68 | II Série A - Número: 023S1 | 6 de Novembro de 2008

PREAMBLE A WHEREAS, Resolution 2 (Rev. Marrakesh, 2002) of the Plenipotentiary Conference resolves that the world telecommunication policy forum, as established by Resolution 2 (Kyoto, 1994) shall be maintained in order to discuss and exchange views and information on telecommunications policy and regulatory matters; B WHEREAS, pursuant to Decision 9 (Antalya, 2006), the Plenipotentiary Conference decided to convene the fourth World Telecommunication Policy Forum in Geneva, in the first quarter of 2009; C WHEREAS, Article 3.2.1 of the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 8 December 2007 between the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the International Telecommunication Union identifies the “organization of forums, workshops or conferences in Portugal on issues of strategic importance for the telecommunications sector” as one of the areas of cooperation between the signatories; D WHEREAS, the Portuguese Republic has invited ITU to hold the fourth World Telecommunication Policy Forum (hereinafter referred to as "WTPF-09") in Lisbon from 22 to 24 April 2009 and the information session related thereto (hereinafter referred to as the “Information Session”) in Lisbon on 21 April 2009 and, if need be, the final meeting of the WTPF-09 informal Group of Experts (hereinafter referred to as the “IGoE”) in Lisbon on 20 April 2009 (WTPF-09, the Information Session and the IGoE being collectively referred to as the “Events”); E WHEREAS, the required majority of the Member States of the ITU Council have declared themselves in favour of the Events being held at the aforesaid place and on the aforesaid dates; and F WHEREAS the Portuguese Republic intends in that connection to abide by the provisions of the International Telecommunication Union Constitution and Convention (Geneva, 1992), as amended by subsequent Plenipotentiary Conferences (Kyoto, 1994, Minneapolis, 1998, Marrakesh, 2002 and Antalya, 2006) and the applicable resolutions and decisions of the Plenipotentiary Conference and the Council, in particular: 1. Resolution 2 (Rev. Marrakesh, 2002) of the Plenipotentiary Conference relating to the World Telecommunication Policy Forum; 2. Decision 9 (Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference relating to the fourth World Telecommunication Policy Forum; 3. Resolution 5 (Kyoto, 1994) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, relating to invitations to hold conferences and meetings of the Union away from Geneva; 4. Resolution 83 of the Council, as amended, concerning the organization, financing and liquidation of the accounts of conferences and meetings of the Union; 5. Decision 304 of the Council on the participation of the delegations of Member States of the Union in conferences and meetings of the Union; 6. Resolution 1004 of the Council concerning privileges, immunities and facilities related to activities of the Union;