1、 International Telecommunication Union ITU-T TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR OF ITU WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION ASSEMBLY Johannesburg, 21-30 October 2008 Resolution 34 Voluntary contributions FOREWORD The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations speciali
2、zed agency in the field of telecommunications, information and communication technologies (ICTs). The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is a permanent organ of ITU. ITU-T is responsible for studying technical, operating and tariff questions and issuing Recommendations on them with
3、 a view to standardizing telecommunications on a worldwide basis. The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA), which meets every four years, establishes the topics for study by the ITU-T study groups which, in turn, produce Recommendations on these topics. ITU 2009 All rights reserve
4、d. No part of this publication may be reproduced, by any means whatsoever, without the prior written permission of ITU. WTSA-08 Resolution 34 1 RESOLUTION 34 Voluntary contributions (Montreal, 2000; Florianpolis, 2004; Johannesburg, 2008) The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (Johanne
5、sburg, 2008), considering a) Resolution 71 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference on the strategic plan for the Union 2008-2011, targeting ambitious strategic objectives in the activities of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T); b) Resolution 123 (Rev. Antalya, 20
6、06) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, which invites Member States and Sector Members to make voluntary contributions to the fund for bridging the standardization gap; c) Decision 5 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference and the annexes thereto, limiting expenditure of the Union for
7、the period 2008 to 2011; d) Resolution 44 of this assembly on bridging the standardization gap between developed and developing countries1, which describes the sources from which funds will be raised for the purpose of bridging the standardization gap, recalling a) that the ITU Constitution, Convent
8、ion and Financial Regulations stipulate that the Secretary-General may accept voluntary financial contributions in cash or in kind, in addition to the regular contributions from the Member States, Sector Members and Associates; b) that expenditures under voluntary contributions are outside the limit
9、s of expenditure set by ITU plenipotentiary conferences; c) that important voluntary contributions made to ITU-T in the past permitted ITU-T to make significant progress in its work, considering further that voluntary contributions are valuable, rapid and efficient instruments in the financing of ex
10、tra activities for the Sector, resolves 1 to encourage the financing of specific projects, focus groups or other new initiatives, including any activities which help achieve the objectives of Resolution 44 of this assembly on bridging the standardization gap, by voluntary contributions; 2 to invite
11、Member States, Sector Members and Associates from both developing and developed countries to submit to the Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau projects and other initiatives of interest for ITU-T to be financed under voluntary contributions. _ 1These include the least developed countries, small island developing states and countries with economies in transition.
