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[FR Doc No: 94-1976]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 1941]

 

Establishment of United States International Telecommunications 
Advisory Committee

    The Department of State has established the United States 
International Telecommunication Advisory Committee. The purpose of the 
International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (hereinafter called 
the ITAC) is to advise the Department of State and provide strategic 
planning recommendations on telecommunications and information policy 
matters related to the United States Telecommunications Treaty 
Organizations.
    The ITAC will:
    i. Provide advice on matters of policy and preparation of positions 
for meetings of International Treaty Organizations, including but not 
limited to Plenipotentiary Conferences, World Administrative 
Conferences, Plenary Assemblies, Consultative Committees and meetings 
of the International Radiocommunication, Telecommunication 
Standardization and Development Study Groups of the International 
Telecommunication Union (``ITU'') and the OAS/CITEL;
    ii. Develop and coordinate proposed contributions to international 
meetings and submit them to the Department of State for consideration 
and disposition;
    iii. Provide advice on relate matters.

Authority

    The continuance and activities of the ITAC is in connection with 
the performance of duties carried out by the Secretary of State by 
virtue of responsibilities deriving from the International 
Telecommunication Convention (Nairobi, 1982), the Constitution and 
Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) 
and the Statute of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission 
(Managua, 1993) and is pursuant to the general authority of the 
Secretary of State and the Department of State as set forth in the 
provisions of title 22 of the U.S.C., including 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 22 
U.S.C. 2707. The approval of this Charter by the Under Secretary of 
State for Management under delegated authority constitutes the 
determination by the Secretary of State that the establishment of the 
Committee is in the public interest and essential to the conduct of the 
business of the Department of State.
    The terms of reference of the ITAC Committee will in effect combine 
in part the activities formerly carried on by the now terminated 
Department of State United States Organization for the International 
Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) and the 
International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR).
Richard C. Beaird,
Senior Deputy U.S. Coordinator and Director.
[FR Doc. 94-1976 Filed 1-28-94; 8:45 am]
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