INSTRUMENT AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION

of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992)

as amended by the
Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994),
by the
Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998),
by the
Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002)
and by the
Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006)

(Amendments adopted by the
Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara, 2010))

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CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION *
(GENEVA, 1992)

PART I. Foreword

By virtue of and in implementation of the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006), in particular those in Article 55 thereof, the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (Guadalajara, 2010) has adopted the following amendments to the said Constitution:

CHAPTER V
Other Provisions Concerning the Functioning of the Union

ARTICLE 28
Finances of the Union

PART II. Date of entry into force

The amendments contained in the present instrument shall, as a whole and in the form of one single instrument, enter into force on 1 January 2012 between Member States being at that time parties to the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), and having deposited before that date their instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of, or accession to, the present amending instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the original of the present instrument amending the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006).

Done at Guadalajara, 22 October 2010

* The language used in the basic instruments of the Union (Constitution and Convention) is to be considered as gender neutral.