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WTSA-04 Preparation Briefing

GSC-9, Seoul, Koreaby

Houlin ZHAO

DirectorTelecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)International Telecommunication Union, Geneva

Place des Nations - CH-1211 Geneva 20 - SwitzerlandTel: +41 22 730 5851 Fax: +41 22 730 5853

E-mail: tsbdir@itu.intITU Home page address: http://www.itu.int

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TSBHistory of WTSA (formerly called CCITT Plenary Assembly)

CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee):1956 1st Plenary Assembly 1960 2nd Plenary Assembly Red Book1964 3rd Plenary Assembly Blue Book1968 4th Plenary Assembly White Book1972 5th Plenary Assembly Green Book

1976 6th Plenary Assembly Orange Book1980 7th Plenary Assembly Yellow Book1984 8th Plenary Assembly Red Book1988 9th Plenary Assembly Blue Book

ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union - Telecom. Standardization Sector):1993 1st World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (WTSC-93), Helsinki1996 2nd World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (WTSC-96), Geneva2000 3rd World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-2000), Montreal

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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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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

Venue: Florianópolis, Brazil, 5-14 October 2004

Cybersecurity Symposium: 4 October 2004

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TSBQualified participants of WTSA-2004(ITU Convention, Article 25)

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 anadvisory capacity.

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To adopt the working methods and procedures (Marrakesh, 2002)

Consider the reports by Study Groups, TSAG

Decide on the need to maintain, terminate, or establish other groups and appoint theirChairs and VCs (such groups shall not adopt Questions or Recommendations)

(Marrakesh, 2002)

Approve, modify, or reject draft Recommendations

Approve working programme

Decide to maintain, terminate, or establish Study Groups and allocate to them the Questions to be studied

Group, as far as practicable, Questions of interest to the developing countries to facilitate their participation

Consider and approve the reports of the Director

May assign specific matters to TSAG

Appoint Chair and Vice-Chairs of Study Groups and TSAG

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, & 3

Committee 7: Editorial Committee

Draft structure of WTSA-04(as per Resolution 1, § 1.2)

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TSBDraft workplan of WTSA-2004(as per TSB Circular 221)

Morning Afternoon

Tuesday, 5 October Heads of Delegation

Opening Meeting

Plenary Meeting (1)

COM 1

Wednesday, 6 October COM 4COM 2

COM 3COM 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

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TSAG Nov 03 accepted Canada’s proposal on “Cybersecurity Symposium” at WTSA-04

Discussion on mailing list concluded on 30 January 2004

Venue: Same as WTSA-04

Date: 4 October 2004

Steering Committee is currently planning detailed content of event

Potential topics:

- 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

- Encourage voluntary contributions

- Reduced fee for universities, or meeting registration fees for universities

- etc…

Last but not least

- Entrust TSAG with more authority

- Request TSAG to be more efficient

Comments (4)

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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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APT Meetings: 15-16 March 2004, Melbourne, Australia

2-6 August 2004, Hyderabad, India

Arab Region Meeting: 9-12 August 2004, Damas, Syria (to be confirmed)

ATU Meeting: Week of 21-25 June 2004, Zimbabwe (tbc)

CEPT Meetings: 31 March 2004, Montreux, Switzerland

(more meetings are planned)

CITEL Meetings: 16-19 March 2004, Ecuador

24-28 May 2004, Washington DC, USA

3-6 August 2004, Paraguay

RCC Meetings: 6-7 April 2004, Yalta, Ukraine

21-25 June 2004, Kyrgyzstan (tbc)

Regional Preparation Meetings

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See you at WTSA, Florianópolis, Brazil