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GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF TI-lE INTERNATIONAL TELECOl\11\IUNICA'riON UNION
REPORT ON TI-lE ACTIVITIES OF
THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
Ill
1959
Published by the
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
GENEVA, 1960 REPORT OF THE ACTMTIES OF THB INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION 1959 (95th year of the Union's existence)
With reference to Article 8, paragraph 2. r ), of the Buenos Aires Convention and to Admi nistrative Council Resolution No. 123, I hereby submit the following report to the Members and Associate Members of the Union. It deals with Union activities in 1959. For financial details, reference should be made to the Financial Operating Report, drawn up in accordance with Article 8, paragraph 2. q), of the Convention, and published separately. The present Report is sub-divided as follows: Page I. Introduction ...... 2 I I. Members and Associate Members 3 Ill. Management of the Union 5 3.1 Staff . . . 5 3 . 2 Finances 8 IV. Union activities in 1959 11 4. 1 Conferences and meetings 11 4. 2 The 14th Session of the Administrative Council 15 4. 3 General Secretariat ...... 16 4.4 The International Frequency Registration Board (I.F.R.B.) 17 4. 5 The International Consultative Committees (C.C.I.s) . . . 18 4. 5.1 The International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (C.C.I.T.T.) ...... 18 4.5.2 The International Radio Consultative Committee (C.C.I.R.) 19 4. 6 Technical Assistance ...... 21 V. Relations with the United Nations and the other international organizations 26 Annexes Annex 1: Position of countries in relation to the Buenos Aires Convention (1952) and the Regulations annexed thereto, and to various agreements, conventions and arrangements ...... 29 Annex ibis: Result of consultation among Members of the Union concerning the admission of a new Member ...... 41 Annex 2a: Budget for 1959 (revised) and original provisional estimates for 1960 as suggested before the Plenipotenciary Conference, 1959 ...... 43 Annex 2b: Statement of total ordinary expenditure for the various organs ...... 52 Annex 3: Budget for 1959 (revised) and original provisional estimates for 1960 as suggested before the Plenipotentiary Conference, 1959, in the form adopted by the United Nations ...... 53 Annex 4: List of documents published by the Union in 1959 56 Annex 5: List of United Nations conferences and meetings to which the Union was invited ...... 60 Annex 6: Technical Assistance, under LT. U. auspices, during 1959 . 62 Annex 7: Position with regard to principal Accounts in Arrear 69 -2-
:U:. nNTROIDUCT:U:ON
This report summarizes the activities of the International Telecommunication Union during 1959, and relates mainly to the work done within the permanent organs of the Union. The activities of the Union in 1959 were dominated by two important conferences: the Plenipotentiary Conference and the Ordinary Administrative Radio Conference. A brief review of the work and decisions of both these Conferences is given in section 4. 1 of the present report. We should mention at this point, however, that the purposes of the Union were amplified in two respects in the new Convention adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference (cf. Article 4). In addition to the provisions of the Buenos Aires Convention we find the following new texts:
"The Union shall ...
" coordinate efforts to eliminate harmful interference between radio stations of different countries and to improve the use made of the radio frequency spectrum;
"foster the creation, development and improvement of telecommunication equipment and networks in new or developing countries by every means at its disposal, especially its parti cipation in the appropriate programmes of the United Nations. "
These two provisions are characteristic of major preoccupations of the Union today. The first reflects the renewed efforts which will be made to arrive at an orderly use and equitable distribution of frequencies in the radio spectrum. The second recognizes the trend of Union activities towards what is called " Technical Assistance". On the whole, however, the Union remains faithful to the principles which have guided it for almost a century and will continue its traditional activities. It remains basically an organ for technical cooperation, largely of a consultative nature. Within the well-defined field of tele communication its purposes are not restrictive and all countries may benefit equally from them provided they take an active part in its work. -3-
Ill. MJEMJIJJEJilS AN]) ASSOCKA'fE MEMBERS OF 'fHE UNION
Men1bership and Associate Membership of the Union are defined in Article 1 of the Inter national Telecommunication Convention (Buenos Aires, 1952), which came into force on 1 January, 1954. Table 1 in Annex 1 shows the position (as on 20 April, 1960) of the various countries in relation to the Buenos Aires Convention ( 1952). From 1953 to 1959, eighty signatories of that Convention ratified it, and sixteen countries (eight of them mentioned in Annexes 1 and 2 to the Convention) acceded thereto. In addition, two statements on behalf of Associate Members were registered, declaring that the Associate Members concerned would apply the Convention. Eighty countries have signed the Convention: there are seventy-eight effective signatures, plus a signature by the United States on behalf of the United States Territories (Final Protocol X) and a signature by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of British East Africa (Final Protocol XXVI). The request for Membership submitted by Kuwait was approved (see Annex 1 bis). The instrument of accession to the International Telecommunication Convention (Buenos Aires, 1952) was deposited with the General Secretariat on 14 August 1959. The name of the Member of the Union "Colonies, Protectorates, Overseas Territories and Territories under Mandate or Trusteeship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" was altered to "Overseas Territories for the international relations of which the Govern ment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are responsible". The name of the Member of the Union " Group of the Different States and Territories Repre sented by the French Overseas Postal and Telecommunication Agency " was altered to " Overseas States of the French Community and French Overseas Territories ". The name of the Member "Netherlands, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea" was changed to " Kingdom of the Netherlands". The Government of the State of Cameroon has submitted an application for Membership of the ITU. Consultation with the Members of the Union was begun on 2 March 1960 and will end on 2 July 1960. Article 15, paragraph 1, of the Convention lays down that the signatory governments shall deposit their instruments of ratification with the Secretary-General in as short a time as possible. But, under paragraph 2 (1) of this same Article, any signatory government enjoys the rights con ferred on Members of the Union, even though it may not have deposited an instrument of ratifica tion during a period of two years from the date of entry into force of the Convention, i.e. until 31 December, 1955. However, under paragraph 2.2), a signatory government which has not deposited such an instrument shall not be entitled to vote at any conference of the Union, or at any meeting of any of its permanent organs, after the end of a period of two years from the date of entry into force of the Buenos Aires Convention (i.e. as from 1 January, 1956), nor shall it be entitled to vote until it has deposited an instrument of ratification. In 1959, as in previous years, the General Secretariat drew the attention of Administrations whose governments had not ratified the Convention or acceded thereto, to the above-mentioned provisions, and invited them to regularise their position with all possible speed. In sending out invitations to the Radio Conference (Geneva, 1959) and the Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1959), the General Secretariat sent a reminder to these Administrations, so that they might enjoy the full benefits of Membership as set forth in the Convention. Another reminder, this time by telegram, was despatched on 19 February 1959. -4-
As is customary, Table I also indicates the position of countries in relation to the Regulations annexed to the Buenos Aires Convention (1952)-under Article 23 of the Buenos Aires Convention, the Administrative Regulations annexed to the Atlantic City Convention (1947) are considered as annexed to the Buenos Aires Convention-and also in relation to the Agreement reached by the Extraordinary Administrative Conference (Geneva, 1951) and the High-Frequency Broadcasting Agreement. The reason for this is that at its 10th Session, in 1955, the Administrative Council expressed the view that Annex 1 should provide information about the Conventions and Agreements con cluded in application of the Radio Regulations, apart from information about the Buenos Aires Convention (1952) and the annexed Regulations. Hence such information has been included in the tables forming Annex 1.
Furthermore, Table I of Annex 1 contains information about: a) the signing and approval of the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations adopted by the Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1958), which came into force on 1 January, 1960; b) the signing of the International Telecommunication Convention as revised by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva, 1959); and c) the signing of the Radio Regulations and the Additional Radio Regulations drawn up by the Administrative Radio Conference (Geneva, 1959). -5-
Ill. MANAGEMtNT OF THE UNION
Some information is given below about the staff and finances of the Union.
3.1 STAFF
3 .1.1 On 31 December 1959, 252 persons were employed by the various organs of the Union of whom 144 were permanent officials and 108 had temporary contracts.
Distribution of stafj among organs *)
Staff Organs Total permanent temporary I : : ' General Secretariat 71 44 115 I.F.R.B. 50**) 48 98 C.C.I.T.T. 13 9 22 : C.C.I.R. 10 7 17 " Total 144 (154) 108 (107) 252 (261)
3 .1. 2 It should be noted that the ordinary budget for 1959 provided for 222 permanent post~. In 1959, three permanent officials retired, six resigned and one died. In accordance with a Resolution of the Administrative Council, no new permanent appointment was made. Among temporary staff, one left the Union because of age and 11 resigned.
3.1.3 The scope and length of the conferences in 1959 required, of course, the ~p.gagemen't .of many supernumerary officials for a large number of working days, as may be seen from the following table:
*) For purposes of comparison, numbers at the end of 1958 are shown in brackets. **) Including the 11 Members of the I.F.R.B. -6-
Supernumerary Staff
Number Total number of contracts of working days
Interpreters 149 6,099 r~~sla~ors. 66 4,566 Editors~ proof-readers, etc .. 10 720 Draughtsmen 3 400 Office employees 64 5,272 Simultaneoup, interpretation operators 11 1,135 Shorthand-typists 206 12,710 Telephone operators 12 605 Roneo operators 72 5,309 Messengers 34 3,479
Distribution of staff by classes
G.S. I.F.R.B. C.C.I.T.T. C.C.I.R. Totals Classes p T p T p T p T p T I I I I I I A 11 1 1 13 B 1 1 2 c 2 1 3 D 2 1 2 1 6 a 3 2 1 6 b 8 4 1 3 1 16 1 c 7 5 3 5 1 11 10 d 9 2 6 1 1 16 3 e 4 1 5 7 1 10 8 I 14 1 9 2 3 3 2 1 28 7 g 10 9 6 11 1 3 1 1 18 24 h 5 13 2 9 1 1 7 24 t 3 8 1 11 1 1 5 20 j 2 3 2 2 2 2 9 k 1 2 1 2
Totals. .. 71 44 50 48 13 9 10 7 144 108
115 98 22 17 252
It should be noted that the General Secretariat includes some services which are shared by all the organs. -7-
3. 1 . 4 Geographical distribution In the following table, the geographical distribution of the staff of the Union at the end of 1959 is shown separately for staff in classes in which recruitment of staff on an international basis is possible (down to class e) and staff in classes f to k.
Salary classes COUNTRY :(3-rand Un- Total classi- A B c D a b c d e Total f g h i j k fled
Federal German Rep. 1 1 1 3 2 1 6 Argentina 1 1 2 2 Australia 1 1 1 Belgium. 1 1 2 3 Canada 2 2 Chile 1 1 China . 1 1 1 3 3 Colombia 1 1 1 Cuba 1 1 1 2 Denmark 1 1 1 2 Spain . 1 2 1 3 7 1 1 2 11 France 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 4 18 3 9 4 3 1 2 40 Greece 1 1 India . 1 1 1 Portuguese India 1 1 Italy 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 9 Japan 2 2 2 Mexico 1 1 Pakistan 2 2 1 3 Netherlands 1 1 1 2 4 Poland 1 1 1 1 3 United Kingdom 1 1 1 1 2 2 7 3 1 19 2 4 4 1 30 Switzerland 1 2 2 6 4 11 5 31 16 20 18 14 9 1 109 South Africa . 1 1 1 U.S.S.R. 1 1 2 1 3 U.S.A. 1 1 1 3 3 Yugoslavia 1 1 1 2 Stateless 1 1 2 1 1 5 ------Total 13 2 3 6 6 17 21 19 18 105 35 42 31 24 12 3 252
3 .1. 5 At its 14th Session, the Administrative Council studied the Secretary-General's proposal regarding the alignment of the conditions of employment for Union staff with those of the United Nations common system. These proposals were presented by the Council to the Plenipotentiary Conference, which approved them and authorized the entry into force of the new conditions with effect from 1 January 1960, provided " that the cost thereof shall not, in 1960, exceed by more than 500,000 Swiss francs the personnel expenditure foreseen in the budget for 1960" (Resolution No. 7). The Plenipotentiary Conference also reached decisions (Resolution No. 9) concerning the geographical distribution of staff. These decisions should lead to an appreciable improvement in geographical distribution both generally and for particular regions of the world as and when new staff are recruited. It was also decided under this Resolution that staff already in service who would have been entitled to the benefits of international or semi-local recruitment will become entitled to those benefits with effect from 1 January 1960. -8--
3. 2 FINANCE
3. 2.1 All matter relating to the finances of the Union, and the relative data, will be found in the Financial Operating Report, which is published separately. It nevertheless seemed advisable to reproduce here the comparative budget for 1959 (revised) and the original provisional estimates for 1960 as suggested before the Plenipotentiary Conference, 1959, so that readers of this report may have some idea of the credits granted for the various activities of the Union.
We have therefore reproduced a) in Annexes Nos. 2 a) and 2 b}, the budget for 1959 (revised) and the original provisional estimates for 1960, in the form adopted by the Administrative Council of the Union as prescribed in Articles 2 to 9, 15 to 17 and in Annex 1 of the Financial Regulations of the Union, together with a statement of the total ordinary expenditure for the financial year 1959; b) in Annex 3, the budget for 1959 (revised) and the original provisional estimates for 1960, in the form prescribed in Article 9, paragraph 3, of the Financial Regulations of the Union, i.e. in the summarized form adopted by the United Nations and the other specialized agencies.
3. 2. 2 Several items in the 1959 budgets approved by the Administrative Council at its 1958 session were revised at the 1959 session. The ordinary budget was approved within the limit fixed by the Administrative Council at 6,712,550.- Swiss francs on the basis of Buenos Aires Additional Protocol IV (1952), subject to ratification by the Plenipotentiary Conference in Geneva, 1959. In its Resolution No. 18, the latter Conference confirmed Administrative Council Resolu tion No. 399 fixing the limits on ordinary expenditure by the Union for 1959.
3. 2. 3 For 1960, the Administrative Council prepared a provisional budget on the basis of the existing organization, the volume of work and the conditions of employment in the Union in 1959. This provisional ordinary budget amounts to 7,482,850 Swiss francs, excluding Technical Assistance administrative expenses, which will be reimbursed by the United Nations.
3. 2. 4 Since the reserve account was exhausted, the Administrative Council drew the attention of the Members and Associate Members of the Union to the fact that such a large budget, when split up into the existing number of contributory shares, would result in an increase in the amount of the unit. Moreover, the decisions to be taken by the Plenipotentiary Conference-for example, oo the question of full alignment of employment conditions in the Union with those of the United Nations common system and a possible internal reorganization in the Union-might further affect the amount of the contributory unit. The decisions of the Administrative Radio Conference might also result in an increase in the normal expenditure of the Union.
3. 2. 5 Since it was impossible to anticipate the decisions of the Conferences, and in order to ensure that the Union would have sufficient liquid funds at the beginning of 1960, the Administrative Council requested the Members and Associate Members to pay a provisional contributory share for 1960 at the rate of 8,800 Swiss francs per unit, which had been the rate for the preceding six years.
3. 2. 6 Additional Protocol Ill annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention (Geneva, 1959), which takes into account the financial implications of the decisions taken by the recent conferences, the Plenipotentiary Conference instructed the Administrative Council to draw up, at its ordinary session in 1960, the budget of the Union for 1960 in its final form within the limits of a total sum of 9,000,000 Swiss francs. As soon as the Administrative Council has drawn up this final budget, a supplementary account in accordance with the conditions outlined -9-
under point 4 of Protocol Ill will be sent to Administrations. The budgets of the Conferences and meetings and the supplementary publications budget for 1960 will also be revised by the Administrative Council as a result of the decisions taken by the Conferences in 1959.
3. 2. 7 Classification of M embers and Associate M embers of the Union for . the apportionment of expenditure. With the accession of the Republic of Guinea, which contributed in the 1-unit class as from 1 March, 1959, and of Kuwait, which contributed in the 1-unit class as from 1 August, 1959, the Members and Associate Members of the Union contributed, at the end of 1959, a total of 619 units. The recovery of ordinary contributory shares from Members and Associate Members of the Union was not quite so good as in preceding years. For the year 1959, it was 88.82% at 31 December 1959 (compared with 97.05% at the end of 1958).
3.2.8 Cash resources of the Union Advances totalling 3,800,000 Swiss francs had to be progressively requested in 1959 from the Swiss Confederation, to cover the considerable extraordinary expenditure incurred by the meetings of the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT), the Plenary Assembly of the International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR) in Los Angeles, the Administrative Radio Conference and the Plenipotentiary Conference in Geneva, 1959. The total of these advances, which stood at 1,500,000 Swiss francs at the end of 1958, thus amounted to 5,300,000 Swiss francs at the end of 1959.
3. 2. 9 Contributions in arrear a) Arrears under the Madrid Convention, 1932: Swiss francs Position on 31 December, 1958 . . . . . 105,811.21 Position on 29 February, 1960 . . . . . 19,686.21 b) Arrears under the Atlantic City Convention (1947), and the Buenos Aires Convention, (1952): Position on 31 December, 1958 ...... 1,750,223.20 Position on 29 February, 1960 ...... 1,742,784.- c) Queried contributions (including interest on overdue payments up to the end of 1958) (Buenos-Aires Resolutions 14 and 15): Position on 31 December, 1958 272,360.97 Position on 29 February, 1960 ...... 161,555.67
Despite the steps taken by the General Secretariat during 1959 in accordance with the instruc tions received from the Administrative Council and the Plenipotentiary Conference for the settlement of contributions in arrear, there has been no appreciable change in these accounts in 1959. Annex 7 contains a list of the Union's principal debtors whose contributions were in arrear as at 29 February 1960. As regards queried contributions, the Plenipotentiary Conference decided,by its Resolution 20, to transfer to the profit and loss account the interest now owing on these overdue contributions and to instruct the Administrative Council to continue its endeavours to obtain settlement of the capital debts outstanding.
3.2.10 Coordination on the administratiPe and budgetary lePels between the United Nations and the specialized agencies Further to the invitation sent by the Secretary-General of the Union in accordance with the provisions of Resolution No. 884 (IX) of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the United -10-
Nations Advisory Committee for Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A.C.A.B.Q.) met at the Headquarters of the ITU on 13 and 14 April 1959 to study our organization on the spot. The Committee held detailed discussions with the Secretary-General on various administrative and budgetary matters. The Committee's findings were set out in Documtmt A/4148 dated 17 July, 1959, transmitted to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and in the Annex to Document 8 of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, Geneva, 1959.
3 . 2. 11 Technical Assistance Administrative expenditure due to participation in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance was 133,274.35 Swiss francs in 1959. This expenditure is refunded to the Union by the United· Nations.
