The 1st Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (APG23-1)

24 September 2020 - 25 September 2020
Virtual Meeting

The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) organized a virtual meeting for the 1st Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (APG23-1) from 24 to 25 September 2020. The objective of the APG23-1 was to initiate the preparatory process of the APT for the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23) and Radiocommunication Assembly 2023 (RA-23).

The APG23-1

elected the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the preparatory group;
formed the structure of the preparatory group;
appointed other Office Bearers of the preparatory group based on the structure;
dveloped a tentative work plan for the preparation of RA-23 and WRC-23

Participation:

All APT Members, Associate Members, Affiliate Members and International/Regional Organizations can attend the meeting by registering online. Member Administrations and International/Regional Organizations are requested to send the official List of Delegations for the meeting and to nominate Head of Delegation (HoD) and Alternate HoD. If any APT Affiliate Member is included in the National Delegation, please clearly mention in the List of Delegation.

Participation of Non-Members: Non-Members cannot attend the meeting. Non-Member participants under National Delegation are allowed upon submission of a letter of nomination signed by the responsible officer of the APT Members.

Submission of Contributions:
Contributions for the meeting from APT Members, Associate Members, Affiliate Members, regional and International Organizations are welcome. You are requested to use the proper document template (available at meeting webpage) for your contributions. Following guideline will be maintained for the treatment of submitting contributions to APG23-1:

All APT Members (Administrations) can submit input contributions related to the agenda of APG23-1
Associate Members and Affiliate Members can submit input contributions based on the agreement with the corresponding APT Member. Otherwise, the contribution will be treated as an “Information” document.
Contributions from the ITU, as well as, sister regional telecommunications, broadcasting and other relevant organizations having spectrum management interests will be treated as “Information” document.
Organizations which have an MoU with the APT and which have global or regional membership may submit contributions as “Information” documents on the same basis as they attend other APT meetings.
Other observers cannot submit any type of contribution to the APG Meetings

Contributions will be posted on APT Website prior to the starting of the meeting. Last date of receipt of your contributions by APT Secretariat is 17 September 2020. To submit contributions and any information on the documentation, please contact at email [email protected].

Nomination of Candidates for the position of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and other office bearers of APG-23:
An Invitation Letter (Ref: APT/2020/APG23-1/OB) from Secretary General has been sent to APT Members for nomination of candidates for the position of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and other office bearers of APG-23. Please refer to the Invitation Letter for further details. Last date of sending nomination on 3 September 2020.