Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union

The

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...

(ITU) Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (short: ITU Constitution and Convention or ITU CS CV) is an

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, signed and

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by almost all countries of the world. The treaty is the founding document of the ITU, a specialized agency of the

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. The convention was concluded on 22 December 1992 in

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. The ITU Constitution and Convention succeeded and replaced the 1865 International Telegraph Convention. As of 2016, the ITU Constitution and Convention has 193 state parties, which includes 192

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plus the

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. States which are eligible to ratify the document but have not are the

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, and the

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. The wording of

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of the ITU Constitution and Convention is as follows:

While fully recognizing the sovereign right of each State to regulate its
telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that ...
and having regard to the growing importance of telecommunication for the preservation of peace and the economic and social development of all States, the States Parties to this Constitution, as the basic instrument of the International Telecommunication Union, and to the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") which complements it, with the object of facilitating peaceful relations, international cooperation among peoples and economic and social development by means of efficient telecommunication services, have agreed as follows: ollowed by the wording of the Constitution/blockquote> In article 4, the Constitution lays down the instruments of the ITU as follows: *the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union *the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union and *the Administrative Regulations. The provisions of the Constitution and the Convention are further complemented by those of the Administrative Regulations. This Administrative Regulations comprise the * ITU International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR), and *
ITU Radio Regulations The ITU Radio Regulations (short: RR) is a basic document of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that regulates on law of nations scale radiocommunication services and the utilisation of radio frequencies. It is the supplementatio ...
(RR) and are binding on all ITU member states as well.

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Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union

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