CEPT WG ITU PT PP06

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CEPT / WG ITU / PT PP-06

• Document PT PP-06(zzz)
• About CEPT and PP-06

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EUROPE, CEPT ITU PP-06APT, Bangkok, 4-6 July
2006

• OVERVIEW OF CEPT AND EUROPEAN
• PREPARATIONS FOR ITU PP-06
• Knut Smaaland, NPT, Norway
• Chairman of CEPT WG ITU PT PP-06
• (Preparations for PP-06)
• (Some slides have additional information that
  will appear,
  
• if viewed in notes mode.)

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CONTENTS / TOPICS

• ABOUT CANDIDATURES/ELECTED OFFICIALS
• ABOUT ECPS
• ABOUT FURTHER ISSUES IDENTIFIED FOR PP-06
• ANNEX CONTACT INFORMATION
• ANNEX GLOSSARY

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ABOUTCANDIDATURES / ELECTED OFFICIALS

• THE RESULTS OF THE INTERNAL CEPT PROCESS

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CEPT CANDIDATES FOR POSTS

• THE EUROPEAN / CEPT PROCESS
• DETERMINE (SINGLE) POSITION OF INTEREST/PRIORITY
  FOR EUROPE
  
• INVITE CEPT CANDIDATURES
• SELECT PREFERRED CANDIDATE (VOTING WITHIN CEPT)
• ENDEAVOUR TO ADDRESS COORDINATION OF COUNCIL AND
  RRB CANDIDATURES
  
• NONE OF THE ABOVE IS VERY EASY OR VERY
  SUCCESSFUL
  
• (NOTE THAT CEPT CAN NOT MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE
  LEGALLY BINDING UPON ITS MEMBERS)
  

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THE CEPT PROCESS YIELDED

• EUROPE SHOULD AIM FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL,
• RE-ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF BR
• THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
• For Secretary-General Mr Matthias Kurth,
  Germany
  
• For Director of BR Mr Valery Timofeev, Russian
  Federation
  
• (THERE ARE OTHER CANDIDATES FROM EUROPE, THAT ARE
  NOT RESULTING FROM THE CEPT PROCESS.)
  

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ABOUTEUROPEAN COMMON PROPOSALS, ECPS

• THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL DESCRIBE SOME OF THE
  ALREADY AGREED AND SUBMITTED ECPS

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DATE OF ELECTIONS(Doc PP-0612 proposal 10)

• PP-06 WILL HAVE A DURATION OF 3 WEEKS
• EARLY START OF ELECTIONS MAY ASSIST IN ENSURING
  AN EFFICIENT PP
  
• EUROPE PROPOSES TO COMMENCE ELECTIONS ON THE 4TH
  DAY OF THE CONFERENCE
  
• THE NEW GR ALLOWS FOR THIS IF THE CONFERENCE SO
  AGREES (2/3 MAJORITY IS NEEDED FOR IMMEDIATE
  APPLICATION)
  
• (INTER REGIONAL COORDINATION IN ADVANCE)
• THE COUNCIL SESSION PRECEEDING PP-06 MAY AGREE
  MISC. EFFICIENCY MEASURES TO BE PROPOSED TO THE
  CONFERENCE
  

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FUTURE ROLE OF THE ITU, A NEW RES.IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE WSIS DOSSIER(Doc PP-0612 Add1 proposal
12)

• ITU SHOULD NOT BE THE SOLUTION BUT PART OF THE
  SOLUTION TO THE ISSUES THAT WSIS ADDRESSED
  
• BURDEN SHARING AMONG STAKEHOLDERS, UNESCO, ICANN,
  WIPO, WTO WILL ALSO HAVE ROLES
  
• THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
  FOLLOW UP OF WSIS
  
• THE CIVIL SOCIETY WILL ALSO LIKELY PLAY A ROLE IN
  THIS AND MAYBE IN THE FUTURE ALSO IN ITU
  
• DEVELOP OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF
  WSIS IMPLEMENTATION, REPORT TO COUNCIL
  

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CLARIFY SGS ROLE IN UNION MANAGEMENT AND
DISCONTINUE THE COCO (Doc PP-0612 Add1 proposal
10)

• AMEND CS/CV TO MAKE THE SGS AUTHORITY IN THE
  OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE UNION MORE EVIDENT
  
