FINAL ACTS

FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ

The Administrative Council of the African Telecommunications Union held its 6th Ordinary Session in Khartoum, Sudan from 19 to 21 April 2005.

At the Closing Ceremony, the Final Communiqué was read by Mr. Mr. Sefako Hlompho, representing the Kingdom of Lesotho.

After considering the Agenda items and the respective working documents, the Council adopted the following Resolution, Decisions and Recommendation: -

1. Resolution No. 01/AC/06/2005 on the arrears of contribution to Member
States .

2. Resolution No. 02/AC/06/2005 on special WSIS preparatory meeting in Nairobi, 16 – 20th May 2005

3. Decision No. 01/AC/06/2005 on the approval of the Work Programme and Budget for the Financial Year 2005/2006

4. Decision No. 02/AC/06/2005 on approval of the Report of the Secretary General to the 6th Ordinary Session of the Administrative Council (Doc. No. AC/06/D04).

5. Decision No. 03/AC/06/2005 on the payment of Voluntary contribution on enhancing the liquidation of staff dues.

6. Recommendation No. 01/AC/06/2005 on Audit Report of the Financial Year 2003 / 2004

The Council adopted the following theme for the commemoration of the African Telecommunications Day, 7th December 2005; “New Generation Networks (NGN): Challenges and opportunities for Africa”.
The Opening Ceremony was presided over by Hon. Alzubair Basheer Taha, Minister of Science and Technology of Sudan. In his keynote address, the Guest of Honour highlighted challenges and opportunities in the ICT sector in Africa. He welcomed the participants to Khartoum and wished them a pleasant stay.

The Guest of Honour’s keynote address was preceded by statements delivered by the Director General of National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC), the representative of ITU, the Secretary General of the African Telecommunication Union and the Outgoing Chairman of the Administrative Council.

The Council elected the following Bureau: -

Chairperson: The Sudan represented by Mr. El Tayeb Mustafa, Director General of NTC.

Vice Chairperson: Burkina Faso represented by Mr. Valentin Boukari Sawadogo, Head of Department of Interconnection, SONATEL.

The Council session was attended by representatives from 14 Member States out of the 19 elected Council Members namely: -

- North Africa: Egypt
- West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana
- Central Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Tchad
- East Africa: Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
- Southern Africa: Lesotho

Kenya and Libya, ATU Member States also attended the session as observers.

The following Associate Member was also in attendance: -

 SUDATEL

The following partner organisations also attended the meeting as observers: -

 International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
 RASCOM

At the end of the deliberations, Council expressed its appreciation by a vote of thanks to the Government and People of Sudan, read by Mr. Abdelhamid M. Senoussi, Head of the Tchadian delegation on behalf of the participants.

The Chairman thanked all the participants and praised the spirit of cooperation and understanding shown by delegates during the deliberation. He wished all participants safe return home to their respective destinations and officially closed the meeting.

Khartoum , 21 April 2005

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