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• delegation of authority for the management of
part of the Sector budgets to the Directors of
the Bureaux will give them more effective
control over the organisation of the work of
their Sectors, and that therefore they will need
to consult their Sector advisory groups in the
application of this delegated authority;
• since significant benefits in terms of effectiveness
and efficiency can be expected from carefully
planned further decentralisation of the
Union’s resources, this decentralisation shall
be implemented and reviewed by Council
based on the work of a group of experts;
• in order to improve effectiveness and efficiency,
the Secretary-General shall delegate
authority to the Directors of the Bureaux for
the management of their Sector budgets once
the central mechanisms identified in the management
review are in place.
A number of points in this decision are in support
of ETNO positions concerning management
of individual Sector budgets.
5.5.3.2 Review of Sector Members
Payment to the Sectors
A number of countries tabled proposals aiming
at increasing the payment from Sector Members
in order to raise the income of the Union. These
proposals received widespread support from
African and Latin American countries as well
as from Italy and Iran.
The Arab countries proposed to abandon the present
system of free choice of class of contribution
for Sector Members. Instead, the Arab proposal
would give the task of determining the amount of
the Sector Member contributory unit to the Council.
Argentina wanted to discontinue the present
arrangement of setting the Sector Member contribution
at 1/5 of a Member State contribution. The
objective of all these proposals was that Sector
Members should pay more to the Union in light
of – allegedly – increased rights given to them by
previous Plenipotentiary Conferences.
There was much debate in Committee 6 on this
issue, and whilst many developing countries supported
the idea of changing the present system
with the aim of gaining more income to the
Union, many countries including countries from
Asia and Africa spoke against any change in the
system of payment at the present point of time,
acknowledging that these proposals come at a
critical time for both the industry and the ITU.
There is a crisis of confidence in telecommunications
and these are difficult times for suppliers,
equipment manufacturers and operators alike.
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Many European countries, supported i.a. by the
Philippines, New-Zealand and others, argued
that they feared a forced increase in payment
might have an adverse effect and reminded that
the participants from the private sector could
easily opt for being members in a national delegation
instead of becoming Sector Members.
Europe shared the view that ITU must find ways
to make itself more attractive to the private sector.
The Sector Members contribute substantially
to the technical work in the R- and T-Sectors
and are responsible for chairing a large number
of Study Groups, especially in the T-Sector. At
present, Sector Members do not have the right
to vote on recommendations and they cannot
actively participate in the work of the Council.
The conference concluded that the free choice of
class of contribution for Sector Members and the
calculation system for the private sector’s contributions
remain unchanged, but it resolved that
Council should establish a WG of the Council to
study the matter further based on the Resolution
“Review of the contribution of Sector Members
towards defraying the expenses of the International
Telecommunication Union”. The resolution
recognizes the importance of retaining and
attracting more Sector Members and Associates
to the ITU. The group will report to Council
2005. The WG should be closely monitored by
Sector Members and Associates to make sure
that the size of the contributory unit reflects the
resources spent by the private sector in the Study
Groups and chairmanships.
5.6 Management of Internet Domain
Names and Addresses
The Minneapolis Plenipotentiary in 1998 adopted
Resolution 102 on the management of the
Internet domain names and addresses. For the
review of this resolution, the main point for the
Sector Members was that the future development
of the Internet must be private sector driven.
Even though there was a perception that some
Member States would have liked to get more involved
with and have more control over the Internet
development, the discussions in the drafting
group went rather smoothly, and it was fairly
easy to obtain a compromise that is quite balanced
and fully acceptable for the private sector.
The revised resolution underlines that the development
of the Internet is essentially market-led
and that the private sector is playing a very
important role in the expansion and development
of the Internet, for example through investments
in infrastructures and services. It also acknowledges
that Member States represent the interests
of the population of the country or territory for
which a country code top-level domain (ccTLD)
has been delegated and that Member States have
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