Back المنظمة الدولية للإتصالات الفضائية Arabic International Telecommunications Satellite Organization German سازمان بینالمللی ارتباطات ماهوارهای Persian Organisation internationale de télécommunications par satellite French Organizzazione internazionale dei satelliti per le telecomunicazioni Italian 国際電気通信衛星機構 Japanese 국제 전기 통신 위성 기구 Korean Organização Internacional de Telecomunicações por Satélite Portuguese Organizația Internațională de Telecomunicații prin Satelit Romanian Международная телекоммуникационная спутниковая организация Russian
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 Current members Signed, but not yet ratified | |
| Abbreviation | ITSO |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1964 |
| Type | Intergovernmental organization |
| Purpose | Access to high-quality and reliable public telecommunications services on global and non-discriminatory basis |
| Headquarters | Washington D.C., USA |
Membership | 149 |
Key people | Patrick Masambu (Director-General) & CEO) |
| Website | www |
The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat, which was privatized in 2001.[1]
It incorporates the principle set forth in Resolution 1721 (XVI) of United Nations General Assembly, which expresses "All nations should have access to satellite communications".
The landmark headquarters of this organization was located in Washington D.C., United States.
As of June 2013, there are 149 states that are members of ITSO. States join ITSO by ratifying a multilateral treaty known as the Agreement relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization. Bulgaria ratified the treaty in 1996 but denounced it and withdrew from the organization in 2012.[citation needed]
- ^ Lipscy, Phillip Y., ed. (2017), "International Telecommunications Satellite Organization", Renegotiating the World Order: Institutional Change in International Relations, Cambridge University Press, pp. 156–183, doi:10.1017/9781316570463.006, ISBN 978-1-107-14976-2