3. 2.12 The I. T. U. Staff Superannuation and Bene(Jolent Funds The I.T.U. Staff Superannuation and Benevolent Funds continued to receive the regular contributions from the Union and from its members. At the end of 1959 it had 259 members (including 18 retired persons) distributed in the following manner: Pension Fund (permanent staff) . . . . . 118 members Savings-Insurance Fund (temporary staff) 109 members Provident Fund: i) staff employed by the I.T. U. before 1 J anu- ary 1947 ...... 31 members ii) staff engaged after that date but subject to the same conditions ...... 1 member 32 members
The Pension Fund in 1959 paid out five retirement pensions, two disability pensions (one from 1 July, 1959) and three survivors' pensions (two widow and orphans, and one orphan from 1 May, 1959). The Common Fund of the Savings-Insurance Fund paid two life annuities (one from 1 March 1959) in accordance with Article 14, para. 2 and Article 45, para. 3 of the Regulations. A disability pension has also been paid. The Provident Fund paid retirement pensions to eleven former officials, one of whom, Dr. B. van der Pol, former Director of the C.C.I.R., died on 6 October, 1959. Two widow's pensions were also paid, one from 1st December, 1959. On 31 December 1959, the assets of the Staff Superannuation and Benevolent Funds came to 12,047,546.77 Swiss francs. The Management Report of the I.T. U. S.S. and B. Funds, contained in the second part of the 1959 Financial Operating Report, gives full information regarding the studies and work of the Management Board. It should be noted that in Resolutions Nos. 7 and 8, the Plenipotentiary Conference, Geneva, decided that the Union would be affiliated to the United Nations Joint staff Pension Fund from 1 January, 1960. The affiliation conditions take account of the Special features of the composi tion of the Union's staff and existing insurance systems. -11-
IV. t.TNION ACTIVITIES IN 1959
4.1 CoNFERENCEs AND MEETINGS
The Plenipotentiary Conference
Under the terms of the present International Telecommunication Convention, the Plenipo tentiary Conference, the supreme organ of the Union, normally meets every five years to: a) consider the report by the Administrative Council on its activities and those of the Union since the last plenipotentiary conference; b) establish the basis for the budget of the Union and determine a fiscal limit for the ordinary expenditure of the Union until the next plenipotentiary conference; c) establish the basic salary scales of the Secretary-General, of all of the Union staff and of the members of the International Frequency Registration Board ; d) finally approve the accounts of the Union; e) elect the Members of the Union which are to serve on the Administrative Council; f) revise the Convention if it considers this necessary; g) conclude or revise, if necessary, agreements between the Union and other international organizations, examine any provisional agreements with such organizations concluded, on behalf of the Union, by the Administrative Council, and take such measures in connec tion therewith as it deems appropriate; h) deal with such other telecommunication questions as may be necessary.
A Plenipotentiary Conference was held in Geneva from 14 October to 21 December, 1959. It was attended by delegates of 88 Members and 1 Associate Member of the Union and by observers of the United Nations and several Specialized Agencies. The total number of participants was 386. The Geneva Conference drew up the new International Telecommunication Convention, which on 1 January, 1961, will replace the present one established at Buenos Aires in 1952. However, under the terms of a Protocol, effect has already been given to certain decisions of the Conference. The new Convention was signed on behalf of 84 Members and 1 Associate Member of the Union. The Conference decided to maintain the existing structure of the Union, i.e. the Plenipoten tiary Conference, the Administrative Conference, the Administrative Council and the four Per manent Organs of the Union (General Secretariat, I.F.R.B., C.C.I.R. and C.C.I.T.T.) each with its own specialized secretariat. Among the changes introduced by the Conference in the Convention, special mention should perhaps be made of the increase in membership of the Administrative Council from 18 to 25 Mem- -12-
hers of the Union, in order to ensure a more equitable representation of the various major areas of the world, in line with recent political changes and the requirements of the new or developing countries. Although the Geneva Convention will not enter into force until 1 January, 1961, this change, under the terms of a Protocol, was made effective forthwith and the Conference elected the following Members to the new Council which was constituted during the Plenipotentiary Conference and which will continue to perform the duties asisgned to it under the new Convention:
Region A (the Americas)
Argentine Republic, Brazil, Canada, Republic of Colombia, United States of America, Mexico.
Region B (Western Europe)
Spain, France, Italy, Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Switzerland.
Region C (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)
Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Region D (Africa)
Ethiopia, Kingdom of Morocco, United Arab Republic, Tunisia.
Region E (Asia and Australasia)
Commonwealth of Australia, China, Republic of India, Iran, Japan, Republic of the Philippines.
It was also decided that the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Union should be elected by the Plenipotentiary Conference itself rather than by the Administrative Council, and under the Protocol mentioned above, the Conference thereupon elected Mr. Gerald C. Gross (United States of America) as Secretary-General and Dr. M. B. Sarwate (Republic of India) as Deputy Secretary-General, each normally to remain in office until dates determined by the next Plenipotentiary Conference. The Conference decided that the International Frequency Registration Board (I.F.R.B.) should be maintained as a Board of 11 Members but that the Members, chosen from candidates sponsored by the countries, Members of the Union, should be elected in a personal capacity and not, as formerly, be designated by the countries elected to nominate members to serve on the Board. The Conference decided that the part played by the I.T.U. in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance should be increased and that in future the I.T.U. would itself manage its own Technical Assistance scheme. The Consultative Committees are called upon to supply technical guidance sought by new or developing countries and references were included in the new Convention to emphasize the responsibility of all organs of the Union in the promotion of Technical Assistance to these countries. As regards the finances of the Union it will be recalled that in the past expenses were classified as ordinary expenses and extraordinary expenses. The ordinary expenses included, in particular, those pertaining to the meetings of the Administrative Council, the salaries of the staff and other expenses of the General Secretariat, of the I.F.R.B., of the C.C.Is., and of the laboratories and technical installations created by the Union. The extraordinary expenses included all expenses -13-
relating to conferences and to meetings of the C.C.Is. Whereas the ordinary expenses were borne by all Members and Associate 1\tlembers, the extraordinary expenses were borne only by the Members and Associate Members participating in the conferences or meetings. The Geneva Conference decided that in future the Union should have a single consolidated budget covering all these expenses which are thus borne by all Members and Associate Members. Members and Associate Members remain free to choose their class of contribution for defraying Union expenses. The Conference established a ceiling for the ordinary budget for 1960 and for the consolidated budget for each of the years 1961 to 1965. Finally it was decided that, with effect from 1 January 1960, the staff of the I.T.U. should be assimilated to the conditions of employment, salaries, allowances and pensions of the United Nations Common System.
Among other resolutions adopted by the Conference, it is perhaps of interest to mention those under which: a) the Secretary-General was instructed to communicate with Member and Associate Mem- bers in order to ascertain whether they contemplate any telecommunication projects for the realisation of which the help of outside capital would be desirable and to approach the relevant inter-governmental and private agencies in order to seek their views on this question and to know whether, if the case arises, they would be prepared to associate themselves with an international financial scheme, b) the Administrative Council was instructed to take all possible steps within the framework of the Convention to continue most active cooperation with E.C.A.F.E. in the imple mentation of the recommendations already endorsed by the Inland Transport and Com munication Committee of E.C.A.F.E., c) the C.C.Is. were instructed to continue joint studies with a view to recommending suitable means for linking to the world telephone network regions not yet connected thereto, d) the C.C. Is. were instructed to extend the activities of the Plan Committee on Development of the International Telecommunication Network to Latin America, setting up an appro priate working party for that purpose.
The Administrative Radio Conference
The duties of an ordinary administrative radio conference are to: a) revise the Radio Regulations and Additional Radio Regulations, annexed to the Inter national Telecommunication Convention, b) deal with all other matters deemed necessary within the terms of the Convention and the general regulations, and any directives given by the Plenipotentiary Conference, c) elect the members of the International Frequency Registration Board, d) review the activities of the Board. Such a Conference, the first of its kind since 1947, was held in Geneva from 17 August to 21 Decem ber, 1959. It was attended by delegates of 85 Members and 2 Associate Members of the Union, by representatives of Recognized Private Operating Agencies and by observers of the United Nations and of several Specialized Agencies and other international organizations. The total number of participants in the Conference was 799. The Conference drew up the new Radio Regulations and Additional Radio Regulations which, on 1 May, 1961, will replace those which were established in Atlantic City in 1947. The new Radio Regulations were signed on behalf of 83 Members and 1 Associate Member and the Additional Radio Regulations were signed on behalf of 82 Members and 1 Associate Member. One of the essential tasks of the Conference was to carry out a most thorough overhaul of frequency band allocations, making due allowance for the relative expansion of all services while -14- providing for the requirements of radio astronomy and of the organizations which need communi cations for research purposes in connection with outer space. The Conference, foreseeing that the high-frequency portion of the radio spectrum would shortly become so congested that it would be impossible to provide therein for additional services-including those necessary to meet the needs of new or developing countries-decided to establish a· special panel of experts to study the replanning of this section of the spectrum with a view to its more effective utilization by services which can only effect the required communications by the use of high frequencies. It provided for a substantial amount of preparatory work to be undertaken, prior to the meeting of the panel, by the permanent organs of the Union, particularly by the I.F.R.B., and it charged the I.F.R.B. to study, on a long-term basis, the usage of the radio spectrum in general with a view to making recommendations for its more effective use. The Conference amended the current Frequency Allotment Plans for the aeronautical mobile services in order to take account of some recent modifications of international air routes and the requirements of countries which had recently attained independence, and revised the Plan for the maritime mobile radiotelephone service to provide for the frequency requirements of some countries which are not adequately provided for in the current Plan. It also evolved a new procedure for the treatment of high-frequency broadcasting services with a view to reducing interference between such services, enabling better provisions to be made for the expanding services of new or developing countries and with a view to attaining the ultimate objective of compatible plans for the use of the frequency bands allocated to the high-frequency broadcasting service. The Conference decided that a new " Master International Frequency Register " should be prepared by the I.F.R.B. and established new procedures for the treatment and recording of frequency assignments, including investigations in the case of mutually incompatible assignments of the cause of this incompatibility and the formulation of suggestions for its avoidance. In this and other connections it recognized the need for the international monitoring system to he developed and expanded and made appt·opriate recommendations to Administrations, the C.C.I.R. and the I.F.R.B. The Conference formulated a complete range of operating procedures for both radiotelegraph and radiotelephone systems of communication, for use in the maritime mobile and aeronautical mobile services. In these procedures and in other provisions of the new Radio Regulations, special attention was devoted to the more effective operation of distress services. Much emphasis was placed on the need to provide more effective assistance in the technical field to new or developing countries, particularly in respect of assistance to be provided by the I.F.R.B., and it was decided that a special section of the specialized secretariat of the I.F.R.B. should be established for this purpose. Finally, after reviewing and considerably expanding the duties to be assigned to the I.F.R.B., the Conference elected the following new Board:
Region A (the Americas) Mr. A. H. Cata (Cuba) Mr. F. Dellamula (Argentina) Mr. J. H. Gayer (United States of America).
Region B (Western Europe) Mr. J. A. Gracie (United Kingdom) Mr. R. Petit (France).
Region C (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia) 1\Ir. M. Flisak (People's Republic of Poland) Mr. N. Krassnoselski (U.S.S.R.). -15-
Region D (Africa). Mr. N. H. Roberts (Union of South Africa).
Region E (Asia and Australasia) Mr. S. Rase (Japan) Mr. M. N. Mirza (Pakistan) Mr. T. K. Wang (China).
Under the terms of the Protocol established by the Plenipotentiary Conference, and men tioned above, the Radio Conference decided that the new Board should take office on 1 October, 1960. Among recommendations formulated by the Conference, it is perhaps of interest to mention those under which: a) Administrations, I.C.A.O. and I.M.C.O. were recommended to study the problem of the use of both airborne and shiphorne radars in the hand 9300-9500 Mcjs, with a view to avoiding harmful interference to radionavigation services providing a safety of life function, b) Administrations and I.C.A.O. were recommended to pay special attention to the progress being made in developing a suitable collision avoidance system, in view of the ever increasing speed of modern aircraft, c) Administrations, I.M.C.O. and I.C.A.O. were invited to study an international radio telephone code drawn up by the Conference with a view to avoiding dangerous misinter pretations of radiotelephone communications on account of language difficulty, particularly in distress and rescue operations, d) Administrations, when preparing for the next Administrative Radio Conference, should consider further the question of frequency allocations for the radio astronomy service, e) Administrations were recommended to study the possibility of assigning one or more common frequencies to stations of the Red Cross Organizations, f) it. was recommended that an Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference he convened in principle during the latter part of 1963, to examine technical progress in the use of radio communications for research work in outer space.
* * * Other meetings of importance in 1959 included the Annual Session of the Administrative Council, the IXth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.R. in Los Angeles and meetings of Study Groups of the International Consultative Committees.
4. 2 THE 14TH SESSION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CouNCIL
The Administrative Council held its 14th ordinary session in Geneva, from 19 May to 12 June, 1959. Much of the work of the session was devoted to the preparation of the two important conferences which were to he held in the summer and autumn of 1959. The Council drew up its report to the Plenipotentiary Conference on the activities of the Union from 1953 to 1959 and on the questions to be considered by the Conference. It also drew up a report, for the AdministratiCJe Radio Conference, relative to the application of the Atlantic City Table of Frequency Allocations; the latter report summarized the action taken by the Council in this field taking into account the decisions of the Extraordinary AdministratiCJe Radio Conference, 1951. -16-
As at previous sessions, the Council paid great attention to Technical Assistance. After examining the activities of the Union in the framework of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, it studied conditions for participation in the activities financed by the United Nations Special Fund, and defined measures to be taken to give effect to the recommendations issued by the meeting of telecommunication experts which was held in Tokyo, in May, 1959, under the auspices of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. In the administrative and financial fields, the Council prepared data to be submitted to the Plenipotentiary Conference to guide it when it decided on the structure and amount of budgets for the next five years and on the assimilation of the employment conditions of I.T. U. staff to those of the officials who come under the United Nations common system. The Council also held a special session on 12 and 13 October, 1959, to complete those sections of its report to the Plenipotentiary Conference which dealt with staff questions. Finally, the new Administrative Council elected by the Plenipotentiary Conference held a brief constituent session in Geneva. on 16 December, 1959. For 1960 it elected as its Chairman Mr. Libero 0. de Miranda (Brazil) and as its Vice-Chairman Mr. Vladimir Senk (Yugoslavia) and it set the date for its 1960 session.
4.3 AcTIVITIEs OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
4.3 .1 General
The year 1959 was a particularly active one for the General Secretariat since the two major conferences referred to in Section 4. 1 above were held at the seat of the Union without an inviting Government. Many of the tasks of organization which would normally be incumbent upon an inviting government had, therefore, also to be performed by the Secretary-General. Furthermore, the fact that an Administrative Radio Conference had not been held since 1947 increased consider ably the task before the Geneva Conference and was reflected in the number of proposals submitted for the work of the Conference. They amounted to over 3,000, and the work involved in their compilation and publication prior to the Conference was considerable. The Secretariat of the Administrative Radio Conference was comprised of officials of the General Secretariat, reinforced by a substantial supernumary staff. Its work was somewhat complicated by the fact that it was necessary to use two separate buildings some distance apart and that, at a later stage, additional meeting rooms had to be provided in yet a third building. In October 1959 the Plenipotentiary Conference also opened in Geneva. It met in the same buildings and was serviced by the same Secretariat as the Radio Conference. Both Conferences completed their work on 21 December, 1959, exceeding by only a few days the period envisaged by the Administrative Council. Apart from conference work, the General Secretariat continued to discharge its normal duties as prescribed in the Convention, although hampered by the shortage, for various reasons, of senior officials. The Technical Assistance activities are described in Section 4. 6 of this Rep on, and reference is made below to the publication of the large number of documents, known as Service Documents, which are essential to the smooth operation of international telecommunica tion services.
4. 3. 2 Publication of documents
In accordance with the decisions taken by the 13th Session of the Administrative Council, prices were increased in 1959 by 17o/0 for Members and Associate Members and 23o/0 for other subscribers to cover the general costs of documents on sale. The despatch service sent off 100,000 despatches in 1959, for a value of 230,639 Swiss francs carriage costs. -17-
4.4 AcTIVITIEs oF THE INTERNATIONAL FREQUENCY REGISTRATION BoARD (I.F.R.B.)
4. 4.1 During the early part of 1959, the I.F.R.B., in view of the Administrative Radio Confer ence which was scheduled to meet in Geneva on 17 August, 1959, pursued a number of studies to facilitate the work of that Conference. It also prepared a comprehensive report to this Confer ence in which it not only described, in detail, all the activities of the Board since 1948, but in which it reviewed, in individual sections of the report, the conditions prevailing in the spectrum allocated to each main type of radio service, and drew the attention of the Conference to a number of prob lems which had arisen in the fields of frequency utilization and registration in these sections of the spectrum. The report contained suggestions, for consideration by the Conference, for possible solutions.
4. 4. 2 During the Radio Conference, members of the Board, and also many members of the Board's staff, took an active part in the various Committees and Working Groups and placed at the disposal of the Secretary-General, and of the Conference, a number of officials whose assistance contributed materially to the expeditious treatment of the Conference business. They were much appreciated.
4.4.3 During the year 1959, the I.F.R.B. continued to discharge the duties relating to the utiliza. tion, notification, technical examination and registration of frequencies prescribed in the Convention, Radio Regulations and the E.A.R.C. Agreement.
4.4.4 The total number of frequency assignment notices received during the year was 81,797. The total number of frequency assignment notices treated during the year was 83,437 (including 19,823 which were outstanding from 1958); and the number of outstanding notices still requiring treatment on the 31 December, 1959, was 18,183. Treatment of a large number of the latter notices was delayed due to the activities of the Board and its staff in the Administrative Radio Conference.
4.4.5 The Board also completed draft plans for the High-Frequency Broadcasting Service for the outstanding three phases of low solar activity, thus enabling the complete set of draft plans for the nine seasons prescribed by the E.A.R.C. to be presented for the consideration of Administrations and of the Administrative Radio Conference.
4. 4. 6 In addition, the Board prepared for publication and despatch to Administrations: (i) The Sixth Edition of the Radio Frequency Record in order that an up-to-date Record should be available to the Administrative Radio Conference. (ii) Twelve Monthly Summaries of Monitoring Information. (iii) The Board's " Rules of Procedure ".
4. 4. 6. 1 It also prepared, for its own work and for sale to Administrations, Supplements Nos. 3 and 4 to Technical Standard B-1, consisting of 2020 sheets of propagation curves for 655 specific circuits not previously included in the Board's Technical Standards. The field strength calcula tions which formed a part of the preparation of these curves were performed with the aid of an electronic computer.
4. 4. 7 The total number of letters and telegrams exchanged between Administrations and the Board during 1959 was 8,081; also 13 Circular-letters relating to special studies conducted by the Board were prepared in addition to the 52 weekly I.F.R.B. circulars. -18-
4. 5 THE ACTIVITIES oF THE INTERNATIONAL CoNSULTATIVE CoMMITTEES (C.C.I.s)
Some information is given below on the activities of the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (C.C.I.T.T.) and the International Radio Consultative Committee (C.C.I.R.).
4.5.1 International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (C.C.I.T.T.) This Committee continued to be very busy in 1959, and numerous meetings of study groups, sub-groups and working parties were held (144 days of meeting).
