deposited had
been found to be in order. Any credentials deposited between
the present time and the statutory time limit, namely, 1600 hrs
on 10 April 1973* would be the object of a verbal report to
the Conference meeting in plenary assembly.
The delegate of Spain proposed, in the interest of
uniformity, that the title of the list reproduced in section 1
of Annex 1 should be brought into line with that of the list
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Page 3
in Annex 2, along the following lines : "Countries represented
at the Conference whose delegations have handed in credentials
which have been found to be in order".
The Chairman said that the Secretariat would
harmonize the texts along the lines proposed by the Spanish
delegate.
The first preliminary draft report by the Committee,
as amended, was approved.
The delegate of
Members of the Committee,
efficient way in which he
Committee and the Working
Spain, speaking on behalf of the
thanked the Chairman for the
had presided over the work of the
Group.
The Chairman
M. MILI
J. GALVAN TALLEDOS
Annexes : 2
Document No. 99-E
Page 5
ANNEX
1
STATEVENT BY THE DELEGATION OF THE
UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
The delegations of the U.S.S.R., the Ukrainian S.S.R.
and the Bielorussian S.S.R. declare that the delegates of the
Saigon Administration do not represent South Viet-Nam and
cannot speak on its behalf, since there are two zones and two
administrations in South Viet-Nam : the Provisional
Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet-Nam
and the Saigon Administration.
Accordingly, neither the participation of the
delegates of the Saigon Administration in the work of the
World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference nor
their signature of the Final Acts, should they do so, can
be regarded as participation and signature on behalf of
South Viet-Nam.
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ANNEX
2
STATEMENT BY THE DELEGATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIET-NAM
Mr. Chairman,
The delegation of the Republic of Viet-Nam
unwillingly finds itself obliged to take the floor to express
its views.
As everyone knows, the Republic of Viet-Nam which
we have the honour to represent has been a legitimate Member
of the I.T.U. since 1951* that is, for more than twenty years.
During that period our Government has participated regularly
in all conferences and meetings and in all the work conducted
under I.T.U. auspices. It has therefore discharged fully its
obligations to the I.T.U. Its legitimacy and its
representativity cannot, in any event, be questioned.
We came here, Mr. Chairman, on official invitation
in a spirit of constructive and positive cooperation. It is
therefore regrettable and unpleasant for us to find that the
delegation of the Ukraine wishes to use the podium of an
exclusively technical conference for political polemics.
We consider, Mr. Chairman and distinguished
delegates, that it is deplorable to waste time which is so
precious for our work. Moreover, in adopting this attitude,
once again, the delegation of the Ukraine persists in
interfering with the internal affairs of other countries and
fails to respect the concept of sovereignty of nations
advocated in the United Nations Charter, which recommends
the development of "friendly relations among nations based
on respect for the principle of equal rights and selfdetermination of peoples ..." and that " ... all Members
shall refrain in their international relations from the
threat ... of force against the ... political independence
of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the
purposes of the United Nations • •
"
We earnestly hope, moreover, that the honourable
representatives of other delegations will express more
impartial and more objective opinions. Their Governments
Page 8
took part, directly or indirectly, in the Conference on
Viet-Nam held in Paris in January 1973 and signed the Final
Act in which they undertook to respect strictly the
sovereignty of the Republic of Viet-Nam, in other words,
to refrain henceforth from interfering in the internal affairs
of our country.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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1973
Document No. 100-E
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: French
Original
RESOLUTION No.
PARTICIPATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
IN I.T.U. CONFERENCES AND ASSEMBLIES
The World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference
(Geneva, 1973),
taking into consideration
Resolution No. 45 of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Montreux, 1965)»
the text of which is quoted below :
"The Plenipotentiary Conference of the International
Telecommunication Union (Montreux, 1965),
considering
that the racial policy in South Africa perpetuating or
accentuating discrimination constitutes a flagrant violation of the
United Nations Charter and the Declaration of Human Rights;
noting
that the Government of the Republic of South Africa has
paid no attention to the repeated requests and demands of the
United Nations, the specialized agencies and worldwide public
opinion and has not accordingly reconsidered or revised its racial
policy;
deploring
South Africa thus continues to pay no attention to these requests
and, furthermore, deliberately aggravates the racial question by
more discriminatory measures and by their application accompanied
by violence and bloodshed;
Document No. 100-E
Page 2
recalling
the fact that a number of subsidiary organs of the
United Nations and the specialized agencies have excluded the
Government of the Republic of South Africa from their work until
such time as it should give up its apartheid policy;
resolves
that the Government of the Republic of South Africa shall
be excluded from the Plenipotentiary Conference.";
regretting
the diversity of opinions expressed at the present Conference on
the right of the delegation of the Republic of South Africa to sign'the
Final Acts;
expresses the wish
that the forthcoming Plenipotentiary Conference take definite
steps concerning the participation of the Government of the Republic of
South-Africa in any I.T.U. Conference-.or'Assembly.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
S ° S 5b101"38
1973
Original : English
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN
Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1973), the delegation
of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan declares that it
reserves the right of its Government to take all measures it
may deem necessary to protect its interests should any country
not observe the provisions of the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations adopted by the Conference.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
^
I V
1973
Original : English
FINAL PROTOCOL
FOR THE SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1913)» the Delegation
of the Somali Democratic Republic declares that it reserves
the right to take all measures it may deem necessary to protect
its interests should any delegations not observe the provisions
of the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations adopted by the
Conference.
Document No. 103-E
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
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1973
MINUTES
OF THE
THIRD PLENARY MEETING
Chairman : Mr, F. LOCHER (Switzerland)
Document No.
1.
Form of the Final Acts
2.
Report of the Special Working Group
DT/12
46
Document No. 103-E
Page 2
1.
Form of the Final Acts (Document No. DT/12)
The form of the Final Acts suggested by the
Editorial Committee for publication in a single volume as
set out in Document No. DT/12 was adopted unanimously.
The Chairman thanked Mr. Chassignol (France),
Chairman, and the other members of the Editorial Committee
for their valuable contribution.
2.
Re-port of the Special Working Group (Document No. 46)
As proposed by the Special Working Group in its
report (Point 4, Document No. 46), the proposals given in
Documents Nos. 22 and 23 (United Kingdom) were adopted
with a date of entry into force of the revised Telegraph
and Telephone Regulations of 1 September 1974.
The Chairman thanked Mr. Robertson (Canada),
Chairman of the Special Working Group, and all those who
had participated in the work of the Group and congratulated
them on their successful solution of the problem before
them.
The Chairman
M. MILI
F. LOCHER
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 104-E
11 April 1973
Original : English
MINUTES
OF THE
FOURTH PLENARY MEETING
Monday, 9 April 1973, at 1600 hrs
Chairman : Mr. F. LOCHER (Switzerland)
Subjects discussed :
1.
Report of the Budget Control Committee
2.
(Proposal by Mexico)
3.
Texts for first reading (B.l)
Document No,
54
51 and 53
64
Document No. 104-E
Page 2
1.
Report of the Budget Control Committee (Document No. 5*0
Adopted
The Chairman thanked Mr. Kula (Poland), Chairman of
the Budget Control Committee, and all who had taken part in
that Committee for their report and congratulated them on
their excellent work.
2.
Payment of Balance of Accounts (proposal by Mexico)
(Documents Nos. 51 and 53)
The Mexican Delegation withdrew its proposals (see
point 4 of Document No. 51 and point 2 of Document No. 53)
after a number of objections had been made that there would
be practical difficulties in determining which was the most
adversely affected administration, that a poor country might
find itself in the position of being asked to help a rich
country out of its financial difficulties, that it would be
the users of the assisting country who would suffer the
effects of tariffs adjusted upwards to help a country with
financial problems whereas it would be more logical to meet
the situation by revising the tariffs of the latter country
instead and that in many cases the problem could be solved by
a proper choice of routing.
3. Texts for first reading (B.l) (Document No. 64)
B.l-1
Approved_ subject to a drafting amendment to the
French text only.
Page B.l-2
Following a suggestion from the Delegate of Belgium
that telex should be mentioned in addition to telegraph on the
second line of paragraph 1 as telex was the most usual method
of notification used, the Delegate of Canada pointed out that
the term "telegraph" normally covered both telegram and telex.
It was decided that, to clarify the point, the French and
Spanish texts should replace the words "par teiegraphe" and
"telegraficamente" respectively by "par voie telegraphique"
and "por via telegraphica" with the English text remaining
unchanged.
Document No. 104-E
Page 3
In reply to a question from the Delegate of Sweden,
the Deputy Secretary-General said that with regard to
paragraph 3, the addition covering initial notification of
terminal and transit rates, which had been approved by
Committee 4, had. been drafted and would be inserted in the
R. series documents.
In answer to a point raised by the Delegate of Belgium,
the Deputy Secretary-General said that the reference in
paragraph 6 to "agreements between Administrations and/or
recognized private operating agencies" did not imply that
agreements that were of bilateral interest only were expected
to be communicated to the General Secretariat, but rather
that the latter would be authorized to publish such agreements
brought to its attention as were of general interest. Such
provisions already existed with respect to international and
regional agreements (see No. 134 of the Montreux Convention).
A number of minor editorial changes were approved
in all three language texts.
Page B.l-2, as amended above and subject to the
addition mentioned, was approved.
Page B.l-3
Approved_ subject to drafting amendments to the
French and Spanish texts only.
Page B.l-4
The Deputy Secretary-General said
which had been approved by Committee 4, had
to the text of paragraph 8 and would appear
edition of the document for approval by the
that an addition,
still to be made
in a later
Plenary.
After some discussion on the ambiguity of the term
"relations" (paragraph 9» fourth line), particularly with
reference to the Spanish language, it was decided to leave
the text as it stood and not to delete the term, replace it
by a different expression or to include a definition of it in
the list of definitions as had been suggested by various
delegates.
Page B.l-4 was approved subject to the addition
mentioned above.
Document No. 104-E
Page 4
Page B.l-5
Approved, subject to a number of drafting amendments,
Page B.l-6
Approved. subject to a drafting amendment in the
Spanish text only.
Page B.l-7
With regard to the suggestion of the Delegate of
Spain that the text of paragraph 5 of Appendix 2 of the
Telegraph Regulations (page B.1-2).be added as a first
paragraph to Appendix 2 of the Telephone Regulations, the
Deputy Secretary-General explained that that was not advisable
in view of the different conditions prevailing in two services,
The most effective way of getting information on the opening
and closing of routes into general circulation rapidly was to
route it through the General Secretariat in the case of the
Telegraph Service and to let the operators handle it in the
case of the Telephone Service.
B.l-7 was approved subject to a number of drafting
amendments.
Page B.l-8
At the suggestion of the Delegate of Belgium it was
agreed to delete the asterisks and corresponding footnotes
on page 8 and subsequent pages.
Approved as amended.
Page B.l-9
It was agreed to align sub-paragraph 2.ii) with the
corresponding paragraph in the Telephone Regulations so that
it would read :
"2.ii) the results of consultation by correspondence
with Administrations; and"
Document No. 104-E
Page 5
There was some discussion on the advisability of
retaining in the list the Table of Provisions of the
Telegraph Regulations and of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations.
The Delegates of Sweden, the United Kingdom and Bulgaria
thought it was useful for the table to appear in the list,
whereas the Deputy Secretary-General thought it could well
be deleted as the relevant and more precise instructions
were included in another draft Resolution (see DT/8) which
had already been adopted. The Delegate of Bulgaria pointed
out that some of the provisions were not covered in DT/8
as it stood and it was decided that the missing items be
incorporated in the draft Resolution concerned.
On that understanding and with the deletions
already mentioned, page B.l-9 was approved.
Page B.l-10
Approved subject to the deletion already mentioned.
Page B.l-11
The Delegate of Spain thought it might be advisable
to combine the provisions concerning service documents into
a single Resolution for both telegraphy and telephony to
avoid duplication but it was agreed after discussion to
retain two separate Resolutions.
Approved subject to deletions already mentioned.
Page B.l-12
The Delegate of Spain requested that the Spanish
version of the Recommendation be returned to the Editorial
Committee for alignment.
At the suggestion of the Delegate of Cameroon it
was agreed to align the Recommendation with the corresponding
part of the Telegraph Regulations particularly with respect
to the inclusion of Heads of State in the list.
Document No. 104-E
Page 6
The Delegate of the United Kingdom said he found it
difficult to understand exactly what was meant by "on the one
hand" and "on the other hand" and whether each person listed
could communicate with all the others. It was agreed that
the text should be clarified and submitted for reconsideration.
The meeting rose at l84o hours.
M. MILI
The Chairman :
F. LOCHER
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 105-E
11 April 1973
Original : English
1973
MINUTES
OF THE
FIFTH PLENARY MEETING
Chairman: Mr. Fritz LOCHER (Switzerland)
Subjects discussed
Document No,
1.
Texts for first reading (B.2)
66
2.
Operation of the Telex Service
DT/16
3. Texts for first reading (B.3)
67
Document No. 105-E
Page 2
1.
Texts for first reading (B.2) (Document No. 66)
Page B.2-1
The delegate of Spain proposed drafting amendments
to the Spanish text of the three sub-paragraphs of paragraph 43.
The delegate of Australia proposed the insertion of
the word "Radio" after "Additional" in the English text of the
second sub-paragraph of paragraph 43.
Page 1, as amended, was approved.
Page B.2-2
Page 2 was approved.
Page B.2-3
to the Spanish text of paragraphs 25 and 26.
Page B.2-4
Page B.2-5
to the Spanish text of the first paragraph.
Page 59 as amended, was approved.
Page B.2-6
Page B.2-7
to the Spanish text of paragraph 6.
The delegate of the United Kingdom, supported by the
delegate of the United States of America, proposed that the
Document No. 105-E
Page 3
words "accepted by" in the third line of paragraph 7 should
be replaced by "acceptable to".
Page 7» as amended, was approved.
Page B.2-8
to the Spanish text of the footnote. One of those amendments
also applied to the French text.
Page B.2-9
The delegate of the United States of America considered
that the draft Recommendation was premature, since the meeting
of the International Monetary Fund to be held in Nairobi later
in 1973 might well take decisions that had the effect of rendering
the Recommendation obsolete.
The Secretary-General said that the Recommendation's
origin was a proposal made in Committee 5 by the Swedish
delegation. The discussion held on the matter and the decision
by Committee 5 concerning the drafting of a recommendation
were reflected in the summary record of the Committee's Second
Meeting (Document No. 72).
The delegate of Sweden explained the reasons that had
prompted his delegation to make the original proposal.
The delegate of the United States of America said he
appreciated those reasons. However, implementation of the
Recommendation might well give rise to considerable practical
difficulties and, in addition, there was no assurance that
all administrations would apply that particular Appendix. In
his view, adoption of the Recommendation would create a
situation that would cause considerable problems for the
financial departments concerned.
The Chairman said that due note would be taken of the
views expressed by the United States delegation.
Document No. 105-E
Page 4
Pages B.2-10 and B.2-11
Pages 10 and 11 were approved.
Document No. 66, as amended, was approved.
2.
Operation of the Telex Service (Document No. DT/l6)
The delegate of Australia, speaking as Chairman of
Committee 4, introduced the draft Resolution contained in
Document No. DT/16.
The delegate of Belgium proposed that the title of
the draft Resolution be amended to read: "Operation and tariffs
of the telex service".
That proposal was adopted.
The delegate of Switzerland, supported by the
delegate of Italy, considered that operative paragraphs 3 and
4 were not indispensable and might be deleted.
The delegate of Belgium recalled that at one of
Committee 4's meetings he had expressed concern at inclusion
in a C.C.I.T.T. Recommendation alone of the rules and
Instructions for the operation and tariffs of the telex service,
without at least providing for their possible incorporation
in the Telegraph Regulations at some future date. There was
no reason why those rules and Instructions should be omitted
from the Telegraph Regulations while the corresponding rules
for the telephone service appeared in both C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations and the Telephone Regulations. Consequently,
he would have great difficulty in subscribing to the suggestion
by the Swiss delegate; if operative paragraphs 3 and 4 of
the draft Resolution were deleted, the entire text might just
as well be scrapped altogether. Perhaps those paragraphs
needed redrafting but, as a safeguard for the future, some
provision ought to be made for inclusion in the Telegraph
Regulations of the rules and Instructions concerning the
operation and tariffs of the telex service.
The delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany
associated himself with the views expressed by the previous
speaker.
Document No. 105-E
Page 5
Republics said he was in favour of deleting operative
paragraphs 3 and 4. Operative paragraph 2 might perhaps be
expanded to provide for the transmission to administrations
and recognized private operating agencies of the results of
C.C.I.T.T. action in respect of the rules and Instructions
for the telex service.
The Deputy Secretary-General, replying to a question
by the delegate of Spain, said that the main objective of the
draft Resolution was to provide for the telex service a set
of rules and Instructions of the same type as those applicable
to the telephone service. Thus, paragraphs 1 and 2 were
separate matters from paragraphs 3 and 4. He remarked that a
Telegraph and Telephone Conference would not necessarily need
to be convened in order to modify the Telegraph Regulations;
that task could be performed by, for instance, the Plenipotentiary
Conference. It would be for the Administrative Council to
advise which type of conference could most appropriately deal
with those issues.
The delegate of Belgium said that no delegation
appeared to disagree with his view that the possibility should
be left open of incorporating the telex rules and Instructions
in the Telegraph Regulations. The only problem was how to
express that idea in the draft Resolution.
The delegate of Switzerland proposed that operative
paragraphs 1 and 2 remain unchanged, that operative paragraphs 3
and 4 be deleted, and that the views expressed by the Belgian
delegate be reflected in the minutes. The Vlth Plenary Assembly
of C.C.I.T.T. would then be able to decide itself what reports
it wished to submit to the Administrative Council or to
administrations.
The delegate of Belgium said that he could, albeit
somewhat reluctantly, accept the proposal by the Swiss delegate.
That proposal was adopted.
The draft Resolution, as amended, was approved.
Document No. 105-E
Page 6
3.
Texts for first reading (B.3) (Document No. 67)
The Chairman invited general comments on Document No. 67.
The delegate of Spain said he had been disappointed
by the fact that in places the text of the draft Telegraph
Regulations did not correspond with the text produced by the
C.C.I.T.T. in its efforts to simplify the 1958 Regulations.
In the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations series F-l, for example,
meteorological telegrams were optional, whereas in the draft
Telegraph Regulations they were obligatory. There were also
discrepancies between the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations and Article 4,
paragraph 17, of the draft Regulations. In cases of conflict
it must be made clear that the Telegraph Regulations would
prevail.
The Secretary-General referred to Article 15, Nos. 202
and 203 of the Montreux Convention and said that since the text
of the Telegraph Regulations was annexed to the Convention,
they would of course take priority over C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations,
which were not ratified by administrations.
The delegate of Spain pointed out that the C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations would probably be more readily available to
operating staff than the Telegraph Regulations. He therefore
proposed, to avoid confusion, that the C.C.I.T.T. be requested
to revise those of its Recommendations which were in conflict
with the Telegraph Regulations.
It was so agreed.
The delegate of Spain said he would submit to the
Secretariat a number of minor drafting changes to the Spanish
text of Document No. 67.
Article 3
The representative of the World Meteorological Organization,
supported by the delegate of the United Kingdom, pointed out
that in C.C.I.T.T. Recommendation F.l, items 3 and 4 came in
reverse order, and proposed that Article 3, paragraph 5, be
brought into line with that.
It was so agreed.
Document No. 105-E
Page 7
The delegate of Norway pointed out that in the
Telegraph Regulations all references to recognized private
operating agencies were included in the body of the text,
whereas in the Telephone Regulations they were alluded to by
means of an asterisk and a footnote. He proposed that the
Telephone Regulations be brougnt into line with the Telegraph
Regulations.
The delegate of France said that reference by means
of an asterisk and a footnote would lighten the text, and
proposed that that system be followed.
It was so agreed.
The delegate of the United Kingdom said his delegation
had difficulty in accepting the wording at the beginning of
pa.TE.graph 6, which presupposed that a recognized private
operating agency would only operate the telex, phototelegraph
and other services which it was authorized by the administration
to operate. That concept was quite unrealistic in the United
Kingdom, where the Ministry exercized a general oversight over
the operations of the Post Office and was responsible for
treaty signing obligations but would not necessarily be
consulted by the Post Office as to whether it should operate
the services in question. He would therefore prefer the text
to say: "Administrations and recognized private operating
agencies may provide telex,
". The point he had raised
would also affect the drafting of some other paragraphs in the
Regulations.
The delegate of France endorsed that view.
The delegate of Spain, supported by the delegates of
Uganda, Argentina and Canada, suggested that reference be
made also to applicable national law, and proposed that
paragraph 8 should read: "Administrations and, subject to the
applicable national law, recognized private operating agencies..",
The delegate of Australia drew attention to the very
similar wording in Article 8, paragraph 33, which might be
adapted for use in paragraph 8.
After further discussion, the delegate of Peru
proposed that paragraph 8 should read: "Administrations or
recognized private operating agencies, subject to the applicable
national law, may authorize or provide ...".
Document No. 105-E
Page 8
That wording was approved.
Article 4
The delegate of Mexico proposed a drafting change to
the Spanish text of paragraph 9» which was approved.
The delegate of Canada said that the text of
paragraph 17 a) did not make clear between whom the telegrams
were to be exchanged, and proposed it should read: "...telegrams
... exchanged in an emergency, between the persons listed
hereafter:...".
The delegate of Spain pointed out that the text of
the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendation as given in Document AP V-No. 29
mentioned merely the Presidents of the Security Council,
General Assembly, etc. and it was because that wording had
been amended by the introduction of Members that doubts had
arisen. The exact scope and intention of the paragraph must
be decided before appropriate wording could be proposed.
After a discussion in which the delegates of Saudi
Arabia, German Democratic Republic, the United States,
Pakistan, Cameroon and Italy made suggestions for the amendment
of the text, further consideration was deferred until the
following meeting.
M. MILI
The Chairman
F. LOCHER
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 106-E
11 April 1973
Original : French
PLENARY MEETING
SUMMARY RECORD
OF THE
SIXTH PLENARY MEETING
Chairman : Mr. Fritz LOCHER (Switzerland)
Subjects discussed
Document No.
1. Texts submitted for first reading (B-3)
(discussion continued)
67
2.
76
Texts submitted for first reading (B-4)
3. Texts submitted for second reading (R-l)
4. Approval of the summary records of the first and
second plenary meetings
5. Report by the Credentials Committee
65
47(Rev.) and 48
79
Document No. 106-E
Page 2
1. Texts submitted for first reading (B-3) (Document No. 67)
(Discussion continued)
Consideration of Document No. 67 was resumed at page B.3-4.
Reverting to the discussion at the preceding meeting, the
Secretary-General said that the list in paragraph 17 had been reproduced
in full on the basis of an official document transmitted from the
United Nations to the I.T.U. in 1949.
At the request of the delegate of Canada, the Secretary read
out the United Nations text.
To remove any ambiguity in the United Nations document and in
paragraph 17, the delegate of Canada proposed that the words "the
following persons" be added after "between".
The proposal, which was seconded by the delegates of Cameroon
and France, was approved.
The two previous speakers were also of the opinion that the
list transmitted by the United Nations in 1949 should be retained
unchanged.
As there were no objections, it was so decided and, subject to
the foregoing, page B.3-4 was approved.
Page B.3-5
At the suggestion of the delegate of Belgium, it was decided
to omit the word "real" in the fourth line of paragraph 24.
On the proposal of the delegate of the United Kingdom, it was
agreed to omit the words "or, at the discretion of administrations, the
recognized private operating agencies" from the 1st and 2nd lines of
paragraph 24 and to insert an asterisk after "administrations" referring
to the standard footnote "or recognized private operating agency(ies)".
Subject to the above-mentioned corrections, page B.3-5 was
approved.
Page B.3-6
With regard to paragraph 26, the delegate of Norway pointed out
that in the original text adopted by the C.C.I.T.T. Plenary Assembly
the sentence read :
"The overall accounting rates shall be made up ...".
Document No. 106-E
Page 3
It would be preferable to reproduce the text unchanged in
paragraph 26. The delegate of the United Kingdom agreed.
It was so decided.
Page B.3-7
Approved,
Page B.3-8
Approved.
Page B.3-9
Approved,
Page B.3-10
Approved.
Page B.3-11
Recalling a decision already taken with regard to the order of
listing the different categories of telegrams shown in Annex 1, the
delegate of France said that point 4 (Meteorological telegrams) should
become point 3 and vice-versa.
Subject to that amendment, page B.3-11 was approved.
Page B.3-12
In view of an observation made by the delegate of the Federal
Republic of Germany, whose view was shared by the delegate of the
Netherlands, it was decided to omit former paragraph 4.2 (Meteorological
telegrams).
The delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose view was
shared by the delegate of the United Kingdom, asked that an explanation
of the service indications SVH, OBS and RCT be given in point 5.
It was therefore agreed to reproduce in point 5 the definition
of "ordinary private telegrams" given in Article 1 bis of the Telegraph
Regulations (page B.4-1 in Document No. 76).
Subject to the above-mentioned amendments, page B.3-12 was
approved and consideration of Document No. 67 was concluded.
2.
Texts submitted for first reading (B-4) (Document No. 76)
Page B.4-1
Approved.
Document No. 106-E
Page 4
Page B.4-2
Approved.
Page B.4-3
Approved.
Page B.4-4
Subject to a minor correction in the Spanish version, this
page was approved.
Page B.4-5
Referring to a previous proposal, the delegate of the U.S.S.R.
asked that the word "entire" in the third line of point 3 be deleted.
Subject to that amendment, page B.4-5 was approved.
Page B.4-6
Approved.
Page B.4-7
Approved.
Page B.4-8
Approved.
Page B.4-9
Approved.
Page B.4-10
Referring to a similar point which had been raised in
connection with Document No. 67, the delegate of the United Kingdom
asked that under "decides" the word "Administrations" should be followed
by an asterisk and that the words "and recognized private operating
agencies which have been so authorized .by the administrations concerned"
should be omitted. The pertinent footnote would read "or recognized
private operating agency(ies)".
Objections to that suggestion were raised by the delegates of
Spain and of Uganda.
"'"
The Deputy-Secretary-General also considered it preferable to
leave the text unchanged.
Document No. 106-E
Page 5
Page B.4-10 was therefore approved without amendment.
Page B.4-11
Approved.
Page B.4-12
At the request of the delegate of Australia, it was agreed to
replace the word "telegraph" by "telegram" in the English text of the
title.
The delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany pointed out
that the abbreviation used at present to designate telegrams subject to
franking privileges in accordance with Opinion No. 1 should be retained
until the C.C.I.T.T. had decided on an appropriate code.
It was so decided.
The Deputy Secretary-General said that the Director of the
C.C.I.T.T. would be asked to bring the question officially to the
attention of the appropriate C.C.I.T.T. Study Group.
Subject to the foregoing, page B.4-12 was approved.
Page B.4-13
Approved.
Page B.4-14
Approved.
The Deputy Secretary-General thought it advisable to add an
article towards the end of the Telegraph Regulations stating that the
Regulations were completed by Annex 1 and Appendices 1 and 2.
The delegate of Canada agreed.
The proposed addition was adopted.
Subject to the above-mentioned amendments, Document No. 76 was
approved.
3.
Texts submitted for second reading (R.l) (Document No. 65)
Page R.l-1
Approved.
Document No. 106-E
+>
,.
Page o
Page R.l-2
With regard to point 3, the delegate of the United Kingdom made
the same suggestion, for the same reasons as he had put forward in
connection with page B.4-10 in Document No. 76. It was finally decided
not to amend point 3.
Page R.l-2 was therefore approved without change.
Page R.l-3
Approved.
Page R.l-4
Approved.
Page R.l-5
Approved.
Page R.l-6
Approved.
Page R.l-7
Approved.
Page R.l-8
Approved.
Page R.l-9
Approved.
Page R.l-10
The delegate of Somalia suggested that the "List of
international telegraph routes" should be included among the official
service documents after the "List of international telephone routes".
The Deputy Secretary-General replied that the question had been considered
in 1964 or 1965 by the C.C.I.T.T. Study "Group concerned and it had been
decided to discontinue publication of that list as the information it
contained was to be found in most of the Plan publications.
It was therefore agreed not to add that list to the documents
mentioned on page R.l-10, which was approved without change.
Document No. 106-E
Page 7
Subject to the amendments adopted, Document No. 65 was
approved.
**• Approval of the summary records of the First and Second Plenary Meetings
(Documents Nos. 47(Rev.) and 48)
Those two documents were approved.
5. Report by Committee 2 (Credentials) (Document No. 79)
The Chairman of Committee 2 introduced Document No. 79. Since
the document was published the delegations of the following six countries
had deposited their credentials, which were in order : Algerian
Democratic and Popular Republic, United Republic of Cameroon, Gabon
Republic, Libyan Arab Republic, Sultanate of Oman and Togolese Republic
(Annex 2). Those countries should therefore be mentioned in Annex 1
among those whose delegations had deposited credentials which had been
found to be in order.
The Secretary-General reviewed the situation of various
countries (Annex l) so far as concerned their right to take part in the
work of the Conference and to sign the Final Acts. The Democratic
Republic of the Sudan (point 2) had not ratified the Convention; its
delegation therefore was not entitled to vote but could sign the Final
Acts. With regard to Iran and Pakistan (point 3), if the provisional
credentials issued by their Permanent Missions were confirmed in time,
both delegations would be able to sign the Final Acts. Finally, the
credentials of the delegations of the Republic of Dahomey and the
Republic of Mali (point 4) had been sent by telegram; however, to be
valid, credentials should be submitted in the form of an official
document signed by one of the authorities mentioned in No. 629 or 630 of
the Convention. As far as Annex 2 was concerned, it was to be hoped
that the credentials of the delegations of the Republic of Burundi and
of Uganda would arrive before the signature ceremony.
The delegate of Cameroon asked the Conference to show
understanding and cooperation towards delegations which had come from
far away to take part in the Geneva Conference and suggested that
credentials sent by telex should be considered valid, which at the same
time would give encouragement to a modern, rapid and effective
transmission service.
The delegates of France, Tanzania, Algeria, Kenya, Mali, the
United States and Iran also spoke in support of that view.
The Secretary-General recalled that the Montreux Plenipotentiary
Conference had been most understanding in similar cases which it had had
to settle. For example, it had accepted credentials issued by Permanent
Missions to the United Nations. The same procedure might be adonted. but
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credentials recognized and accepted provisionally by the Conference
should be duly confirmed within a period which would have to be determined,
He suggested that the Conference authorize delegations whose credentials
were not yet in order to sign the Final Acts provisionally and, if their
credentials did not arrive within the time specified, their signatures
would be considered invalid and would not appear in the printed copies
of the Acts.
In view of the attitude adopted in similar circumstances by
the Plenipotentiary Conference, the delegate of the U.S.S.R. considered
that the Secretary-General's suggestion was justified and should be
applied so that a number of delegations which had been sent by their
countries to take part in the work and to sign the Final Acts would not
be prevented from signing them.
The delegate of Mali pointed out that the transmission of
documents took a long time, particularly for countries south of the
Sahara.
The delegate of Canada supported the suggestion made by the
Secretary-General and seconded by the delegate of the U.S.S.R. He
agreed with the delegate of Cameroon that the Telegraph and Telephone
Conference should be the first to recognize the most modern
telecommunication media with which precisely it was concerned.
It was therefore decided that the delegations of Iran and
Pakistan (whose credentials had been signed by the Head of their
countries' Permanent Missions), of Dahomey, Mali and Uganda (whose
delegations had just announced the dispatch of their credentials) and
of Burundi should be authorized to sign the Final Acts provisionally but
that, after a specified time limit, their signatures should be
considered invalid if their credentials had not been received by the
I.T.U. in the form prescribed by the Convention.
