WTSA-04 Preparation Briefing
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 23 June 2004
by
Houlin ZHAO
Director
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)
International Telecommunication Union, Geneva
Place des Nations - CH-1211 Geneva 20 - Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 730 5851
Fax: +41 22 730 5853
E-mail: tsbdir@itu.int
ITU Home page address: http://www.itu.int
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CCITT
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
(International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee):
Ist Plenary Assembly
IInd Plenary Assembly
Red Book
IIIrd Plenary Assembly Blue Book
IVth Plenary Assembly
White Book
Vth Plenary Assembly
Green Book
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1988
VIth Plenary Assembly
VIIth Plenary Assembly
VIIIth Plenary Assembly
IXth Plenary Assembly
Orange Book
Yellow Book
Red Book
Blue Book
ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union - Telecom. Standardization Sector):
1993 1st World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (WTSC-93), Helsinki
1996 2nd World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (WTSC-96), Geneva
2000 3rd World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-2000), Montreal
History of WTSA
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 650 delegates from 86 countries
 192 documents, 28 TDs, 23 INF documents
 8 working days, no evening sessions (a few receptions)
 Some difficult tasks, no voting
 Call for candidates for SG Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen, 1st time in CCITT/ITU-T history
 (commitment is a problem; not wish SSG to work is another problem)
 15 Chairmen nominated, 14 out of 15 from industry
 More power for TSAG (Res. 22)
 Maximum term of office for SG Chairmen and Vice Chairmen (Res. 35):
no more than 2 consecutive 4-year terms in the same position
 Standardization in relation to the interests of developing countries (Res. 17)
 Associates accepted (Res. 31)
 ITU Reform (Res. 36)
 Voluntary contributions (Res. 34)
 Recommendations A.7, A.8, A.9
 Regulatory aspects (Res. 40)
Statistics for WTSA-2000
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Venue:
Florianópolis, Brazil, 5-14 October 2004
Cybersecurity Symposium: 4 October 2004
Contract ITU-Brazil: Signed 24 September 2003
Convening letter:
Invitation by ITU Secretary-General
27 October 2003
TSB Circular 221:
25 February 2004
Chairman:
Candidate proposed by Brazil
WTSA-04
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a) Member States
b) Observers of:
- regional telecommunication organizations;
- intergovernmental organizations operating satellite systems;
- any other regional organization or other international organization
dealing with matters of interest to the Assembly;
- UN;
- specialized agencies of UN and the International Atomic Energy
Agency.
c) Sector Members
The ITU Elected officials shall be represented at the Assembly in an
advisory capacity.
Qualified participants of WTSA-2004
(ITU Convention, Article 25)
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To adopt the working methods and procedures (Marrakesh, 2002)
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Consider the reports by Study Groups, TSAG
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Decide on the need to maintain, terminate, or establish other groups and appoint their
Chairs and VCs (such groups shall not adopt Questions or Recommendations)
(Marrakesh, 2002)
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Approve, modify, or reject draft Recommendations
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Approve working programme
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Decide to maintain, terminate, or establish Study Groups and allocate to them the
Questions to be studied
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Group, as far as practicable, Questions of interest to the developing countries to
facilitate their participation
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Consider and approve the reports of the Director
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May assign specific matters to TSAG
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Appoint Chair and Vice-Chairs of Study Groups and TSAG
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etc.
