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AG/RES. 1465 (XXVII-O/97)

SECOND REGULAR MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE INTER-AMERICAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMMISSION

(Resolution adopted at the sixth plenary session, held on June 4, 1997)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

CONSIDERING:

That the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) is the agency of the Organization of American States responsible for telecommunications in the Americas;

That CITEL is performing a task of major importance in monitoring the follow-up to telecommunication initiatives launched at the Summit of the Americas and is conducting programs and projects of great significance for the development of countries in the Hemisphere, all of which will be examined and evaluated at the Second Regular Meeting of the CITEL Assembly; and

That, at the First Regular Meeting of the CITEL Assembly, held in Montevideo in February 1994, the Republic of Ecuador was chosen as the venue for its Second Regular Meeting and that in a note to the Secretary General dated October 28, 1996, the Government of Ecuador confirmed its readiness to host that meeting,

RESOLVES:

1. To request the Secretary General to use his good offices with the governments of member states to ensure participation by senior state telecommunication officials in the Second Regular Meeting of the Assembly of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), to be held in Quito from March 2 to 6, 1998.

2. To request the General Secretariat to distribute copies of this resolution together with the convocation of the above-mentioned CITEL meeting to member states as a sign of the General Assembly's support and its interest in having the Second Regular Meeting of the CITEL Assembly attended by government representatives at the highest possible level, in order to guarantee its success.

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