Explanatory Meeting on World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12)

1.Outline of explanatory meeting

  (1) Time and date: September 12 (Wed), 2012, AM10:00~PM12:00
  (2) Venue: Central Government Building No.2, 10F, 1st Conference Room, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Address: 2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
  (3) Organized by the International Policy Division, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC
  (4) Method of application of attendees Please fill in necessary matters on the annexed application form and send it to the following e-mail address. The application is accepted in order of receipt and completes once the capacity is filled due to a limited capacity of the venue. Please feel free to contact us if you have any question on this explanatory meeting.
  (5) Major content of explanatory meeting Internet-related parts will be explained mainly among the proposals for revision made by each country as of this moment.
 

2.Background

  The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) serve as working regulations that complement the ITU Constitution and Convention and prescribe the provision, operation and payment settlement of international telecommunications services.
  At the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) to be held in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) from December 3-14, 2012, ITRs are planned to be reviewed for the first time after their enactment in 1988. Whether or not any agreement on issues related to the Internet such as security and junk mails should be added to the IRTs is one of the focuses of discussion.
  The ITU decided to disclose a document sorting out the proposals for revision of IRTs submitted by each country so far to the public and hold an appeal for opinions. In response to this, the MIC decided to hold an explanatory meeting focusing mainly on Internet-related parts in the proposals for revision made by each country as of this moment.