On the proposal of the delegate of the Federal Republic of
Germany, it was decided to set 30 April as the time limit by which such
credentials should be received by the Secretary-General of the Union.*)
The meeting rose at 1750 hours
M. MILI
Chairman :
F. LOCHER
Note by the General Secretariat : The credentials for Mali were
received by the General Secretariat on 30 April 1973.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 107~E
11 April 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
MINUTES
OF THE
SEVENTH PLENARY MEETING
Subjects discussed :
Document No,
1.
Texts for first reading (B.5)
88
2.
Texts for second reading (B.2)
66
3. Texts for second reading (B.3)
67
4.
Texts for second reading (B.4)
76
5. Texts for second reading (B.5)
88
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1. Texts for first reading (B.5) (Document No. 88)
The draft Resolution in B.5 was approved.
2.
Texts for second reading (B.2) (Document No. 66)
Page B.2-1
,Approved, as amended at the first reading.
Page B.2-2
Approved.
Page £.2-3
Approved, as amended at first reading (aligned with page B.2-1).
Page B.2-4
Approved, as amended at first reading (aligned with page B.2-2)
ana with inclusion of the date 11 April 1973.
Page B.2-5
The amendments made at first reading were approved, with the
exception of the words "should" in the English text and "devraient" in the
French text which gave rise to a lengthy discussion (see also summary
record of the second meeting of Committee 5 ~ Document No. 72). In view
of the failure to reach agreement, the Chairman suggested that the page be
reconsidered at the following meeting.
It was so agreed.
Page B.2-6
Approved.
Page B.2-7
Approved, as amended at first reading.
Page B.2-6
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Page B.2-9
Approved.
Page B.2-10
Approved, with the amendments made at first reading to the
English and Spanish texts.
Page B.2-11
Approved, with English text as amended at first reading.
Document No. 66, as amended, was thus approved at second
reading.
3. Texts for second reading (B.3) (Document No. 67)
Page B.3-1
Approved, with the inversion of paragraphs 3 and 4 agreed at
first reading.
Page B.3-2
The Chairman of the Editorial Committee noted that the decision
to replace "and recognized private operating agencies" by an asterisk was
to be applied throughout.
It was agreed to use the same wording in the English text in the
amendment to paragraph 8 as in paragraph 33, i.e. "... the applicable
national law ..." and also, at the suggestion of the delegate of the
Netherlands, supported by the delegate of the United Kingdom, to insert
"and recognized private operating agencies" in paragraph 8 bis.
The delegate of Mexico raised the issue of whether the text was
intended to convey that private operating agencies could authorize
services. His doubts were shared by the delegates of Switzerland and
Austria, whereas the delegates of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
thought the wording was satisfactory as it stood. It was finally decided
to delete the words "or authorize" in the first line and "or authorize to
be placed" in the third line.
Approved, with the above amendments and those agreed at first
reading.
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Page B.3-3
Approved.
Page B.3-4
Page B.3-5
Approved, as amended at first reading and with a drafting
amendment to the Spanish text of paragraph 24.
Page B.3-6
Page B.3-7
Page B.3-8
Approved.
Page B.3-9
Approved.
Page B.3-10
Approved, with drafting amendment to English text agreed at
first reading.
Pages B.3-11 and B.3-12
The representatives of the Editorial Committee reviewed the
amendments and re-arrangement agreed at first reading.
The delegate of Canada requested the Secretariat to ensure
that the definitions in paragraph 5 conform to the wording adopted
elsewhere.
Approved, as amended.
Document No. 67 was thus approved at second reading.
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Page B.4-1
Approved, subject to alignment of the definitions of ordinary
private telegrams with those in Annex No. 1 (Document B.3-12) and the
redrafting in the Spanish version of the definition of international
route.
Page B.4-2
Approved, with a Spanish drafting amendment agreed at first
reading.
Page B.4-3
Approved.
Page B.4-4
Approved, with agreed amendment to Spanish text.
Page B.4-5
Pages B.4-6 to B.4-10
Approved.
Page B.4-11
Approved, with amendment of Spanish text under "recommends" as
agreed at first reading.
Page B.4-12
Approved, as amended at first reading (French and English texts).
Page B.4-13
Approved, as amended at first reading (French and Spanish
t ext s).
Document No. 76 was thus approved, as amended.
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At the suggestion of the delegate of Saudi Arabia, it was agreed
to replace "requests" by "instructs" for the sake of consistency in the
English text.
At the proposal of the delegate of Canada, supported by the
delegate of Austria, it was agreed to replace "tarification of" by "tariff
principles for" in the English text.
At the suggestion of the delegate of Cameroon, it was agreed to
replace "relativement" by "relatif" in the French text.
Document No. 88 was approved, subject to those amendments.
6.
Final Provisions
The representatives of the Editorial Committee read out in their
respective languages the following text for inclusion in the Final
Provisions :
Article 14 of the Telegraph Regulations
The Telegraph Regulations are completed by the Annex and
Appendices 1 and 2, which form an integral part of these Regulations.
Article 10 of the Telephone Regulations
The Telephone Regulations are completed by Appendices 1 and 2,
which form an integral part of these Regulations.
The texts were approved.
The Chairman
M. MILI
F. LOCHER
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 108-E
11 April 1973
Original : English
1973
PLENARY MEETING
MINUTES
OF THE
EIGHTH AND LAST PLENARY MEETING
Subjects discussed
Document No.
1. Announcement by the Chairman of
Committee 2
2.
Second reading of texts - B.2 (cont.)
66
3.
Report of the Chairman of
Committee 4
87
Report of the Chairman of
Committee 5
73
4.
5. Final Protocol
60, 77, 61 (Rev.)
69, 70 (Rev.),
71 (Rev.) Ik, 75,
78, 83, 85, 86,
89, 90, 91, 92,
97. 98
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1. Announcement by the Chairman of Committee 2
The Chairman of Committee 2 announced that the
credentials of Dahomey, Iran and Uganda had been found in
order.
2.
Second reading of texts (B.2 - Document No. 66) (continued)
After a continuation of the discussion begun at the
previous Plenary meeting on the wording of the first paragraph
on page B.2-5, a small working party was set up, consisting
of Belgium, Hungary, France, Spain, the United States of America
and the U.S.S.R. under the chairmanship of the Netherlands,
to consider a solution to the problem.
The proposal put forward by the working party, as a
result of its deliberations, that the words ", which should
be drawn up in gold francs as provided for in the InternationalTelecommunication Convention (Montreux, 1965)," on the fourth,
fifth and sixth lines of the first paragraph be replaced by
" - which pursuant to the International Telecommunication
Convention (Montreux, 1965) are required to be drawn in gold
francs -", was adopted.
3. Report of the Chairman of Committee 4 (Document No. 87)
Adopted.
The Chairman thanked Mr. A.C. Beckwith (Australia),
Chairman of Committee 4, and all those who had participated
in the work of that Committee, for their excellent work.
4.
Report of the Chairman of Committee 5 (Document No. 73)
Adopted.
The Chairman thanked Mr. S.R.V. Paramor (United
Kingdom), Chairman of Committee 5, and all those who had
participated in the work of that Committee for the competent
way they had completed their task.
5. Final Protocol (Document Nos. 60, 77, 6l (Rev.), 69, 70 (Rev.)
71 (Rev.), 7^, 75, 78, 83, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 97, 98)
The delegate of Ethiopia proposed that the words
"and should therefore not be accepted" be added at the end of
the last sentence of Document No. 89.
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With reference to Document No. 89, and in support of
the delegate of Ethiopia, the delegate of Cameroon said that
in view of the importance of the subject, the conference should
not merely note the text and agree to its inclusion in the
Final Protocol but should discuss it and take action on it.
The fact that the principles of liberty and human dignity were
being flouted by a Government which had sent a delegation to
the conference was of concern to all countries, not just to
the countries of Africa. He recalled that in view of the fact
that racial policy in South Africa, being in flagrant violation
of the United Nations' Charter and the Declaration of Human
Rights, was incompatible with the purposes of the Union as set
forth in the Convention, the Plenipotentiary Conference of 1965
had decided by Resolutions Nos. 44 and 45 to exclude the
Republic of South Africa from the Plenipotentiary Conference
and from all I.T.U. regional conferences for Africa. Thus,
although South Africa did later accede to it, it had not signed
the 1965 Convention. He asked if in such a case it was in order
for a country to sign the Telephone and Telegraph Regulations,
which were to be annexed to that Convention. Although some
delegations might consider the present conference to be concerned
with technical matters only, he drew their attention to the fact
that a number of other United Nations agencies specializing in
technical matters had excluded the Republic of South Africa
from their activities and pointed out that as telecommunications
was intimately linked to economic, social, cultural and political
development, aspirations to which the Republic of South Africa
was opposed, the problem could not be ignored. He proposed that
for the purpose of inciting South Africa to reconsider its
attitudes and apply the United Nations' Charter and the Declaration
of Human Rights, the Conference should take a decision to exclude
the Republic of South Africa from signature of the Final Acts.
The delegates of Dahomey, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria
and Tanzania fully concurred with the views expressed by the
delegate of Cameroon and supported his proposal.
The delegates of Albania, Bielorussia, China, Roumania
and Yugoslavia declared that they fully shared the African
countries' condemnation of the racial policies of the Republic
of South Africa and expressed their support for the proposal
to exclude that country from signature of the Final Acts.
The Chairman drew the Conference's attention to the
fact that the credentials of the South African delegation had
already been approved, both in Committee 2 (Credentials) and
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in Plenary Session. He considered it was not therefore in order
to reopen the discussion.
The delegates of Albania, Algeria, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria
and Uganda considered that the terms of reference of Committee 2
related only to the accreditation of delegations by their
respective Governments and did not extend to the question of
the legality of those Governments themselves. That problem had
to be discussed in Plenary session.
The delegate of the Republic of South Africa said that
by its accession to the Convention under the provisions of
Article 19, it had every right to participate in the work of the
Union and was entitled, under No. 627 of the General Regulations,
to sign the Final Acts. Its credentials had been approved in
Plenary Session. Any declaration or reservation questioning
those rights was therefore invalid. He questioned the propriety
of the Plenary Meeting to make a proposal of such substance.
Furthermore, he drew the Conference's attention to a telegram
which had been sent by the former Secretary-General of the
United Nations, U Thant, on the occasion of the Montreux
Plenipotentiary Conference urging the participating countries
not to jeopardize the success of international cooperation of
an essentially technical character by the introduction of
highly contentious political issues into the discussions and
deliberations.
The delegate of Nigeria said that he disputed the
claim that the issue was not one which concerned the present
conference. The situation in South Africa represented a
breakdown in communications, in direct opposition to the aims
of the I.T.U. As South Africa had failed to abide by the
principles of the I.T.U., his delegation opposed its signature
of the Final Acts.
The delegate of Cameroon considered that the provisions
of Resolution No. 45 of the International Telecommunication
Convention (Montreux, 1965) implied that the Republic of South
Africa ought to be excluded from all other I.T.U. conferences.
The Secretary-General outlined the legal situation
of the Republic of South Africa with respect to the Union.
South Africa had been excluded by Resolution No. 45 from the
Plenipotentiary Conference of 1965 and had thus been prevented
from signing the Convention. Subsequently, South Africa had
acceded to the Convention under the provisions of Article 19
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and by its resultant membership of the Union was entitled under
the General Regulations to participate in all Union conferences
(with the exception of I.T.U. Regional Conferences in Africa
from which it was excluded by Resolution No. 44 of the Montreux
Convention) and to sign their Final Acts. Those provisions could
only be changed by a Plenipotentiary Conference.
The delegate of Nigeria noted that in discussion there
had been unanimous condemnation of the situation in' South Africa.
However, in view of shortage of time and in the light of the
doubts expressed on the competence of the Conference to adopt
the proposal of the delegate of Cameroon, he proposed that, in
a spirit of compromise and cooperation, the objection to the
signature of the Telephone and Telegraph Regulations by the
Republic of South Africa be withdrawn and that the question of
the exclusion of South Africa from future I.T.U. conferences
be laid before the Plenipotentiary Conference at Torremolinos.
To that end, he proposed a draft Resolution (Document No. 98)
for adoption by the Conference.
The draft Resolution was supported by the delegates
of Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, India, Jamaica,
Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Uganda, Pakistan, Poland, German
Democratic Republic, Somalia and Tanzania.
of Brazil, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the Federal Republic
of Germany, said that as a matter of procedure and setting
aside the merits of the subject under discussion, he doubted
whether, under the terms of Article 7 of the Convention, the
terms of reference of the present conference entitled it to
deal with an issue which was properly a matter for decision
by the Plenipotentiary Conference only.
The delegate of the United Kingdom fully supported
the views of the delegate of Belgium. In addition, since
the proposal did nothing to promote the aims of the Union,
which were to harmonize telecommunications between Members,
he considered it to be mistaken and regretted that a
technical meeting should have been diverted onto a political
question. The United Kingdom's views on racist policies
and its total abhorrence of apartheid were well-known.
However, if the proposal had come to a vote his delegation
would have been compelled, for the reasons stated, to vote
against it.
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The delegate of the United States of America regretted
the preoccupation of the conference with political matters which
he believed did not fall within its purview and should be
referred to the Plenipotentiary Conference. His delegation did
not question the right of the Conference to submit resolutions
to the Plenipotentiary Conference but considered it essential
that such resolutions should not prejudge any matter which might
be laid before the Plenipotentiary. For that reason, his
delegation found the language of the resolution under discussion
rather disquieting.
The delegate of the U.S.S.R., supported by the delegate
of the Ukraine, said that the procedural and constitutional
objections to any discussion of the problem were overridden by
the extreme importance of the substance of the proposal. His
delegation supported the draft Resolution.
The delegate of Sweden, supported by the delegates of
Spain, Italy and Norway, said that the position of his Government
on racialism and its opposition to apartheid were well-known.
However, according to the principle of universality, every
state had the right to participate in meetings of an organization
to which it belonged. That principle was also manifested by
the absence of any provision for exclusion of a Member State
in the I.T.U. Convention. If put to the vote, Sweden would
therefore have had to vote against the Resolution in its present
form.
The delegate of Switzerland said that the main difficulty
with the draft Resolution was one of form. It would be more
proper for the Conference to express a wish to the Plenipotentiary
Conference rather than request it to take a definite course of
action.
The delegate of France proposed further that since
the term "exclude" anticipated a decision by the Plenipotentiary
Conference, the last paragraph of the draft Resolution should,
while keeping the same spirit, be redrafted into a more acceptable
form.
The delegate of Canada said his delegation would also
have had difficulty in accepting the draft Resolution as it
stood and supported the amendments proposed by the delegates
of Switzerland and France.
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The delegate of South Africa wished to record his
delegation's opposition to the draft Resolution on the grounds
that such a proposal should not be initiated at an Administrative
Conference.
After some further discussion on the wording of the
draft Resolution, including an additional suggestion that as the
first four paragraphs had been taken from Resolution No. 45 of
the Montreux Convention, there should be some mention of that
fact in the text, a small working party, consisting of Saudi
Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Somalia and
Tanzania, under the chairmanship of Belgium, was set up to
re-align the text of the draft Resolution in the light of the
discussion.
The amended draft Resolution proposed by the working
party was adopted and appears as an annex to these minutes.
In view of the adoption of the Resolution, the delegate
of Ethiopia withdrew his proposed amendment to Document No. 89.
The Conference took note of Documents Nos. 77, 6l (Rev.),
69, 70 (Rev.), 71 (Rev.), 74, 75, 78, 83, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91,
92 and 97 and accepted them for inclusion, in that order, in
the Final Protocol.
The Chairman :
M. MILI
F. LOCHER
Annex : 1
Document No. 108-E
Page 9
ANNEX
RESOLUTION No.