Duties of WTSA-2004
(ITU Convention, Article 13)
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Committee 1:
Steering Committee (Chairman: Brazil; VCs from ITU Regions)
Committee 2:
Budget Control
Committee 3:
Working methods of ITU-T
Committee 4:
Work programme and organization of ITU-T
Committee 5:
Telecom. Network Infrastructure –
Reports by SGs 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and SSG
Committee 6:
Telecom. Services and tariff issues –
Reports by SGs 2 and 3
Committee 7:
Editorial Committee
Draft structure of WTSA-04
(as per Resolution 1, § 1.2)
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Morning
Afternoon
Tuesday, 5 October
Heads of Delegation
Opening Meeting
Plenary Meeting (1)
COM 1
Wednesday, 6 October
COM 4
COM 2
COM 3
COM 6
Thursday, 7 October
COM 4
COM 5
COM 3
COM 5
Friday, 8 October
COM 4
COM 6
COM 7
Heads of Delegation
Plenary Meeting (2)
COM 1
Monday, 11 October
COM 3
COM 5
COM 7
COM 6
COM 4
COM 7
Tuesday, 12 October
COM 2
COM 3
COM 7
COM 4
COM 7
Heads of Delegation
Wednesday, 13 October
Plenary Meeting (3)
COM 7
Plenary Meeting (4)
Thursday, 14 October
Plenary Meeting (5)
Plenary Meeting (6)
Closing Ceremony
Draft workplan of WTSA-2004
(as per TSB Circular 221)
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TSAG Nov 03 accepted Canada’s proposal on “Cybersecurity
Symposium” at WTSA-04
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Discussion on mailing list concluded on 30 January 2004
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Venue: Same as WTSA-04
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Date: 4 October 2004
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Steering Committee is currently planning detailed content of event
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Potential topics:
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assessment of global Cybersecurity threat
national and multinational responses to Cybersecurity threat
standards, policies, regulatory and legal issues
gaps in Cybersecurity standards
WTSA-04 side event: Cybersecurity
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 How to send in contributions:
 electronically: email, web
 paper copies: by post, fax
 Deadlines for submission:
 No deadline, but the sooner the better
 Translation of documents: English, French and Spanish
 Cybercafé and wireless LAN are available on site
Some logistic information on WTSA-2004
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Working methods:
 AAP + TAP no major changes
 However, there may be new issues if the new structure is dramatically
different from the current one
 EDH should be further strengthened
 Workshops and seminars become an important part of regular
activities (workshops are not only informative to audience but also
very constructive and useful to SGs)
 Find ways to accept options, if no unanimous agreement on
Recommendations
 Enhance the regional presence, and encourage regional activities
 Establish “Groups” (focus group, project group, etc…) to deal with
urgent needs
Comments (1)
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Structure considerations
 Constructive proposals and considerations by ITU-T Members
In addition
We have to bear in mind the needs of the new comers, including those who
have recently increased their participation in ITU-T activities
 The needs for the future
 The needs of the regions
 The needs expected from external SDOs, etc…
Comments (2)
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Cooperation with SDOs
 More flexibility to work with Forums/SDOs
 Facilitate the adoption of SDOs outputs as ITU-T
Recommendations
 To establish joint groups with forums if justified
Promotion
 More aggressive
 To address potential members; new players, universities,
academic institutions
Comments (3)
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Financial
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Encourage voluntary contributions
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Reduced fee for universities, or meeting registration
fees for universities
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etc…
Last but not least
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Entrust TSAG with more authority
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Request TSAG to be more efficient
Comments (4)
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 All regions will organize a regional preparatory meeting:
 Some regions plan to have two meetings
 Regional inputs to the TSAG meeting in July 2004
 Regional inputs to WTSA-04
 Regional coordination on the candidates for the Vice-Chairmen of
WTSA-04
 Consultations on the Chair/Vice-Chairmen of other Committees of
WTSA-04
Preparations by the Regions
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A TSB Circular letter will be issued after the TSAG July
2004:
 Will request Members to provide candidates of
Chairmen/Vice-Chairmen of Study Groups.
 The current Chairmen could be re-elected for a second
term according to WTSA Resolution 35
Candidates for SG Chair / Vice-Chair
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First APT Preparatory Meeting for WTSA-2004
15 – 16 March 2004, Melbourne, Australia
Organized by Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
Hosted by Australian Communications Authority, Australia
APT Preparation for WTSA-2004
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Topic
Correspondence Group
Responsible country
Approval of ITU-T
Recommendations
CG1
Australia
Approval and deletion of
ITU-T Questions
CG1
Japan
Project coordination of
ITU-T activity
CG2
Japan
Revision of WTSA
Resolution 17
CG3
Vietnam
Action Plan to implement
PP-02 Resolution 123
(Marrakesh, 2002)
International Internet charging
issues*
CG3
Vietnam
CG4
Australia
Internet governance
arrangements*
CG4
* CG4 will be discussing whether sufficient support exists for common APT proposals on these topics.
Candidate APT common proposals
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 Brazil presented 2 proposals:
(1) ITU-T SG Restructuring
- will be forwarded to ITU-T SG Restructuring meeting in
Ottawa, 5-7 April 2004
(2) Establishment of a “Technical Standardization Forum”
- based on analysis of ITU-T workshop program 2001-2003
- will be forwarded to TSAG meeting, July 2004
 Next steps:
CITEL Coordinators have been appointed to study
specific WTSA-04 issues
 Next meetings to prepare for WTSA-04:
- week of 24-28 May, Washington, D.C.
- 5th PCC.I meeting: 3-6 August 2004, Paraguay
CITEL PCC.I
Ecuador, 16-19 March 2004
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Waiting for your inputs
See you at WTSA, Florianópolis, Brazil
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