The development of telecommunications in Africa: draft resolution

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UN ITED NATIONS

ECONOMIC AND

SOCIAL COUNCIL

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2/GN.14/L• 209 2J

Fcbru~ry 1~64

Original: E2JG1ISH

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR .~"'RIC.,

Sixth session

;,ddis Ababa, 19 February - 3 Maroh 1964

Draft resolution Conoerning:

Submitt'Jli by:

'LJhe development of tolGoomrnunic:1tlOYl8 in #',.i'rio'1 All partioiRatin~countries

The Egonomio Commission for

,~rica,

Considerin~

the

conc~rn expree~e~

at

~t~

Fifth Session about the

nea~

to prepare a report on the proolems of ouilding up an adequate teleooomunications

~ystem

U1

;~rioa.

Rei terJ.ting thE)

Lmpo

r-t ancc whiQh tho rapid olOt<>blishmvnt of '"d,vluJ,te telecommunication facilities will have in supportin6 the

~con0m~c d~velopmcnt

of the ,u'rican co un

t

r

i

c s , and \loaring in mind the delibor:, cic:'l8 of

th~

Commission during its present

~ession.

1. notes wi

til

satiGfaction, the arrangements for co-ordination and

oo-operation mad8 betw80n the

Coom~ssion

and the

Int~rnntion81 Tel()oomDunic~tion

Union as

well ^RS

tho

wo~k

acoomplished

by

lTD's (CCITT-CCIR) Planning

Oorun.i

tt

ee for .Srica as part of the Plan for a>World--,ride

t

e l e communf c :

^Li.m;

network;

2. Notos f'uz-t ho

^r-

dooument E/CN.14/249 pr-es crt

^cd by

the llecrGt:\rio.t, which explains the stops taken so far by the CommLGsion on this

subj~ct,

lists the problems mot and suggosts some Lrarned

i.c.t; 'W

w,cll as pc rman en

t long-tarm solutions;

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the EX0cutive

'S&creta~Y'

^to

cdt)l~'it\l,c:.

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far In CO-oj:"r"tion wi tll. ...

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^--. .,'- '.".'. .- .. th0-1nt~"'m't~onC1rTJrGco'inr,iunicctfion^- Union (limed..

at the urgent so l uti or, of the i;.Jlecomr;;.unic;J,tiun pr-o btcrns in ~~fric,?, arid in part icul::tr:

( a) To t:lk8'111 tho ,J.,ppropri·].to mue.sur-c s in consult'\-tion 'Hith

m e f n b u r o o u nt^r i ^{o a} and ^{p o}tcrrti ^{a I} d.oncr ^{c o c n}t^r i ^{e c} for tI1G ^{e s t a bl} i shnon

t

of the o quipmcnt ]lQol envisaged in do cumerrt E/eN.14/249,

(b) To ,"ssist Iil'.mb,cr StJ.t,os in -tno co-ordinateel ut t.Li za.ti on of

tha vn.r-i ous 80urCGS_. of aid avai_{. ...-}. .--.- Labja in the field cif telecolDmunications.

in order to obtain speedily the max.i mun benefit from such ai d.;

(0) To negotiat8 vrith tho appropriate CLgencies of the United Na

t

i ons the provlsion of the necessary

funds

for. thQ.financing .in

1965

J.nd

1966

of tho joint

n;u/J';c;,

Cld hoc mission on

t

r-uet e d with speed.ing up the impllJrJentCJ.,tion ,of th8 .i..frican tG18communication development·, progro..filmO;

(d) In close co-op8r~tionwith lTD, to aSsLst iDe member countries .inte r e st ed in pu rt i ci.pat.Lng In t,ho pr?-~nv0stlilvnt

study

r-eLa

t

i.ng to

t

ho i mpLemcrrt a'ti or. ~,f the long-"tarr.l, l:1rgn 80::.10 1'..f'ricl1n

t c.r ecommum cat i.one nct1iTork, in th0 prcpar::..tion of t.ha r-e que et for f i.nuncio.I o,ssist3.nce from the SpGci3.i Fund of the United rhtior.s in Q,ccora.:mc·:, with its gU'i'ding principles ,c-"nd cr-t t':lri::q

(d) To pay s pe oi a.l, '1tt0ntlon to the urgent neuel for tro,ining pGrsonuc.::l in the: vc.r-Lo us bI'.2l1chGS of te Lccotrrauni ca

t

i orrs , which is cc.nei.der ed ::t pr0requisi te for tn., auo c^cas of :lny dcve.lo pracnt

progrnrnoe;

(f)

To ::tsk thv IntJrn~~~ion1.1 T01ucomrnunic:1tion Union to 8x3.rr:ine

the

~u0stion

of

~~rifts r01~ting

to the

t01~communic~tions

services

in .."J'ric.J..