Category: Economy

Geneva, 1 November 2016 – The digital eTIR system has been endorsed as the future of TIR – the only global cross-border transit system – with the first pilot project between Turkey and Iran hailed a resounding success.   The benefits of eTIR have been recognised at recent high level United Nations meetings. Strong support came from both pilot countries, prompting further interest in the innovation from Moldova and Kazakhstan, while Ukraine’s decision to work on a new intermodal…

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Geneva, 12 December 2016 ITU paid tribute today to 110 years of international cooperation among its members states on the ITU Radio Regulations, an international treaty for governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits for ubiquitous wireless communications. The ITU Radio Regulations ensure interference-free operations of radiocommunication systems and provide all countries with equitable access to the radio spectrum – a scarce natural resource that does not distinguish between national borders and needs to be harmonized…

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