4. 5. 1 . 1 Transmission and maintenance questions A working party studied the specification of small-diameter coaxial pairs, and of systems using these pairs. These systems, which include transistor amplifiers, are still being developed; however, agreement was reached on some points, which will serve as a guide for subsequent studies. The joint C.C.I.T.T.-C.C.I.R. working party on circuit noise (managed by the C.C.I.T.T.) prepared a draft recommendation relative to admissible noise on a line-of-sight radio relay link for the transmission of start-stop telegraphy. This working party began to study the noise which may exist on a radio relay link using tropospheric scatter propagation. Finally, the C.C.I.T.T. recommendations relative to hypothetical reference circuits and circuit noise were completed and brought up to date. The working party responsible for drawing up the programme of work for the C.C.I.T.T. laboratory proposed that the old reference system for telephone transmission (known as the master telephone transmission reference system-S.F.E.R.T.) should be abandoned when the laboratory was installed in the new LT. U. building. This working party defined a new reference system (known as the new fundamental system for the determination of reference equivalents N.O.S.F.E.R.) which will replace S.F.E.R.T. in all its applications and will be composed mainly of the elements also used in the other reference system for articulation tests, known as reference apparatus for the determination of transmission performance ratings-A.R.A.E.N. (which is retained). The Maintenance Study Group examined the results of a programme of measurements of the stability of international circuits and defined the principles according to which automatic trans mission measuring apparatus will have to be designed. The same Study Group proceeded to revise the " Maintenance Instructions ", which will be distributed among all the planning services of Administrations as well as among officials of all repeater stations taking part in the international service. The latter stations have jus~ been provided with a " Multilingual vocabulary of essential line terms ". This vocabulary, which is in nine languages, is the fruit of a long period of work; it was revised for the last time by a meeting of the Maintenance Study Group. More than 3,000 copies have now been distributed.
4. 5 .1. 2 Telephone operation and tariffs A study group meeting in July, 1959, chose methods to be adopted for the establishment of accounts in the fully automatic international service. International accounts among Administrations in the automatic international service will henceforth be established with the aid of meters in the outgoing international exchanges. The criterion used to establish the accounts will be the total conversation time. No deduction will be made for wrong numbers, test calls and service calls. The various charging areas which may exist in the incoming country will have to be distinguished by the metering equipment in the outgoing country. The provisions adopted imply the necessity of discriminating in the outgoing international exchanges, between fully automatic and semi-automatic calls. The latter will -19- still be recorded on tickets made out by the international operators to serve as a basis for inter national accounting. Various other operating questions were settled at the same meeting; for example, the layout of the " List of international telephone routes " was defined; this List will have to be established by the General Secretariat to cover the whole world, in accordance with the new Telephone Regulations (Geneva, 1958). Finally, new " Instructions for the International Telephone Service" were approved. This booklet replaces the old " Instructions for operators ". The new booklet, of which nearly 10,000 copies have been published, has been distributed to operators in all international exchanges since 1 January, 1960, the date on which the new Telephone Regulations came into force. The booklet was drafted in accordance with the decisions of the C.C.I.T.T. Special Assembly, taking into consideration the amendments in the new Telephone Regulations (Geneva, 1958). It should be noted that the " Instructions for the International Telephone Service" now has a Section IV relative to fully automatic operating; although this new section is fairly brief, it covers entirely new ground.
4. 5 .1. 3 Telegraphy The studies of telegraph distortion, margin of apparatus and error rates gave rise to numerous investigations in countries equipped with distortion analyzers. The results of these inquiries will be of use for data transmission as well as for telegraphy. As far as operation is concerned, the studies requested by the Special Assembly and the 1958 Administrative Telegraph Conference have begun; in particular, the leasing of circuits and rates in the fully automatic telex service have been studied. Studies of the use of perforated tape for transit (whether automatic or not), and telex signalling on radiotelegraph circuits have been corn pleted.
4. 5. 1 . 4 Protection The appropriate study groups drew up directives and recommendations on the protection of telecommunication lines against the adverse effects of power lines and the protection of under ground cables against corrosion.
4.5.1.5 General Plan for the DePelopment of the International Network A working party (for South Asia and the Far East) of the Plan Committee met in Tokyo immediately after the meeting of telecommunication experts of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (E.C.A.F.E.). The working party assembled valuable information and drew up a preliminary plan for the development of the international network in the region under consideration. The plan will be reviewed at a meeting to be held in New Delhi in 1960, before the C.C.I.T.T. Plenary Assembly.
4. 5 .1. 6 Vocabulary Study Group 7 (Vocabulary and Symbols) met once in 1959. During this meeting, Study Group 7 considered that the " List of Essential Telecommunication Terms " published by the I. T. U. should be revised, from the linguistic as well as the technical angle. Preparatory studies have been completed with a view to the preparation of a common list of graphic symbols for telegraphy and telephony. It has been proposed that there should be closer cooperation between the C.C.I.T.T. and the International Electrotechnical Commission on these and all other matters that might be of common concern to the two organizations.
4.5.2 International Radio ConsultatiPe Committee (C.C.I.R.) The year 1959 was particularly active for the C.C.I.R., its IXth Plenary Assembly being held in Los Angeles during April of that year, and the first three of the five volumes resulting -20- from it being published by the end of November. There was also much work connected with the Plenipotentiary and Administrative Radio Conferences, held in the latter part of the year in Geneva.
4. 5. 2. 1 The I Xth Plenary Assembly: The first months of 1959 were devoted to final preparations for the IXth Plenary Assembly, which was held from 2-29 April in Los Angeles, at the invitation of the United States Govern ment issued at the VIIIth Plenary Assembly in Warsaw in 1956. While this Assembly is the subject of a separate report, certain details can usefully be recalled here. At the outset it is particularly gratifying to be able to report that the Plenary Assembly received a message of greeting from the President of the United States at its opening Session; it is believed to be the first occasion upon which a Head of State has so honoured a Plenary Assembly of the Committee. In keeping with developments in radiocommunications, the Plenary Assembly decided to replace the existing separate Study Groups for Ground Wave and Tropospheric Propagation respectively, by a single Study Group covering both these subjects. Experience has, in fact, shown that it is difficult to determine with any accuracy the boundary between these means of radio wave propagation. On the other hand it was decided, in order to meet the requirements of satellite techniques, to set up a new Study Group to consider Communications with and between Space Vehicles. The number of Study Groups, fourteen, accordingly remains the same. Another aspect of space research-Radio Astronomy-which is of great importance to basic human knowledge, was discussed at great length, and proposals to facilitate observations in this field were drawn up for the Radio Conference. A total of 306 persons took part in the Plenary Assembly, representing 39 Administrations, 17 recognized operating agencies, 8 international organizations, 2 specialized agencies of the United Nations, while all the organs of the LT. U. were also represented. In addition, 7 scientific or industrial organizations participated in the work of the Study Group meetings held in conjunc tion with the Plenary Assembly. The total number of documents published was 1004, while the Assembly adopted or modified 97 Recommendations, 79 Reports and 29 Resolutions, and set for study 36 and 45 new or modified Questions and Study Programmes respectively. At the VIIIth Plenary Assembly in Warsaw, certain measures were envisaged to reduce the work load of plenary assemblies, particularly by means of holding interim Study Group meetings to prepare texts for consideration at the Plenary Assembly. While it was felt in Los Angeles that these measures could usefully be more adequately defined, and indeed a new Resolution to this effect was issued, it was nevertheless evident that the methods decided upon in Warsaw were having the desired effect. In fact, thanks to the work done at the interim Study Group meetings, the amount of documentation submitted to the IXth Plenary Assembly proper was reduced by approximately 69o/0 , while the output-as measured in volume of documentation considered by the Drafting Committee-increased by 121%, both with respect to Warsaw. It might also be noted that the combined costs of the interim Study Group meetings and the
Plenary Assembly itself, when compared with the ultimate output, was lower by 35o/0 than at Warsaw, so that it might be said that, not only was the work-load at the time of the Plenary Assembly considerably reduced, but also the relative costs were reduced.
4. 5. 2. 2 Publication of the Results of I Xth Plenary Assembly In view of the considerably increased output of the Plenary Assembly, it was decided in Los Angeles to present the results of that meeting in a form different from that previously used, and in particular it was decided to group, as far as possible, the findings by subjects rather than in numerical order, to facilita~e ready consultation. -21-
This large amount of work had to be accomplished, moreover, in a very limited time, in order to have the volumes available for the Administrative Radio Conference, which opened only 3 Y2 months after the close of the Plenary Assembly. The Director is glad to report that this task was accomplished, even though the Los Angeles findings were actually 50%) more voluminous than the corresponding texts of Warsaw. In addition a circular had been prepared by the General Secretariat, in consultation with the Secretariat of the C.C.I.R., as envisaged in Chapter 18 of the General Regulations, drawing the attention of Administrations to C.C.I.R. Recommendations which might be suitable to become proposals for modification of the Radio Regulations. A supplement to the circular was issued after the Los Angeles Plenary Assembly.
4. 5. 2. 3 Plenipotentiary and Administrati()e Radio Conferences
From the middle of August onwards the C.C.I.R. Secretariat was occupied with providing information of a technical nature to the Radio Conference and, from the middle of October onwards, information of an administrative nature to the Plenipotentiary Conference. It was the first time in 12 years that an Ordinary Administrative Radio Conference had been held, and also the first meeting since the C.C.I.R. was reorganized 12 years ago. It is gratifying that so many of the findings of the C.C.I.R. were adopted by the Conference and introduced in a suitable way into the new Radio Regulations and their appendices. The Conference provided some new studies for the C. C. I. R. and requested the continuance of others.
4. 5. 2. 4 Meeting of a Sub-Group of Study Group XI
As many television experts, who normally participate in the work of the C.C.I.R., were present in Geneva to attend the Radio Conference, the Director took the opportunity, at the request of the Chairman of Study Group XI (Television) to convene a short meeting in October of a television sub-group at the Secretariat's Headquarters. Satisfactory conclusions were reached on specific highly technical questions concerning colour television. Concluding, the Director has the sad duty to record, amongst the events concerning the C.C.I.R. in 1959, the decease of its first Director, Professor Dr. Balth. van der PoL, at his home in the Netherlands, on 6 October, 1959.
4.6 TEcHNICAL AssiSTANCE
4.6.1 Participation by the I.T.U. in the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance
The I.T.U. Technical Assistance programme in 1959, under the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, extended to 24 countries. There were 28 experts on mission in 15 countries, Members of the Union, and 27 fellowships were granted. Furthermore, 46 students who had obtained fellowships in 1957 and 1958 attended training courses. Hence, the I.T. U. sponsored a total of 73 students in 1959. These figures show that telecommunication Technical Assistance is still of great interest and is tending to spread. Although the missions of experts in some countries were concluded, others were begun in countries requiring the assistance of specialists to improve their services. Thus, new missions were started in three countries. Experts concluded their work in two countries and will be replaced by other specialists in slightly different fields. The regional project undertaken by the I.T.U. in Asia and the Far East, in cooperation with the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (E.C.A.F.E.) progressed as intended. The reports submitted by telecommunication experts in this region were studied by the countries interested and discussed at a meeting in Tokyo in May, 1959, held jointly by E.C.A.F.E. and the -22-
I.T.U. Some interesting recommendations, which should help to improve telecommunications in this region, were issued. Annex 6 contains a list of the experts who participated in 1959 in the I.T.U. programme and a table of the students who obtained fellowships or scholarships and began or concluded their training courses during the year. Equipment was supplied to three countries. It consisted mainly of measuring apparatus and training material destined for staff training centres. There is a noteworthy trend in the I.T.U~. programme towards staff training missions. Of the 28 experts asked for, or on mission, 12 wer~ warited for this purpose, while four more devoted a large proportion of their time to training staff. The Technical Assistance project in Asia and the Far East also stresses this question which is essential in improving telecommunications; it should likewise be noted that at least two countries have requested I.T.U. assistance for the training of their staff in 1960. A sum of 314,330 dollars was made available to the I.T.U. to carry out its 1959 programme, of which 15,000 dollars were for the regional programme in Asia and the Far East. The T.A. B. Working Capital and Reserve Fund allocated an additional 32,500 dollars to finance urgent projects. If the sum of 36,000 dollars, granted to cover administrative and operational costs, is added thereto, it will be seen that a total sum of 382,830 dollars was available to the I.T.U. for its programme. In actual fact, as some experts started their missions late and as a result of modifications (which were often made by the recipient countries themselves) total expenditure, including commit ments, came to 381,002 dollars at the end of 1959. In 1959, the administrative costs of the LT. U. did not reach the allowed sum. They only came to 30,708 dollars, although 36,000 dollars had been earmarked. This difference is due in part to changes in staff and also to the search for more economical methods. Since, however, the work of the Technical Assistance Section has increased, a larger budget had to be planned for 1960. The I.T.U. was represented at the meetings of the Technical Assistance Board in March and October in New York, and in Geneva in July. A representative was also sent to the meeting of the Technical Assistance Committee of E.C.O.S.O.C., which met in Geneva in July. Lastly, an official of the Technical Assistance Section joined members of the Consultative Committees at the Tokyo meeting which studied methods of improving telecommunication in Asia and the Far East. The following brief survey of the various missions accomplished by experts in 1959 will give an idea of the Technical Assistance provided by the I.T.U. last year.
Afghanistan
Mr. Sauermilch (Federal Republic of Germany), who started his mission in 1958, made studies and plans for extending carrier links between various towns on behalf of the Government. He helped to install the new automatic telephone exchange at Kabul and prepared instructions on how to operate it for the local staff, which he trained for this purpose. He was supplied with measuring instruments.
Ethiopia
After the departure, for personal reasons, of Mr. J. Heierle (Switzerland), who was Director of the Telecommunication Institute in Addis Ababa, there was a reorganization of the I.T.U. team of experts. Mr. T. J. A. Watters (United Kingdom) succeeded Mr. Heierle as Director of the Institute and two more experts were added, namely, Mr. K. Scherrer (Switzerland) who had already been working as an instructor under a bilateral aid programme between Switzerland and Ethiopia, and Mr. Be;rresen (Norway) who commenced his mission in October. New training classes were inaugurated, and over 40 courses in 14 different subjects were scheduled. It is estimated that 500 trainees will go through the Institute between 1958 and 1960. -23-
Federation of Malaya Two experts from the United Kingdom, Mr. W. H. Dolan and Mr. W. N. Lang, began missions in Malaya at the end of the year. They were sent to instruct telecommunication staff in the construction of local networks and telephone transmission problems.
India An expert on telephone switching, Mr. S. Forss (Sweden), went to India in Septeffib·er on a six-month mission. His main task was to instruct local staff on modern switching methods.
Iran Mr. H. Scoffier (France) continued to advise the Government on its telecommunication problems. The general network of Iran was studied very thoroughly with a view to the creation of large national routes. Mr. R. Mouret (France) returned for a period of six months to follow the work of the line building teams, whose chiefs had been trained under him.
Iraq Mr. W. R. Prattley (New Zealand), the expert on carrier current systems, concluded his mission in January 1959. The Government has requested two other experts, who were recruited in 1959 and will undertake their mission early in 1960.
Jordan Mr. A. Kiipfer (Netherlands), who had been in Jordan since 1957, concentrated during 1959 on advising the Government on telecommunication questions in general. One of his tasks was to suggest a reorganization and staffing scheme for the telecommunication services in the country. Significant results were obtained in the telephone field: for instance, temporary measures, such as the addition of a manual exchange, were adopted to improve the telephone traffic in the congested area of Amman. Progress has also been made in the acquisition of a site for the new automatic exchange at Amman and exchanges at several out-stations. Equipment has already been ordered for some of these, as well as for a 12-channel carrier system to link Amman with Damascus. A coast radio station at Aquaba and the new broadcasting station at Amman were put into service.
Lebanon The Lebanese Government again made a request for the services of the broadcasting expert, Mr. F. Zuber {Switzerland), to review some technical details relating to the new studios at Beirut and to check that the work done corresponded to the specifications which he bad drawn up earlier. Excellent progress was made, and it is planned to install technical equipment in 1960. A second expert, Mr. H. Murat (France), was on a short mission to advise on the training of line personnel and the organization of the telegraph network.
Libya An expert went to Libya to help the Government to organize a radio frequency assignment and monitoring service. This work was entrusted to Mr. H. Arthur (New Zealand). -24-
Pakistan
The building of the radio centres at Karachi, Dacca and Chittagong continued throughout the whole of 1959. Mr. S. Quijano Caballero (Colombia), who advised the Government on this important project, interrupted his mission in order to head his country's delegation at the Union conferences in Geneva. It is planned to inaugurate the centre at Karachi at the beginning of 1960.
Paraguay
Three experts (Spain) continued their missions during 1959. Mr. A. Sagrario Rocafort, who had been in the country since May 1956, and Mr. J. Zahonero Diaz, who arrived in September 1957, both dealt with improvements to the internal and international telecommunications of the country. The third expert, Mr. Martinez de Urhina, who had been lecturing at the Telecommunication Institute from October 1958, completed his mission at the end of the year 1959. During this year the Institute was also supplied with some equipment for training purposes.
United Arab Republic
Egyptian Region. - Mr. S. M. O'Miodchain (Ireland) went to Cairo in October 1959, as an expert on accounts organization, to study and report on the present accounting system and make recommendations for the introduction of commercial accounting. He has also been called upon to train the accounts staff. Under the 1959 Programme four fellowships were granted: two for the study of modern automatic telephone systems and two for the study of coaxial cables. Two Fellows will shortly go to Sweden and the Netherlands; the others have already gone to the United Kingdom for six months.
Syrian Region. -Mr. I. Timtchenko (U.S.S.R.), the expert on underground cables who has been in Syria since October 1957, was concerned in 1959 with the training of the cable maintenance staff and with improvement of the cable network in the Region. Good progress was made in this field. Mr. J. R. Sen Gupta, the long lines expert, and Mr. N. Mahalingam, the expert on radio, both from India (in Syria since 1958 and 1957 respectively), gave very useful assistance to the Government authorities in connection with tenders invited by the Communication Ministry of Syria for carrier and radio equipment.
Venezuela
Two experts, Mr. G. Mtith (Federal Republic of Germany) and Mr. J. Deketh (Netherlands), were in Venezuela at the beginning of the year. The former remained there until July, studying problems associated with radio relay links. Mr. Deketh was responsible for studying the extension of telephone networks and instructing local staff. His mission was originally intended for eight months, until the end of August 1959, but the Government requested a.n extension and thanks to a contingency allocation made by the Technical Assistance Board, it was possible to continue his services until the end of the year.
Regional Programme for Asia and the Far East
One of the two experts who made a. general inquiry in this region in 1958 and 1959, Mr. G. Searle (New Zealand), had to go back to his Administration. However, he was able to attend the Tokyo meeting in May, 1959. Mr. Shrivastava (India) remained in Bangkok to advise the countries of the E.C.A.F.E. Region in connection with the study of the means of implementing as many of the recommendations of the Tokyo Meeting as possible in cooperation with the E.C.A.F.E. Secretariat. -25-
4. 6. 2 The 1960 Programme As usual, part of the work of the I. T. U. Technical Assistance Service in 1959 was to prepare the programme for 1960. Annex 6 gives details of this programme, as approved by the Technical Assistance Committee. It affects 25 countries. Provision is also made for two regional projects (Asia and the Far East, Middle East). The programme involves 26 experts and the granting of 20 scholarships or fellowships. The funds allocated to the I.T.U. for national projects amount to 286,055 dollars. A sum of 42,000 dollars is provided for the regional projects. Lastly, it should be mentioned that the administrative and operating costs incurred by the I. T. U. are budgeted as 54,000 dollars. The increase as compared with 1959 is due to the fact that the LT. U. has taken over the administrative tasks carried out in the past by the United Nations. -26-
V. llt1ELA'.IT'liGNS Wli'.IT'lHl: T1HI1E UNli'.IT'1EID NA'.IT'll:ONS ANID GTIHilER :ITNTlERNATll:ONAL GRGANll:ZATll:ONS
... l 5.1 UNITED NATIONS f •.