PARTICIPATION OF THE GOVERNMENT QF THE
REPUBLIC QF SOUTH AFRICA
IN I.T.U. CONFERENCES AND ASSEMBLIES
taking into consideration
Resolution No. 45 of the Plenipotentiary Conference
(Montreux, 1965), the text of which is quoted below :
"The Plenipotentiary Conference of the International
Telecommunication Union (Montreux, 1965),
considering
that the racial policy in South Africa
perpetuating or accentuating discrimination
constitutes a flagrant violation of the United
Nations Charter and the Declaration of Human
Rights;
noting
has paid no attention to the repeated requests and
demands of the United Nations, the specialized
agencies and worldwide public opinion and has not
accordingly reconsidered or revised its racial
policy;
deploring
South Africa thus continues to pay no attention to
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these requests and, furthermore, deliberately
aggravates the racial question by more discriminatory
measures and by their application accompanied by
violence and bloodshed;
recalling
the fact that a number of subsidiary organs of the
United Nations and the specialized agencies have
excluded the Government of the Republic of South
Africa from their work until such time as it should
give up its apartheid policy;
resolves
shall be excluded from the Plenipotentiary Conference*,"
regretting
the diversity of opinions expressed at the present
Conference on the right of the delegation of the Republic of
South Africa to sign the Final Acts;
expresses the wish
that the forthcoming Plenipotentiary Conference take
definite steps concerning the participation of the Government
of the Republic of South Africa in any I.T.U. Conference or
Assembly.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
Document No. 109-E
11 April 1973
Original : English
MINUTES
OF THE
CLOSING MEETING
1.
Signing of the Final Acts
2.
Statement by the Chairman
3.
Closing of the Conference
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Page 2
1.
Signing of the Final Acts
The Secretary-General said that all delegations had
received a folder containing three sheets destined to receive
the signatures of the three parts of the Final Acts of the
Conference, i.e. the Telegraph Regulations, the Telephone
Regulations and the Final Protocol.
He then called the roll and the following delegations
signed all three parts of the Final Acts :
Algeria (Algerian Democratic and Popular Republic)
Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)
Argentine Republic
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria (People's Republic of)
Cameroon (Federal Republic of)
Canada
China (People's Republic of)
Vatican City State
Congo (People's Republic of the)
Dahomey (Republic of)
Denmark
Spain
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Gabon Republic
Greece
India (Republic of)
Indonesia (Republic of)
Iran
Ireland
Iceland
Israel (State of)
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Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Kuwait (State of)
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malagasy Republic
Mali (Republic of)
Morocco (Kingdom of)
Mexico
Monaco
Nigeria (Federal Republic of)
Norway
New Zealand
Oman (Sultanate of)
Uganda
Pakistan
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Peru
Philippines (Republic of the)
Poland (People's Republic of)
Portugal
Roumania (Socialist Republic of)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Senegal (Republic of the)
Sudan (Democratic Republic of the)
Sweden
Switzerland (Confederation of)
Tanzania (United Republic of)
Thailand
Togolese Republic
Tunisia
Turkey
Viet-Nam (Republic of)
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)
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The Secretary-General announced that 80 countries
had signed the Final Acts.
2.
Statement by the Chairman
The Chairman of the Conference made the speech
reproduced in Annex 1.
3.
Closing of the Conference
The Dean of the Conference, the Delegate of Denmark,
congratulated the Chairman warmly on having led the Conference
to a successful conclusion. The Conference had been extremelywell prepared and most of the problems had been solved without
too much difficulty, but tricky questions were bound to arise
in any Conference of such importance and on those occasions
able guidance was essential. He was pleased that satisfactory
results had been achieved without recourse to voting which was
in itself worthy of note.
The Delegate of Saudi Arabia expressed his appreciation
of Mr. Locher's wisdom and experience and thanked the Swiss
Administration for providing the Conference with such an
excellent Chairman.
The Delegate of Mexico in turn congratulated the
Chairman on his ability in guiding the Conference through some
difficult moments. He was particularly appreciative of the
atmosphere of friendliness and cooperation which was typical of
the I.T.U. and which had made such a valuable contribution to
the work of the Conference.
M. MILI
Annex : 1
The Chairman
F. LOCHER
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ANNEX
SPEECH BY MR. LOCHER,
CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE
Ladies, Gentlemen,
The World Administrative Telephone and Telegraph
Conference is now drawing to a close. If we look back on
what we have accomplished, I think we can say with
satisfaction that we have faithfully discharged the mandate
entrusted to us by the Plenipotentiary Conference under
Resolution No. 36. We now have new Telegraph and new Telephone
Regulations which have secured your approval. By simplifying
the Regulations and replacing several articles by C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations we have ensured greater flexibility and
facility of adjustment to the rapid progress in
telecommunication techniques. In doing this we were greatly
helped by the excellent preparatory work done by the Study
Groups, the Working Parties and the C.C.I.T.T. Secretariat.
Nevertheless this important work could not have been
completed without a lot of hard work on your part and your
traditional spirit of cooperation. Yesterday, you consented
to work until well into the night and I should like to thank
you all most sincerely. Above all I should like to express
my gratitude to my Vice-Chairmen :
Mr. Robert E. LEE of the United States of America
Mr. N. TALYZINE of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
Mr. TCHOUTA MOUSSA of the United Republic of Cameroon
and
Mr. Yasno MAKING of Japan.
A special tribute must also be paid to the Committee
Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen :
Mr. J. GALVAN of Mexico, Chairman of Committee 2
(Credentials) and its Vice-Chairman, Mr. A. ZAIDAN of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
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Mr. M. KULA of the People's Republic of Poland,
Chairman of Committee 3 (Budget Control) and its Vice-Chairman
Mr. A.C. ITUASSU of Brazil.
Committee 4, Operation, under the chairmanship of
Mr. A.C. BECKWITH of the Commonwealth of Australia with
Mr. A. JEMERE of Ethiopia as Vice-Chairman.
Committee 5, Financial Principles, under the
chairmanship of Mr. S.R.V. PARAMOR of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with Mr. P. PANAYOTOV of
the People's Republic of Bulgaria as the Vice-Chairman, and
finally,
Committee 6, Editorial, chaired by Mr. A. CHASSIGNOL
of France, with Mr. T.U. MEYER of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and Mr. F. MOLINA NEGRO of Spain
as Vice-Chairmen.
I should also like to express our thanks to all the
staff of the I.T.U. Secretariat, of the translation section,
of the document reproduction and distribution sections and to
all those whose work contributed to the success of our meeting.
My thanks also go to the interpreters.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we shall be reporting on our
work to the Plenipotentiary Conference which is to meet in
Torremolinos in September and October of this year. The
delegates who took part in this Administrative Conference in
Geneva will have an opportunity while there to report on our
work which has not only given effect to Resolution No. 36 but
will enable Resolution No. 37 also to be implemented since,
through your decisions, it is now possible to transfer some
of the provisions of the Radio Regulations and the Additional
Radio Regulations to the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations.
So I think we can go away from this Conference with
the feeling that we have done a good job. May I thank you
once more, Ladies and Gentlemen, for the kindness you have
shown me and for your friendly and rewarding collaboration.
And now it remains for me to wish you a good journey back to
your countries.
I declare the World Administrative Telegraph and
Telephone Conference of 1913 closed.
Chairman :
Geneva, 11 April 1913
P. LOCHER
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
PL-l
2 A ril
*
^3
1973
PLENARY MEETING
AGENDA
Monday, 2 April 1973 at 1500 hrs
Doc. No.
1.
Opening of the Conference (G.R. No. 662) *)
2.
Adoption of the agenda
3.
Proposals for the election of the Conference
Chairman and Vice-Chairmen (G.R. Nos. 663 and 665)
4.
Participation in the Conference, German Democratic
Republic
5.
Speeches
6.
7.
8.
Proposals for the setting up of the Conference
. Committees and the election of their Chairmen and
Vice-Chairmen (G.R. No. 666)
9 (para. 5)
Constitution of the Conference secretariat
(G.R. No. 667)
9 (para. 6)
Proposals for the work of the Conference,
Distribution of work among Committees
9.
10.
11.
12.
DT/2(Rev.)
9 (para. 2) + Add.
Situation of certain countries with regard to
the Convention
Date by which the committee for the verification
of credentials should report on its conclusions
(G.R. No. 639)
(G.R. No. 6l6)
13.
Proposals concerning the working schedule
of the Conference
14.
Other business
9 (para. 4)
9 (para. 3) + Add,
Note : The time-table for the period 3~7 April 1973 will be established by
the Steering Committee at its first meeting, scheduled for about
1700 hrs on 2 April 1973.
*)
G.R. = General Regulations annexed to the International
Telecommunication Convention, Montreux, 1965.
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UNION INTERNATIONALE DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Document N° 110-F/E/S
11 avril 1973
LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS
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Section 6 -
Delegations
Exploitations privees reconnues
Nations Unies, Institutions specialises
Organisations internationales
Siege de 1'Union
5.1 - Secretariat general
5.2 - I.F.R.B.
5.3 - C.C.I.R.
5.4 - C.C.I.T.T.
Secretariat de la Conference
Les delegations sont rangees dans I'ordre alphabetique des noms en
frangais des pays representees.
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Section 6
Delegations
Private operating agencies
United Nations, Specialized Agencies
International organizations
I.T.U. Headquarters
5.1 - General Secretariat
5.2 - I.F.R.B.
5.3 - C.C.I.R.
5.4 - C.C.I.T.T.
•- Secretariat of the Conference
Delegations are arranged in the alphabetical order of the French
names of the countries represented.
LISTA DE PARTICIPANTES
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- Explotaciones privadas reconocidas
- Naciones Unidas, Instituciones Especializadas
- Organizaciones internacionales
- Sede de la Union
5.1 - Secretaria General
5.2 - I.F.R.B.
5.3 - C.C.I.R.
5.4 - C.C.I.T.T.
Seccion 6 - Secretaria de la Conferencia
Las delegaciones estan colocadas por orden alfabetico de los
nombres en frances de los paises representados.
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Sec. 1 - DELEGATIONS - DELEGATIONS - DELEGACIONES
Albanie (Rep. Pop, d') - Albania (People's Rep, of) - Albania (Rep. Pop, de)
Chef de delegation
M. PANI Perikli
Directeur general des postes et des telecommunication's
Peiegues
M. KATUNDI Mihallaq
Directeur des Services postaux et des telecommunications
M. VILA Skender
Employe d'Etat
Algerie (Republique Algerienne Democratique et Populaire) Algeria (Algerian Democratic and Popular Republic) Argelia (Republica Argelina Democratica y Popular)
Chef de delegation
M. BOUDJAKDJI Raouf
Ambassadeur d'Algerie
Representation permanente de la Republique Algerienne
Democratique et Populaire aupres des Nations Unies
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Peiegues
M. AOUDIA Amar
Chef du Bureau de 1'exploitation telegraphique
M. SAIDI Nourdine
Chef du Bureau d'exploitation telephonique
Allemagne (Rep. Fed, d') - Germany (Fed. Rep, of) - Alemania (Rep. Fed, de)
Chef de delegation
M. KUPPER Johannes
Ministerialdirigent
Bundesministerium fur Post und Fernmeldewesen
Peiegues
M. SCHILLING Wolfgang
Dipl.-Ing.
Dr SCHIRMER Horst
Botschaftsrat
Representation permanente de la Republique Federale d'Allemagne
aupres des Organisations internationales
M. SCHWALL Alfred
Oberpostdirektor
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Arabie Saoudite (Royaume de 1') - Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)
Arabia Saudita (Reino de)
Chef de delegation
M. ZAIDAN Ahmed
Advisor P.T.T.
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Deiegue
M. DAGHESTANI Abdul Rahman
Chief of Frequency Bureau
Argentine (Republique) - Argentine Republic - Argentina (Republica)
Chef de delegation
M. SALVADOR Roberto Antonio
Director de departamento
Departamento de telecomunicaciones
Chef adjoint
M. BARRIONUEVO Pedro Cesar
Director General en Oficina
Sectorial Desarrollo
Peiegues
M. BLEPEL Ricardo M.
Pelegado Argentine Navy
M. RUGIATI Hector
Pelegado Argentine Navy
Conseiller
M. RAMAYON Ricardo A.
Secretaire d'Ambassade
Australie (Commonwealth de 1') - Australia (Commonwealth of)
Australia (Federacion de)
Chef de delegation
M. BECKWITH Allen C.
Peputy Assistant
Pirector General
Telecommunications Pivision
A.P.O.
Peiegue
M. Mc RAE Ian Leighton
Assistant Controller,
Telegraph Operations
A.P.O.
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Autriche -Austria - Austria
Chef de delegation
M. VAVRA Karl
Conseiller ministeriel
Belgique - Belgium - Belgica
Chef de delegation
M. NICAISE G.C.
Pirecteur adjoint
Peiegues
M. BAUPRIN Germain
Administrateur general
Mme LEPAGE J.M.H.
Pirecteur adjoint
Bielorussie (Republique Socialiste Sovietique de) Bielorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Bielorrusia (Republica Socialista Sovietica de)
Chef de delegation
M. OULASSIK Vladimir
Vice-Ministre des postes et telecommunications de la
R.S.S. de Bielorussie
Bresil - Brazil - Brasil
Chef de delegation
M. ITUASSU Arthur Cesar
Assesseur du Secretariat general du Ministere des communications
Peiegues
M. CASTELO BRANCO SAMPAIO Pedro Jorge
Chef de la Pivision de telegraphie du Pepartement international
des telecommunications - EMBRATEL
M. CESAR PASSOS Wilson
M. FANOR Cumplido
Ministre pour les affaires commerciales
Pelegation de la Republique Federative du Bresil
M. HERMANO BALPUINO Paulo Ricardo
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Bulgarie (Republique Populaire de) - Bulgaria (People's Republic of) Bulgaria (Republica Popular de)
Chef de delegation
M. PANAYOTOV Panayot
Chef de la division internationale
Chef adjoint
M. KASSEV Bimitar
Specialiste en chef
Burundi (Republique du) - Burundi (Republic of) - Burundi (Republica de)
Chef de delegation
M. KAPENPE Antoine
Pirecteur des Telecommunications du Burundi
Cameroun (Republique Unie du) - Cameroon (United Republic of) Camerun (Republica Unida del)
Chef de delegation
M. TCHOUTA MOUSSA
Conseiller technique
Ministere des P.T.T.
Peiegue
M. ANGOULA Pieudonne
Ingenieur au Centre d'etudes des Telecommunications
Canada - Canada
Chef de delegation
M. MARCHANP de Montigny
Assistant Peputy Minister,
Pepartment of Communications
(Operations)
Chef adjoint
M. MARCHANP J.R.
Pirector-General,
International Telecommunications,
P6legu6s
M. LE GRIS Yves
International Regulatory Advisor
International Telecommunications Branch,
Pept. of Communications
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Canada - Canada (suite - cont.)
M. ROBERTSON Ponald S.
Consultant,
International Telecommunications Branch,
Conseillers
M. AUGER Robert
Peuxieme Secretaire
Mission Permanente du Canada
M. COSWAY W.A.
Asst. Pirector Engineering,
Canadian Telecommunication Carriers Association
M. O'HAGAN V.
Marketing Manager, Telephone Services,
Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation
M. SWAINE L.F.
Supt. Contracts and Telecommunication,
Canadian Pacific Telecommunications
Centrafricaine (Republique) - Central African Republic Centroafricana (Republica)
Chef de delegation
M. KOUNKOU Jean Cyrille
Pirecteur general des P.T.T.
