ITUGoverning Bodies

• Plenipotentiary Conference

  • Constitution and Convention of ITU

• Council

  • policies and strategy
  • coordination role

• World Conferences

  • to negotiate agreements serving as basis for operation of global telecoms services
  • Radiocommunication Conferences, e.g. WRC-2000

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3 principal decision-making bodies which govern the ITU:

• Supreme governing body – establishes long-term policy on organisation and activities; meets every 4 years; sets budget; adopts the Constitution and Convention – treaty status

• Representative body acting between Plenipots; 46 member countries; broad policies; ensures efficient coordination of work

• Most usual is WRC; main purpose is to revise and update the RRs – more in next slide