. Relations between the I.T.U. and the United Nations continue to progress in a spirit of cordial and fruitful collaboration. Despite its highly specialized technical character, the I.T.U. is indeed frequently called upon to add its endeavours to those of the United Nations in seeking solutions to the great problems encountered of the present time in the economic and social spheres. Mentioning merely as a reminder the cooperation in Technical Assistance, already dealt with in 4. 6 of the present report, special reference will be made this year to two questions of particular interest from the standpoint of telecommunications: the peaceful uses of outer space and the financing of economic development.
5. 1. 1 Peaceful uses of outer space As regards the peaceful uses of outer space, telecommunication has two aspects: first, the functioning and the possibilities of using space vehicles are thereby conditioned to a great extent; second, it is instrumental in revealing new and most important developments for the requirements of the Earth itself thanks to techniques derived from the use of space vehicles. Hence, the I.T.U. is showing a lively interest in the use of outer space and two of the important meetings held under its auspices in 1959 (the Plenary Assembly of the International Radio Consultative Committee and the Administrative Radio Conference) have already taken practical steps for international collaboration in this sphere. The question of the peaceful uses of outer space was also examined by the Plenipotentiary Conference of the I.T.U. towards the end of 1959. Anxious, above all, to ensure coordination of the I.T.U.'s action with the measures to be taken by the United Nations and the other organiza tions concerned, the Conference adopted the following resolution:
RESOLUTION No. 34
TELECOMMUNICATION AND THE PEACEFUL UsEs OF OuTER SPACE VEHICLES
The Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, 1959,
mindful of the problems which arise in the international field from the use of outer space for peaceful purposes;
considering the importance of the role that telecommunication, and 1n consequence the Union, will necessarily play in this sphere; -27-
instructs the Secretary-General 1. to inform the United Nations and the other international organizations concerned of the decisions of the Administrative Radio Conference, Geneva, 1959, and of the technical studies being undertaken by the International Consultative Committees; 2. to keep the same organizations informed of progress in this field, as far as the Union is concerned.
5. 1. 2 Financing of economic de"elopment The Plenipotentiary Conference (1959) took a keen interest, as well, in tlie finiillcial problems arising out of the development of telecommunication. In this connection, it adopted t4~ fol~<>Wing major resolution, which is fully in harmony with the spirit of Resolutions 1420 (XIV) and .1427 (XIV) of the United Nations General Assembly and of Economic and Social Council Resolution 740 (XXVIII).
RESOLUTION No. 24
FINANCING OF TELECOMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT
The P1enipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, 1959,
considering a) that funds available for Technical Assistance from the various programmes of the United Nations contribute towards training and planning in telecommunications, but are not in general available for purchase of equipment and other substantial requirements for the improvement and extension of national and international networks; b) that in particular, the new or developing countries need capital to finance their plans for the development of telecommunication; c) that, as a general rule, telecommunication projects, if planned on a technically and econo mically sound basis, constitute one of the best capital investments, both public and private;
recognises that it is in the interest of all administrations of Members and Associate Members of the Union that organized and permanent means be found whereby capital may be attracted to invest ment in telecommunication projects, especially in the new or developing countries; and
instructs A. the Secretary-General 1. to communicate with Members and Associate Members of the Union in order to ascertain whether they contemplate any telecommunication projects for the realisation of which the help of outside capital would be desirable, and if so upon what terms; 2. to approach the relevant inter-governmental and private agencies in order to seek their views on this question and to know whether, if the case arises, they would be prepared to associate themselves with an international financing scheme; 3. to report on the results of his enquiries to the interested administrations and to the Administrative Council; -28-
B. the Administrative Council in the light of the report of the Secretary-General, to take such steps as it shall deem advisable;
it being understood 1. that the Union shall by no means be committed in financial operations; and 2. that the application of any financial scheme that may be set up will not involve any expense chargeable to the Union budget.
5.2 RELATIONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION (I.C.A.O.)
Relations with this organization continue to be very close. The decisive part played by telecommunications in aviation calls for continuous collaboration. Thus, for example, I.C.A.O. was represented at the Administrative Radio C_onference throughout its duration.
5.3 RELATIONs WITH THE WoRLD METEREOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (W.M.O.)
Relations with this Organization are still very close, especially for the purpose of ensuring harmony between the information relative to weather bulletins published in the respective documents of the two organizations. W.M.O. was likewise represented at the Administrative Radio Conference.
5.4 RELATIONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CoMMITTEE oF THE RED CRoss (I.C.R.C.)
From time to time the I.C.R.C. effects test transmissions on 7,210 kcjs, a frequency assigned to it by the International High Frequency Broadcasting Conference, Mexico City, from the Swiss transmitter of Schwarzenburg. At the invitation of the Swiss Administration and through the channels of the General Secretariat of the Union, Administrations in the European Zone are requested to afford facilities for these tests. The I.C.R.C. took part in the last Administrative Radio Conference.
5. 5 RELATIONS WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
During 1959 the I. T. U. has also been in relationship with various other international organi· zations, e.g.: - International Astronautical Federation (I.A.F.) - International Broadcasting and Television Organization (I.B.T.O.) - European Broadcasting Union (E.B.U.) - International Maritime Radio Committee (C.I.R.M.) - Scientific Radio Union (U.R.S.I.) International Electrotechnical Commission (I.E.C.) International Air Transport Association (I.A.T.A.) International Conference on Large Electric Networks (C.I.G.R.E.) International Radio Telegraph Operators Federation International Standards Organization (I.S.O.) International Criminal Police Organization (I.C.P.O.) Internatioaal Astronomical Union (I.A.U.) - International Shipping Federation - Committee on Space Research (C.O.S.P.A.R.) -29-
ANNEX 1
Position of countries in relation to:
1. The Buenos Aires Acts (1952) and the Regulations annexed thereto (Radio Regulations and Additional Radio Regulations, Atlantic City, 1947; Tele graph and Telephone Regulations, Paris, 1949; Telegraph and Telephone Regulations, Geneva, 1958); The Geneva Acts (1959); the Radio Regulations and Additional Radio Regu Table I lations (Geneva, 1959) 2. The E.A.R.C. Agreement (Geneva, 1951) 3. The International High-Frequency Broadcasting Agreement (Mexico City, 1949)
4. The European Broadcasting Convention (Copenhagen, 1948) 5. The European Regional Convention for the maritime mobile radio service Table II (Copenhagen, 1948) 6. The European Broadcasting Agreement (Stockholm, 1952)
7. The Regional Arrangement relative to Maritime Radiobeacons in the European Table Ill Area of Region 1 (Paris, 1951) }
8. The Inter-American Radio Agreement (FIAR) (Washington, 1949) 9. The North-American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) (Washing- Table IV ton, 1950) I 10. The Baltic and North Sea Radiotelephone Agreement (Goteborg, 1955) } Table V
11. The Maritime VHF Radiotelephone Agreement (The Hague, 1957) } Table VI
12. The Regional Agreement concerning the establishment of an International Table VII VHF Radiotelephone Mobile Service for Rhine Navigation (Brussels, 1957) } Table I. {;onventions, Regulations, World-Wide Agreements The following list includes the countries enumerated in Annexes 1 to be ratified. However, certain countries have thought fit to ratify or and 2 to the Buenos Aires Convention (1952) (except two countries shown give express approval to the Protocols annexed to the Convention, and in Annex 1 which have amalgamated; the new state is mentioned therein such ratifications and declarations of approv.al are mentioned hereinafter under the name adopted after amalgamation). It also includes: a in the form of notes. territory and group of territories admitted to Associate Membership As regards the Geneva Convention (1959), 'the Radio Regulations under the Atlantic City Convention; six countries which have become and the Additional Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1959) the signatures Membei s of the United Nations and have acceded to the Buenos Aires are recorded. Convention; two countries admitted to Membership under the Buenos The letter S means that the Convention or Agreement was signed. Aires Convention and a group of territories admitted to Associate The letter A means accession to the Convention or Agreement, or approval Membership under the Buenos Aires Convention. of the Regulations or Agreement. As regards the Buenos Aires Convention, the ratifications and The countries preceded by an asterisk are :Men1bers of the United accessions registered by the General Secretariat up to 20 April, 1960, Nations. are here recorded. Of the Buenos Aires Acts, only the Convention has
CONVENTIONS WORLD-WIDE REGULATIONS AGREEMENTS
Plenipotentiary Administrative Radio Administrative Telegraph w Conferences Conferences and Telephone Conferences 0 C::!j O·•ll------~----ll------~------1------~------ll Extra "S:g§ ordinary International Country or:-group of territories Buenos Aires Atlantic City Geneva Paris Geneva High ~:C"S (1952) (1947) (1959) (1949) (1958) Adminis Frequency trative Radio Broadcasting o§oll-~------1 11------,..-----l------,------1------~------ll Conference Agreement oz Ge (EARC) Date on which the neva instrument of rati (Mexico City. (1959) Telegraph Telephone Telegraph Telephone (Geneva, 1949) fication or accession 1951) was deposited with Regula Regula Regula Regula the General tions tions tions tions Secretariat
2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 MEMBERS:
• 1) 1 Afghanistan 1 S 4. X. 1956 s s s s s I \*Albania (People's Republic of) 1) Y2 S 16.V. 1956 46) s s s s s s A s A
!*Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of) 1) 1 S 13. XII. 1956 s s s s s s s s I* Argentine Republic . . . . . 25 S 6. VII. 1955 3') s s s s s A A s A s
I* Australia (Commonwealth of) 1) 20 s 22. Ill. 1954 16) s s s s s s A s A s A S A s A s /*Austria 1) Y2 S 20. IV. 1956 3o) s s s s s s A s A s A S A s A s !*Belgium 1) 8 S 10. VIII. 1955 2o) s s s s s s A s A A S A s A s j*Bielorussian Soviet Socialist 1 I Republic ) • • • • • • 3 s 21.11. 1956 41) s s s s s s s S A S A
56 61 1*Burma (Union of) ) 3 A 17.11. 1958 ) S s s s s A A s s s I j*Bolivia ...... 3 S 14. VIII.1959 s s s s A s !*Brazil ...... 25 S 26. IV. 1957 s s s s s s s
!*Bulgaria (People's Republic of) 1) 1 S 14. VII. 1956 5o) s s s s s s A s A s A s A !*Cambodia (Kingdom of) 1) 1 S 31. VII. 1956 s s
I *Canada 1 ) 20 S 23. VI. 1954 19) S s s s s A s s A s *Ceylon 1 S 29.XII. 1953 s s s S A S A s s s A '.*Chile . 3 S 14. V. 1957 57) s s s s s
1 .*China ) • 15 s 3. 11. 1955 s s s s s s A S A S A s A s A s I
1 Vatican City State Y2 S 3. VIII. 1955 S s s s s s s s A I s 1 !*Colombia (Republic of) ) 3 S 18. IX. 1959 17 ) S s s s s s s s A s
1 Belgian Congo and Territory of 1 1 Ruanda-Urundi ) •••••• 2 S 10.VIII.195520) 43) S s s s s s s s A s A A s I i Korea (Republic of) 1 S 28.XII. 1954 9) S s s s s A i*Costa Rica 1) • 3 S 24. VIII. 1959 S s s s I :*Cuba 1) • 2 S 19. V.1954 9) 18) s s s s s s s ·*Denmark 5 S 30.X. 1953 s s s s s s A S A s A s A s A s *Dominican Republic 3 s 27. VII. 1954 2o) s s s s s s A s s A s
I 1*El Salvador (Republic of) 3 A 6. I. 1954 s s s s s A s s A ,*Ecuador 1 s s I r*Spain .. 3 S 16.IX.1955 20) 35) S s s s A s A s A Overseas States of the French Community and French Over- seas Territories 1 ) 24) 25 ) 59) • • 20 S 19. VIII. 1954 s s s s s s A s A s A s A s s I 1 i*United States of America ) 30 S 27.VI. 1955 32) S s s S A S A s A I j*Ethiopia 1 S 3. XI. 1954 S s s s s s s S A s A s I *Finland .. 3 S 8. XII. 1953 9) S s s s s S A S A S A s A s I :*France 1 ) 23 ) 30 S 19. VIII.1954 S s s s s S A S A S A A A I s s s ;*Ghana Y2 A 17. V. 1957 S s s Table I. Conventions, Regulations, World-Wide Agreements (cont.)
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CONVENTIONS WORLD-WIDE REGULATIONS AGREEMENTS I I Plenipotentiary Administrative Radio Administrative Telegraph Conferences Conferences and Telephone Conferences .... ·a...."' 0 Extra- International Country or group of territories = Buenos Aires Atlantic City Geneva Paris Geneva ordinary .... (1952) (1947) Adminis- High- .$"' 0 (1959) (1949) (1958) Frequency 0 trative Radio 0 Conference Broadcasting I z Ge- (EARC) Agreement 'I Date on which the neva "' "' "'d "' instrument of rati- = ] o.~ ] (Mexico City, (1959) .s~ g ...... 9~ o ...... 0·~ Telegraph Telephone Telegraph Telephone (Geneva, ftcation or accession "'te 1951) 1949) I was deposited with :E~~ "'te15- :E~~ Regula- Regula- Regula- Regula- I ~~ :go::~ a:~ :go::~ tions tions tions tions the General CD CD Secretariat a: ~ IX: a: ~ a: I 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1 \*Greece ) •• 3 s 13. XII. 1955 14) s s s s s s A s A s s s
1 55 I• Guatemala ) 1 s 1. V. 1957 ) - s s ------.*Guinea (Republic of) 1 A 9. Ill. 1959 ------I*Haiti (Republic of) 1 A 23. IX. 1957 - s s - - - A - - - s *Honduras (Republic of) 2 - s s - - s s - - s 1 *Hungarian People's Republic ) • 1 s 8. VI. 1956 47 ) s s s s s s A s A s s
*India (Republic of) 1) 20 25. VII. 1955 1 s s s s s s s A s A s A s s A s I i*Indonesia (Republic of) 1) 10 s 15. VII. 1957 58) s s s s s s A s A s s s A s 1 1*Iran ) 1 s 7. XII. 1956 s s s s s s s s A s s s I '*Iraq (Republic of) 1) &4) 1 s 4. Il. 1959 s s s s s - - - - *Ireland 3 s f!t. VII. 195!.: s s s s s s A s A s s s A s
*Iceland % s 15. X. 1953 9) s s s s s - - s s s A s I *Israel (State of) 1) . 1 s 10. VI. 1954 s - - s s s s s s s A 1 *Italy ) 20 s 10. VI. 1954 9) s s s s s s A s A s s s A s 1 '*Japan ) 25 s 30. X. 1953 s - - s s - A - s A s A s A *Jordan(Hashemite Kingdom of) 1) 1 s 23. II. 1956 s - - s s - A - A s A s A Kuwait . 1 A 14. VIII. 1959 s - - s s ------1*Laos (Kingdom of) % s 28. Ill. 1956 s ------A - - I I 1 31 !*Lebanon ) % S 2. VI. 1955 ) S s s s s s A s A s A s A s (Liberia . . 3
!*Libya (United Kingdom of) % A 16. X. 1953 S A A s s A s s A !*Luxembourg ...... % S 3. VIII.1954: S s s s s s A s A s A s A s s *Malaya (Federation of) 6) % A 3. II. 1958 s s s s s *Morocco (Kingdom of) 53) 60) . 1 A 12. XI. 1956 s s s s s s A s A s A s A s A s 1 *Mexico ) 8 S H. VII. 195!.: 20) S s s s A A s A s A s s Monaco 1) % S 10. VI. 1954: s s s s s s s s s s A s *Nepal .. % A 5.XII. 1957 s s s *Nicaragua . 3 s 8. XI. 1957 9) s s s s s s s s s A *Norway .. 5 S 11. V. 1954: s s s s s s A s A s A s A s A s 1 *New Zealand ) • 5 S 28. IV. 1955 29 ) S s s s s s A s A s s A s 1 *Pakistan ). 15 s 3. XI. 1954: 26) S s s s s s A s 26) s A s A s s *Panama 3 A 16. VII. 1959 s s s s s !*Paraguay ...... 1 S 24:. V. 1957 9 ) s s s s A s A s s 1 65 *Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ) ) 10 S 9.V. 1955 30) s s s s s s A s A s A s A s A s *Peru ...... 2 s 4:. VII. 1956 s s s s s *Philippines (Republic of the) 1) 1 S 27 .VI.1955 22) aa) s s s s s s •Poland (People's Republic of) 1) 10 S 22.VI.1956 22) 48) s s s s s s A s A s s
1 *Portugal ) 8 s 20. VII. 1956 9 ) s s s s s s A s A s s s A s Spanish Provinces in Africa 21) • 1 S 16.IX.1955 2o) 35) A A s A 1 Portuguese Oversea Provinces )7) 8 S 20.VII.1956 9) li2) S s s s s s A s A s s s s *United Arab Republic 1) • • • • 5 + 1 63) s s s s s Federal Republic of Germany 1 ) 20 S 26. VII. 1955 42) S s s s A s A *Federal People's Republic of 1 Yugoslavia ) 1 S 16. VIII. 1954: 22) S s s s s s A s A s A s A s A *Ukrainian Soviet Socialist 1 Republic ) • . • . • • 5 s 16. I. 1956 40) s s s s s s s s s Rhodesia and Nyasaland 11 15 (Federation of) ) ) • % A 16. XI. 1953 9) s s s s s A s A s Table !. Conventions, Regulations, World-Wide Agreements ( concl.)
