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APT Newsletter Asia-Pacific Telecommunity |
December 2020 |
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32nd APT Standardization Program Forum (ASTAP-32) 10-11 November 2020, Virtual Meeting The 32nd APT
Standardization Program Forum (ASTAP-32) was held virtually from 10 to 11
November 2020. ASTAP-32 discussed APT
Members’ responses to Questionnaire on the requirements in ICT
Standardization and review the Work Plan of three Working Groups under ASTAP.
The meeting revised the Working Methods of ASTAP to include the online
meeting for the regular meetings of the ASTAP as well as the interim meetings
of ASTAP Working Groups. The revised Working Methods also included the
approval procedure for APT Recommendation developed by APT Work Programme
including ASTAP. ASTAP-32 also agreed to
renew the MOU between APT and ETSI and updated the mapping of areas of mutual
interest between APT and ETSI relevant to ASTAP. ASTAP-32 elected Dr.
Hyoung Jun Kim (Republic of Korea) as the new Chairman of ASTAP and elected
Mr. Xiaoyu You (People's Republic of China) and Dr.
Hediyuki Iwata (Japan) as new Vice-Chairmen of
ASTAP with a three-year term. |
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Extraordinary Meeting of the APT
Preparatory Group for WTDC-21 (APT WTDC21-e) 12 November 2020, Virtual
Meeting The
Extraordinary Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTDC-21 (APT WTDC21-e)
was held virtually on 12 November 2020. The
main objectives of the meeting were to discuss and exchange views on issues
relevant to the outcomes of TDAG Working Group on Strategic Operational
Plans; on WTDC Resolutions, Declaration and Thematic Priorities, and on WTDC
Preparations, and to provide some inputs from the perspective of APT region
to the upcoming TDAG meeting which would be held on 23 November 2020. The
meeting provided views regarding the participation at the Interregional
Coordination Meetings (IRMs) and agreed on WTDC Conference theme of
“Connecting the unconnected to achieve Sustainable Development”. The meeting
also supported proposals to streamline the review of the Strategic Operation
Plans and lessen the administrative tasks during the WTDC as contained in the
Report of the TDAG WG on Strategic and Operational Plans. The
next meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTDC-21 was scheduled in
February 2021. |
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The 4th
Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTSA-20 (APT WTSA20-4) 16-20 November 2020, Virtual
Meeting The 4th Meeting of the APT Preparatory Group for WTSA-20 (APT
WTSA20-4) was held virtually from 16 to 20 November 2020. APT WTSA20-4 reaffirmed and adopted 29 Preliminary APT Common
Proposals (PACPs) for WTSA-20 and 5 APT Views to be submitted to ITU-T TSAG. |
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The 15th Session of the General Assembly of
the APT (GA-15) 3-5 December
2020, Virtual Meeting/ Bangkok,
Thailand The 15th Session of the
General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific
Telecommunity (GA-15) was held from 3 to 5 December 2020 as a virtual meeting with physical attendance at the APT Headquarters in
Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was hosted by the APT. GA-15 was attended by over 200 representatives from 35 Members, 1
Associate Member, 2 Affiliate Members, and others. Ms. Ajarin Pattanapanchai, President of the Asia-Pacific
Telecommunity inaugurated the GA-15. Ms. Armida Salsiah
Alisjahbana, Under Secretary-General of the United
Nations and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) greeted the meeting via video
messages. GA-15 elected Mr. Mabito
Yoshida (Japan) as the President of the General Assembly of the APT and Mr.
Ilyas Ahmed (Maldives) and Ms. Kalaya Chinatiworn (Thailand) as the
Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly. GA-15 noted the implementation of the
Strategic Plan of the APT for 2018-2020 and adopted the Strategic Plan of the
APT for 2021-2023, which will be used as guidelines for implementation of APT
activities in the next three years. GA-15 also decided the unit cost of
contributions to be USD 10,280 (at the same level of 2018-2020), determined
the limits of expenditures for the period 2021-2023, noted the pledged units
of contributions from Members and Associate Members for the period of
2021-2023, approved Revised Resolution on the Procedure for the Election of
the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of the APT (Resolution
12 (GA-15, Bangkok, 2020, Rev.1)), approved Revised Resolution on the
Management and Follow-up on Membership in Arrears (Resolution 13 (GA-15,
Bangkok, 2020, Rev.1)), and agreed to conclude the MOU between APT and
the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). On 4 December 2020, the Election of
the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary General of the APT for the
next three-year term was conducted physically at the APT Headquarters in
Bangkok. GA-15 elected Mr. Masanori Kondo
(Japan) as the Secretary General and Mr. Liu Ziping
(People’s Republic of China) as the Deputy Secretary General of the APT. Both
of them will take up their duties on 9 February 2021 as determined by the
GA-15. The 16th Session of the General
Assembly of the APT (GA-16) will be held in 2023. Members and Associate
Members were invited to consider hosting the GA-16, which would be held
back-to-back with the 47th Session of the Management Committee of the APT. |
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The 44th Session of the Management Committee
of the APT (MC-44) 7-10 December 2020, Virtual Meeting The 44th Session of the
Management Committee of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (MC-44) was held
virtually from 7 to 10 December 2020. The MC-44 was attended by 172
representatives from 32 Members, 1 Associate Member, 5 Affiliate Members,
International Organization, APT Secretariat and the External Auditor. MC-44 reviewed the Work
Programme activities and Budget expenditure of the APT in 2020. For the year
2021, MC-44 approved the Work Programme for the year 2021 based on Strategic
Pillars of the Strategic Plan of the APT as an exceptional case and approved
the Annual Budget for the year 2021 amounted to USD 2,978,224. MC-44 approved the
amendment to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules of the Asia-Pacific
Telecommunity on the retirement age of the staff members of the APT
Secretariat to be 65 years and also approved the effective date of the new
retirement age for the staff members of the APT Secretariat as 1 January
2021. MC-44 approved the revised
Affiliate Membership Guidelines and approved a new Guidelines for Remote
Participation to the APT Meetings. MC-44 approved the revised Working Methods of the following APT
Work Programmes: Ø APT Policy and Regulatory Forum (PRF) Ø APT Policy and Regulation Forum for Pacific (PRFP) Ø South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council
(SATRC) Ø APT Telecommunication/ICT Development Forum (ADF) Ø APT Wireless Group (AWG) Ø APT Standardization Program (ASTAP) Ø APT Conference Preparatory Group for World
Radiocommunication Conference (APG) Ø APT Preparatory Group for ITU World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly (APT-WTSA) Ø APT Preparatory Group for ITU World Telecommunication
Development Conference (APT-WTDC) MC-44 elected Dr. Ahmad Reza Sharafat
(Islamic Republic of Iran) as the Chairman of the Management Committee of the
APT and Ms. Phavanhna DOUANGBOUPHA (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and Dr.
NARANMANDAKH Tumen-Ulzii (Mongolia) as the Vice-Chairmen of the Management
Committee of the APT for the next two-year term. MC-44 appointed Ms. Mina Seonmin JUN (Republic of Korea) and Mr.
UENO Yasunari (Japan) as Chairman and Vice-Chairman
of WGMC for three-year term. |
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List of APT Training Courses for 2020-2021 (as
of 30 November 2020)
APT
Training Courses under EBC-J 2020-2021
APT
Training Courses under EBC-J for 2019-2020 (cancelled)
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