New treaty signed but not by all

Reporters without borders

The World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) ended in disarray on 14 December after two weeks of often chaotic negotiations. On 13 December, less than half of the members of the International Telecommunication Union – the UN agency that organized the conference – (89 of 193) signed a new treaty revising the ITU's International Telecommunications Regulations. But a coalition of 55 member states including the United States and France refused to sign on the grounds that one (...)

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