- ~ WORLD-WIDE I CONVENTIONS REGULATIONS 11 - I AGREEMENTS I Plenipotentiary Administrative Radio Administrative Telegraph Conferences Conferences and Telephone Conferences · =~ I ..... 2·a Extra- 0-; ::s International! Buenos Aires Atlantic City Geneva Paris Geneva. ordinary High- I Country or group of territories (1952) (1947) (1959) (1949) (1958) Adminis- la~o Frequency 1 trative Radio Broadcasting I s=.oo Conference oZ (EARC) Agreement I Ge- rtl rtl rtl Date on which the neva a (Mexico City, instrument of rati- (1959) o.9= = o.9 (Geneva, ~0•.-t 0·~ ... .2~ Telegraph Telephone Telegraph Telephone 1949) I flcation or accession :a-:o .... 'l:liO 'l:liO :a-:o Regula- Regula- Regula- Regula- 1951) was deposited with ~~ ;a~~ ~~ ~~ tions tions tions · tions I the General CD 'l:l CD CD CD Secretariat a: < a: a: a: ! ! I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 I *Roumanian People's Republic 1) 1 s 28. Ill. 1956 44) s s s s s s A s A s A s A 11 I *United Kingdom of Great Britain I and Northern Ireland 1) 12) 28) 30 s 23. XII. 1953 9) s s s s s s A s A s A s A s A s I
I *Sudan (Republic of the) A 1 A 23. X. 1957 s A A s s - A - A s A s ! *Sweden 1) 10 s 31. X. 1953 s s s s s s A s A s A s A s A s I
Switzerland (Confederation) 1) 10 s 9. XI. 1953 s s s s s s A s A s A s A s A s
*Czechoslovakia 1) • 8 s 17. IV. 1956 45) s s s s s s A s A s A s A Territories of the United States 1 of America) ) • 25 2) 27. VI. 1955 32) 67) s - 67) -- A - - A - - s A
Overseas Territories for the inter- I national relations of which the I Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are res pons- ible 1o) n) 66) 8 A 16. XI. 1953 9) s s s s s - A -- - s A s *Thailand 5 s 27. VIII.1956 s s s s s - -- A -- s I I I 54 *Tunisia ) • 1 A 14. XII. 1956 s s s s s s A s A s A s A s A s
*Turkey 1) 5 s 6.X. 1955 30) s s s s s s s s s s s *Union of South Africa and Ter- ritory of South-West Africa 1) 13 s 29. Ill. 1954 17) s s s s s s A s A s A s - s A s A !*Union of Soviet Socialist 1 39 i Republics ) • • • • • 30 s 12. I. 1956 ) 1 s s s s s s A s A s A s A
*Uruguay (Oriental Republic of) 3 s 10.VII.1956 22}49) s s - s s s s - - s s
*Venezuela (Republic of) 8) • 10 24.VIII .195622)51) s s s s s s s s s s s - I Viet-Nam (Republic of) 1) 38). 1 s 26. I. 1956 17) s ------s A s A s
*Yemen 1 ) 1 ------
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:
British West Africa') % A 29. XII. 1953 9 ) ------A
9 British East Africa 5) % 3) 23. XII. 1953 ) s -- s s - - - - A Bermuda-British Caribbean Group 2) 27) % 37) ------Singapore-British Borneo Group 6 ) 62) % 13) ------Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration % 36) ------36-
t) See the statement or statements appearing in the Final Pro implementation of international obligations affecting the indi tocol annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention vidual Territories. Accordingly, since the International Tele of Buenos Aires (1952). communication Convention provides no method whereby accession 2) For the Territories of the United States of America, see Final can be effected on behalf of the Federation eo nomine, the United Protocol X. Kingdom Government proposes to regard: (i) its present accession to the International Telecommuni S) For British East Africa, see Final Protocol X XVI. cation Convention on behalf of southern Rhodesia, and ') Comprising the following territories: (ii} its accession on behalf of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasa Gambia (Colony and Protectorate), land in the instrument deposited in respect of the Colonial Nigeria: Ensemble, Colony as constituting, without further formality, an accession on behalf Protectorate of the Federation or Rhodesia and Nyasaland." Cameroons (Under United Kingdom Trusteeship) 12) According to the instrument, the ratification also applies to Sierra Leone (Colony and Protectorate). the Channel Islands and the I'lle of l\fan. r.} Comprising the following territories: 13) By a communication dated 18 December,1953-registered with Kenya (Colony and Protectorate), the General Secretariat on 23 December, 1953--the British Embassy, Tanganyika (Territory under United Kingdom Trusteeship), Berne, declared, on instructions from its Government, and in Uganda (Protectorate). accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the 11) Comprising the following territories: International Telecommunication Convention, Buenos Aires, 1952, Malacca (British Settlements) that Her Majesty's Government's acceptance of that Convention Penang (British Settlements) applied to the group or territories known as " :\falaya-British Johore (Protected State) Borneo". Kedah (Protected State) Kelantan (Protected State) 14) The instrument also covers the six Annexes and the Final Negri Sembilan (Protected State) Protocol, annexed to the Convention. Pabang (Protected State) 15) See also Notification No. 693, page 6. Perak (Protected State) lR) The Government of the Commonwealth or Australia declares Perlis (Protected State) that this ratification or the said Convention applies to the Territories Selangor (Protected State) of Papua and Norfolk Island and to the Trust Territories of New Trengganu (Protected State). Guinea and Nauru. In accordance with Article 17 of the International Telecom 7) Formerly: Portuguese Oversea Territories. munication Convention (Buenos Aires, 1952), the Minister of State 8) Formerly: United States of Venezuela. for External Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia, in a communication dated 16 June, 1959, registered in the General 9} The instrument also covers the Protocols annexed to the Con Secretariat on 14 July, 1959, declares that ratification of this vention. Convention by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia tO) The following territories are listed in the Instrument of acces also holds good for the following territories: sion: The Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island; Aden (Colony and Protectorate) The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Bahamas The Australian Antartic Territory. Barbados This statement is made without prejudice to that made by the Basutoland Government of the Commonwealth of Australia when it ratified Bechuanaland Protectorate the Buenos Aires Convention (Notification No. 694, dated 1 April, Bermuda 1954) - (Notification N. 822, page I). British Guiana The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia in ratifying British Honduras the said Convention makes the following reservations: Cyprus " The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia makes Falkland Islands (Colony and Dependencies including the reservation that it does not agree to be bound by the Tele South Georgia, South Orkneys, South Shetlands, South phone Regulations referred to in Article 12 of the said Conven Sandwich Islands and Graham Land) tion. Fiji (including Pitcairn Island) " The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia further, Tonga (Protected State) in view of the fact that certain countries have reserved the right Gibraltar to accept or not to accept the provisions of Article 6 of the Con Hong Kong vention, reserves the right to take such measures as may be Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and the necessary, where appropriate in conjunction with other Members Cayman Islands} of the Union, to ensure the proper functioning of the International Leeward Islands: Frequency Registration Board, should the reserving countries Antigua in the future not accept the provisions or Article 6 of the Conven Montserrat tion." St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla 17) The instrument also covers the Final Protocol and the four Virgin Islands Additional Protocols annexed to the Convention. Malta Mauritius 18) The President of the Republic of Cuba in ratifying the said Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate} Convention makes the following reservation: Nyasaland (Protectorate) " In view of the provisions of Article t 2 of the Buenos Aires St. Helena (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Convention and considering its stipulations therein, the Republic Cunha) of Cuba hereby makes a formal reservation as regards its accept Seychelles ance of the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations." Somaliland Protectorate 19) The Convention has been ratified by the Government of Swaziland Canada subject to the reservations expressed in the Final Protocol Trinidad and Tobago to the Convention. Western Pacific High Commission Territories: 20) The instrument also covers the Final Protocol, the Additional British Solomon Islands Protectorate Protocols, the Resolutions, Recommendations and Opinion annexed Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (Including the Phoenix to the Convention. and Northern Line Islands groups) The Southern Line Islands 21) Formerly: Spanish Zone of .Morocco and tbe totality of Windward Islands: Spanish Possessions; subsequently: Zone of Spanish Protectorate Dominica in Morocco and Spanish Possessions. See also note 53). Grenada 22) The instrument also covers the six Annexes, the Final Pro St. Lucia tocol and the Additional Protocols annexed to the Convention. St. Vincent 2S) According to the instrument, the ratification also applies to Zanzibar (Protectorate). Algeria. (See also notes 27) and 37)). 24) According to the instrument, the ratification also applies to 11) The following note from the Government of the United the Franco-British Condominium of the New Hebrides. Kingdom accompanied the instrument of accession: 25) Comprising the following territories: French Equatorial Africa (Gabon, l\1iddle-Congo, Oubangui Chari, Chad}; " International Telecommunication Convention French \Vest Africa (Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea (has become independent with the name " Republic Constitutional changes in Northern and of Guinea" - see Notification No. 805, page 4), Ivory Southern Rhodesia and in Nyasaland Coast, Niger, Haute-Volta, Dahomey, Mauretania); Legislation has recently been enacted in the United Kingdom French Somaliland; Parliament providing for the association of Southern Rhodesia, French Settlements in India (see Notification No. 708, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland in a federation to be known page 1); as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The Federal French Settlements in Oceania (at present: French Poly- Government formally came into existence in Salisbury on 3rd Sep nesia [see Notification No. 776, page 7]); tember, 1953, but the setting up of the Federal administration Madagascar and Dependencies; and the transfer of powers to it will extend over a period. New Caledonia and Dependencies; 2. The constitution of the new Federation provides for the Saint Pierre and .Miquelon Islands; transfer from the three constituent Territorial Governments to Territories under French Trusteeship (Cameroon, Togo) the Federal Government or responsibility for those matters (at presmt: Cameroon (State of) (under French Trustee covered by the International Telecommunication Convention. ship) and Togo (Autonomous Republic)(see .Notification Moreover, as from 30th October, 1953, the Federal Government No. 774, page 6]). has been the authority within the Federation responsible for the See also note 59). -37-
26) The instrument of ratification contains in addition: 40) In ratifying the Convention, the Praesidium of the Supreme t. The reservations shown in XX and XXIII of the Final Pro- Council of the L'krainian Soviet Socialist Republic states that the tocol of the said Convention. question of acceptance, by the l:krainian S.S.R., of the Radio 2. The foil wing statement: Regulations, is at present left open. " The Goveornment of Pakistan have further decided that it is 41) In ratifying the Convention, the Praesidium of the .Supreme desirable, in ratifying the said Convention, to say that they expect Council of the Bielorussian Soviet Socialist Republic states that the that Pakistan's exceptional position as a new State will be given question of acceptance, by the Bielorussian S.S.R., of the Radio due and sympathetic consideration by the other Members of the Regulations, is at present left open. Union, particularly so in the allotment of radio frequencies 42) The Federal Political Department at Berne, informs the adequate for the services in Pakistan since Pakistan's ability to General Secretariat that in a note dated 10 December, 1955, the abide by the provisions of the Convention, relating to the Inter Legation of the Federal German Republic at Berne, asked it to send national Frequency Registration Board referred to in Article 6 to the General Secretariat the following declaration: of the said Convention, must depend largely upon such allotment." The International Telecommunication Convention, Buenos Aires (1 952) is also applicable to the Territory of Berlin, and the 27) Comprising the following territories: etTective date of the Convention for Berlin is the same as that The British Colonies of Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British for the Federal German Republic. Guiana, British Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands (Antigua, 43) Acting on instructions from the Belgian Government, the .Montserrat, St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla, and Rritif'lh Belgian Embassy, BPrne, has informed the General Secretariat Virgin Islands), Trinidad and Tobago, and Windward Islands (through the Federal Political Departmrnt) in a letter dated (Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent). 6 March, 195fl (registered in the General Secretariat on 19 March) 28) By a note dated 16 February, 1955, and regi.;tcred with the that ratitkation by the Belgian Government of the International General Secretariat on 25 February, 1955, the British Embassy, Telecommunication Convention (Buenos Aires, 1952), recorded in Berne, announces that the Government of the United Kingdom the General Secretariat on 10 August, 1955-(see Notification of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in accordance with para No. 727, dated 16 August, 1955)-is also valid for the Belgian Congo graph 1 of Article 17 of the Buenos Aires International Telecom and the Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi. munication Convention (1952), regard their acceptance as applying 44) The instrument of ratification was accompanied by the follow to the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides. ing declaration: 29) The Government of New Zealand declares that its acePptance " In ratifying the International Telecommunication Convention, of the Convention and the Final Protocol and the Additional Pro signed in Buenos Aires on 22 December, 1952, the Presidium of the tocols includes the Cook Islands (including Niue), the Tokelau Great National Assembly of the Roumanian People's Republic Islands and the Trust Territory of Western Samoa. left open the question of acceptance by the Roumanian People's 30) The instrument also covers the six Annexes to the Convention. Republic of the Radio Regulations referred to in Article 12 of the s1) The instrument also covers the Annexes, the Protocols, the Convention, on the grounds that in the registration and appor Resolutions, the Recommendations and Opinion, annexed to the tionment of frequencies, effrcted in the International Tele Convention. communication Union on the basis of those Regulations and or 32) The instrument also covers the Final Protocol, annexed to the the decisions taken by the Extraordinary Administrative Convention. Radio Conference (Geneva, 1951), the interests of the broad The Government of the United States of America in ratifying the casting services of the Roumanian People's Republic are over said Convention makes the following statements: looked." " The Senate of the United States of America by their Resolu • 45) When ratifying the Convention, Czechoslovakia made the tion of April 1, 1955, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring following reservation: therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the aforesaid " Not having signed the Final Acts of the Extraordinary Admi Convention and Final Protocol, with the following understandings: nistrative Radio Conference (Geneva, 195 f), Czechoslovakia is " Ratification of this Convention for and in the name of the leaving open the question of adopting the Radio Regulations United States of America constitutes, in accordance with its (Atlantic City, 19lt7) which, according to Article 47 of the above· constitutional processes, ratification also on behalf of all terri mentioned Regulations, should have entered into force on the tories of the United States of America. date fixed by the .Spedal Administrative Radio Conference." " The United States of America does not, by ratification of 46) The instrument of ratification was accompanied by the follow this Convention on its behalf, accept any obligation in respect ing declaration: of the Telephone Regulations or the Additional Radio Regula " In ratifying the Convention, the Presidium of the People's tions referred to in Article 12 of the Buenos Aires Convention." Assembly has decided that the question of the adoption, by the S3) The Government of the Republic of the Philippines in ratifying People's Republic of Albania, of the Radio Regulations be left the said Convention makes the following reservation: open for the time being." "The Senate of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 34 47) The Convention has been ratified by the Council of the Prae adopted on March 7, 1955, did concur in the making of the said sidium of the Hungarian People's Republic, subject to the following Convention in accordance with the Constitution of the Philippines, reservations: subject to a declaration that the Republic of the Philippines " Since the assignment and registration of frequencies in the cannot currently accept any obligations with reference to the International Telecommunication t.:nion on the basis of the deci Telegraph and Telephone Regulation~ mentioned in paragraph 2 sions of the Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference are of Article 1 2 of the Convention." contrary to the provisions of the Radio Regulations, and are S4) The instrument also covers the Annexes and the Additional detrimental to the interests of the Hungarian People's Republic, Protocols, annexed to the Convention. the Council of the Praesidium, in ratifying the present Convention, H.E. the President of the Argentine Nation, in ratifying the is obliged to regard the adoption of the Radio Regulations as an Convention, makes the following statement: open question." " Having seen and examined the International Telecommunica 48) When ratifying the Convention, the Polish Government tion Convention, with its Annexes and Additional Protocols, as approved the reservations made on the occasion when the Repre approved by Decree No. 14,332, I hereby confirm and ratify sentative of the People's Republic of Poland had signed it. them, and undertake, on behalf of the Nation, to implement the 49) The Government of Uruguay has ratified the Convention with provisions thereof and to ensure that those provisions are faith a reservation relative to acceptance of the Telephone Regulations fully and invariably complied with, it being understood that the rnentioned in Article 12 thereof. first article of the International Telecommunication Convention 60) The Convention was ratified subject to the following reserva does not concern and does not cover the Malvinas Islands, the tion with respect to Article 12: Islands of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and the "The People's Republic of Bulgaria, which did not sign the territories in the Argentine sector of the Antarctic, since these Final Acts of the Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference territories are neither colonies nor possessions of any State, but (Geneva, 1951) as they did not satisfy the frequency requirements are part of Argentine national territory and are under the author of the radio services of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, leaves ity and sovereignty of Argentina. open for the moment the question of applying these provisions " The Argentine Republic expressly reserves and integrally of the Radio Regulations (Atlantic City, 194 7) which, in accord maintains its titles to, and legitimate rights over, these territories." ance with Article 4 7 of the said Regulations, will come into force 36) The Spanish Government, in ratifying the Convention, states on the date specified by the Special Administrative Radio that it will accept no consequences of any reservations which might Conference." result in an increase of its share in defraying Union expenses. 51) The Convention was ratified subject to the following reserva tion: 36) By a communication dated 31 August, 1955, registered with " The Republic of Venezuela accepts no consequence for reserves the General Secretariat on 9 September, 1955, the Minister of to the present Convention or to its Annexes resulting, directly or Foreign A1Tairs of Italy announces that the Italian Government, indirectly, in an increase of its contributory shares in the expenses in its capacity as the Authority administering the Trust Territory of of the Union." Somaliland, declares, in accordance with Article 17 of the Inter 52) The Portuguese Legation at Berne, informed the General national Telecommunication Convention, Buenos Aires, 1952, that Secretariat in a note dated 9 August, 1956, transmitted through the said Convention is applicable to the Trust Territory of Somaliland the Federal Political Department and registered in the General under Italian Administration, in which territory the provisions of Secretariat on 20 August, that Portugal's ratification of the Inter the above-mentioned Convention are already being applied. national Telecommunication Convention (Buenos Aires, 19 5 2)-see 37) The Bermuda British-Caribbean Group has been an Associate Notification No. 750, dated 1 August last-holds good also for the Member of the t.:nion since 28 November, 1954. Until that date, Portuguese Oversea Provinces. the British Colonies of which this Associate Member is composed 63) The instrumPnt of accession of Morocco to the Buenos Aires -see note 27)-were amongst the territories together making up Convention (1952) shows that Morocco, as an independent sovereign the Member known as: " Colonies, Protectorates, Overseas Terri State, has succeeded the former French Protectorate of Morocco tories and Territories under Mandate or Trusteeship of the United (so far included in the Member designated " French Protectorates Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland "-see note 10) of Morocco and Tunisia " ratifications for which had been registered on behalf of which the United Kingdom of Great Britain and on 3 1\Iay, 1955) and the Zone of Spanish Protectorate in Morocco Northern Ireland acceded on 16 November, 1953. (so far included in the Member designated " Zone of Spanish Pro 38) Formerly: State of Viet-Nam. tectorate in Morocco and Spanish Possessions ", for which the 311) In ratifying the Convention, the Praesidium of the Supreme ratification had been registered on 16 September, 1955). Council of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics states that the 54) Until accession, included in the i\Iember designated: " French question of acceptance, by the L'nion of Soviet Socialist Republics, Protectorates of Morocco and Tunisia " for which the ratifications of the Radio Regulations, is at present left open. had been registered on 3 1\Iay, 1955. -38-
55) The Government of Guatemala has ratified the Convention phone, Telegraph, and the Additional Radio Regulations with the reservation-mentioned in Final Protocol XII-that it referred to in Article 12 of the Buenos Aires Convention will not accept any financial consequences that may result from (i 952). the reservations made by countries participating in the Buenos 2. The Union of Burma makes a general reservation, and makes Aires Conference. it of record that upon the outbreak of any hostilities, par 56) Formerly: Burma. ticularly in Asia, all belligerent vessels shall refrain from use 57) The Convention has been ratified by Chile with reservations of their radio and signal apparatus while in the harbours, in respect of Articles 39 and 40. At the same time, the Chilean ports, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the Union of Government declares that in Annex 1 to the Convention the desig Burma, except for calls of distress and communications c;on nation " Colonies, Protectorates, Overseas Territories and Territories nected with safe navigation or arrangement for the arrtval under Mandate or Trusteeship of the United Kingdom of Great of the vessel within, or departure from, such harbours, ports Britain and Northern Ireland " does not comprise or refer to Chilean or waters, or passage through such waters, provided that Antarctic Territory, with regard to which the Republic specially such communications will not be of direct material aid to the reserves and maintains intact its legitimate right of sovereignty. belligerent in the conduct of military operations against an 58) The instrument also covers the Annexes to the Convention. opposing belligerent. The radio of belligerent merchant ves 59) Formerly: Oversea Territories of the French Republic and sels may be sealed by the authorities of the Union of Burma, Territories administered as such, then Group of the different States and such seals shall not be broken within the jurisdiction of and Territories represented by the French Overseas Postal and the Union of Burma except by proper authority of the Union Telecommunication agency. of Burma. As a result of political changes in the territories-involving in 62) Comprising the following territories: some instances a change in the status or names-according to a North Borneo communication dated 5 September, 1959, from the French Overseas Brunei Postal and Telecommunication Agency, Paris, the Overseas States Sarawak of the French Community and the French Overseas Territories are Singapore the following: (The Cocos-Keeling Islands and the Christmas Island [Indian Central African (Rep.), Congo (Rep. of), Gaboon (Rep. of) and Ocean] are administered by the Commonwealth of Australia Chad (Rep. of). [Notifications No. 736 and 807]}. Ivory Coast (Rep. of). Dahomey (Rep. of). SS) Union of Egypt and the Syrian Republic (see Notifications 792 Upper Volta (Rep. of). and 798). Madagascar (Madagascan Rep.). Egypt signed the Buenos Aires Convention and ratified it on Mauritania (Islamic Rep. of). 7.XII.1954. Niger (Rep. of). The Syrian Republic signed the Buenos Aires Convention and Mali Federation: ratified it on 1.V.1957. Senegal (Rep. of), Sudanese (Rep.). Besides which, both countries: Territories in French East Africa: (i) have signed the Radio Regulations and Additional Radio Comores Regulations, Atlantic City, 194 7; French Somaliland. (ii) have signed and approved the Paris Telegraph and Telephone Territories in Oceania: Regulations (1949); New Caledonia and Dependencies (iii) have signed the EARC Agreement (Geneva, 1951) and the French Polynesia. International High-Frequency Broadcasting Agreement Territory in America: (l\Iexico City, 1949). Saint Pierre and Miquelon. 64) Formerly: Iraq. New Hebrides (Archipelago) (Anglo-Frcnch Condominium). 65) Formerly: Netherlands, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, New States under French trusteeship: Guinea. Cameroon (State of) The Kingdom of the Netherlands constitutionally comprises the Togo (Rep. of). Netherlands, Surinam, the Netherlands Ant~lles and the non-self (Notification No. 826, pages 2 and 3), governing territory of Netherlands New Gumea. 60) Formerly: Morocco. 66) Formerly: Colonies, Protectorates, Overseas Territories and 61) The Government of Burma has acceded to the Convention Territories under Mandate or Trusteeship of the United Kingdom of with the following reservations: Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 1. The Union of Burma does not by accession to this Convention 67) For the Territories of the United States of America, see Final on its behalf accept any obligation in respect of the Tele- Protocol VIII of the Convention of Geneva, 1959. -39-
Table ll. European Broadcasting and Maritime Mobile Areas The letter S means that the Conventinn or Agreement has been signed. The letter R means that the Convention has been ratified, and the letter A means an approval of, or accession to, the Agreement.
