Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10KUWAIT40
2010-01-20 12:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
POST RECEIVED GOK DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON MEMBERSHIP
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 000040
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP; EEB/IPE; STATE PASS USTR JASON
BUNTIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU
SUBJECT: POST RECEIVED GOK DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON MEMBERSHIP
REQUEST FOR THE INTL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION ELECTIONS
OCT. 4-22, IN VERACRUZ, MEXICO
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000040
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP; EEB/IPE; STATE PASS USTR JASON
BUNTIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU
SUBJECT: POST RECEIVED GOK DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON MEMBERSHIP
REQUEST FOR THE INTL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION ELECTIONS
OCT. 4-22, IN VERACRUZ, MEXICO
1. (SBU) Action request: Post received a diplomatic note
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Office of
International Organizations requesting support for the GoK's
official application for membership to the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) during the Oct. 4-22, 2010
elections in Veracruz, Mexico. Post is attaching the
statement from the Ministry of Communication that went out to
all permanent mission members of the ITU. Please provide
guidance on our response to this request for support. End
Action Request.
2. (U) Begin Text of Ministry of Communication Note:
The State of Kuwait presents its compliments to the permanent
missions of the member states of the International
Telecommunication Union and has the honor to inform the
latter that the government of the State of Kuwait has decided
to present its candidature for re-election on the ITU council
during the elections which will be held during the
Plenipotentiary Conference of the ITU (PP-10),in October
4-22/10/2010, in Veracruz, Mexico.
Kuwait has been a member of the union since 1959. Kuwait was
elected the first time to the ITU council at 1982 (Nairobi).
Kuwait is considered as an active participant in all of the
ITU sectors. Kuwait has supported and funded the ITU
Development (ITU-T) activities since it first joined the
union. As for the informatics, Kuwait is considered to be as
one of the first countries who supported this trend and
contributed to its development.
Kuwait is currently preparing a plan to develop the
telecommunications of various kinds to go along with the
coming generation of technology and to prepare tenders and
start executing them.
With regard to the above, Kuwait hopes to get the support and
advocacy of the esteemed member states of the union for its
candidature for membership of the ITU council.
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
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JONES
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP; EEB/IPE; STATE PASS USTR JASON
BUNTIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU
SUBJECT: POST RECEIVED GOK DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON MEMBERSHIP
REQUEST FOR THE INTL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION ELECTIONS
OCT. 4-22, IN VERACRUZ, MEXICO
1. (SBU) Action request: Post received a diplomatic note
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Office of
International Organizations requesting support for the GoK's
official application for membership to the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) during the Oct. 4-22, 2010
elections in Veracruz, Mexico. Post is attaching the
statement from the Ministry of Communication that went out to
all permanent mission members of the ITU. Please provide
guidance on our response to this request for support. End
Action Request.
2. (U) Begin Text of Ministry of Communication Note:
The State of Kuwait presents its compliments to the permanent
missions of the member states of the International
Telecommunication Union and has the honor to inform the
latter that the government of the State of Kuwait has decided
to present its candidature for re-election on the ITU council
during the elections which will be held during the
Plenipotentiary Conference of the ITU (PP-10),in October
4-22/10/2010, in Veracruz, Mexico.
Kuwait has been a member of the union since 1959. Kuwait was
elected the first time to the ITU council at 1982 (Nairobi).
Kuwait is considered as an active participant in all of the
ITU sectors. Kuwait has supported and funded the ITU
Development (ITU-T) activities since it first joined the
union. As for the informatics, Kuwait is considered to be as
one of the first countries who supported this trend and
contributed to its development.
Kuwait is currently preparing a plan to develop the
telecommunications of various kinds to go along with the
coming generation of technology and to prepare tenders and
start executing them.
With regard to the above, Kuwait hopes to get the support and
advocacy of the esteemed member states of the union for its
candidature for membership of the ITU council.
********************************************* *********
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
********************************************* *********
JONES