Peiegue
M. SAKILA Jean-Marie
Chef des Services d'exploitation des
telecommunications
Chine (Republique Populaire de) - China (People's Republic of)
China (Republica Popular de)
Chef de delegation
M. LIU Yuan
Vice Pirector of Bureau of
International Relations of the General
Administration of Telecommunications
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Peiegues
M. CHAO Wang-da
Secretary of the Bureau of
External Relations of General
M. CHEN Chun
Interpreter of the Bureau of
External Relations of the General
M. CHOU Yung-king
Technician of the General Administration
of Telecommunications
M. HSU Ching-mei
Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission in Geneva
M. TANG Wei-min
Secretary of the Bureau of External Relations of the General
M. WANG Tien-hsiang
Secretary of the Bureau of External
Relations of the General Administration of Telecommunications
M. WU Kai-fung
Assistant to the Pirector of the Bureau of External Relations of
the General Administration of Telecommunications
M. YANG Chao-chin
Engineer of the General Administration of Telecommunications
Cite du Vatican (Etat de la) - Vatican City State Ciudad del Vaticano (Estado de la)
Chef de delegation
M. LUONI Silvio
Representant permanent du Saint Siege a Geneve
Chef adjoint
M. COSTA Evandro
Office telegraphique de la Cite du Vatican
Congo (Rep. Pop, du) - Congo (People's Rep, of the) - Congo (Rep. Pop, del)
Chef de delegation
M. INSOULI Jean
Chef du Bureau d'Etudes
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Peiegue
M. BOUCKACKA Florentin
Adjoint au Chef dfexploitation des telecommunications
Pahomey (Republique du) - Pahomey (Republic of) - Pahomey (Republica de)
Chef de delegation
M. AKPAKOUN Roger
Ingenieur des Telecommunications
Conseiller Technique Ministere P. et T.
Panemark - Penmark - Pinamarca
Chef de delegation
M. PEPERSEN Gunnar
Pirector General
Chef adjoint
M. PEPERSEN Henry
Head of Office
Ensemble des Territoires representes par 1'Office francais des postes et
telecommunications d'Outre-Mer - Group of Territories represented by the
French Overseas Post and Telecommunication Agency - Conjunto de Territorios
representados por la Oficina francesa de Correos y Telecomunicaciones de
Ultramar
Chef de delegation
M. CONSTANTIN Jean
Chef du Service d'exploitation du Bureau d'Etudes des Postes
et Telecommunications d'Outre-Mer
Espagne - Spain - Espana
Chef de delegation
M. SANCHEZ PEREZ Pedro
Secretario General de Correos y Telecomunicacion
Chefs adjpints
M. MOLINA NEGRO Francisco
Pireccion General de Correos y Telecomunicacion
Jefe Seccion Internacional
M. PARPO HORNO Jose-Maria
Compania Telefonica Nacional de Espana
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Peiegues
M. PE PEPRO ALVAREZ Lisardo
M. GONZALEZ HERNANPEZ Atilio
M. GONZALEZ PALACIOS Cesar
Primer Secretario de Embajada
Pelegacion Permanente de Espana
cerca de las Organizaciones internacionales
M. MOLINA TINAUT Fernando
M. NUNEZ VEGA Jesus
E t a t s - U n i s d'Amerique - United S t a t e s of America - Estados Unidos de America
Chef de d e l e g a t i o n
M. LEE Robert E.
Commissioner, Federal Communications
Commission
Chef adjoint
M. BLACK Richard T.
Office of Telecommunications
Pepartment of State
Peiegues
M. URBANY Francis S.
Office of Telecommunications Policy
Executive Office of the President
M. CROWELL Raymond B.
Chief, Cable, Radio and Satellite
Facilities Branch,
Federal Communications Commission
M. GOLPWATER Barry, Jr.
United States House of Representatives
M. GOLPMAN Sidney
Legal Assistant to Commissioner
Robert E. Lee
M. GOMES Abilio A.
I.T.T. World Communications Inc.
M. McGUIRE G.F.
Pirector Inter Carrier Relations
Western Union Telegraph Company
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M. PICKLE J.J.
United States House of Representatives
M. PINCUS Morris
Vice President
Regulatory Affairs and Operating Arrang,
RCA Global Communications Inc.
M. STROMBERG R o b e r t E.
Chief, Accounting Branch
M. THOMAS Richard H.
Western Union International Inc.
M. WARNER Ponald
Manager, Overseas Administration
American Telegraph and Telephone Co,
Secretariat de la delegation
Miss PECTOL Sandra R.
Secretary
Office of Telecommunications
Pepartment of State
Ethiopie - Ethiopia - Etiopia
Chef de delegation
M. JEMERE Amsalou
Traffic Pivision Manager
Peiegue
M. PEMOZ Haile
Traffic Branch Chief
Finlande - Finland - Finlandia
Chef de delegation
M. JOHANSSON Veikko
Director in Chief
Deiegue
M. ALANDER Rauno
Chief of Bureau
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France - France - Francia
Chef de delegation
M. COTTEN Charles-Herve
Directeur charge de la Direction ACFI
Chef adjoint
M. BURTZ Leon Alfred
Sous-Pirecteur
Peiegues
M. CHASSIGNOL Albert
Administrateur
M. LAROCHETTE Jean
Administrateur
M. MOUTON Claudius
Administrateur
M. POUILLES
Administrateur
M. ROUXEVILLE B.J.
Attache
Conseiller
M. FAURIS Robert L.
Secretaire d'Ambassade
Gabonaise (Republique) - Gabon Republic - Gabonesa (Republica)
Chef de delegation
M. 0GOUENKER0 Henri Georges
Pirecteur general adjoint
Peiegue
M. NTUTUM Ousman
Chef du service exploitation
Grece - Greece - Grecia
Chef de delegation
M. TSAROUCHAS Archelaos
Chef de la Pirection technique aupres de la Pirection Generale
des Postes et telecommunications
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Peiegues
M. BECHRAKIS Pemetre
Chef de la Sous-Pirection de 1'exploitation interurbaine
telephonique de l'O.T.E.
M. KOKKOLIS Praxitelis
Chef de la Sous-Pirection de 1'exploitation telegraphique
de l'O.T.E.
Hongroise (Republique Populaire) - Hungarian People's Republic
Hungara (Republica Popular)
Chef de delegation
M. HORN Dezso
Ministre-adjoint,
Pirecteur general des Postes
Chef adjoint
Dr BUJAK Konstantin
Directeur general adjoint des Postes
Peiegues
Dr KATONA KIS Laszlo
Chef de section
M. SZEKELY Janos
Rapporteur principal
Inde (Rep, de 1') - India (Rep, of) - India (Rep, de)
Chef de delegation
M. MIRCHANDANI H.J.
Deputy Director General, P & T
Deiegue
M. KATIYAR K.C.
Director (SWC)
Indonesie (Republique d') - Indonesia (Republic of) - Indonesia (Republica de)
Chef de delegation
M. SUTANGGAR TENGKER Jahja
Senior Official
Ministry of Communications
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Chef adjoint
M. MANGOENDIPRODJO M.K.M.
Senior Official of the Ministry of Communications
Peiegues
M. BACHRIE Eddy
Senior Official
Pept. of Communications
M. RACHMAT Eem
Senior Official of Pepartment of Communications
M. SAMHUDI Amidin
Senior Official, Department of Communications
Iran - Iran - Iran
Chef de delegation
H.E. M. KESHAVARZIAN M.
Sous-Secretaire d'Etat au Ministere des P.T.T.
Chef adjoint
M. HABIBI S.
Chief Studies Dept.
Min. P.T.T.
Peiegues
M. ALAVI Ghasem
Chief of International Telephone
M. LAKNEJAPI Esmail
Employee of Telecommunication
Company of Iran
M. RAMEZ
Chief of International Accounting Dept.
Irlande - Ireland - Irlanda
Chef de dllegation
M. CORBETT A.T.
Head of Division
Deiegue
M. GRANT Michael
Administrative Officer,
Department of Posts and Telegraphs
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Islande - Iceland - Islandia
Chef de delegation
M. SKULASON Jon
Director General
Deiegue
M. THORKELSSON Sigurdur
Technical Director
Israel (Etat d') - Israel (State of) - Israel (Estado de)
Chef de delegation
M. COHEN Yehuda
Head of Division
Chef adjoint
M. BARLEV Dan
Head of Telegraph and Telex Unit
Italie - Italy - Italia
Chef de delegation
M. FEI Lorenzo
Inspecteur General
Chef adjoint
M. BORGHI Vincenzo
Inspecteur General technique
Peiegues
M. ALBERTI Giuseppe Leone
Vice-Pirecteur d'ltalcable
M. ASLAN Piero
Attache
Mission Permanente de 1'Italie
M. BAUPAZZI Claudio
Chef de division, relations internationales
Mile RUSSO Cecilia
Inspecteur general
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Jamaique - Jamaica - Jamaica
Chef de delegation
M. MINOTT Trevor Oliphant
Chief Executive, Jamaica
International Telecommunications
Ltd.
Peiegues
Miss SHILLEOTO Mary
Second Secretary, Permanent Mission
of Jamaica to the Office of the
U.N. in Geneva
M. WEBSTER Dillon
Senior Traffic Controller
Jamaica International Telecommunications
Japon - Japan - Jap6n
Chef de delegation
M. MAKINO Yasuo
Director General
of Telecommunications
Peiegues
M. HASEGAWA Minoru
Deputy Director
Planning Bureau of N.T.T.
M. HAYASHI Masakazu
Assistant to Chief of Geneva
Liaison Office,
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd.
M. HEDAKA Hidemi
Premier Secretaire de la
Delegation permanente du Japon
aupres de l1Office des Nations Unies
M. KOJIMA Mitsuo
Manager of International
Relations Department,
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd.
M. MIZOGUCHI Michio
Counsellor of the Permanent
Delegation of Japan, to the
Office of the United Nations
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Japon - Japan - Jap6n (suite - cont.)
M. SAYATO Masao
Vice Counsellor of
Telecommunications
M. WATANAEE Tatsuro
Deputy Director,
Geneva Office of N.T.T.
Kenya
Chef de delegation
M. MAPUNDA Adolar
Deputy Traffic Manager
KoweSt (Etat de) - Kuwait (State of) - Kuwait (Estado de)
Chef de delegation
M. AL-AWADI Abdulrahman
Head of telex
Liban - Lebanon - L_!bano
Chef de delegation
M. SAADE Habib
Chef des Relations Internationales
Libyenne (Republique Arabe) - Libyan Arab Republic - Libia (Republica Arabe)
Chef de delegation
M. ENBYA Kalil Kalifa
Chief of Switching Division
Posts and Telecommunications Corp.
Peiegues
M. BUSHAGUR Shaban Aref
Head International Telephone A/C
M. SHABAN Salem Ali
Head of Telegraph Service
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Luxembourg - Luxemburgo
Chef de delegation
M. BERNARD Leon
Directeur general adjoint
Peiegues
M. BODE Leon
Inspecteur de Direction
M. NEW Nicolas
Inspecteur
Malaisie - Malaysia - Malasia
Chef de delegation
M. DARUS Mohamed
Controller of Telecoms (Traffic)
Deiegue
M. AU Syed Mustaffa
Assistant Controller of Telecoms
Malgache (Republique) - Malagasy Republic - Malgache (Republica)
Chef de delegation
M. RAHENORO Bernard
Deiegue des P.T.T. Malgaches
Mali (Republique du) - Mali (Republic of) - Malf (Republica del)
Chef de delegation
M. ALIOU TRAORE
Ingenieur charge des problemes de l'U.I.T.
Maroc (Royaume du) - Morocco (Kingdom of) - Marruecos (Reino de)
Chef de delegation
M. WAKRIM Mohamed
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Mexique - Mexico - Mexico
Chef de delegation
M. GALVAN TALLEDOS Joel
Jefe del Departamento de Servicios
Radiomaritimos, Direccion General de
Telecomunicaciones, Secretaria de
Comunicaciones y Transportes
peiegues
Mme GREEN DE HELLER Rosario
Primer Secretario
Mision permanente de Mexico en Ginebra
M. PEREYRA Miguel
Asesor
Consejero Tecnico de la Direccion
General de Teiefonos de Mexico
Monaco - Monaco
Chef de delegation
S.E. Monsieur SOLAMITO Cesar Charles
Deiegue Permanent aupres des
organismes intemationaux
Nigeria (Republique Federale de) - Nigeria (Federal Republic of) Nigeria (Republica Federal de)
Chef de delegation
M. 0LORUNSH0LA Samuel Ademola
Chief Engineer (Operations)
Chef adjoint
M. OGUNLEYE Samuel Olutayo
Deputy Chief Engineer
peiegues
M. 0S0 A.F.
Traffic Commercial Manager
M. SOETAN Joshua Alami
Assistant Traffic Manager
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Norvege - Norway - Noruega
Chef de delegation
M. j_tyREGARD Per
Director General
Chef adjoint
M. M0KLEBUST Ivar
Director of Administration
Peiegues
M. HAMMERSTR0M K.R.
Head of Division
M. WEBERG H.
Advisory Officer
Nouvelle-Zeiande - New Zealand - Nueva Zelandia
Chef de delegation
M. HICKSON W.H.
Director, Telephone Services
Chef adjoint
M. TURPIE A.
Principal,
Overseas Telecommunications Division
Oman (Sultanat d T ) - Oman (Sultanate of) - Oman (Sultania de)
Chef de delegation
Mme AL-KHARUSI Naashiah S.
Deputy Director, PTT, Oman
Ouganda - Uganda
Chef de delegation
M. KAWAMARA Andrew
Chief Operations Group
East African Posts and
Telecommunications Corporation
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Pakistan - Pakistan - Pakistan
Chef de delegation
M. ZAHEER Ahmad
Chief Engineer
Telegraph and Telephone Dept,
Pays-Bas (Royaume des) - Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Paises Bajos (Reino de los)
Chef de delegation
M. BAKKER Bastiaan J.
Directeur principal P.T.T.
peiegues
M. DULLEMOND J.
Chef de division
PUNTER H.
Chef de division
M. Van MOORSEL J.J.M.
Chef adjoint de la
Division Radiomaritime
Perou - Peru - Peru
Chef de delegation
M. LLANOS OLIVEROS Augusto
Director de Coordinacion de la
Direccion General de Comunicaciones
peiegue
M. MEZA INGAR Bernardo
Asesor de la Direccion
General de Comunicaciones
Philippines (Republique des) - Philippines (Republic of) Filipinas (Republica de)
Chef de delegation
M. CARREON Ceferino, S.
Chairman
Board of Communications
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Philippines (Republique des) - Philippines (Republic of) Filipinas (Republica de) (suite - cont.)
peiegue
M. CASAS Manuel
Chief, Central Operation Services,
Bureau of Telecommunications
Pologne (Republique Populaire de) - Poland (People1s Republic of)
Polonia (Republica Popular de)
Chef de delegation
M. KULA Mieczyslaw
Directeur de Departement
au Ministere des P.T.T.
peiegues
M. DUNIN Jarosâw
Conseiller superieur
M. SZLASA Stefan
Chef de section
Portugal et Provinces portugaises d'Outre-mer - Portugal and Portuguese
Oversea Provinces - Portugal y Provincias portuguesas de Ultramar
Chef de delegation
M. SANTOS SILVA M.
Administrateur deiegue
Chef adjoint
M. CRUZ FILIPE J.
Directeur des Telecommunications
peiegues
M. GON0ALVES FORTE A.
Directeur
M. OLIVEIRA FERRO M.
Directeur
M. RODRIGUES Rogerio R.
Chef de Division
M. SILVA GOMES J.A.
Chef de Division
M. SILVA PINTO J.A.
Directeur
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Portugal et Provinces portugaises d'Outre-Mer Portugal and Portuguese Oversea Provinces Portugal y Provincias portuguesas de Ultramar (suite - cont.)
Conseiller
M. PAZOS ALONSO L.
Conseiller
Republique Democratique Allemande - German Democratic Republic Republica Democratica Alemana
Chef de delegation
M. SERINEK Richard
Ministre adjoint des Postes et telecommunications
Chef adjoint
M. PAUBEL Willi
Pocteur es sciences economiques
Pirecteur
Peiegues
Mme PEMMLER Petra
Conseiller
M. PIEPER Heinz
Pirecteur superieur
M. REIMANN Gerhard
Conseiller
M. SCHUMANN Giint e r
First Secretary Permanent Observer
Mission of the German Pemocratic Republic to the U.N. Office
at Geneva
Republique Socialiste Sovietique de 1'Ukraine Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic - Republica Socialista Sovietica de Ucrania
Chef de delegation
M. TIMCHENKO Ivan
Vice-Ministre des postes et des telecommunications de la R.S.S.
de 1'Ukraine
Roumanie (Republique Socialiste de) - Roumania (Socialist Republic of) Rumania (Republica Socialista de)
Chef de delegation
Mme SOROCEANU Natalia
Chef du service d'exploitation international
Peiegue
M. TINCA Gheorghe
Troisieme secretaire
Mission permanente de la Republique Socialiste de Roumanie
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Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord, les lies Anglo-Normandes
et l'lle de Man United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and
the Isle of Man Reino Unido de Gran Bretana e Irlanda del Norte, las Islas Anglo-Normandas y
la Isla de Man
Chef de delegation
M. MEYER T.U.
Head of International Telecommunications Division
Chef adjoint
M. HAWKINS Anthony P.
Head of Division
Peiegues
M. BELL D.J.
Head of International Relations Bureau
Cable & Wireless Ltd.