European European Regional European Regional European Convention European Convention European Broadcasting Broadcasting Broadcasting for the mari- Broadcasting Country or group of territories Convention for the mari- Agreement Country or group of territories Convention Agreement (Copenhagen, time mobile (Stockholm, (Copenhagen, time mobile (Stoclrholm, radio service 1948) radio service 1948) (Copenhagen, 1952) (Copenhagen, 1952) 1948) 1948)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Albania (People's Republic Morocco (Kingdom of} 4) s R s R of) s R Norway s R s R s Austria s A Netherlands (Kingdom of Belgium s R s R s the) ...... s R s R s A Bielorussian Soviet Socialist Poland (People's Republic of) s R Republic ... s R Portugal . s s Bulgaria (People's Republic United Arab Republic: of) s R 1) Egyptian Region Vatican City State s R s Syrian Region ..... Denmark s R s R s A Federal Republic of Germany s A Spain s Federal People's Republic of Finland s R s A Yugoslavia ...... s R s A France. s R s R s A Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Greece ...... s R s R s Republic . s R Hungarian People's Republic s R Roumanian People's Repu- 2 [Iraq )] blic s R Ireland s R s R s A United Kingdom of Great Iceland s R s Britain and Northern Ire- Israel (State of) . land . s R s R s A Italy...... s R s R s A Sweden s R s A Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom Switzerland (Confederation) . s R s A of). Czechoslovakia ...... s R Lebanon Tunisia 4) s R s R A Libya (United Kingdom of) Turkey s s A Luxembourg s Union of Soviet Socialist Re- Monaco s R s R s A publics. s R 3)
1) The People's Republic of Bulgaria has given notice that its coast S) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has given notice that its stations use the frequencies assillned to them in the Copenhagen Plan. coast stations use the frequencies assigned to them in the Copenhagen Plan 2) Further to Resolution No. 31 of the Buenos Aires Plenipotentiary 4) Formerly: French Protectorates of Morocco and Tunisia. ·Onference, the Administrative Radio Conference of Geneva, 1959, has 1cluded Iraq in the European Area.
Table Ill. Regional Arrangement relative to Maritime Radiobeacons in the European Area of Region I (Paris, 1951)
Ill Ill .. f Ill ::s"" 0 10 i 0 ,.; s:= Country or territories a Country or territories .!!!1 !1 Ul <~0 tll <2'0 I <0 I 0 tll tll <
1 2 3 1 2 3 Belgium s A Netherlands s A Denmark s A Portugal . s Spain s Portuguese Oversea Provinces s France s A United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland A Ireland*) s A Italy . . .. s A Sweden s A I Morocco (Kingdom of) 1). s A Tunisia 1} s A Monaco s A Turkey s A I Norway . s A
*) With a declaration that the signatures also cover the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. 1) Formerly: French Protectorates of Morocco and Tunisia. -40-
Table IV. lnter-American Radio Agreement (FIAR), Washington, 1949 North-American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), Washington, 1950
The letter S means that the Agreement has been signed. The letter R means that the Agreement has been ratified, and the letter A means an approval of, or accession to, the Agreement.
Inter North lnter North· American American ! American American Radio Regional Radio Regional Country or territories Agreement Broadcasting I Country or territories Agreement Broadcasting (FIAR) (FIAR) Agreement (Washington, t~~~~Mt I (Washington, (NARBA) 1949) (Washington, ! 1949) (Washington, 1950) . 1950) 11------~--~--~--~---1 i 3 4 5 i 3 4 5 Argentine Republic s Guatemala s Bolivia s : Haiti (Republic of} . A Brazil s Honduras (Republic of) s A Canada s s R Mexico s A Chile ...... s Nicaragua. s A Colombia (Republic of} s Panama s Costa Rica s A Paraguay . . . . . A Cuba . s s R United Kingdom of Great Brit- Dominican Republic s A s ain and Northern Ireland *} s El Salvador (Republic of} s I Uruguay (Oriental Republic of) s Ecuador s I Venezuela (Republic of) . s United States of America s A s R I
•) For the Territories in the North-American Region (the Bahamas and Jamaica).
Table V. Baltic and North Sea Radiotelephone Agreement, Goteborg, 1955
This agreement was signed, without a referendum clause, by the delegates of the following Administrations: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, Federal Republic of Germany, People's Republic of Poland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sweden, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Table VI. Maritime VHF Radiotelephone Agreement, The Hague, 1957
This agreement was signed on 26 January, 1957, by the delegates of the following Admi nistrations: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, Netherlands, Poland (People's Republic of), Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sweden, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. All these countries have approved the agreement.
Table VII. Regional Agreement concerning the establishment of an International VHF Radiotelephone Mobile Service for Rhine Navigation, Brussels, 1957
This agreement was signed on 15 March, 1957, by the delegates of the following Administra tions: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland (Confederation). All these countries have approved the agreement. -41-
Annex 1 his (see page 3 of the Report)
Result of the consultation among the Members of the Union concerning the admission of a new Member [Article 1, paragraph 2 c) of the Buenos Aires Convention (1952)]
Kuwait
On the last day of the consultation period (24 July, 1959), there were 87 countries whose replies alone could be counted in working out the result of this consultation (see Administrative Council Resolution No. 216 [amended]). The following Members of the Union were in favour of admission:
Afghanistan; Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of); Argentine Republic; Australia (Commonwealth of); Austria; Belgium; Bielorussian Soviet Socialist Republic; Brazil; Bulgaria (People's Republic of); Cambodia (Kingdom of); Canada; Ceylon; Chile; China; Vatican City State; Colonies, Pro tectorates, Overseas Territories and Territories under Mandate or Trusteeship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Belgian Congo and Territory of Ruanda-Urundi; Korea (Republic of); Denmark; El Salvador (Republic of); Group of the Different Territories Represented by the French Overseas Postal and Telecommunication Agency; Spain; United States of America; Finland; France; Ghana; Greece; Guatemala; Hungarian People's Republic; India (Republic of); Indonesia (Republic of); Iran; Iraq (Republic of); Iceland; Italy; Japan; Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of); Laos (Kingdom of); Lebanon; Libya (Kingdom of); Luxem bourg; Morocco (Kingdom of); Mexico; Monaco; Nepal; Nicaragua; Norway; New Zealand; Pakistan; Paraguay; Netherlands, Surinam, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea; Peru; Philippines (Republic of the); Poland (People's Republic of); Portugal; Portuguese Oversea Provinces; United Arab Republic; Federal Republic of Germany; Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia; Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Federation of); Roumanian People's Republic; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Sudan (Republic of); Sweden; Switzerland (Confederation); Territories of the United States of America; Thailand; Tunisia; Turkey; Union of South Africa and Territory of South-West Africa; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Uruguay (Oriental Republic of); Venezuela (Republic of); Viet-Nam (Republic of) ;-i.e. 75 Members. Three other countries answered in the affirmative, but as they had not ratified, or acceded to, the Buenos Aires Convention, their replies could not be taken into consideration. No Member of the Union voted against admission.
As the total number of votes in favour of admission-75-reached the majority required by Article 1, paragraph 2 c), of the Buenos Aires Convention, the application by the Go()ernment of Kuwait for Membership of the Union was thus appro()ed.
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ANNEX 2 a) BUDGET FOR 1959 (REVISED) AND ORIGINAL PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES FOR 1960 AS SUGGESTED BEFORE THE PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE, 1959 I. Summary of ordinary income and expenditure
Swiss francs Swiss francs INCOME EXPENDITURE 1959 (rev.) I 1960 1959 (rev.) I 1960
Contributory shares: Administrative Council 215,000 215,000 1959: 618 units at 8,800 6) • 5,436,900 General Secretariat . 2,359,250 2,633,730 1960: 618 units at 8,800 . 5,438,400 I.F.R.B. 2,270,300 2,569,130 C.C.I.T.T .. 568,700 589,300 Refund from Publications Budget 254,890 1) 253,400 1) C.C.I.R. 490,800 542,600 General Services 741,400 692,800 Contribution from extraordinary budget to language staff expenses: 6,645,450 7,242,560 3 C.C.I.T.T. 50,000 ) 50,000 3) 3 C.C.I.R. 50,000 ) 50,000 3) Liquidation of accounts in abeyance (B.A. 4 Unforeseen . 57,000 2,000 Res. No. 12) . 41,900 4) 40,340 ) Withdrawal from Reserve Account (Art. 39 Subsidy to Supplementary Publications 1 of Financial Regulations) 838,560 Budget for documents published at a loss 199,950 ) Deficit . 1,689,050 I 6,687,350 7,482,850 Total ordinary expenditure 6,687,350 7,482,850 Contribution from the United Nations Tech- nical Assistance Board (TAB) for manage- 2 ment expenses 154,800 2) 154,800 2) Technical assistance (special account) . 154,800 2) 154,800 )
6,842,150 7,637,650 6,842,150 7,637,650
N. B.: Not included in the budget limit: C.C.I.T.T. Laboratory equipment and fit- 5 Withdrawal from C.C.I.T.T. Reserve Fund 10,000 5) 10,000 ')I tings 10,000 5) 10,000 )
1 ) In accordance with the Supplementary Publications Budget. 2 ) In accordance with Art. 38 of the I.T.U. Financial Regulations. 3 ) In accordance with the extraordinary budgets of the C.C.I.T.T. and C.C.I.R. (sub-head Languages). 4 ) In accordance with Protocol Ill and Resolution 12 of Buenos Aires. 5) For C.C.I.T.T. Laboratory fittings only. 6) Including 1 unit for 10 months. BUDGET FOR 1959 (REVISED) AND ORIGINAL PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES FOR 1960 AS SUGGESTED BEFORE THE PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE, 1959 (continued) 11. Summary of extraordinary income and expenditure
Budget Swiss francs 1959 (rev.) I 1960
C.C.I.T.T. Study Groups and C.C.I.T.T. Ilnd Plenary Assembly 343,500 700,000 C.C.I.R. Study Groups and IXth Plenary Assembly, 1959 997,000 105,500 Administrative Radio Conference, 1959 2,320,700 Plenipotentiary Conference, 1959 ...... 1,054,250
4,715,450 805,500
Extraordmary expenses are apportioned among participants in conferences and n1eetmgs, in accordance with Article 13, paragraph 3. of the Buenos Aires Convention, 1952, and with Chapter 20 of the Buenos Aires General Regulations, 1952.
Ill. Supplementary Publications Budget
Budget Swiss francs 1959 (rev.) 1) 1960 1)
Income I Expenditure Income Expenditure I I
Total income 1,940,600 1,982,790 Total expenditure 1,976,020 1,929,240 Surplus income to be paid into the Publications Capital Account 53,550 Excess expenditure to be debited to the Publications Capital Account 35,420
1,976,020 1,976,020 1,982,790 1,982,790
1) For details, see pages 48 to 51. INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
SUM~IARY OF ORDINARY EXPENDITURE
Swiss francs
Sub-heads General Secretariat IFRB CC ITT CCIR General services Totals
Budget for 1960. Budget for Budget for Budget for Budget for Budgetfor I 1959 (rev.) I 1959 (rev.) I 1960. 1959 (rev.) I 1960. 1959 (rev.) I 1960. 1959 (rev.) I 1960. 1959 (rev.) 1960.
A DMINISTRATIVE COU:iCIL (travel, all- owances, insurance, overheads) . ------215,000 215,000 s TAFF: .10 Salaries .101 Salaries (pcrmanen t stafT) . . 1,759,650 1,881,030 1,726,920 1,785,000 427,100 !138,500 362,000 403,300 -- /1,275,670 4,507,830 .102 Salaries (other stafT) . . . . 51,600 48,800 27,000 181,000 ------81,600 229,800 .11 Cost-of-liPing allowances .111 Cost-of-living allowances - stafT actively employed . 85,300 9'.,100 86,310 90,0(,0 21,400 22;000 18,200 20,200 - - 211,240 226,300 .112 Cost-of-living allowances - retired stafT, 1927 system 11,000 11,000 ------11,000 11,000 .113 Cost-oC-livin~ allowances - retired stafT, 19'19 system 5,200 5,200 300 300 1,800 1,800 1,000 1,000 -- 8,300 8,300 1C) 0 ... Allowances .121 Expatriation allowances 7,000 15,200 19,210 15,530 6,500 6,500 800 4,500 - - 33,510 '11,730 .122 Family allowances 63,400 72,000 60,000 62,000 19,000 18,800 11,800 13,600 -- 154,200 166,'100 .123 Children's study allowances .123.1 Allowances 8,600 16,200 11,120 14,000 12,150 12,300 1,700 6,000 -- 33,570 48,500 .123.2 Travel 1,000 20,400 16,900 17,000 350 250 - 5,000 -- 18.250 42,650 .13 Removals 1,400 33,000 4,000 7,000 9,200 - 2,500 9,000 -- 17;100 49,000 .14 Home leave . 34,200 12,300 38,250 53,300 2,000 7,700 28,000 2,250 -- 102,450 75,550 .15 Overtime. 4,000 4,000 3,000 3,000 400 400 500 500 - - 7,900 7,900 .16 Long-service gratuities . 2,200 2,800 ------2,200 2,800 .17 Insurance .171 Regular contributions to the S.S. and B. Funds (15%) . 253,800 282,200 259,0'.0 268,000 61,100 65,750 5't,350 60,500 - - 631,290 676,450 .172 Other contributions to s.s. and ll. Funds .172.1 Single contributions 31,400 93,700 18,220 73,000 4,700 15,300 2,200 9,000 - - 56,520 191,000 .172. 2 Entrance fees . . . ------.173 Insurance for survivors or re- tired stafT 36,500 41,800 - - - - 7,750 7,750 - - 44,250 49,550 2,359,250 2,633,730 2,270,300 2,569,130 568,700 589,300 !190,800 542,600 - - 5,904,050 6,549,760
• Ori~inal provisional t.'stimates Cor 1960 as suggested before the Plenipotentiary Conference, 1959. ------·------Swiss francs
Sub-heads General Secretariat IFRD CC ITT CCIR General t;ervlces Totals
Budget for I 1960. Dudget for t 060 • Budget fur I t 960. Budget for I 1060. Budget for I 1060 • Dudget for 1960 • 1959 (rev.) 1959 (rev.) I 1959 (rev.) 1959 (rev.) 1959 (rev.) 1959 (rev.) I
GENERAL SERVICES 1. SOCIAL WELFARE EXPENSES .to S.S. and B. Funds, manage- men t expenses • • • • . ------30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 .11 Existing Provident Fund . . ------53,000 - 53,000 - 012 Contribution to the joint me- dical service of the United Nations and specialized agencies ...... ------13,000 14,000 13,000 14,000 .13 Contribution to the Sickness Insurance Fund • ------'•4,200 47,600 H,200 47,600 .H Collective accident insurance ------25,800 28,100 25,800 28,100 .15 Language courses ------6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 2. PREMISES: TIENT AND CHARGES .20 Rent .201 Palais \Vilson . ------45,200 45,200 45,200 45,200 .202 :r.laison des Congres ------17,400 17,400 17,400 17,.~00 • 203 Villa Dartholoni . ------18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 .21 Lighting, heating • 211 Palais Wilson • ------16,300 16,300 16,300 16,300 .212 .Maison des Congres ------14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 .213 Villa Bartholoni . • • • • • ------7,000 7,500 7,000 7,500 .22 Service (cleaning, upkeep, ea- retaker, fire insurance and watchman) .221 Palais \Vilson . ------21,300 21,500 21,300 21,500 .222 Maison des Congres ------18,900 18,900 18,900 18,900 .223 Villa Bartholoni . ------1,700 1,500 1,700 1,500 .23 Installations and repairs 0 premises • . ------5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 .24: New building 0 . ------10,000 - 10,000 - 3. TRAVEL .30 Attendance at meetings of C.C.I.s and other organiz.a- tions • • • • • • • • • • ------H,OOO 39,500 44,000 39,500
.31 Missions abroad .•. - -- - 19,170 17,000 I 19,170 17,000 .32 Travel in Switzerland - - - - 6,000 5,000 6,000 5,000 .33 Local transport ••. - - - - 700 700 700 700 ~. OFFICE EXPENSES • 40 Office supplies and overheads . 401 Maps, journals, bindings • • - - - - 11,800 12,800 11,800 12,800 .402 Furniture, office machines • - - - - 115,800 117,300 115,800 117,300 • 403 Office sur plies .~ . . . . • -- - - 66,080 8't,OOO 66,080 8ft,OOO .40'a PreparatiOn and publication of reports and plans • • • - -- - 25,000 30,000 25,000 30,000 5, LABORATORY AND TECIINICAL EQUIP MENT .51 Upkeep ••••••••• - -- ·- 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 . 52 Technical equipment . . . . - - - - 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6. POSTAGE STA!IfPS AND TELEGRAPH CHARGES . . • . • . • . - -- - 21,050 22,050 21,050 22,050 7. TELEPHONES (Subscription and call charges) . . • . . . • • - -- - 37,300 23,800 37,300 23,800 8. CENTilAL LIDRARY (fittings, card indexes, bindings, purchase of books for all organs) . . • ...... --- - 12,'t00 13,200 12,4.00 13,200 9. OFFSET WORKSHOP (fittings and equipment) • • • . . • • . . . --- - 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000
D. MISCELLANEOUS AND UNFORESEE:-1 0 --- - 17,000 18,150 17,000 18,150 2,359,250 2,633,730 2,270,300 2,569,130 568,700 589,300 4.90,800 542,600 7'l1,4.00 692,800 6,6'.5,450 7,2'.2,560 Subsidy to Publications Budget for do cuments published at a loss . . . - 199,950 Liquidation of accounts in abeyance 41,900 4.0,340 6,687,350 7,482,850 Technical Assistance (Special account) 154,800 15r.,800
6,8~2,150 7,637,650
StafT numbers . . . . . 97 99 86 86 19 '19 17 17 219 221 Tech. ass. 3 3 222 22-'t I . I I * Orif;inal provisional cstirnat('s for 19GO as suggested before the Plenipotentiary Conference, 1959. -48-
SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATIONS BUDGET, 1959
Summary of items
Expenditure Income A. DocuMENTS ISSUED DURING 1959: Swiss francs
Income: Sale of publications 1,798,600
Expenses: Group I: Preparation of documents: Production expenses (type-setting, print ing, stencils, paper, binding, etc.) . . 1,195,430 Executive salaries for the preparation of documents ...... 63,470 *) Salaries for supernumerary assistants 84,000 Mechanization costs 30,980 Packing 40,230 Carriage ..... 123,190
Total direct expenses in calculation of costs 1,537,300
Group I I: 0fJerheads: Salaries, Publications and Despatch Sec- tion ...... 166,720 *) Assistants' salaries 30,000 Office equipment and supplies 8,000 l Rent ...... 9,000 *) Heating, lighting, cleaning . . 6,000 Telephone charges ...... 1,700 J Depreciation of printed matter, 1959 20,000 Bank charges, out-of-pocket expenses, and sundry ...... 7,000 Interests on advances for the preceding and current years 10,000 +~ Losses on debtors . . . . 1,000
Total overheads, 1959 259,420
B. DoCUMENTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS YEARS:
Income: Sale of publications 65,000
Carried forward 1,796,720 1,863,600 For notes, see the following page. -49-
Expenditure Income Swiss francs Brought forward . 1,796,720 1,863,600
C. DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED AT A LOSS (Journal, notifications, cir culars, portraits, etc.): Income: Sale of documents published at a loss 31,000 Advertisements in the Journal 30,000 61,000 Expenditure: Direct expenses, Journal . . . 72,000 Direct expenses, portraits 1,500 Notifications, circulars, circular-letters . 67,500 I.T.U. pamphlets 6,000 Packing 6,800 Carriage 10,500 164,300 D. SuNDRY: Income: Stamps, etc...... 10,000 Interest on overdue payments 5,000 Sundry (paper used for pulp, etc.) 1,000 16,000 Expenses: Stamps, etc...... 10,000 Interest on advances for previous years 5,000 ++) 15,000 E. ExcEss EXPENDITURE: (Debited to the Publications Capital Account, in accordance with paragraph 7. a) of Annex 1 to the Financial Regulations of the Union) ...... 35,420
1,976,020 1,976,020
*) These amounts constitute income for the ordinary budget {63,470 + 166,720 + 8,000 + 9,000 + 6,000 + 1, 700 = 254,890 Swiss francs). +) Interest on advances (direct expenses, overheads, paper stocks, debtors) for the period not subject to interest on overdue payments (Article 28, paragraph 2, of the Financial Regulations). ++) Interest on advances, subject to interest on overdue payments (Article 28, paragraph 2, of the I.T.U. Financial Regulations).
