Bibliography

Emergency Telecommunications, an Annotated Bibliography

The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for    Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations - The Tampere Convention puts in place a  framework for reducing regulatory and other barriers to the use of telecommunications in disaster mitigation and relief before disasters occur.

Legal Documents List- A chronological listing of legal documents and international agreements which refer to the regulation of telecommunications.

Telecommunications Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations
(1997 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference Resolution 644)

Telecommunication resources for disaster mitigation and relief operations
(1998 The World Telecommunication Development Conference, Valletta, Resolution 19)

Telecommunications in the Service of Humanitarian Assistance(ITU                                 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-98) Resolution 36)

Global harmonization of spectrum for public protection and disaster relief (2000 WRC             Resolution 645)    

Consideration of disaster telecommunications needs in telecommunication     development activities (Recommendation 12, WTDC, Istanbul 2002)

Telecommunication resources in the service of humanitarian assistance (Resolution 34, WTDC, Istanbul 2002)

Extract from General Assembly 54/233 

Extract from the Council of Europe (8th Ministerial Meeting, 21-22 February 2000, Athens)

Draft resolution of ECOSOC 2002