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| Purpose and Scope of the Regulations | ||
| Article 5 | Safety of Life and Priority of Telecommunications | |
| 5.1 | Safety of life telecommunications, such as distress telecommunications, shall be entitled to transmission as of right and shall, where technically practicable, have absolute priority over all other telecommunications, in accordance with the relevant Articles of the Convention and taking due account of relevant CCITT Recommendations. | Contributions CWG-WCIT 12
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| 5.2 | Government telecommunications, including telecommunications relative to the application of certain provisions of the United Nations Charter, shall, where technically practicable, enjoy priority over telecommunications other than those referred to in No. 39, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention and taking due account of relevant CCITT Recommendations. | Contributions CWG-WCIT 12
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| 5.3 | The provisions governing the priority enjoyed by all other telecommunications are contained in the relevant CCITT Recommendations. | Contributions CWG-WCIT 12
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| New 5.4 | New text proposed by TD 21 Rev 1:”Notwithstanding the provisions of Art.1, §1.4 and §1.6, and to enshrine the purpose set out in the Preamble; in Art. 1, §1.3; in Art.3, §3.3.; and taking into account Art.3, §3.1, Member States shall encourage administrations, recognized operating agencies, and operating agencies which operate in their territory and provide international telecommunications services offered to the public, to apply the ITU-T Recommendations relating to safety of life, priority telecommunications, disaster recovery and emergency telecommunications, including any Instructions forming part of, or derived from, said Recommendations.” | Contributions CWG-WCIT 12
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| New 5.5 | New text proposed by Arab States and Russian Federation:These proposals all ask Member States to make best efforts to introduce a global number for emergency calls. | Contributions CWG-WCIT 12
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| New 5.6 | New text proposed by Arab States and Russian Federation:These proposals all propose to place an obligation on Member States to provide roaming subscribers with a number that can be used to call the emergency services. | Contributions CWG-WCIT 12
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| New 5.7 | New text proposed by APT, Arab States, China, RCC, Russian Federation, and SG3RG-AO:These proposals all propose additional text, or in some cases new articles, relating to network security, cybersecurity, and cybercrime. | Contributions CWG-WCIT 12
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| New 5.8 | New text proposed by Africa, Arab States, Portugal, SG3RG-AO, and RCC:These proposals, which include proposals referenced under “new 5.7″, all propose approaches for Member States to avoid the propagation of spam, and suggest solutions to achieve this. | Contributions CWG-WCIT 12
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