M. CHRISTMAS Anton Edward
International Operations Dept.
Cable & Wireless Ltd.
M. CLARKE A.J.
Head of Section
Marketing, Services of Tariffs Division
M. PARAMOR Sydney R.V.
Head of Section
M. SIMPER Donald
Senior Executive Officer
Senegal (Republique du) - Senegal (Republic of the) - Senegal (Republica del)
Chef de delegation
M. SAMOURA Mahmoudou
Somalie (Rep. Democratique) - Somali Democratic Republic Somali (Republica Democratica)
Chef de delegation
M. MOHAMED AWAD Bukhari
Legal Adviser
Soudan (Republique Democratique du) - Sudan (Democratic Republic of the) Sudan (Republica Democratica del)
Chef de delegation
M. ZEIN EL ABDIN Osman
Assistant Director (Traffic)
Chef adjoint
M. MOHD SALEH FADL Mohamed
Assistant Director of P & T Dept.
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Sudafricaine (Republique) - South Africa (Republic of) Sudafricana (Republica)
Chef de delegation
M. GOUWS Christiaan Gabriel
Deputy Postmaster General
Telecommunications
Deiegue
M. VISSER Coenraad Johannes
Deputy Director
Suede - Sweden - Suecia
Chef de delegation
M. BJUREL Bertil
Director General
Chefs adjoints
M. LARSSON Torsten
Peputy Pirector General
M. LETZEN Sven-Roland
Financial Pirector
Peiegues
M. BOREN Lennart
Head of Office
M. MOLLER Bengt
Head of Office
M. NASLUNP Ruben
Head of Office
Suisse (Confederation) - Switzerland (Confederation of) - Suiza (Confederacion)
Chef de delegation
M. LOCHER Fritz
Pirecteur general de I'Entreprise des postes, telephones et
teiegraphes Suisse
Chef du Pepartement des telecommunications
Chef adjoint
M. PELALOYE Bernard
Pirecteur des telecommunications
^ - i
^
*
Peiegues
M. PUPUIS Gilbert
Adjoint
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Suisse (Confederation) - Switzerland (Confederation of) Suiza (Confederacion) (suite - cont.)
Peiegues (suite)
M. FREIBURGHAUS Kurt
Chef de subdivision
M. GLUR Willy
Fonctionnaire specialiste
M. HUBER H.
M. JOST Walter
Chef de section
M. LUTHI Kurt
M. RUTSCHI Rudolf
Vice-Pirecteur pour les relations internationales
Tanzanie (Republique Unie de) - Tanzania (United Republic of)
Tanzania (Republica Unida de)
Chef de delegation
M. KASAMBALA Francis C.
Chief Customers Service/Tanzania
Tchecoslovaque (Rep. Socialiste) - Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Checoeslovaca (Republica Socialista)
Chef de delegation
M. KLIMT F.
Chief of telecom, traffic
Peiegue
M. KOVAPllK J .
Principal reporter
Territoires des Etats-Unis d'Amerique Territories of the United States of America Territorios de los Estados Unidos de America
Chef de delegation
M. PENNY William E.
Telecom. Attache,
U.S. Mission
Page 27
Thailande - Thailand - Tailandia
Chef de delegation
M. POWTONGSOOK Sangiam
Peputy Pirector-General
Peiegues
M. KANCHANINPU Chirayus
Chief of International Telegraph Office
M. PORNSUTEE Kraisorn
Second Grade Engineer
Togolaise (Republique) - Togolese Republic - Togolesa (Republica)
Chef de delegation
M. AITHNARP Andre
Ingenieur
Tunisie - Tunisia - Tunez
Chef de delegation
M. HELAL Chedly
Sous-Pirecteur
Ministere P.T.T.
Deiegue
M. LADJIMI Aziz
Sous-Directeur
Ministere P.T.T.
Turquie - Turkey - Turquia
Chef de delegation
M. AKYUZALP Nurgun
Ingenieur en Chef
Pirection generale des P.T.T.
Peiegues
M. ERMAN Aydemir
Peuxieme secretaire
Pelegation permanente de Turquie
M. KARAOGLAN Dundar
Directeur d'exploitation telegraphique internationale
Departement des teiegraphes et des telephones
Direction generale des P.T.T.
M. YAZICIOGLU Turgut
Directeur d'exploitation telephonique internationale
Departement des teiegraphes et des telephones
Direction generale des P.T.T.
Page 28
Union des Republiques Socialistes Sovietiques Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Union de Republicas Socialistas Sovieticas
Chef de delegation
M. TALYZINE Nikolai
Premier Vice-Ministre des postes et telecommunications de l'U.R.S.S,
Peiegues
M. PEPOBORSK Vassili
Adjoint du Chef de l'Institut central de recherche scientifique
des telecommunications
M. MOTINE Efim
Premier Vice-Pirecteur du Departement des relations exterieures
M. TOULOUPOV Anatoli
Vice-Pirecteur du Pepartement des telecommunications interurbaines
Conseiller
M. OUMNOV Valentin
Conseiller
Viet-Nam (Republique du) - Viet-Nam (Republic of) - Viet-Nam (Republica de)
Chef de delegation
M. BUI TRONG TUAN
Pirecteur des Telecommunications
Chef adjoint
M. LE VAN LOI
Representant permanent de la Republique du Viet-Nam a Geneve
Peiegues
M. LE VAN HO A
Mlnistre plenipotentiaire
M. PHAM VAN TRINH
Deuxieme Secretaire
M. VUONG QUANG NGHIA
Inspecteur des Telecommunications
Yougoslavie (Republique Socialiste Federative de) Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of) Yugoeslavia (Republica Socialista Federativa de)
Chef de delegation
M. STOJANOVIC £ika
Chef de la section telegraphique
N - * - >»
<"
Deiegue
M. HORVAT Konstantin
Chef de la section telephonique
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Sec. 2 - EXPLOITATIONS PRIVEES RECONNUES
PRIVATE OPERATING AGENCIES
EXPLOTACIONES PRIVADAS RECONOCIDAS
Radio-Austria A.G.
M. HOYER Erwin
Directeur
Wien
Radio Suisse S.A.
M. BONJOUR Rene
Chef vente et publicite
M. DAMKE Walter
Chef de Division
Berne
M. TOFTE J0RGENSEN Preben
Head of office
Koebenhavn
.0
Document N
Page 30
110-F/E/S
Sec. 3 - NATIONS UNIES, INSTITUTIONS SPECIALISEES
UNITED NATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
NACIONES UNIDAS, INSTITUCIONES ESPECIALIZADAS
Nations Unies - United Nations - Naciones Unidas
M. CASSON Peter
Senior Co-ordination Officer
Office of the Director General
U.N. Office in Geneva
M. NICOLLE Ivan
External Relations Section
Division of Conference Affairs and External Relations
Organisation meteorologique mondiale (O.M.M.) World Meteorological Organization (W.M.O.) Organizacion Meteorologica Mundial (O.M.M.)
M. BARI H.
Chef du service du systeme de telecommunications
Page 31
Sec. 4 - ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIZACIONES INTERNACIONALES
Association du transport aerien international International Air Transport Association (I.A.T.A.)
Asociacion de Transporte Aereo Internacional
M. KERSHAW Harry
Senior Technical Officer
Union arabe des telecommunications - Arab Telecommunication Union
Union Arabe de Telecomunicaciones
M. ZAIDAN Ahmed
Advisor
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Sec. 5 - SIEGE DE L'U.I.T.
I.T.U. HEADQUARTERS
SEDE DE LA U.I.T.
5.1
Secretariat general
M. MILI M.
Secretaire general
M. BUTLER R.E.
Vice-Secretaire general
M. COOK Russell
M. STEAD C.
M. H. RUUD
Chef du Departement de la Cooperation technique
M. ALBUQUERQUE B.
Administrateur II
M. SMITH Reginal
Administrateur II
M. WINTER-JENSEN Alf S.
Administrateur II
M. MACHERET R.
Administrateur adjoint II
M. TRAUB P.A.
Administrateur adjoint
5.2
I.F.R.B.
M. PETIT R.
President de 1'I.F.R.B.
M. GROMOV Alexandre
Vice-President, I.F.R.B,
M. BERRADA Abderrazak
Membre de 1'I.F.R.B.
M. DELLAMULA
M. NISHIZAKI Taro
5.3
C.C.I.R.
M. HERBSTREIT Jack W.
Directeur du C.C.I.R.
Document N
Page 33
5.4
C.C.I.T.T.
M. CROZE R.J.
Directeur du C.C.I.T.T.
M. HUMMEL Eckart
Senior Counsellor C.C.I.T.T,
M. CHAPUIS Robert-Joseph
Conseiller
M. BOZEC Yves
Ingenieur C.C.I.T.T.
M. CABRERA A.K.
Engineer C.C.I.T.T.
110-F/E/S
Page 34
Sec. 6 - SECRETARIAT DE LA CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
SECRETARIA DE LA CONFERENCIA
M. WINTER-JENSEN Alf S.
Secretaire executif
M. PETIGNAT U.
Chef du Service des delegues de 1'interpretation et des documents
M. ALBUQUERQUE B.
Chef du Service des finances
M. CHRISTINAT J.P.
Chef du Service du Personnel
M. REVOY J.
Chef de la section de traduction frangaise
M. CARDENA C M .
Chef de la section de traduction espagnole
M. REES Robert
Chef de la section de traduction anglaise
M. FONTAINE R.
Chef du Service des relations avec la presse
Mme GRAND M.
Chef du Service des salles
Mme JEANMONOD L.
Chef du Service du controle des documents
M. ESCUDERO J.
Chef du Pool dactylographique
M. ESTEBAN R.
Chef du Service de distribution des documents
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. 111-E
11 April 1973
1973
FINAL LIST OF DOCUMENTS
A. Basic documents of the Conference
Doc. No.
Committee structure
28
Doc. No.
Committee~f>(Budget Control
Committee)
Plenary Meeting
Report
54
Minutes
Summary Records
1st meeting
47(Rev.)
1st meeting
2nd
"
48
3rd
"
103
4th
"
104
5th
"
105
6th
"
106
Report
7th
"
107
Summary Records
8th
"
108
Closing
109
Committee 1 (Steering Committe;e) Committee 2 (Credentials)
Report
79
Summary Records
1st meeting
4l
2nd
99
"
2nd
"
37
84
Committee 4 (Operation)
87
1st meeting
55
2nd
"
80
3rd
"
81
4th
"
82
5th
"
93
6th
"
94
7th
"
8th
"
95
96
Committee £ (Financial
principles)
Report
73
Document No. 111-E
Page 2
Doc. No.
Doc. No.
Committee 5 (Financial
principles)(cont.)
Committee 6 (Editorial
Committee)
Summary Records
Summary Record
1st meeting
62
2nd meeting
72
B.
1st meeting
The attached Annex contains the complete List of documents
in numerical order
Annex : 1
63
Document No. 111-E
Page 3
ANNEX
LIST OF DOCUMENTS
(Doc. 1 - 111)
Symbols :
PL
CC
• CR
PV
-
No.
—
= Plenary
= Committee
= Sum. record
= Minutes
•
—
Title
Origin
Destination
1
Agenda of the Conference
S.G.
PL
2
Proposals for the work of the
Conference
S.G.
PL
3 + Corr.
Revised Draft TgR
S.G.
C4
4 + Corr.
Revised Draft TfR
S.G.
C4
Appendix common to the TgR and TfR
S.G.
PL
Reciprocal exchange of information
Relations between Administrations
through the General Secretariat
S.G.
PL
7
Budget of the Conference
S.G.
C3
8
Contributions by Private Operating
Agencies and Non-Exempt
S.G.
C3
Convening of the Conference
S.G.
PL
5
6
9 + Add.
10
Props. - Draft TfR
U.S.A.
C4
11
Props. - Art. 2 Draft TgR
U.S.A.
C4
Props. App. 1 Draft TfR and TgR
U.S.A.
PL
12(Rev.)
Page 4
No.
Title •
Origin
Destination
13
Props. - Draft TgR
F.R. of
Germany
C4
14
Props. - Draft TfR
F.R. of
Germany
C4
15
International Telegraphy and
Telephony
S.G.
C4
U.S.S.R.
C4
S.G.
PL
Jordan
C4
16
Props. - Draft TgR and TfR
17
Draft TgR and TfR
18
Props. - (Meteorological Tg)
19
Props. - Draft TgR
Japan
C4
20
Props. - Draft App. 1 to TgR and TfR
Japan
PL
21
Steps to be taken with regard to
Res. 37 of the Plenipotentiary Conf.
(Montreux 1965)
Japan
PL
22
U.K.
PL
23
Props. - Art. 8 Draft TfR
U.K.
PL
24
Res., Rec. and Opinions annexed to
TfR (Geneva Rev., 1958)
S0G.
C4
Res. and Opinions annexed to RTg
(Geneva Rev., 1958)
S.G.
C4
Nigeria
C4
Hungarian
P.R.
C4
25
26
27
Props. - Draft TgR and TfR
28
Structure of the Conference
PL
—
29
Conference Secretariat
PL
—
30
Props. - Art. 2 TgR and TfR
U.S.S.R.
Ukraine
Bielorussia
C4
Page 5
No.
Title
Origin
Destination
U.S.S.R.
Ukraine
Bielorussia
C4
Props. - Draft TfR
Brazil
C4
33
Props. - Draft TgR
Brazil
C4
34
India
C4
35
U.S.S.R.
C4
36
Props. - Draft TgR
Bulgaria
C4
37
C R . C3-1
C3
C3
38
Props. (Meteorological Tg)
Peru
C4
39
Indonesia
C4
40
Props. Ann. 1 to TgR and TfR
WG/C5
C5
41
C R . C2-1
C2
C2
42
Madagascar
C4
43
44
First series of texts
45
46
Report of the special WG of the
Plenary
31
Props. - Art. 3 TgR and TfR
32
Libya
C4
C4
C6
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
C4
WG/PL
PL
47(Rev.)
P.V. PL-1
PL
PL
48
P.V. PL-2
PL
PL
49
Second series of texts
C4
C6
50
Third series of texts
C5
C6
51
Mexico
PL
52
Report WG/C2
WG/C2
C2
Page 6
No.
Title
Origin
Destination
53
Draft Recommendation - Payment
of balances of accounts
Mexico
PL
Report by the Budget Control
Committee
C3
PL
55
C R . C4-1
C4
C4
56
Fourth series of texts
C5
C6
57
Fifth series of texts
PL
C6
58
Sixth series of texts
PL
C6
59
Seventh series of texts
C4
C6
60
Final Protocol
Secretariat
FL
61(Rev.)
Final Protocol
China
PL
54
*
62
C R . C5-1
C5
C5
63
C R . C6-1
C6
C6
64
B.l
C6
PL
65
R.l
C6
PL
66
B.2
C6
PL
67
B.3
C6
PL
68
Eighth series of texts
C4
C6
69
Final Protocol
Roumania
PL
70(Rev.)
Final Protocol
Albania
PL
7l(Rev.)
Final Protocol
Albania
PL
72
C R . C5-2
C5
C5
73
Report of C5
C5
C5
74
Final Protocol
Yugoslavia
PL
75
Final Protocol
Roumania
PL
Page 7
No.
Title
Origin
Destination
C6
PL
76
B.4
77
Final Protocol
Bielorussia
Bulgaria
Hungarian P.R.
