Annual Report - Georgian National Communications Commission

On 26-27 April 2004, within the framework of the same project,
the Ministry of Infrastructure and Economic Development of Georgia
and Georgian National Communications Commission supporting by
the World Bank and APOYO Consultoria, have organized out a
regional seminar: investment opportunities of South Caucasus region
in telecommunications field-universal access strategy of Georgia and
future perspective for Armenia and Azerbaijan. The current situation
in the region in the telecommunications field, obstacles and the ways
for solving them were also discussed at the same seminar.
C. Law «on Broadcasting» — European Council
Membership
The elaboration of draft law «on Broadcasting» carried out in
association with the experts of the European Council. In 2002, the
working meeting dedicated to the broadcasting regulation and its
future perspectives, organized in Tbilisi by the European Council and
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia demonstrated the necessity
to elaborate of new legislation on broadcasting in Georgia, that in
compliance with existed international standards on the media liberty
In 2004, Georgia has become 100th governmental member of
governmental-consulting committee of internet-corporation of granted
names and numbers. Within the power delegated to the
Commission by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the
Commission represents the interests of the country in the organization.
The responsibility of internet-corporation of granted names and
numbers includes the allocation of IP address of internet-protocol in
space, granting of protocol identifier, general (characteristic) and
country code, management of high level domains system and management
functions of «root server» system.
The key role of governmental-consulting committee of internetcorporation
of granted names and numbers is to provide consulta-