1、 International Telecommunication Union ITU-T TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR OF ITU WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION ASSEMBLY Johannesburg, 21-30 October 2008 Resolution 68 Implementation of Resolution 122 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) on the evolving role of the World Telecommunication Stand
2、ardization Assembly FOREWORD The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized 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
3、responsible for studying technical, operating and tariff questions and issuing Recommendations on them with 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
4、the ITU-T study groups which, in turn, produce Recommendations on these topics. ITU 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, by any means whatsoever, without the prior written permission of ITU. WTSA-08 Resolution 68 1 RESOLUTION 68 Implementation of Resolution 122 (R
5、ev. Antalya, 2006) on the evolving role of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (Johannesburg, 2008) The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (Johannesburg, 2008), recognizing a) that Resolution 122 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on the evolving r
6、ole of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA), called also for the organization of the Global Standardization Symposium (GSS); b) the objective of Resolution 123 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on bridging the standardization gap between developed and dev
7、eloping countries1; c) that the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is the unique international standardization organization, covering 191 Member States and over 800 Sector Members and Associates; d) the important conclusions of the GSS, 20 October 2008, covering the two above-menti
8、oned resolutions, in particular: to facilitate an exchange of views with high-level industry representatives on the standardization scenario and work according to the evolution of the industry and user needs, and to carry out this work without affecting the unique status of ITU or the traditional co
9、ntribution-driven working procedures of ITU-T, considering a) that developing countries participate only in the standardization activities of ITU-T and could not participate in those increasingly fragmented global and/or regional standards development organizations (SDOs), as well as industry forums
10、 and consortia, and could not participate in the yearly meeting of SDOs; b) that ITU-T should strengthen its role and evolve, as required by Resolution 122 (Rev. Antalya, 2006), and should repeat the gathering of high-level, private-sector executives, along the lines of the GSS, but limited to the p
11、rivate sector, with the objective of strengthening the role of ITU-T by responding to the needs of such high-level executives in terms of their identified requirements and priorities for standardization activities within ITU-T, in order to strengthen its role, also taking into consideration the need
12、s of developing countries, noting a) the excellent results of the Global Industry Leaders Forum (GILF), which was organized by the Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau for high-level executives of the private sector, focusing on key challenges in achieving information and communicati
13、on technology (ICT) development in developing countries and proposing approaches for addressing those challenges for developing countries; _ 1These include the least developed countries, small island developing states and countries with economies in transition. 2 WTSA-08 Resolution 68 b) that, in or
14、der to encourage industry participation in ITU-T and to discourage the proliferation of forums and consortia, standard-making today should respond to the needs of the high-level representatives of the ICT industry in a coordinated way; c) that Recommendations proposed in response to those coordinate
15、d needs will increase ITUs credibility and will respond to the needs of countries in minimizing technical solutions and reducing the proliferation of these solutions, which will also have economic advantages for developing countries, resolves that the Director of the Telecommunication Standardizatio
16、n Bureau 1 shall organize meetings for high-level industry executives in order to assist in identifying and coordinating standardization priorities and subjects, in order to minimize the number of forums and consortia; 2 bring the needs of developing countries to these meetings by consulting them prior to these meetings using questionnaires; 3 develop effective mechanisms to attract an increased number of high-level technology executives to participate in these meetings; 4 report on the progress of this resolution to the next WTSA, with lessons learned.