• DISCONTINUE THE COORDINATION COMMITTEE
• SUPPRESS RESOLUTION 108

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OBSERVERS (AND SM OBSERVERS) (Doc PP-0612
proposal 5)

• GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE CONCLUSIONS OF CWG
  OBSERVERS
  
• EUROPE ASSERTS THAT SM OBSERVERS DO NOT REPRESENT
  THEIR SECTOR, BUT THEY ARE OBSERVERS IN THEIR OWN
  CAPACITY
  
• CEPT LOOKS WITH INTEREST AT THE CITEL PROPOSAL IN
  PP-06 Doc 15/IAP II ON THIS ISSUE
  

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THE TELECOM EVENTS (Doc PP-0612 Add1 proposal
11)

• THE ERA OF THE FREQUENT (I.E. TWO TELECOMS PER
  YEAR) TELECOMs SEEMS TO BE AT AN END
  
• THERE IS ALSO A LIMIT TO WHAT THE MARKET NEEDS
• THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE TELECOM PER YEAR
  (GLOBAL) THE HOSTING OF THIS SHOULD ROTATE
  BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT REGIONS
  
• MORE TRANSPARENCY IS NEEDED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT
  OF THE TELECOM BOARD
  

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THE ITRs (Doc PP-0612 proposal 8)

• PP-06 ENABLE FUTURE PP (2010) TO ABBROGATE THE
  ITRS
  
• PP-06 MOVE SOME PROVISIONS TO CS / CV
• PP-06 MOVE SOME ASPECTS TO ITU-T
• RECOMMENDATIONS
• PP-06 DO NOT CONVENE A WCIT
• PP-10 ABBROGATE THE ITRs

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BETTER ESTIMATES OF THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF
CONFERENCE DECISIONS (Doc PP-0612 proposal 7)

• ENSURE THAT THE S-G, THE DIRECTORS OF THE
  BUREAUX, CONFERENCES AND ASSEMBLIES MAKE FULL USE
  OF ALL THE NEW FINANCIAL AND PLANNING MECHANISMS
  AND TOOLS
• to provide to conferences and assemblies the
  necessary information from the full range of new
  financial and planning mechanisms available to
  allow a reasonable estimate of the financial
  implications of their decisions to be made.
• THE ECP IS AN UPDATE, WITH THE ABOVE TEXT, TO RES
  72
  

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTRIBUTORY UNIT (Doc PP-0612
proposal 6)

• THE INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO TAKE PLACE MUCH
  EARLIER THAN NORMAL
  
• WILL ENABLE AN EARLY DRAFT FINANCIAL PLAN
• WILL GIVE MSs AMPLE TIME TO CONSIDER FINANCES
• (CONSULT COUNCIL-06 DISCUSSIONS ON THIS, RES.
  1260)
  
• FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN 3rd WEEK,
• WITH SUFFICIENT TIME LEFT TO ADJUST ACTIVITIES
  AND PLANS SHOULD THERE BE UNEXPECTED CHANGES TO
  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS
  
• EUROPE CAN BE FLEXIBLE ON THIS, BUT EUROPE WANTS
  TO HAVE THE PROCESS IMPROVED
  

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APPOINTMENT RATHER THAN ELECTIONS OF THE DIRECTORS

• ITU IS THE ONLY UN AGENCY WITH 5 EOs
• EUROPE WOULD PREFER TO REDUCE EOs
• EUROPE PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A GROUP TO STUDY THE
  MODALITIES OF HOW DIRECTORS COULD BE APPOINTED
  RATHER THAN ELECTED
  
• WITH A VIEW TO MAKE DECISIONS AT PP-10
• NOTE
• APPOINTMENT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT
  THE SG PERFORMS THE APPOINTMENT ALONE

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TERMS OF OFFICE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS

• SET LIMITS TO THE NUMBER OF TERMS
• TODAY IT IS IN THEORY POSSIBLE TO SERVE 52440
  YEARS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
  
• EUROPE PROPOSES A MAXIMUM OF 2 TERMS, THAT IS 2
  PERIODS OF 4 YEARS EACH

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RES. 36, THE TAMPERE CONVENTION

