Recent News

Recent News
The 4th Session of the ATU Conference of Plenipotentiaries (CPL-14) took place in Harare, Zimbabwe on 10th July, 2014 at the kind invitation of the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe. The Conference was preceded by the Special Session of the Administrative Council from 3-4 July, 2014, the 2nd African Preparatory Meeting for ITU PP-14 from 7-8 July, 2014 and the meeting of the Conference Preparatory Committee on 9th July, 2014 respectively.
The Conference of Plenipotentiaries was attended by Ministers and delegates from thirty (30) Members States, and several observers.
The objective of the Conference was to determine the general policy which the Union must follow in order to achieve its objectives as specified in the Constitution which includes approval of the Strategic Plan for the next period 2015-2018), , adopt the principle of contribution to the budget of the Union and determine the scale of contribution by Member States and Associate members, revise the Constitution and the Convention and elect/re-elect the Secretary General and Members of the Administrative Council for the next four years among others.

Mr. Soumaila Abdoulkarim from Niger was re-elected as the Secretary General of ATU for a second term.

The Conference is the supreme organ of the Union and meets in ordinary session every four (4) years in accordance with relevant provisions of the Union’s Constitution and Convention.

 


The 3rd and final GE06 Frequency Plan coordination and modification meeting for African countries concluded the GE06 Plan coordination and modification exercise in view of RR Footnote 5.312A read together with WRC-12 Resolution 232.

This workshop held at Hilton Hotel, Nairobi from 17-19, July, 2013 was organized by the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) in collaboration with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and kindly hosted by the Government of Kenya through Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). The meeting was attended by 124 participants from 35 African countries, ITU Radiocommunications Sector, ITU Development Sector, EACO, GSMA and World Bank.