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International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union, ITU, founded in 1865, is the oldest of all UN agencies. The main objective of the ITU is to promote and coordinate the establishment and operations of global telecommunication networks and services.
As part of the United Nations structure, countries can be members, referred to as Member States. Sector Members are public or private companies and organizations with an interest in telecommunications.
The ITU activities are organized within three sectors:
- The Radio Communication Sector (ITU-R);
- The Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T);
- The Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D).
The Plenipotentiary Conference is the supreme organ of the ITU, where all members are represented. Convened every five years, it determines the general policies and elects members of the other ITU organs.
The Administrative Council acts in the intervals between the sessions of the Conference to implement the decisions of the Conference and to supervise the ITU activities.
World or regional conferences on international telecommunications may be convened between the sessions of the ITU Conference.
The General Secretariat directed by a Secretary-General, is the administrative centre. The ITU is located in Geneva.
Documentation
Constitution and Convention of the ITU.
The ITU official web site provides detailed information about the Organization, statistics and analysis, news and reports
and publications.
Telecommunication Indicator Reports contains analyses and statistics on telecommunications.
ITU Operational Bulletin presents news for administrators, operators and service providers.
World Telecommunication Development Report , an annual publication analyzing trends and developments within
the telecommunication sector.
Annual reports and Quarterly reports offer a good overview of ITU activities.
ITU News is issued 10 times a year.
ITU Recommendations is the ITU international standard for telecommunications.
A summary of the work of the International Monetary Fund for a given year with references to essential documents can be accessed through the Yearbook of the United Nations, Part Six: Intergovernmental Organizations to the United Nations. A complete collection of yearbooks is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.
Databases and Indexes
A number of databases can be accessed through the ITU official web site.
The ITU Library catalogue contains research material related to the subject of telecommunications.