• ENCOURAGE FURTHER RATIFICATION
• FACTUAL UPDATES OF TEXT
• TAKE ON SOME LANGUAGE FROM WTDC-06
• INCREASED FOCUS ON STANDARDS FOR SYSTEMS
• MONITORING
• EARLY WARNING

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RES. 110, CONTRIBUTIONS BY SMs AND ASSOCIATEs IN
DEFRAYING EXPENCES

• GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE CONCLUSIONS OF CWG ON SM
  / ASSOCIATEs WITH RESPECT TO THEIR DEFRAYING IN
  THE COST OF ITU
  
• INTRODUCE FAIRER TERMS FOR SMs LEAVING ITU
• ADOPT NEW RESOLUTION ADDRESSING MANAGEMENT AND
  FOLLOW UP OF DEFRAYAL BY SMs AND ASSOCIATES
  
• THE AIM IS TO LIMIT INCREASE IN DEBTS BY SMS AND
  ASSOCIATES
  

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SOME SUP/MOD OF RESOLUTIONSNOTE THIS IS ONGOING
WORK AND MAY RESULT IN EVEN FURTHER ECPS (Doc
PP-0612 proposals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9)

• EUROPE PROPOSES TO SUPPRESS THE FOLLOWING
  RESOLUTIONS 85, 87, 117 AND 120
  
• AS THEY ARE CONSIDERED OBSOLOTE / OVERTAKEN BY
  EVENTS
  
• EUROPE PROPOSES SOME MINOR UPDATES TO RESOLUTION
  86

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ABOUTFURTHER CEPT IDENTIFIED ISSUES FOR PP-06

• Potential ECPs (the drawing board)
• (Some of these issues may not result in ECPs,
  some issues may be changed substantially and
  
• new issues may arise.)

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RES. 130, NETWORK SECURITY, SPAM AND CYBERCRIME

• BROADEN ITUS DOSSIER IN THIS AREA
• RECOGNIZE MODERN THREATS AND TECHNOLOGIES
• RECOGNIZE MESSAGES FROM UNGA, WTSA, WTDC, OECD
  ETC.
  
• RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF WELL WORKING NETWORKS
  TO MODERN SOCIETIES
  
• ACT ACCORDINGLY

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ANNUAL BUDGETS

• RESCHEDULE PPs (EARLY) AND COUNCILs (LATE) TO
  REDUCE FORECASTING PERIODS
  
• STRENGTHEN FORECASTING METHODS (QUARTERLY)
• ANNUAL BUDGETS THAT BALANCE WITHOUT DRAWING ON
  THE RESERVE ACCOUNT
  
• THIS IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND NOT YET AGREED
  WITHIN CEPT
  

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ITU AND THE CIVIL SOCIETY

• FOLLOWING WSIS THE INCLUSION OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY
  IN THE WORK OF ITU HAS RECEIVED INCREASED
  ATTENTION
  
• SOME WORK IS DONE ON A PROPOSAL THAT
• IDENTIFIES MORE CLEARLY WHAT IS MEANT BY CIVIL
  SOCITEY
  
• IDENTIFIES HOW ITU CAN BENEFIT
• ADDRESSES HOW CIVIL SOCIETY COULD BE INCLUDED
• THIS IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND NOT YET AGREED
  WITHIN CEPT

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ABROGATION OF RES. 27(PARTICIPATION OF ITU IN
UNDP)

• IT IS CEPTs CURRENT INTENTION TO ELABORATE A
  SEPARATE PROPOSAL TO ABROGATE RESOLUTION 27
  
• UN NOW GENERALY CALLS FOR NATIONAL EXECUTION
• RES 47/199 OF UNGA 22nd DECEMBER 1992 SETS THE
  PRINCIPLES OF NATIONAL EXECUTION
  
• RES 27 IS NOT IN LINE AND SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED
• THIS IS UNDER CONSIDERATION AND NOT YET DEVELOPED

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THE 3000 GHz THRESHOLD IN CS/CV

• EUROPE IS LIKELY TO ELABORATE AN ECP AIMING AT
  RETAINING THE 3000 GHz THRESHOLD IN THE CS/CV
  
• EUROPE BELEIVES THAT FREQUENCIES ABOVE 3000 GHz
  ARE BETTER REGULATED ON A NATIONAL BASIS
  
• THE ABOVE WILL BE IN LINE WITH THE EUROPEAN
  POSITION DURING PP-02.
  
