Participants in the ongoing International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan passed a resolution to improve global flight tracking for civil aviation on October 31.
The resolution follows the disappearance and loss of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in March, which spurred worldwide discussion about global flight tracking and the need for coordinated action by the ITU and other relevant organizations. The resolution also instructs the forthcoming World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015 (WRC-15) to consider global flight tracking in its agenda and instructs the Director of the ITU’s Radiocommunication Bureau to submit a specific report on the matter to the WRC-15, which will include the results of related studies taken over the past two years.
ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré welcomed the resolution taken by the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, saying, “We join the families of the passengers in mourning the loss of lives on board MH370 and we must continue to make every effort at the international level to improve flight tracking of civil aviation."
“This resolution will be brought to the attention of the WRC-15 at its next meeting in 2015, as well as to the International Civil Aviation Organization," he added.
By Limb Jae-un
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos courtesy of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
jun2@korea.kr
Participants in the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference listen to presentations during the meeting.
The resolution follows the disappearance and loss of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in March, which spurred worldwide discussion about global flight tracking and the need for coordinated action by the ITU and other relevant organizations. The resolution also instructs the forthcoming World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015 (WRC-15) to consider global flight tracking in its agenda and instructs the Director of the ITU’s Radiocommunication Bureau to submit a specific report on the matter to the WRC-15, which will include the results of related studies taken over the past two years.
ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré (left) speaks during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.
ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré welcomed the resolution taken by the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, saying, “We join the families of the passengers in mourning the loss of lives on board MH370 and we must continue to make every effort at the international level to improve flight tracking of civil aviation."
“This resolution will be brought to the attention of the WRC-15 at its next meeting in 2015, as well as to the International Civil Aviation Organization," he added.
By Limb Jae-un
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos courtesy of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
jun2@korea.kr
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