German D.R.
Poland P.R.
Ukraine
U.S.S.R.
Czechoslavakia
PL
78
Final Protocol
Mexico
PL
79
Report of C2
C2
PL
80
C R . C4-2
C4
C4
81
C R . C4-3
C4
C4
82
C R . C4-4
C4
C4
83
Final Protocol
Libya
PL
84
C R . CJ5-2
C3
C3
85
Final Protocol
Jamaica
PL
86
Final Protocol
Viet-Nam
PL
87
Report by Committee 4
C4
PL
88
B.5
C6
PL
89
Final Protocol
21 African countries
PL
90
(Rev.
Final Protocol
Bielorussia
Bulgaria
German D.R.
Poland P.R.
U.S.S.R.
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
PL
91
Final Protocol
United States
PL
92
Final Protocol
United States
PL
Page 8
No.
Title
Origin
Destination
93
C R . C4-5
C4
C4
94
C R . C4-6
C4
C4
95
C R . C4-7
C4
C4
96
C R . C4-8
C4
C4
97
Final Protocol
Algeria
PL
98
Draft Resolution - Exclusion
of the Government of the
Republic of South Africa from
all I.T.U. Conferences
Nigeria
PL
99
C R . C2-2
C2
C2
100
Resolution - Participation of the
Government of the Republic of
South Africa in I.T.U. Conferences
and Assemblies
101
Final Protocol
Sudan
PL
102
Final Protocol
Somalia
PL
10^
C R . FL-3
-
PL
104
C R . PL-4
-
PL
105
C R . PL-5
-
PL
106
C R . PL-6
-
PL
107
C R . PL-7
-
PL
108
C.R. PL-8 and last meeting
-
PL
109
C R . closing meeting
-
PL
110
List of participants
Secretariat
-
111
List of documents
Secretariat
-
Document No. DT/l-E
29 March 1973
Original : French
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1973
HEADS OF DELEGATIONS
Draft
AGENDA
Monday, 2 April 1973 at 1500 hrs
Doc. No.
1.
Opening of the conference (G.R. No. 662) *)
2.
Adoption of the agenda
3. Proposals for the election of the conference
Chairman and Vice-Chairmen (G.R. Nos. 663 and 665)
4.
Speeches
5. Proposals for the setting up of the conference
committees and the election of their Chairmen and
Vice-Chairmen (G.R. No. 666)
6.
7.
8.
Constitution of the conference secretariat
(G.R. No. 667)
9 (para. 6)
Proposals for the work of the conference,
distribution of work among Committees
DT/2
Invitations to the conference
9. Situation of certain countries with regard
to the Convention
10.
Date by which the committee for the verification
of credentials should report on its conclusions
(G.R. No. 639)
11.
(G.R. No. 6l6)
12.
Proposals concerning the working schedule
of the conference
13.
Other business
Note
*)
9 (para. 5)
9 (para. 2) + Add.
9 (para. 4)
9 (para. 3) + Add.
: The time-table for the period 3~7 April 1973 will be established by
the Steering Committee at its first meeting, scheduled for about
1800 hrs on 2 April 1973.
G.R. = General Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication
Convention, Montreux, 1965*
Distribution : 1 for each pigeon hole.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. DT/2(Rev.2)-E
2 April 1973
1973
PLENARY MEETING
DISTRIBUTION OF PROPOSALS AMONG THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES
1.
This document is based on the assumption that the structure of the
committees set out in paragraph 5 of Document No. 9 will be adopted by the
Plenary Meeting.
It embodies the proposals received by 19 March 1973 and published
in Documents Nos. 3, 4. 5, 10 to 14, 16 and 18-20 as well as the two memoranda by
the Secretary-General published in Documents Nos. 6 and 15.
Documents Nos. 3 (+ Corrigendum), 4 (+ Corrigendum), 6, 10, 11, 13,
14, 15, 16, 18, 19.
Documents Nos. 5, 12, 20.
2.
The foregoing relates to part 1 of the conference agenda shown in
Administrative Council Resolution No. 705 (see conference Document No, 1).
With regard to part 2 of this agenda (measures arising from the
application of Montreux Resolution No. 37), the Plenary might decide to
consider this itself. In this connection, reference is made to proposal
URS/16/7.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. DT/2-E
1973
29 March 1973
PLENARY MEETING
1.
Plenary Meeting.
in Documents Nos. 3, 4, 5, 10 to 14, 16 and 18-20 as well as the two memoranda by
14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20.
Documents Nos. 5, 12*
2.
Administrative Council Resolution No, 705 (see conference Document No, 1 ) .
URS/16/7.
3.
In view of the small number of member countries which have submitted
proposals to the Conference and for reasons of economy, it was considered
unnecessary to publish the working document of coordinated proposals referred
to in paragraph 1 of Document No. 2.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
m/2 E
STSSS
^
'
29.March 1973
1973
PLENARY MEETING
1.
Plenary .Meeting.
in Documents Nos. 3, 4, 5, 10 to 14, 16 and 18-21 as well as the two memoranda by
14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20.
Documents Nos. 5, 12, 21.
2.
Administrative Council Resolution No, 705 (see conference Document No. 1).
URS/16/7.
3.
In view of the small number of member countries which have submitted
proposals to the Conference and for reasons of economy, it was considered
unnecessary to publish the working document of coordinated proposals referred
to in paragraph 1 of Document No. 2.
M. MILI
Secretary-General
Dogument Np. BT/3-E
3 April 1973
Original : French
GENEVA
1973
PLENARY MEETING
SERVICE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL
TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY
With reference to Document No. 15, I hereby submit to
the Conference two draft Resolutions which have been prepared
with a view to retaining in the Telegraph and Telephone
Regulations adequate, lasting provisions on the establishment
and publication of service documents relating to the international telegraph and telephone services.
M. MILI
S e c re tary-Gene ral
Annexes : 2 draft Resolutions
Document No. DT/3-E
Page 2
ANNEX
1
DRAFT RESOLUTION TO BE ANNEXED TO THE FUTURE
RESOLUTION No. ..
I1
• !
I
,'
I
I
I*
'
i
l
l
in view of
considers
-T—-.............•
Title
i'
1
'
Title
1
Transferred Recount table
the use pf the international
List of destination indicatprs
telegraph channels
Terms**)
Annex 1 to Document No. DT/3-E
Page 3
Tit
le
Title
Table of Terminal and Transit
Rates
Table of Optional Provisions
and of C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations
1.
2.
to revise and bring up to date such publications,
with appropriate assistance, and taking account of :
of Members; and
C.C.I.T.T.
the statistical data it.has to collect in a single
and regulations.
Document No. DT/3-E
Page 4
ANNEX
2
DRAFT RESOLUTION TO BE ANNEXED TO THE
FUTURE TELEPHONE REGULATIONS
RESOLUTION No. ..
in view of
considers
Title
Title
Routes
Telecommunication
Statistics**)
1.
2.
to revise and bring up to date such publications, with
appropriate assistance, and taking account of :
Page 5
ii) ' the results of consultation with the Administrations
of Members; and
C.C.I.T.T.
and regulations.
GENEVA
Document No. DTA(Rev.)-E
4 April 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
WORK PROGRAMME OF COMMITTEE 4
PROVISIONS COMMON TO BOTH SETS OF
REGULATIONS
Art. 1 of RTf (Purposes of the RTf)
Art. 1 of RTg (Purposes of the RTg)
Doc. No.
4 rf- Corr.
3
16 (URS/16/1)
27 (HNG/27/1,
Art. 2 of RTf (International system)
Art. 2 of RTg (International system)
Art. 3
Art. 3
Art. 7
Art.10
of
of
of
of
RTf
RTg
RTf
RTg
(Services offered to users)
(Services offered to users)
(Accounting)
(Accounting for telegrams)
Definitions of the terms used in the
Regulations
Appendix 2 to
RTg
General Secretariat Reciprocal
communications Relations of
Administrations with
one another through
the medium of the
General Secretariat
HNG/27/2)
30 (URS/50/8)
32 (B/52/1)
33 (B/53/2)
16 (URS/16/5)
31 (URS)
4
11 (USA/11/11)
16 (URS/16/4)
3+
6
14 (RFA/14/5)
international telegraphy and
telephony
15
DT/5
Opinion No. 1
24
Telegraph and Telephone
Franking Privileges
Corr.
Document No. DT/4 (Rev.)-E
Page 2
Art. 2
Doc. No.
4
10 (USA/10/1)
14 (RFA/14/2)
Art. 3
4 + Corr.
Art. 4
Operating methods
4
Art. 5
Composition of accounting
rates
4
4
Art. 6
Res. 1 Study by the C.C.I.T.T. of
' \ special facilities
Res. 2
Rec.
24
Study by the C.C.I.T.T. of
charging for calls booked
to or established with a
wrong number
24
U.N. Telephone Calls in
exceptional circumstances •
24
Art. 2
11 (USA/11/2,
USA/11/3)
Art. 3
16
18
19
26
34
35
Art. 4
.
General operating provisions
for telegrams
Art. 5
Art. 6
Archives
(URS/16/3)
(J0R/18/1)
(J/19/D
(NIG/26)
(IND/54)
(URS/55/10)
13 (RFA/lVl)
19 (J/19/2)
36 (BUL/36)
3 + Corr.
Document No.'DT/4(Rev.)-E
Page 3
Doc. No.
Art.
Art.
Art.
7
8
9
rates for telegrams
Collection charges for
telegrams
for telegrams
11 (USA/11/4 to
USA/11/7)
11 (USA/11/8)
11 (USA/11/9,
USA/11/10)
Art. 11
Reimbursements of telegram
charges
/3
11 (USA/11/12,
USA/11/13)
Res. 1
Phototelegraphy
25
Res. 2
Study of the possible
modification of the
International Telegraph
Alphabet No. 2
25
Study of the C.C.I.T.T. of
the method of word-counting
25
Revised terminal and transit
rates for telegrams in the
European system
25
Categories of telegrams and
optional services
25
Res. 3
Res. 4
Opin. 2
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. DT/4-E
3 April 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
DRAFT WORK PROGRAMME
OF COMMITTEE 4
PROVISIONS COMMON TO BOTH SETS OF
REGULATIONS
(Art. 1 of RTf
(Art. 1 of RTg
Purposes of the RTf)
Purposes of the RTg)
(Art. 7 of RTf Accounting)
(Art.10 of RTg Accounting for
telegrams)
Appendix 2 to
RTg
General Secretariat Reciprocal
communications Relations of
Administrations with
one another through
the medium of the
General Secretariat
Doc. No.
4 + Corr.
3
16 (URS/16/1)
27 (HNG/27/1,
HNG/27/2)
4
3
11 (USA/11/11)
3 + Corr.
6
14 (RFA/14/3)
international telegraphy and
telephony
15
DT/3
Opinion No. 1
24
Telegraph and Telephone
Franking Privileges
Definitions of the terms used in the
Regulations
16 (URS/16/4)
Regional or bilateral agreements
16 (URS/16/5)
Document No. DT/4-E
Page 2
Art. 2
;
Doc. No.
4
10 (USA/10/1)
14 (RFA/14/2)
Art. 3
4+
Art. 4
Operating methods
4
Art. 5
rates
4
Art. 6
4
Res. 1
special facilities
24
charging for calls booked
to or established with a
wrong number
24
Res. 2
Rec.
Corr.
U.N. Telephone Calls in
24
exceptional circumstances
Art. 2
Art. 3
11 (USA/11/2,
USA/11/3)
16
18
19
26
Art. 4
General operating provisions
for telegrams
Art. 5
Art. 6
Archives
(URS/16/3)
(J0R/18/1)
(J/19/D
(NIG/26)
13 (RFA/13/1)
19 (J/19/2)
3 + Corr.
Document No, DT/4-E
Page 3
Doc. 'No.
Art.
Art.
Art.
7
8
9
Art. 11
rates for telegrams
Collection charges for,
telegrams
for telegrams
Reimbursements of telegram
charges
11 (USA/11/4 to
USA/11/7)
11 (USA/11/8)
11 (USA/11/9,
USA/11/10)
11 (USA/11/12,
USA/11/13)
Res. 1
Phototelegraphy
25
Res. 2
Study of the possible
modification' of the
International Telegraph
Alphabet No. 2
25
Study of the C.C.I.T.T. of
the method of word-counting
25
Revised terminal and transit
rates for telegrams in the
European system
25 -
Categories of telegrams and
optional services
25
Res. 3
Res. 4
Opin. 2
Document No. DT/5-E
2 April 1973 .
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Q«#»*
: *****
1973
COMMITTEE 3
DRAFT REPORT BY THE BUDGET CONTROL COMMITTEE
The Budget Control Committee held two meetings at
which it considered the various points arising from its terms
of reference.
In accordance with No. 676 of the General Regulations,
the Budget Control Committee shall present to the Plenary Meeting
a report showing as accurately as possible, the estimated total
expenditure of the Conference. After consideration and approval
by the Plenary Meeting, this report must be transmitted to the
Secretary-General for submission to the Administrative Council
at its next annual session.
1.
Budget of the Conference (Document No. 7)
The Budget Control Committee took note of the budget
of the Conference adopted by the Administrative Council of the
Union at its 27th Session, 1972. The Committee was informed
that salaries of short-term staff had been increased with effect
from 1 January 1973 and a request for additional credits of
6,000 Swiss francs to cover this increase will be submitted to
the Administrative Council in 1973 for approval. The Committee
was further informed that the request will be withdrawn if the
additional expenditure can be met within the approved budget.
2.
Cost of printing of the Final Acts
The documents required by the Telegraph and Telephone
Conference for its own use will be produced by offset. There
will accordingly be no type set-up which can be used subsequently,
either in whole or in part, for the printing of the Final Acts.
The Budget Control Committee therefore does not propose that any
proportion of the cost of typographical composition be charged to
the Budget of the Conference.
3.
Situation concerning expenditure for the Telegraph and
The Budget Control Committee was informed that it would
be possible to meet the entire expenditure for the Telegraph and
Telephone Conference from the budget approved by the Administrative
Council in 1972 as adjusted to include additional credits. The
position of the Conference accounts as at 5 April 1973, as
compiled by the General Secretariat, is at Annex 2.
Document No. DT/5~E
Page 2
4.
Contributions of recognized private operating
agencies and international organizations not
enjoying exemption (Document No. 8)
Under No, 231 of the International Telecommunication
Convention, Montreux 1965, the amount of the contributory unit
for recognized private operating agencies and international
organizations not enjoying exemption was fixed at 750 Swiss
francs.
A list of recognized private operating agencies and
international organizations in question, together with an
indication of the number of contributory units chosen to date,
is at Annex 3 to the present document.
Chairman
Budget Control Committee
Annexes : 3
Document No. DT/5-E
Page 3
ANNEX
SECTION 7.2
CONFERENCE, GENEVA, 1973
Swiss francs
Travel
Insurance
\
*)
215,000 ;
20,000
5,000
240,000
2.
26,000
Document production
30,000
25,000
Postage, telephone calls, telegrams ,
15,000
Technical equipment
1,000
5,000
102,000
3.
Other expenses
19,000
361,000
*) Not including additional credits of 6,000 Swiss francs
to cover salary increases of short-term staff for which
approval of the Administrative Council will be requested
in 1973.
A N N E X
Document No. DT/5-E
Page 4
SITUATION CONCERNING EXPENPP.'UKL > OR TITE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
(at
Chapters and Items
Budget *)
3 0 March 1 9 7 3 )
Actual Expenditure
Commitments
to expenditure
Estimated
Expenditure
Total estimated
Expenditure
Swiss francs
I
Staff
7-501 - Salaries and related expenses
215,000.-
18,523.15
160/686.85
41,790.-
7.502 - Travel expenses
20,000.-
1,079-15
8,512.50
7.503 - Insurance
II Premises and Equipment
7.504 - Premises, furniture, machines
5,000.-
2,449.95
5,000.3,000.-
14,591.45
5,449.95
4,000.-
24,500.-
21,562.-
30,000.-
15,500.-
20,359-80
10,000.-
10,792.80
20,500.-
26,000.-
7«505 - Document production
30,000.-
7.506 - Office supplies
& overheads
7.507 -- Post, telegraph
& telephone
25,000.-
359-80
15,000.-
792,80
7.508 - Technical
material
7.509 - Sundry & unforeseen
III Other expenditure
7.511 - Final Acts of
the Conference
Total
8,438.4,500.-
221,000.-
1,000.-
5OO.-
500.-
5,000.-
5,000.-
5,000.-
15,000.-
15,000.-
.