• THERE ARE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY OTHERS AIMING AT
  REMOVING THE THRESHOLD

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INTERNET (related issues)

• PROPOSALS ADDRESSING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INTERNET
  AND RELATED ISSUES ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT
  

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CONFLICTS AND X-REFERENCES BETWEEN RR AND CS/CV
ETC.

• THERE ARE A SERIOUS OF X-REFERENCES AND SOME
  CONFLICTS BETWEEN RR AND CS/CV AND ALSO SOME PP
  AND COUNCIL DECISIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
  
• CEPT CONSIDERS ELABORATING A PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS
  THESE SHORTCOMINGS AND POTENTIAL CAUSES FOR
  INEFFICIENCY (THE NEED FOR BOTH PPs AND WRCs TO
  BE INVOLVED IN DECISIONMAKING)
• THIS IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND NOT YET DISCUSSED
  IN SUBSTANCE WITHIN CEPT

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COST RECOVERY AND NON PAYMENT OF INVOICES (SNF),
RES. 88

• EUROPE MAY DEVELOP AN ECP ADDRESSING CHANGES TO
  THE RELEVANT PP RESs FOLLOWING THE RECENT
  DECISIONS BY COUNCIL AS REGARDS SNF CR, (NEW
  METHODOLOGY ETC.)
• CWG FINREGS AND CWG STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL PLANS
  MAY ALSO ADDRESS THIS MATTER
  
• CEPT WILL RETURN TO THIS AFTER MEETINGS OF THE
  TWO CWGs IN JUNE AND THEN CONSIDER TO PROPOSE AN
  UPDATE OF RESOLUTION 91
  

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RES. 91, COST RECOVERY (IN GENERAL)

• FOLLOWING THE JUNE MEETINGS OF VARIOUS COUNCIL
  WORKING GROUPS CEPT WILL ASSESS THE SITUATION AS
  REGARDS COST RECOVERY AND MAY ELABORATE PROPOSALS
  TO MODIFY RESOLUTION 91

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RES. 119, RRB WORKING METHODS

• EUROPE MAY CONSIDER A PROPOSAL TO MODIFY RES
  119,
  
• WITH THE MAIN OBJECTIVES
• REFLECT THE DECISIONS OF WRC-03 ON
• WORKING METHODS
• DEVELOPMENTS OF RULES OF PROCEDURE
• PREPARATIONS OF RULES OF PROCEDURE
• (PURSUANT TO BRs REPORT TO PP-06) EUROPE MAY
  ELABORATE ON THE ABOVE AND POSSIBLY ALSO
  ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS RELATED TO RRB

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PP DECs, RESs AND RECsTHIS IS ONGOING WORK,
CURRENT STATUS

• THE FOLLOWING TO BE SUPPRESSED
• Decisions 4 and 8.
• Resolutions 11, 27, 45, 46, 62, 65, 73, 79, 85,
  87, 89, 90 ,
  
• 92, 94, 95, 97, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108,109, 110,
  113, 116,
  
• 117, 120, 121, 132 and 133.

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PP DECs, RESs AND RECsTHIS IS ONGOING WORK,
CURRENT STATUS

• THE FOLLOWING TO BE MODIFIED
• Decisions 5, 6 and 7.
• Resolutions 3, 36, 48, 58, 70, 71, 72, 77, 86,
  88, 91, 92, 102, 104, 115, 119 and 130.
  
• Recommendations 5.

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PP DECs, RESs AND RECsTHIS IS ONGOING WORK,
CURRENT STATUS

• AS REGARDS NOC (NO CHANGE)
• CEPT INTENDS TO ISSUE ECPS EXPLICITLY PROPOSING
  NO CHANGE TO SOME RESOLUTIONS
  
• THIS REPRESENTS A FIRM CEPT POSITION FOR NOC
  WHERE OTHERS MAY PROPOSE MOD OR SUP
  
• RESs24, 52, 104 AND 126 AS WELL AS REC 1

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GLOSSARY / TERMINOLOGY / A-D

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GLOSSARY / TERMINOLOGY / E-F

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GLOSSARY / TERMINOLOGY / G-L

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GLOSSARY / TERMINOLOGY / M-P

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GLOSSARY / TERMINOLOGY / R-T

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GLOSSARY / TERMINOLOGY / U-W

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