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The 3rd Meeting of the APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-27 (APG27-3)

• 27 July 2026 - 31 July 2026
• Sapporo, Japan

APG27-3 Achieves Significant Progress Toward WRC-27

APG27-3 was held in Sapporo, Japan from 27 to 31 July 2026. It was hosted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan. The Meeting was attended by 856 delegates of which 493 in-person participants. 33 APT Members, 1 Associate Members, 37 Affiliated Members and 4 International Organizations were represented at the meeting.

The objectives of the meeting were:

1. to consider the progress in ITU-R Study Groups in relation to WRC-27 Agenda items, and take necessary actions as appropriate
2. to develop APT preliminary views on WRC-27 Agenda Items based on input contributions from APT Members
3. to review the activities of other regional organisations, in particular, their preliminary views/positions with a view to fostering inter-regional cooperation
4. to review of issues related to RA-27 and develop preliminary views of APT, if any

APG27-3 received more than 142 contributions which were allocated to Plenary and relevant WPs. WPs and relevant DGs under each WP has extensive discussion on the contributions received in many meeting sessions. 67 sessions were held during 5 working days of the meeting. Considering the input contributions and as well as the current status of studies on agenda items of WRC-27, APG27-3 reviewed Preliminary Views of APT on WRC-27 agenda items developed at APG27-2 and updated Preliminary Views of APT on WRC-27 agenda items. APG27-3 had a session on the preparation for RA-27. The session reviewed the outcomes 33rd RAG meeting discussed the issues related to RAG CG on CPM matters. APG27-3 agreed to extend the mandate of CG-RA/RAG to include the matters related to the structure and framework of ITU Study Groups. Mr. David Murray of Australia would continue as Chair of the CG which would correspondence via the APG’s web-portal at http://apg.apt.int. 

APG27-3 also had a session on APT Network of Women for WRC-27 (APT NOW4WRC-27) which was Chaired by Ms. Cheng Fenhong. APG27-3 encouraged women delegates to participate in the APT Mentoring Program as associated activities of  NOW4WRC-27 which will be conducted using the APT Friends of Spectrum web-portal.

The meeting agreed to organize APG27-4 in Thailand from 25 to 30 January 2027 and APG27-5 will be held from 4 to 11 August 2027 in Republic of Korea.

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Meeting Documents

APG27-3 Daily Meeting Schedule and Room Allocation