INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION Document 36-E PLENIPOTENTIARY 11 July 2002 CONFERENCE (PP-02) Original: English MARRAKESH, 23 SEPTEMBER - 18 OCTOBER 2002 PLENARY MEETING Note by the Secretary-General REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNION 1999-2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 2 PART 1 - Membership 1999-2002 .......................................................................................... 2 PART 2 - Participation in the activities of the Sectors............................................................. 5 PART 3 - Activities of the Council 1999-2002........................................................................ 8 PART 4 - Implementation of the Strategic Plan 1999-2003 ................................................... 14 - The changing international telecommunication environment ................................ 14 - Strategic plan goals, 1999-2003 .............................................................................. 15 - Sectoral strategies and priorities ............................................................................. 17 - General Secretariat strategies and priorities ........................................................... 22 PART 5 - Reports on the implementation of ITU decisions, resolutions and recommendations ........................................................................... 30 PART 6 - Recommended possible action by PP-02 in respect of ITU decisions, resolutions and recommendations ........................................................................... 52 Annex: List of ITU Member States and Sector Members and their contributory unit............. 60 ******* • PP-02 documents are available at http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/index.html .• Y:\APP\PDF_SERVER\EDMG\IN\PP02\036V2E.DOC (146399) 13.08.02 15.08.02 - 2 - PP-02/36-E INTRODUCTION 1 In accordance with the provisions of the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (No. 82), the Council is "to submit to the Plenipotentiary Conference a report on the activities of the Union since the previous Plenipotentiary Conference and any appropriate recommendations". This report summarizes the evolution of the Union and its membership in the four years since the last Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998) (PP-98), the activities of the Council, the steps taken to implement the policies and Strategic Plan adopted at PP-98, and the results achieved. 2 Plenipotentiary Conference participants may wish to have access to detailed information on the Union's activities of the kind presented in the annual reports from the secretariat to Council. These, and further useful reports, can be found at http://www.itu.int/council/. ******* PART 1 - MEMBERSHIP 1999-2002 3 On 31 December 1998, the Union had 188 Member States.* 4 On 30 June 2002, the Union had 189 Member States. One country, the Republic of Seychelles, became a Member State of the Union on 17 September 1999 by acceding to the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994). 5 The membership of the Union by administrative region is as follows: Region A - Americas (34 countries) Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Mexico Argentine Republic Nicaragua Bahamas (Commonwealth of the) Panama (Republic of) Barbados Paraguay (Republic of) Belize Peru Bolivia (Republic of) Saint Lucia Brazil (Federative Republic of) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Canada Suriname (Republic of) Chile Trinidad and Tobago Colombia (Republic of) Uruguay (Eastern Republic of) Costa Rica Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Cuba Region B - Western Europe (33 countries) Dominican Republic Germany (Federal Republic of) Dominica (Commonwealth of) Andorra (Principality of) El Salvador (Republic of) Austria Ecuador Belgium United States of America Bosnia and Herzegovina Grenada Croatia (Republic of) Guatemala (Republic of) Cyprus (Republic of) Guyana Denmark Haiti (Republic of) Spain Honduras (Republic of) Estonia (Republic of) ____________________ * The list of ITU Member States and their contributory unit is attached in Annex to this report. Y:\APP\PDF_SERVER\EDMG\IN\PP02\036V2E.DOC (146399) 13.08.02 15.08.02 - 3 - PP-02/36-E Finland Egypt (Arab Republic of) France Eritrea Greece Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of) Hungary (Republic of) Gabonese Republic Ireland Gambia (Republic of the) Iceland Ghana Italy Guinea (Republic of) Latvia (Republic of) Guinea-Bissau (Republic of) Liechtenstein (Principality of) Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) Lithuania (Republic of) Kenya (Republic of) Luxembourg Lesotho (Kingdom of) Malta Liberia (Republic of) Monaco (Principality of) Libya (Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) Norway Madagascar (Republic of) Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Malawi Portugal Mali (Republic of) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Morocco (Kingdom of) Ireland Mauritius (Republic of) San Marino (Republic of) Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) Slovenia (Republic of) Mozambique (Republic of) Sweden Namibia (Republic of) Switzerland (Confederation of) Niger (Republic of the) Turkey Nigeria (Federal Republic of) Vatican City State Uganda (Republic of) Region C - Eastern Europe and Northern Asia Democratic Republic of the Congo (20 countries) Rwandese Republic Albania (Republic of) Sao Tome and Principe (Democratic Republic of) Armenia (Republic of) Senegal (Republic of) Azerbaijani Republic Seychelles (Republic of) Belarus (Republic of) Sierra Leone Bulgaria (Republic of) Somali Democratic Republic Georgia Sudan (Republic of the) Kazakstan (Republic of) South Africa (Republic of) The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Swaziland (Kingdom of) Moldova (Republic of) Tanzania (United Republic of) Uzbekistan (Republic of) Chad (Republic of) Poland (Republic of) Togolese Republic Kyrgyz Republic Tunisia Slovak Republic Zambia (Republic of) Czech Republic Zimbabwe (Republic of) Romania Region E - Asia and Australasia (49 countries) Russian Federation Afghanistan (Islamic State of) Tajikistan (Republic of) Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of) Turkmenistan Australia Ukraine Bahrain (Kingdom of) Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) Bangladesh (People's Republic of) Region D - Africa (53 countries) Bhutan (Kingdom of) Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of) Brunei Darussalam Angola (Republic of) Cambodia (Kingdom of) Benin (Republic of) China (People's Republic of) Botswana (Republic of) Korea (Republic of) Burkina Faso United Arab Emirates Burundi (Republic of) Fiji (Republic of) Cameroon (Republic of) India (Republic of) Cape Verde (Republic of) Indonesia (Republic of) Central African Republic Iran (Islamic Republic of) Comoros (Union of the) Iraq (Republic of) Congo (Republic of the) Israel (State of) Côte d'Ivoire (Republic of) Japan Djibouti (Republic of) Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of) Y:\APP\PDF_SERVER\EDMG\IN\PP02\036V2E.DOC (146399) 13.08.02 15.08.02 - 4 - PP-02/36-E Kiribati (Republic of) Kuwait (State of) Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Malaysia Maldives (Republic of) Marshall Islands (Republic of the) Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Myanmar (Union of) Nauru (Republic of) Nepal New Zealand Oman (Sultanate of) Pakistan (Islamic Republic of) Papua New Guinea Philippines (Republic of the) Qatar (State of) Syrian Arab Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Samoa (Independent State of) Singapore (Republic of) Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of) Thailand Tonga (Kingdom of) Tuvalu Vanuatu (Republic of) Viet Nam (Socialist Republic of) Yemen (Republic of) Y:\APP\PDF_SERVER\EDMG\IN\PP02\036V2E.DOC (146399) 13.08.02 15.08.02 - 5 - PP-02/36-E PART 2 - PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SECTORS 6 On 31 December 1998 the Union had 543 Sector Members* and on 1 February 2002, there were 657 Sector Members, some participating in the activities of two or all three Sectors. On 1 February 2002, the Union counted 40 Associates participating in the work of its activities. ITU-R ITU-T ITU-D Total 1998 2002 1998 2002 1998 2002 1998 2002 ROA (CV229) 127 152 151 179 91 127 369 458 SIO (CV229) 55 74 183 235 51 57 289 366 FDI (CV229) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 *Associates (CV241A) 0 6 0 34 0 0 0 40 Other Entities (CV230) 2 4 3 3 20 34 25 41 RegIntOrg (CV231) 36 41 24 25 14 21 74 87 RegTelOrg (CV260) 10 10 10 10 6 7 26 27 IntSatOrg (CV261) 7 5 4 1 4 1 15 7 * The status of Associates in ITU-R, ITU-T and ITU-D was introduced following the Radiocommunication Assembly (Istanbul, 2000), the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (Montreal, 2000) and the World Telecommunication Development Conference (Istanbul, 2002), respectively. ____________________ * The list of ITU Sector Members and their contributory unit is attached in Annex to this report. Y:\APP\PDF_SERVER\EDMG\IN\PP02\036V2E.DOC (146399) 13.08.02 15.08.02 - 6 - PP-02/36-E Number of Sector Members and Associates 1999-2002 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 06.05.1999 01.07.2000 01.03.2001 01.02.2002 CV 229 (ROA, SIO, FDI) 482 526 537 561 CV 230 (Other Entities) 21 36 39 40 CV 231 (REGINTORG) 50 51 53 56 CV 241A (Associates) 00340 Y:\APP\PDF_SERVER\EDMG\IN\PP02\036V2E.DOC (146399) 13.08.02 15.08.02 - 7 - PP-02/36-E Number of Sector Members and Associates per Sector 1999-2002 6.5.1999 1.7.2000 350 400 300 350 250 300 250 200 200 150 150 100 100 50 50 0 0 CV 229 (ROA, CV 230 (Other CV 231 CV 241A CV 229 (ROA, CV 230 (Other CV 231 CV 241A SIO ,