The aim of the Conference was to adopt a Convention on the provision of telecommunication resources for disaster mitigation and relief operations.

The Tampere Convention

States who signed the Convention on 18 June 1998

	Message from the President of Finland		Welcome Message from the ITU Secretary-General
	Message of the Secretary-General of the United Nations		Opening Session
	Conference programme		Opening Addresses
	Conference structure		Conference documents
	Why is a convention needed?		What field work is needed?
	Decisions in Support of Emergency Telecommunications		A Case study
	What are the barriers to effective work?		What is the vital role of telecommunications in emergencies?
	Roundtable on the media, scientific information and disasters at the United Nations World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction		Telecommunications and humanitarian endeavour: the ICRC example
	Roundtable on the media, scientific information and disasters