ITU VIDEO: WRC-12 A Video Message from ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Touré

The World Radiocommunication Conference will be in session in Geneva, 23 January - 17 February 2012.

The work of this international treaty-making Conference will be conducted over four weeks to address the changes required to the regulation of orbit/spectrum resources in the interest of the users of these scarce resources, with global implications for both policy-makers and regulators. ITU Member States and observers from other international organizations and the private sector will participate.

The World Radiocommunication Conference will review the international regulatory framework for radiocommunications -- the Radio Regulations -- to take into account the rapid evolution of information and communication technologies (ICT) and ensure that reliable radio services are available everywhere and at every moment, enabling people to live and travel safely and enjoy high performance radiocommunications.

The World Radiocommunication Conference will be preceded by the Radiocommunication Assembly, 16-20 January 2012, which is responsible for setting future work programmes on many technical issues of a worldwide character in the field of radiocommunications and for approving worldwide radiocommunication standards (ITU-R Recommendations), such as IMT -- International Mobile Telecommunications.

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