Note: In accordance with Annex 1, paragraph 6, of the I.T.U. Financial Regulations, the sale price of a publication is obtained by adding costs to overheads (Group II above). This works out as follows: Total, Group II - Overheads 259,420 16·87% or 17% Total, Group I - Direct expenses 1,537,300
Thus, the Administrative Council sets the sale price as follows: for Members of the Union 117% of cost price and for non-Members 123% of cost price. -50-
SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATIONS BUDGET, 1960
Summary of items
Expenditure Income A. DocuMENTS PUBLISHED IN 1960: Swiss francs
Income: Sale of publications . 1,643,100
Expenses: Group I: Preparation of documents: Production costs (type-setting, printing, stencils, paper, binding, etc.) . . . . 1,024,200 Executive salaries for the preparation of 1 documents ...... 58,450 ) Salaries for supernumerary assistants 107,160 Mechanization costs 32,330 Packing 44,150 Carriage ..... 126,200
Total direct expenses in calculation of costs 1,392,490
Group I I: Overheads: Salaries, Publications and Despatch Sec- 1 tion ...... 170,250 ) Assistants' salaries 30,000 Office supplies and equipment 8,000 Rent ...... 9,000 I1) Heating, lighting, cleaning . . 6,000 Telephone charges...... 1,700 Depreciation of printed matter (1960) 20,000 Bank charges, out-of-pocket expenses, and sundry ...... 5,000 Interest on advances for the preceding and current years . 12,000 2) Losses on debtors . . . . 1,000
Total overheads, 1960 262,950
B. DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED IN PREVIOUS YEARS:
Income: Sale of documents 64,890
Carried forward 1,655,440 1,707,990 For notes, see the following page. -51-
Expenditure Income Swiss francs Brought forward . 1,655,440 1,707,990 c. DocuMENTS PUBLISHED AT A LOSS: Income: Sale of documents published at a loss 33,850 Advertisements in the Telecom. Journal 25,000 Subsidy from ordinary budget 199,950 258,800 Expenditure : Direct expenses, Journal 74,000 Direct expenses, portraits 1,500 Notifications, circulars, circular-letters 60,500 I.F.R.B. weekly circulars 90,000 I.T.U. pamphlets 6,000 Packing 9,200 Carriage 17,600 258,800 D. SuNDRY: Income: Stamps, etc. 10,000 Interest on overdue payments . 5,000 Sundry (paper used for pulp, etc.) 1,000 16,000 Expenses: Stamps, etc. 10,000 Interest on advances for previous years 5,000 3 } 15,000 E. SuRPLUS INCOME: (Credited to the Publications Capital Account, in accordance with paragraph 7. a) of Annex 1 to the Financial Regulations of the Union) . 53,550
1,982,790 1,982,790
1} These amounts constitute income for the ordinary budget {58,450 + 170,250 (basic salaries according to the present scale} + 8,000 + 9,000 + 6,000 + 1, 700 = 253,400 Swiss francs}. 2) Interest on advances {direct expenses, overheads, paper stocks, debtors) for the period not subject to interest on overdue payments lArticle 28, paragraph 2, of the Financial Regulations). 3) Interest on advances, subject to interest on overdue payments (Article 28, paragraph 2, of the I.T.U. Financial Regulations).
Note: In accordance with Annex 1, paragraph 6, of the I.T. U. Financial Regulations, the sale price of a publication is obtained by adding costs to overheads (Group 11 above). This works out as follows: Total, Group 11 - Overheads 262,950 18·88% or 19o/0 Total, Group I - Direct expenses 1,392,490 Thus, the Administrative Council sets the sale price as follows: for Members of the Union 119% of cost price and for non-Members 125% of cost price. ANNEX 2b
TOTAL ORDINARY OUTLAY OF THE VARIOUS ORGANS, INCLUDING THEIR SHARES IN GENERAL SERVICES 1959
Swiss francs
Own expenses shown in Share in common expenses Total outlay Sections 1 to 5 under Section 6
Budget Expenses Budget Expenses Budget Expenses I I I
1. Administrative Council 215,000.- 216,483.42 - - 215,000.- 216,483.42
2. General Secretariat 2,359,250.- 2,331,056.25 308,500.- 321,584.31 2,667,750.- 2,652,640.56
3. I.F.R.B. 2,270,300.- 2,254,503.30 280,700.- 276,662.68 2,551,000.- 2,531,165.98
4. C.C.I.T.T. 568,700.- 556,189.25 68,200.- 60,237.18 636,900.- 616,426.43
5. C.C.I.R. 490,800.- 485,876.90 84,000.- 80,160.05 574,800.- 566,036.95
Total, Sections 1 to 5 and 6 5,904,050.- 5,844,109.12 741,400.- 738,644.22
Total expenses, all organs 6,645,450.- 6,582, 753.34
Settlement of accounts in abeyance . 41,900.- 41,816.--
Total, ordinary expenditure . 6,687,350.- 6,624,569.34
7. Special Technical Assistance Account 154,800.- 133,274.35
6,842,150.- 6,757,843.69 -53-
ANNEX 3
International Telecommunication Union, Geneva Summary of budget estimates for 1959 (revised) and original provisional estimates for 1960 as suggested before the Plenipotentiary Conference, 1959, in the form adopted by the United Nations and the other specialized agencies
ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE
GROUP I. STAFF 1959 (revised) 1960 Swiss francs Salaries, wages, and other pay items : Established posts ...... 4,334,770 4,569,130 Temporary staff ...... 87,000 231,000 Staff intermittently employed 2,926,450 600,000 1 1 Overtime and night differential . 7,900 ) 7,900 ) Compensation for annual leave not taken Consultants' fees and associated expenses 30,000 30,000
7,386,120 5,438,030
Staff benefits and allowances: Children's allowances, education grants, and related travel 210,020 261,550 Repatriation grant ...... 2 Installation grants and termination allowances 34,510 2) 42,730 ) Refund of national income tax ...... Contributions to sickness insurance and various insurances 83,000 89,700 Contributions to the Staff Superannuation and Benevolent Funds ...... 794,260 933,000 Allowances and claims . Sundry ...... 241,740 3) 257,500 3)
1,363,530 1,584,480
ToTAL, Group I 8,749,650 7,022,510
GROUP II. GENERAL SERVICES TraCJel and transport: Missions: Delegations . 108,000 108,000 Staff . . . . 475,900 240,000 Consultants Travel on home leave . 102,450 76,950 Travel of staff members and of their dependants and removals 17,000 49,000 Sundry ...... 700 700
707,750 474,650
For explanatory notes, see page 55. -54-
1959 (rev.) 1960 Swiss francs Contractual and other service.~: Printing 199,950 Sundry 1,378,900 4) 338,400 4)
1,378,900 538,350
Supplies ...... 232,800 162,050 Premises and equipment . 348,600 174,600
ToTAL, GRoup 11 . 2,668,050 1,349,650
GROUP Ill. SPECIAL PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Missions ...... Subsidies . . . . Scholarships and Fellowships Other ......
ToTAL, Gnoup Ill ==
GROUP IV. OTHER BUDGETARY PROVISIONS
Unpaid liability fund ...... 41,900 40,340 Provision for new projects, contingencies and unforeseen expenses . . ... Reserve Fund . . . . Working Capital Fund Unapportioned reserves Other ...... 98,000 5) 30,650 5) Overall reduction (to be deducted)
TOTAL, GROUP IV 139,900 70,990
ToTAL, GROUPS I To IV 11,557,600 8,443,150
GROUP V. SuBSIDIARY INcOME
Staff contributions . . . Estimated income from services rendered to other agenciP.s Sale of publications . Sundry ...... 1,405,250 510,200
ToTAL, GROUP V 1,405,250 510,200 1959 10,152,350 NET TOTALS { 1960 7,932,950
For explanatory notes, see page 55. -55-
GROUP VI. PUBLICATIONS SECTION BUDGET 6)
1959 {revised) 1960 Swiss francs Expenditure: Cost of preparation and printing 1,976,020 1,929,240 Payment into capital account . 53,550
Total expenditure 1,976,020 1,982,790
Income: Sale of publications ...... 1,940,600 1,982,790 Withdrawal from the capital account 35,420
Total income ...... 1,976,020 1,982,790
NOTES
1) Overtime only. 2) Expatriation allowance.
3) Details: 1959 1960 Cost-of-living allowance for staff 214,240 229,400 Cost-of-living allowance, retired staff 19,300 19,300 Long-service gratuities ...... 2,200 2,800 Language courses ...... 6,000 6,000 241,740 257,500
") Details: Rent ...... 80,600 80,600 Lighting, heating...... 37,600 38,100 Service {cleaning, upkeep, caretaker) 41,900 41,900 Postage, telegrams ...... 27,500 28,500 Telephone charges ...... 37,300 23,800 Preparation and publication of reports and plans . 25,000 30,000 Extraordinary budget (conferences): Premises, furniture, machines . . . . 286,000 40,500 Document production ...... 336,000 43,000 Unforeseen ...... 28,000 12,000 Publication and distribution of reports 479,000 1,378,900 338,400
15 ) Details: Sundry and unforeseen 18,500 19,650 Interest ...... 79,500 11,000 98,000 30,650
8) In the ITU, separate budgets and accounts are kept for ordinary expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Publications Section expenses, these latter not being covered by the contributions of Members and Associate Members. The Publications Section is an independent commercial undertaking, the expenses of which are covered by income from the sale of documents to Administrations, private operating agencies, and private individuals. -56-
ANNEX 4
LIST OF DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED BY THE UNION IN 1959
1. 24 Notifications, making 363 printed pages in all, including annexes, in 3 languages.
