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Document amending the ITU Convention

INSTRUMENT AMENDING THE CONVENTION

OF THE INTERNATIONAL

TELECOMMUNICATION UNION

(GENEVA, 1992)

as amended 
by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), 
by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), 
by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) 
and 
by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006)

Amendments adopted 
by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara, 2010)

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Explanatory notes

Symbols used in the Final Acts
The symbols given in the margin indicate changes adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara, 2010) in relation to the texts of the Constitution and Convention (Geneva, 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) 
and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006), and have the following meaning:
ADD | = | addition of a new provision
MOD | = | modification of an existing provision
(MOD) | = | editorial modification of an existing provision
SUP | = | deletion of an existing provision
SUP* | = | provision moved to another place in the Final Acts

ADD*

=

an existing provision moved from another place in the Final Acts 
to the place indicated

These symbols are followed by the number of the existing provision. For new provisions (symbol ADD), the point at which they are to be inserted is shown by the number 
of the preceding provision, followed by a letter.

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Document amending the ITU Convention

CONVENTION 

OF THE 

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION* 

(GENEVA, 1992)

PART I.   
Foreword
By virtue of and in implementation of the relevant provisions of the Convention 
of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as amended 
by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) 
and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006), in particular those in Article 42 thereof, the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (Guadalajara, 2010) has adopted the following amendments to the said Convention:

CHAPTER IV
Other Provisions

ARTICLE 33
Finances

MOD	468
PP-98
PP-06

1	1) The scale from which each Member State, subject to the
provisions of No. 468A below, and Sector Member, subject to the provisions of No. 468B below, shall choose its class of contribution, in conformity with the relevant provisions of Article 28 of the Constitution, shall be as follows:
From the 40 unit class to the 2 unit class: 
in steps of one unit
Below the 2 unit class, as follows:
1 1/2 unit class
1 unit class
1/2 unit class
1/4 unit class
1/8 unit class
1/16 unit class

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*	The language used in the basic instruments of the Union (Constitution and Convention) is to be considered as gender neutral.

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PART II.
Date of entry into force

The amendments contained in the present instrument shall, as a whole and in the form 
of one single instrument, enter into force on 1 January 2012 between Member States being 
at that time parties to the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), and having deposited before that date 
their instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of, or accession to, the present amending instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the original 
of the present instrument amending the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), 
by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006).

Done at Guadalajara, 22 October 2010

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Reservations delegation signed with the Slovak Republic

No. of reservation | Text

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The delegations of the Member States of the European Union declare that the Member States of the European Union will apply the Instruments adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara, 2010) 
in accordance with their obligations under the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty on functioning of the European Union.

39 | At the time of signing the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara, 2010), the delegations of the mentioned countries formally declare that they maintain the declarations and reservations made by their countries when signing the Final Acts of previous treaty-making conferences of the Union as if they were made in full at this Plenipotentiary Conference.

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The delegations of the above-mentioned States, referring 
to the declaration made by Mexico (No. 70), inasmuch as these and any similar statements refer to the Bogotá Declaration 
of 3 December 1976 by equatorial countries and to the claims 
of those countries to exercise sovereign rights over segments 
of the geostationary-satellite orbit, or to any related claims, consider 
that the claims in question cannot be recognized by this conference.
The above-mentioned delegations also wish to state that the referencing Article 44 of the Constitution to the "geographical situation of particular countries" does not imply recognition of a claim to any preferential rights to the geostationary-satellite orbit.

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