•
19,000.361,000.-
31,642.85
194,199.15
347,194.-
"l21r352.1
*) Not including additional credits of 6,000, - Swiss francs which will be submitted to the Administrative Council
in 1973 for approval.
Document No. DT/|jrE
Page 5
ANNEX
3
LIST OF RECOGNIZED PRIVATE OPERATING AGENCIES AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE CONFERENCE
•**)
Radio-Austria A.G.
**)
Radio Suisse S.A.
**)
The Arab Telecommunications Union
*)
The International Air Transport Association
•)
*) Exempted from all contributions in accordance with the
provisions of Resolution No. 574 of the Administrative
Council.
**) Class of contribution not yet intimated to the Secretariat,
Document No.
DT/6-E
5 A p r i l 1973
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
,
^ ^
Spanish
1973
WORKING GROUP
OF COMMITTEE 2
DRAFT REPORT BY THE WORKING GROUP OF COMMITTEE 2
(Credentials)
The Working Group met on 4 and 5 April 1973 and examined the
Credentials- received.
Annex 1 shows a list of credentials which are in order.
Annex 2 shows a list of delegations which have not yet deposited
credentials.
The Working Group agreed that the Chairman of the Working Group
shall report to the Committee on credentials received after the drawing up
of the present report„
Joel GALVAN TALLEDOS
Chairman of
the Working Group
Annexes : 2
Document No. D T / 6 - E
Page 2
ANNEX
1
CREDENTIALS WHICH ARE IN ORDER
Argentine Republic
Austria
Belgium
Bielorussian Soviet Socialist Republic *
Brazil
Bulgaria (People's Republic of)
Canada
China (People's Republic of)
Vatican City State
Denmark
Ethiopia
Finland
France
India (Republic of)
Indonesia (Republic of)
Ireland
Iceland
I s r a e l (State of)
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Lebanon
Page 3
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mexi co
Monaco
Norway
New Zealand
Peru
Philippines (Republic of the)
Poland (People's Republic of)
-
Portugal
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel
Islands and the Isle of Man
Sudan (Democratic Republic of the) '
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Viet-Nam (Republic of)
This country has not ratified
- '
Document No. DT/6-E
Page 4
ANNEX
2
DELEGATIONS WHICH HAVE NOT YET DEPOSITED CREDENTIALS
Burundi (Republic of)
Cameroon (United Republic of)
Dahomey (Republic of)
Spain
Gabon Republic
Irah
Kenya
Kuwait (State of)
Malagasy Republic
Mali (Republic of)
Morocco (Kingdom of)
Nigeria (Federal Republic of)
Oman (Sultanate of)
Uganda
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Germany (Democratic Republic of)
Roumania (Socialist Republic of)
Senegal (Republic of the)
Switzerland (Confederation of)
Tanzania (United Republic of)
'-
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No, DT/7-E
4 April 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
PROPOSED REVISED TEXT FOR ARTICLE 2 PARAGRAPH 7
The administrations or recognized private operating
agencies shall determine by mutual agreement which routes are
to be used; where more than one route is agreed, each
administration should have the right to choose between the
agreed routes for its outgoing traffic«
Document No. DT/8-E
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
* April 1973
Original : French,
En lish
*
1973
COMMITTEE 4
DRAFT
RESOLUTION No.
OPERATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC TELEGRAM SERVICE
considering
1.
that many of the provisions of the Telegraph Regulations
(Geneva, 1958) have been transferred to the C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations
series F;
2.
that the operational services should have available as
quickly as possible a Manual of Instructions for operating the international
3.
that such a Manual should be derived from the
Recommendations of the Q.C.I.T.T.;
4.
that the transfer of provisions from the Telegraph
Regulations to C.C.I.T.T. Recommendations will affect other regulations
published by the General Secretariat,
directs
a)
that the Secretary-General should publish for the
operational services Instructions for the international public telegram
service (in accordance with the text of C.C.I.T.T. Recommendation F.l and
F.42) for distribution not later than
b)
that the C.C.I.T.T. should continue to study the questions
in the approved study programme adopted by the Vth Plenary Assembly concerning
the simplification of the public telegram service;
c)
that the Secretary-General should publish the Instructions
in suitable form to facilitate up-dating following any later revision in
Recommendations adopted by the C.C.I.T.T.;
Document No. DT/8-E
Page 2
recommends
a)
that as far as practicable the administrations take action
to bring into operation the provision in these Instructions (where the
relevant Recommendations have not been introduced already) as from
i.e. at the same time as the entry into force of the Telegraphic
Regulations (Geneva, 1973);
-b)
that t h e administrations inform t h e Secretary-General w h e n
they have decided t o introduce t h e following recommendations - either fully or
partially - i n particular those provisions w h i c h form part o f t h e Telegraphic
Regulations (Geneva, 1 9 5 8 ) , a n d for w h i c h there is a need for reciprocal
e x c h a n g e o f information concerning implementation o f t h e relevant C.C.I.T.T.
Recommendations :
i
Recommendation F.l
A10
OBS
MANDAT
Recommendation F.l
All
PRESSE
LT
Special services
URGENT
TC
RPx
PC
CR
FS
FSDEx
REEXPEDIEDEx
TMx
CTA
LX
LXDEUIL
JOUR
NUIT
REMETTREx
' Jx
XP
EXPRES
POSTE
PR
GP
GPR
PAV
PAVR
TR
MP
TFx
TLXx
RTg No. 12
and
Recommendation F.l
A13
Optional admission of telegrams in secret language
Recommendation F.l
A17
List of languages in use in a country the
admission of which in plain language is requested
by the administration of that country
Recommendation F.l
A8l
Telegrams to be delivered to travellers in trains
or in aircraft
Recommendation F.l
A254
Percentage of the reduction that may be made on
charges for SVH telegrams
Recommendation F.l
A275
Percentage of the reduction allowed in rates
applicable to meteorological telegrams (at
least
Recommendation F.l
A310
List of national languages designated for the
Document No. DT/8-E
Page 3
Recommendation F.l
A311
List of additional languages designated for the
Recommendation F.l
A340
Definition of the term "continent" for the
purposes of certain provisions, including those
concerning the reduction applicable to press
telegrams and the possibility, in exceptional
cases, of belonging to the system of another
continent
RTG No. 25
and
Recommendation F.42
A13
Notification of terminal and transit rates to
the General Secretariat
Recommendation F.42
Al6
Interval before application of new accounting
rates
resolves further
that the Secretary-General should publish, in the most
suitable and economical manner, this information which is the subject of
reciprocal exchange through the General Secretariat in accordance with b)
above.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. DT/9-E
5 April 1973
Original : French
1973
COMMITTEE 4
OPINION No. 1
Draft text on Telex franking privileges
3.
§ 1.
§ 2.
All delegates and representatives may exchange telex
calls with their Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies.
§ 3.
§ 4.
§ 5«
Note
:
Mention of telex franking privileges will have to be made
in the title and second paragraph of the Opinion.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. DT/10-E
5 April 1973 '
1973
COMMITTEE 4
PROPOSED REVISED TEXT
FOR ARTICLE 2, PARAGRAPH 7
1.
The Administrations or recognized private operating
agencies concerned shall determine by mutual agreement which routes
are to be used; however, if no agreement has been reached and
provided that there are no direct routes existing between the
terminal countries concerned, then the .country of origin has the
choice to determine the routing of its going traffic taking into
account the interests of the Administration or recognized private
operating agency of the country of destination.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document No. DT/ll-E
5 April 1973
Original : English/
French
1973
COMMITTEE 4
AMENDMENTS TO DRAFT
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS
Article 3 of the Telephone Regulations, paragraph 8 (modified),
add after, the word "Convention" :
... To this end, the Administrations may come to bilateral and regional
agreements with a view to'improving services available to the users.
Article 3 of the Telegraph Regulations, paragraph 8bis :
The Administrations may come to bilateral and regional agreements
with a view to improving services available to the users, provided also that
such agreements are not in conflict with Article 9 of these Regulations.
4 April 1973
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1
1
1
1
^-^-i *•**
1973
1 -~-----------^---—
1
'
1
11 1 1 ,
1
1
PLENARY MEETING
FORM OF THE FINAL ACT?
(Suggestion by the Editorial Committee)
1.
RTg (+< Appendices)
(Signatures)
Annexes
2.
RTf (+ Appendices)
(Signatures)
Annexes
3.
Final Protocol
(Introductory clause)
Statements*)
(Final formula)
(Signatures)
4.
Resolutions
5.
Recommendations
6.
Opinions
A. CHASSIGNOL
Chairman, Editorial Committee
)
3 Groups :,
i) Applying to both Regulations
ii) RTg
iii) RTf
'
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
~ ™ ' - " - " ~ 1973
£ £ £ & nr/i.-E
6 April 1973
________ : French
COMMITTEE 4
ADDENDUM TO APPENDIX^^DOffJTgjT No» DT/13
Add the following two new definitions :
Telegrams relating to the safety of life on land, at sea or in
the air, and exceptionally urgent epidemiological telegrams of the World
Health Organization, shall have absolute priority over all other telegrams.
Conventions of 12 August 1949
3*1
Telegrams addressed to prisoners of war, civilian internees or
their representatives (prisoners' representatives, internee committees)
by recognized relief societies assisting war victims,
3.2
Telegrams which prisoners of war and civilian internees are
permitted to send or those sent by their representatives (prisoners'
representatives, internee committees) in the course of their duties under
the Convention.
3.3
Telegrams sent in the course of their duties under the Conventions
by the national Information Bureaus or the Central Information Agency for
which provision is made in the Geneva Conventions, or by delegations of
such Bureaus or Agency, concerning prisoners of war, civilians who are
interned or whose liberty is restricted, or the death of military personnel
or civilians in the course of hostilities.
Document N o . DTfl3~E
5 A p r i l 1973
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
ft****
« *****
1973
COMMITTEE 4
REPORT OF WORKING GROUP 4
(DEFINITIONS)
TO COMMITTEE 4 .
The definitions Working Group, comprising
representatives of Argentina, Spain, France, Norway, United
Kingdom and the U.S.S.R., met under the chairmanship of
Mr. D.S. Robertson (Canada) to examine various terms used in
the draft Telegraph and Telephone Regulations on the understanding that terms used in such Regulations which are already
defined in the Convention are not to be altered and to select
and define certain other terms appearing in the draft of the
Telegraph and Telephone Regulations for consideration by
Committee 4.
A list of terms used in the draft Regulations ând.
defined in the Convention is attached at Appendix 1 herewith.
A list of other terms used in the draft Regulations
which the Working Party consider necessary together with their
respective definitions is attached at Appendix 2.
Regarding the question of amending the definition
of "private telegrams" given in Number 423 of the Convention,
which is raised on page 7 of Document No. 25, the Working
Group, after reviewing the problem, does not consider it
possible to submit to the Plenipotentiary Conference an
Opinion in favour of amendment of this definition, since the
term is used in Article 32 (No. 276) of the Convention. That
being so, the Working Group considers that it would suffice
to define "ordinary private telegrams" in the Telegraph
Regulations by reference to the definition adopted by the
Vth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T. (Document AP V-No. 29,
page 5, point 5.5).
D.S. ROBERTSON
Chairman
Appendices : 2
Document No. DTA3~E
Page 2
APPENDIX
1
DEFINITIONS
TERMS USED DT THE DRAFT TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE REGULATIONS
WHICH APPEAR IN THE CONVENTION
Administration
\
Defined in the Convention page 93 (401)
v
Private Operating Agency
\
Recognized Private Operating Agency
Telecommunication
International Service
,
Defined in the Convention page 95 (^15)
Government telegrams
Government telephone^ calls
Service Telegrams
Document No. DT/l3~E
Page 3
A P P E N D I X
DEFINITIONS
Other Terms used in the draft Telegraph and
Telephone Regulations which the Working Party consider
necessary, together with their respective definitions
Route
A route comprises the circuits to be used for
international telephone traffic between two given
international points.
International Public Telegram Service
The service which provides for the exchange of
various classes of telegrams, including private telegrams'.
International Telegraph Service
Denotes the generality of the various kinds of
telegraph-type services therein comprised, namely the
telegram and radiotelegram services, the phototelegraph
service, the telex service, the data transmission service,
the scheduled radio communication service and the leased
telegraph circuit service.
Ordinary Private Telegrams
Ordinary private telegrams are obligatory private
telegrams other than those bearing the service indications
SVH (Safety of Life) or RCT (persons protected in time of
war ~ Geneva Convention August 1949).
Accounting Rate
• '
Administrations (or RPOA's) in a given relation which is used
for the establishment of international accounts.
Document No. DTA3~E
Page 4
Collection Charge
The collection charge is the charge collected by
Administrations (or RPQA's) from its public for the use of
the international telecommunication service. The establishment of that charge is a national matter.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
p°°----*««,. M/L4(R-V.)-B
1973
COMMITTEE 4
Revised draft
RESOLUTION No. ..
Conference (Geneva 1973),
having abolished
the distinction between the European and extraEuropean systems for the fixing of terminal and transit rates for
telegrams,
decides
operating agencies which have been so authorized by the Administrations
concerned, should inform the General Secretariat, by 1 March 1974,
at the latest, of their terminal and transit rates which will be applied
as from 1 September, 1974, and, if appropriate, the through accounting
rates per word, in order that these may be communicated to all Members
and Associate Members,
instructs the Secretary-General to
a
)
publish these terminal and transit rates and the
through accounting rates in the most suitable form,
b
)
continue to publish the through accounting rates pending
further advice from the Vlth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.T.T.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
6 April 1973
1973
COMMITTEE 4
Revised draft
RESOLUTION No.
Conference (Geneva 1973),
having abolished
the distinction between the European and extraEuropean systems for the fixing of terminal and(transit rates for
telegrams,
decides
operating agencies which have been so authorized by the Administrations
concerned, should inform the General Secretariat, by
at the latest, of their terminal and transit rates which will be applied
as from 1 September, 1974, and, if appropriate, the through accounting
rates per word, in order that these may be communicated to all Members
and Associate Members,
_,
instructs
the Secretary-General to publish these terminal and
transit rates and the through accounting rates in the most suitable
form.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
Document,No. DT/15"E
6 April 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
ADDITIONS TO ARTICLE 2 OF THE TELEGRAPH
Telegraph Regulations, point 8bis
Telephone Regulations, point 7kis
Each Administration undertakes to require its
recognized private operating agencies to respect the
provisions of the Regulations.
CONFERENCE
GENEVA
9 April 1973
Original : English
1973
COMMITTEE 4
DRAFT
RESOLUTION No,
OPERATION OF THE TELEX SERVICE
considering
a)
that the Telegraph Regulations (Geneva, 1973) lay down
general principles only, in regard to the operation of the telex service,
notably Articles 2, 10 and Appendix 1,
b)
that it would be desirable to have elaborated appropriate
rules and Instructions for the operation of the International telex service,
directs
that the C.C.I.T.T. should
1.
continue its study programme approved by the Vth Plenary
Assembly for the revision or elaboration of Recommendations relating to the
telex service;
2.
elaborate the necessary rules and Instructions concerning
the operation of the telex service;
3.
advise the extent to which the Telegraph Regulations
should be modified with object of introducing into these Regulations any
additional provisions specifically necessary for the regulation of the telex
service; and
4.
draw up a report, at its VIth Plenary Assembly, to the
Administrations and to the Administrative Council on any further action that
may be deemed advisable to permit the consideration of changes in the
Telegraph Regulations (Geneva, 1973).

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