2. 15 T.T. Division Circulars = 50 printed pages, in 3 languages. These circulars deal with the following questions: Circular No. 1337 (orders for the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations, Geneva, 1958) , No. 1338 (orders for the C.C.I.T.T. Red Book, Volume 11) , No. 1339 (non-publication of Volume 11 of the C.C.I.F. Green Book) , No. 1340 (orders for the comparative tables of numbers of the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations, Paris (1949) and Geneva (1958)) No. 1341 (publication of a multilingual vocabulary of technical terms used in " line transmission) No. 1342 (orders for Tables of Rates A, B and C, Geneva, 1958) " No. 1343 and Radio Division No. 771 (orders for the Collected Proposals for " the Plenipotentiary Conference, Geneva, 1959) No. 1344 (orders for the literature of the Telegraph and Telephone Conference, " Geneva, 1958) No. 1345 (despatch of final editions of the Telegraph and Telephone Regula " tions, Geneva Revision, 1958) No. 1346 (orders for the General Plan for the Development of the Interna " tional Network, 1958-1960, Volume I, C.C.I.T.T.) No. 1347 (despatch of the General Telegraph Statistics, 1957. List of inter- " national telex circuits. Table of international telex relations) No. 1348 (General Telephone Statistics, 1957) " No. 1349 (Speed of transmission of international telegrams) " No. 1350 (Application of the Telegraph Regulations, Geneva Revision, 1958) " No. 1351 (orders for the Instructions for the International Telephone Service, " CC I TT)
3. 13 Radio Division Circulars = 291 printed pages, in 3 languages. Circular No. 766 (I.T.U. Service Documents) , No. 767 (orders for the List of Broadcasting Stations, 15th edition) , No. 768 (Distress calls) , No. 769 (despatch of the 27th edition of the List of Aeronautical and Aircraft Stations) No. 770 (orders for the 2nd edition of the List of International Monitoring " Stations) No. 771 and No. 1343 of the T.T. Division (orders for the Collected Proposals " for the Plenipotentiary Conference, Geneva, 1959) No. 772 (Application of the provisions of Chapter 18 of the General Regula " tions) No. 773 (I.F.R.B. Technical Standards) " No. 774 (orders for the final texts of the IXth Plenary Assembly of the C.C.I.R., " Los Angeles, 1959, Volumes I to V) No. 775 (Application of the provisions of Chapter 18 of the General Regula " tions) -57-
Circular No. 776 (despatch of the 32nd edition of the List of Coast and Ship Stations and orders for the 33rd edition) No. 777 (orders for the 20th edition of the Alphabetical List of Call Signs) " No. 778 (Harmonisation of the Radio Regulations and Additional Radio " Regulations with the Telegraph Regulations) Printed No. 4. Collected Resolutions, Administrative Council, 14th Session ...... F 350 E 400 s 170 5. Financial Operating Report, 1958 (81 pages) ...... F 750 E 700 s 300 6. Report on Union activities, 1958 (68 pages) ...... F 720 E 900 s 325 7. Collected Proposals for the Plenipotentiary Conference, Geneva, 1959 . . . . F 400 E 700 s 150 8. Literature of the Telegraph and Telephone Conference, Geneva, 1958 . . . . F 250 E 270 s 100 9. Collected Proposals for the International Radio Conference, Geneva, 1959 . . F 400 E 1,000 s 170 10. Report by the Administrative Council to the Administrative Radio Conference on the imp]ementation of the Table of Frequency Allocations (Atlantic City, 1947) ...... F 600 E 900 s 230 11. Portrait of Thomas A. Edison ...... 1,000 12. Telecommunication Journal, 12 numbers, trilingual ...... 2,000 13. List of Point-to-Point Radio Channels, Supplements 8 and 9, trilingual 1,250 14. Official List of Telegraph Offices, 20th edition, Annexes 17 to 22, trilingual preface ...... 16,700 15. Table B, 3rd edition, Paris, 1949, Supplements 27 to 32 F 400 E 400 Table B, 1st edition, Geneva, 1959 . . . . F 400 E 400 16. Table A, Geneva Revision, 1958, 1st edition F 350 E 300 17. General Telegraph Statistics, 195 7, trilingual ...... 650 18. List of International Telex Circuits, position on 31 December, 1957, trilingual 650 19. Table of International Telex Relations, position on 31 December, 1957, trilin- gual ...... 650 20. General Telephone Statistics, 1957, trilingual ...... 750 21. General Telegraph Statistics, 1958, trilingual ...... 675 22. List of International Telex Circuits, position on 31 December, 1958, trilingual 650 23. Table of International Telex Relations, position on 31 December, 1958, trilin- gual ...... 650 24. Telephone Regulations, Geneva, 1958 ...... F 3,300 E 2,700 s 800 -58-
Printed No. 25. Telegraph Regulations, Geneva, 1958 ...... F 5,000 E 6,700 s 1,100 26. Comparative table of the numbers of the Telegraph Regulations, Paris 1949, and Geneva 1958, trilingual ...... 2,500 27. Comparative table of the numbers of the Telephone Regulations, Paris 1949, and Geneva 1958, trilingual ...... 2,000 28. List of the world's submarine cable network, 15th edition, Supplement 5, tri- lingual ...... 1,150 29. General Radio Statistics, 1958, trilingual ...... 750 30. List of Broadcasting Stations, 14th edition, Supplement 3, trilingual 1,500 31. List of Broadcasting Stations, 15th edition, ~rilingual . . . . . 1,400 32. List of Radiolocation Stations, 5th edition, Supplements 4 to 7 . F 3,100 E 13,000 33. List of Special Service Stations, 16th edition, Supplements 2 to 5 F 3,400 E 12,800 34. Alphabetical List of Call Signs, 19th edition, Supplements 3 to 10, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 17,300 35. List of Fixed Stations, 16th edition, Volumes I and II, Supplement 3, trilin- gual ...... 1,300 36. List of Fixed Stations, 17th edition, Volumes I and II, trilingual, Volume I 1,550 II 1,400 37. List of Coast and Ship Stations, 32nd edition, Volume I . . . . " 17,800 , II . . . . 17,000 38. List of Aeronautical and Aircraft Stations, 27th edition, trilingual 2,300 39. List of International Monitoring Stations, trilingual ...... 600 40. Preface to the Radio Frequency Record, 5th edition, Supplement 3 F 500 E 1,000 s 200 41. Preface to the Radio Frequency Record, 6th edition F 500 E 1,300 s 200 42. Preface to the Radio Frequency Record, 6th edition, Supplement 1 . . . . . F 500 E 1,300 s 200 43. Volume I, Radio Frequency Record, 5th edition, Supplement 3, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,600 44. Volume I, Radio Frequency Record, 6th edition, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,900 45. Volume I, Radio Frequency Record, 6th edition, Supplement 1, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,900 46. Volume II, Radio Frequency Record, 5th edition, Supplement 3, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,600 47. Volume II, Radio Frequency Record, 6th edition, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,900 48. Volume II, Radio Frequency Record, 6th edition, Supplement 1, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,900 49. Volume Ill, Radio Frequency Record, 5th edition, Supplement 3, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,300 50. Volume Ill, Radio Frequency Record, 6th edition, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,600 -59-
Printed No. 51. Volume Ill, Radio Frequency Record, 6th edition, Supplement 1, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,600 52. Supplementary Information to the Radio Frequency Record, 1st edition, Sup- plement 9, Preface in F, E, S, Russian and Chinese ...... 1,800
C.C.I.T.T. 53. Volume 11, C.C.I.T.T. Red Book (Special Assembly, Geneva, 1958) F 1,000 E 1,000 General Plan for the Development of the International Network, 1958-1962, Part I, bilingual E-F ...... 1,500
C.C.I.R. 54. Volume I, Documents of the C.C.I.R. Vlllth Plenary Assembly, Warsaw, 1956, Addenda 4 and 5 ...... s 300 55. Antenna Diagrams, Supplement 2 F 550 E 750 s 130 56. Second Atlas of ground-wave propagation curves for frequencies between 30 and 10,000 Mc/s, 1959, trilingual ...... 1,000 57. Documents of the C.C.I.R. IXth Plenary Assembly, Los Angeles, 1959, Volu mes I, 11 and Ill ...... F 700 E 1,950 I.F.R.B. 58. I.F.R.B. Circulars (1,414 pages) (notification of frequency assignments to the I.F.R.B. and publication of this body's find- ings thereon), trilingual ...... 520 59. Summaries of Monitoring Information received by the I.F.R.B., Booklets 29 to 39, trilingual (F, E, S) ...... 550 60. I.F.R.B. Technical Standards, Supplement 4 to Groups B-1 and B-2 . ; . . 600 -60-
ANNEX 5
LIST OF CONFERENCES OR MEETINGS OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO WHICH THE UNION WAS INVITED BETWEEN 1 JANUARY, 1959 AND 31 DECEMBER, 1959
A. Conferences and meetings at which the Union was represented
1. First Session, Governing Council of the United Nations Special Fund for Economic Develop ment, New York, 26 and 27 January, 1959. 2. 15th Session, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, Broadbeach (Australia), 9 to 19 March, 1959. 3. 44th Session, Technical Assistance Board, New York, 23 to 27 March, 1959. 4. Special Session, Advisory Committee for Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Geneva, 13 and 14 April, 1959. 5. 36th Session, Preparatory Committee, Administrative Committee on Coordination, Geneva, 28 April 1959. 6. Meeting of the Working Party of Telecommunication Experts, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, Tokyo, 4 to 11 May, 1959. 7. 28th Session, Administrative Committee on Coordination, Geneva, 7 and 8 May, 1959. 8. 28th Session, Technical Assistance Committee, Geneva, 29 June to 29 July, 1959. 9. 28th Session, Economic and Social Council, Geneva, 30 June 1959. 10. 37th meeting, Preparatory Committee, Administrative Committee on Coordination, 3, 16 and 17 July, 1959. 11. Meeting of European National Technical Assistance Committees, Geneva, 16 and 17 July, 1959. 12. 45th Session, Technical Assistance Board, Geneva, 22 to 28 July, 1959. 13. 14th Session, United Nations General Assembly, New York, 15 September, 1959. 14. 38th Session, Preparatory Committee, Administrative Committee on Coordination, New York, 6 October, 1959. 15. 46th Session, Technical Assistance Board, New York, 7 to 14 October, 1959. 16. Annual Technical Assistance Conference, New York, 9 October, 1959. 17. 29th Session of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, New York, 12 and 13 October, 1959. 18. 8th Session of the Transport and Communications Commission of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, Bangkok, 18 to 24 November, 1959.
B. Conferences and meetings at which the Union - though invited - was not represented
1. Meetings of the Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, January to December, 1959. 2. 2nd session of the Committee on Trade of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, Bangkok, 23 January to 2 February, 1959. 3. Eleventh session of the Committee on Industry and Natural Resources E.C.A.F.E., Bangkok, 5 to 12 February, 1959. 4. 27th Session of the Advisory Committee on Public Information, New York, 16 to 19 March, 1959. 5. Sixth session of the Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, New York, 23 March, 1959. 6. 27th Session of the Economic and Social Council, Mexico City, 7 April, 1959. -61-
7. 20th Session of the Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions, Rome, 13 April, 1959. 8. First meeting of the Governing Council of the Special Fund, New York, 13 April, 1959. 9. Second session of the Committee on Trade of the Economic Commission for Latin America, Panama City, 11 May, 1959. 10. Eighth Session of the Economic Com~ission for Latin America, Panama City, 14 May, 1959. 11. Second session of the Governing Council of the Special Fund, New York, 26 to 28 May, 1959. 12. 32nd Session of the Committee on Visual Information, Geneva, 24 to 27 August, 1959. 13. Working Party on Earth-Moving Operations, E.C.A.F.E., New Delhi, 7 to 14 September, 1959. 14. Statisticians' Conference, Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, 28 September to 8 October, 1959. 15. Joint E.C.A.F.E./F.A.O. Working Party on the Use of Wood Poles for Electrical and Tele communication Lines, Tokyo, 29 September to 6 October, 1959. 16. 7th Session of the Sub-Committee on Electric Power, E.C.A.F.E., Tokyo, 29 September to 6 October, 1959. 17. 5th Session of the Sub-Committee on Inland Waterways, Bangkok, 4 to 16 November, 1959. 18. 3rd Session of the Governing Council of the Special Fund, New York, 8 to 10 December, 1959. 19. General Assembly of the International Film and Television Council, Rome, 9 and 10 Dec ember, 1959. 20. 6th Session of the Railway Sub-Committee and meeting of the Mechanical Engineers' Working Party, Lahore (Pakistan), 15 to 22 December, 1959. -62-
ANNEX 6
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER I.T.U. AUSPICES DURING 1959 AND PLANS FOR 1960
TABLE 1
Experts engaged on I. T. U. Technical Assistance Projects during 1959
Mission Country of assignment Name and nationality Speciality Starting Closing date date
Afghanistan H. Sauermilch Carrier systems 8.9.1958 (Fed. Rep. of Germ- any)
Ethiopia J. Heierle Radiocommunications, Direc- 31.10.55/31.3.59 ' (Switzerland) tor of the Ethiopian Insti- tute of Telecommunications
T. J. A. Watters Telephony, Instructor at the 26.8.57 (United Kingdom) Ethiopian Institute of Tele- communications
I K. Scherrer Radio instructor, at the Ethio- 1.8.59 (Switzerland) pian Institute of Telecom- munications
E. B0rresen Radio instructor at Ethiopian 19.10.1959 (Norway) Institute of Telecommuni- I cations
India S. Forss Exchange switching expert 7.9.59/6.3.60 (Sweden)
Iran R. Mouret (France) Construction of overhead tele- 3.3.59/29.9.59 phone lines
M. V. Scoffier (France) VHF links 1.1.57
Iraq W. R. Prattley Telephone carrier systems 24.10.55/15.1.59 (New Zealand)
Jordan A. J. Kupfer Telecommunications 29.10.57 (Netherlands)
Lebanon H. Murat (France) Telegraph lines 1.11.59/31.1.60
F. Zuber (Switzerland) Broadcasting (studios) 7.10.59/29.2.60 -63-
Mission Country Speciality of assignment Name and nationality Starting Closing date date i------~------~~------~------11 Libya H. Arthur Use of radio frequencies 3.12.59 (New Zealand)
Malaya W. H. Dolan Local networks 12.10.59 (Federation of) (United Kingdom)
W. N. Lang Carriers 1.9.59 (United Kingdom)
Pakistan S. Quij ano Caballero Radiocommunications 15.5.52/1.8.59 (Colombia)
Paraguay A. Sagrario Rocafort Radiocommunications 23.5.56 (Spain)
J. Zahonero Diaz Installation of radio stations 29.9.57 (Spain)
M. Martinez de Urbina Instructor at the Paraguayan 18.10.58/31.12.59 (Spain) Telecommunications Insti- tute
United Arab Re S. M. O'Miodchain Telegraph and Telephone Ac 5.10.59 public (Egyp (Ireland) counting tian Region)
(Syrian N. Mahalingam Radiocommunications 14.10.57 Region) (India)
J. R. Sen Gupta Long-distance telephone lines 26.1.58 (India)
I. Timtchenko Underground telephone cables 22.10.57 (U.R.S.S.)
Venezuela G. Muth (Fed. Rep. Radiocommunications 30.1 0. 58/30.6.59 of Germany)
J. Deketh Telephones 21.1.59 (Netherlands)
E.C.A.F.E. G. Searle Radiocommunicacions 24.1.58/20.1.59 Region (New Zealand) 14.4.59/25.5.59
H. N. Shrivastava Line Communications 18.4.58 (India) -64-
TABLE II
List of scholars and fellows nominated under the I. T. U. 1959 programme, and those who continued, began or terminated their studies in 1959
Year in which scholar- Year of Country Name ship or training Host country(ies) of origin fellowship period was granted I Argentina P. Cabero 1959 1960 France P. Chaher 1959 1960 United States
Chile R. Cofre 1958 1959 United Kingdom, Netherlands, Fed. Rep. of Germany, Switzerland and France K. von T. Lanzendorf 1957 1957/9 Fed. Rep. of Germany F. C. Sepulveda 1957 1958/9 United States
China Yen Teh Chang 1958 1960 United States Cheng Chen 1959 1960 United States Y aw-Chi Cheng 1959 1960 United States Shih Yin Fung 1958 1960 United States K wang-N go Lien 1957 1959 United States
Korea Jhae H yung Jho 1959 1960 United Kingdom Bong Ick Lee 1958 1959/60 United Kingdom, I.T.U. Nam Soo Lim 1959 1960 United States United Kingdom
I Ethiopia Essaye Gizaw 1957 1958/9 United Kingdom Gab re-Mikael Gab re Selassie 1957 1958/9 Switzerland Habtemaniam Shumgizaw 1957 1958/9 United States Tesfazion Sebhatu 1957 1958/9 United Kingdom, Netherlands, I.T.U. Teshome Ainalem 1957 1958/9 Sweden Tekle-Haimanot Tewelde 1958 1959/60 United Kingdom W oldegiorgis Kidane 1958 1959/60 United Kingdom
India H. J. Mirchandani 1959 1960 Sweden, Fed. Rep. of Germany N. M. Sundaram 1958 1959 Sweden B. H. Shanta 1959 1959/60 United Kingdom, Netherlands, Fed. Rep. of. Germany, France
Iran E. G. Boldy 1959 1960 United Kingdom E. Dibadj 1959 1960 United Kingdom -65·~
Year in which scholar- Year of Country Name ship or training Host country(ies) of origin fellowship period was granted
Israel A. Gurel 1958 1958/9 United· States,. Sweden E. Kaplan . 1959 1960 United States J. Karfunkel 1959 1959/60 United Kingdom, Fed. Rep. of Germany Y. Sussmann 1958 1959 United States G. Szekely 1959 1960 United States, United Kingdom
Japan F. Ikegami 1958 1959 United States Y. Saburi 1958 1959/60 United States M. Sugaya 1959 1960 United States, United Kingdom S. Yoshida 1958 1959 United States, United Kingdom Netherlands, Switzerland, I.T.U.
Lebanon L. Rizk 1958 1959 Fed. Rep. of Germany, Switzerland S. Saad 1958 1959 Fed. Rep. of Germany, Switzerland
Mexico B. Aguilar G6mez 1958 1959/60 United Kingdom, United States M. Fernimdez Quiroz 1957 1958/9 United States G. Garcia Talavera 1958 1959/60 France F. Montemayor Garibay 1957 1959 United States A. Ortiz Gonzalez 1958 1960 United States A. Perez Alfaro 1958 1960 United States C. Sanchez Castellanos 1958 1960 United States
Pakistan M. Z. Alam 1959 1960 United Kingdom, Fed. Rep. of Germany A. N. Faizi 1957 1958/9 United States, LT. U. A. Rouf 1959 1960 Netherlands, Fed. Rep. of Germany
Poland M. Kolaszewski * 1959 1960 Sweden, Fed. Rep. of Germany M. Michalowski * 1959 1960 France H. Zdziech * 1959 1960 Switzerland B. Bassili 1959 1960 Netherlands, Sweden
United Arab M. El-Solamy 1959 1960 Netherlands, Sweden Republic F. Nasser 1959 1960 United Kingdom (Egyptian H. Thabet 1959 1960 United Kingdom Region)
*) See page 66. -66-
·~ - -- Year in which Country scholar- Year of of origin Name ship or training Host country(ies) fellowship period was granted
Tunisia M. Azzedine 1958 1960 France S. Bchini 1959 1960 France A. Ben Said 1958 1960 Sweden S. Chemli 1958 1960 Sweden M. Chamekh 1958 1960 France S. Ghanouchi 1959 1960 France
Yugoslavia A. Antimovski 1958 1959 Fed. Rep. of Germany D. Badzevic 1958 1959 France, Italy B. Bolmanac 1958 1959 Denmark, Finland, Sweden D. Cosic 1958 1959 Fed. Rep. of Germany Z. Dabic * 1959 1960 Belgium, France, Switzerland, I.T.U. I. Hadzi-Nesic 1959 1959/60 Fed. Rep. of Germany J. Hadzic 1958 1959 France K. Horvat 1959 1959 I.T.U. B. Jovanovic 1958 1959 United Kingdom N. Krvavac 1959 1959 Fed. Rep. of Germany R. Kunaver * 1958 1959/60 Switzerland, France V. Lokar 1958 1959 Fed. Rep. of Germany R. Miletic * 1958 1959 France, Fed. Rep. of Germany D. Milicevic 1958 1959 Denmark, Sweden, Finland S. Mejac 1959 1959/60 Sweden, Fed. Rep. of Germany L. Savic 1958 1959 Fed. Rep. of Germany I. Vucetic 1959 1959/60 Italy
*) U .N. T .A.A. fellow; training period organized by the I. T. U. -67-
TABLE Ill
I.T.U. Technical Assistance Programme, 1960 (Category I) (Approved by the ECOSOC Technical Assistance Committee, which authorized allocation of the requisite funds, and confirmed by the United Nations General Assembly)
Experts Fellows Total Country Description Cost in u.s. $ ~Month No. I Month
Afghanistan Carrier systems Equipment 1 9 11,000
Saudi Arabia* Organization of the telecommunica- tions administration 1 6 7,200
Burma Telecommunications 1 6 3,000
China Automatic telephone and trunk swit- ching 1 6 2,500
Korea Administration of the telephone and telegraph services 1 6 3,000
Ethiopia Chief, Telecommunications Institute 1 12 Telecommunications Expert 2 24 43,200
Guinea Telecommunications 2 18 8,000
India VHF and ultra-high f1 equency commu- nications 1 6 3,000
Iran VHF links 1 12 Carrier system 1 6 25,600
Iraq Telephone engineer 1 12 Construction of lines, installation and testing of cables 1 12 28,800
Israel Maintenance of telecommunication network 1 3 3,000
Japan Automatic operation and broadcasting equipment 1 6 Improvement of frequency standards 1 6 6,000
Jordan Telecommunications 1 9 1 6 14,850
*) This project will be financed by means of the credits allocated by the Executive Chairman of the Technical Assistance Board. -68-
Experts Fellows Total Country Description Cost in u.s. $ No. IMonth No. I Month
i Lebanon Radiocommunications 1 3 I I Broadcasting 1 2 6,200 I
Libya Radio frequency utilisation 1 5 4,ooo~ I
1 I Malaya Local telephone installations 8 I Technical improvement of line trans- I
mission 1 9 2o,2oo 1
Mexico Telecommunications 2 12 6,000
Paraguay Radiocommunications 1 12 Installation of radio stations 1 12 ! I Telecommunications instructor 1 12 33,000 I I I I United Arab I I Republic (Egyptian j Region) Organization of accounting 1 2 1 6 I Management of stocks 1 6 I I Statistics 1 6 I I Maintenance of telephone exchanges 1 6 22,800 I (Syrian i Region) Radiocomm unications 1 10 Long distance lines 1 4 Underground cables 1 8 24,800 I ·--- IT .. I ums1a Radiotelephone circuits 2 8 3,000
Viet-Nam Equipment 2,030 I Yugoslavia HF equipment, propagation, and measurements 1 3 Radiotelegraphy and Radiotelephony 1 3 Cables for trunk circuits 1 3 I Local telephone installations 1 4 4,8751
Regional programme for Asia and the Far East Countries Members of Study of telecommunication systems E.C.A.F.E. and equipment 2 24 27,000
ToTAL . 26 20 313,055 ------·---
Note: To this must be added 54,000 U.S. dollars for the expenses incurred by the I.T.U., so that the I.T.U. Category I programme for 1960 amounts to $367,055. -69-
ANNEX 7
THE POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE UNION'S MAIN DEBTORS ON 31 MAY, 1960
Balance owed for the years Argentine Republic 367,439.40 1954-1959 Bolivia 442,552.35 1949-1959 Brazil ...... 402,202.60 1958-1959 Cuba ...... 657,775.18 1948-1959 Haiti (Republic of) 29,947.20 1955-1959 Peru ...... 248,329.71 1949-1959 Uruguay (Oriental Republic of) 337,989.13 1951-1959 San Marino (Republic of) 22,690.38 1946-1959
Total .. 2,508,925.95 Swiss francs