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ITU: UN Agencies push Space technology for emergency communications
Geneva, Mar 11, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --
What: Space Technology for Emergency Communications: Special session of UN Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities
When: Friday, 12 March 2010, 14:30 CET
Where: ITU, Geneva, Switzerland
Why: Strengthen cooperation among UN Agencies to facilitate communications during emergencies and natural disasters.
ITU's Radiocommunication Bureau encourages Administrations, national regulatory authorities and disaster relief agencies to use the new database on "Emergency and disaster relief radiocommunication".
Who: Organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and hosted by ITU, the 30th Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities will set up a dialogue with Member States and UN entities on important space-related developments related to emergency communications in the event of natural disasters.
For information on the UN Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities and its Open Informal Session see www.uncosa.unvienna.org/uncosa/index.html
ITU Resolution 647 (WRC-07) on terrestrial and space-related frequencies/frequency bands for "Emergency and disaster relief radiocommunication": www.itu.int/ITU-R/index.asp?category=information&rlink=res647&lang=en
Space services emergency database: www.itu.int/ITU-R/space/res647/index.asp
Available frequencies/frequency bands for use in Emergency and Disaster Relief situations and/or Standard operating procedures and national spectrum management practices: www.itu.int/net/itu-r/terrestrial/res647/default.aspx
About ITU
ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector in developing networks and services. For 145 years, ITU has coordinated the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promoted international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits, worked to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world, established the worldwide standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of communications systems and addressed the global challenges of our times, such as mitigating the impact of natural disasters and climate change and strengthening cybersecurity.
ITU also organizes worldwide and regional exhibitions and forums, such as ITU TELECOM WORLD, bringing together the most influential representatives of government and the telecommunications and ICT industry to exchange ideas, knowledge and technology for the benefit of the global community, and in particular the developing world.
From broadband Internet to latest-generation wireless technologies, from aeronautical and maritime navigation to radio astronomy and satellite-based meteorology, from convergence in fixed-mobile phone, Internet access, data, voice and TV broadcasting to next-generation networks, ITU is committed to connecting the world.
About UNOOSA
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) implements the decisions of the General Assembly and of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its two Subcommittees, the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee and the Legal Subcommittee. The Office is responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space, and assisting developing countries in using space science and technology.
The work of UNOOSA includes implementing the global platform for disaster management (UN-SPIDER), promoting the global search and rescue system (COSPAS-SARSAT), addressing the issues of interoperability and compatibility of global navigation satellite systems through the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG), and overseeing the global array of instruments for studying space weather and the profound impact of the Sun on the Earth.
The Office discharges the Secretary-General's responsibility under international space law, including the maintenance of the Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space, which serves as the central depository of information provided by Member States and international organizations on their satellites. As part of its advocacy role, the Office organizes workshops on space law and policy, and is developing a curriculum in space law. The Office prepares and distributes reports, studies and publications on various fields of space science and technology and their applicaAtion, as well as on international space law.
Located in Vienna, Austria, UNOOSA maintains a website at www.unoosa.org
Visit our Web site at http://www.itu.int/newsroom
CONTACT: Sanjay Acharya, Chief, Media Relations and Public Information, ITU
Tel: +41 22 730 5046
Tel: +41 79 249 4861
e-mail: sanjay.acharya@itu.int
WWW: http://www.itu.int
Jamshid Gaziyev, Associate Programme Officer, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna International Centre
Tel: +431 26060 4958
e-mail: jamshid.gaziyev@unoosa.org
WWW: http://www.unoosa.org
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