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The Tampere Convention 
on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources 
for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations

The Tampere Convention was unanimously adopted by the delegations of the 60 States participating in the Intergovernmental Conference on Emergency Telecommunications (ICET-98), hosted by the Government of Finland in Tampere, Finland, 16-18 June 1998.

International Conference on Emergency Telecommunications (ICEC-2006), Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland, 19-20 June 2006

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Executive Summary

Tampere Convention comes into force on 8 January 2005 (UN Press Release)

List of Signatories and Ratifications

Guidelines for signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Tampere Convention

Guidelines for Application of the Tampere Convention

Country-specific applications of the Convention:

Case Study: Switzerland Information paper, available only in German

In Disaster and Emergency Situations in Sri Lanka

Sample of Telecommunications Inventory: Canada

 Telecommunications in the Service of Humanitarian Assistance (ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-98) Resolution 36) 

Presentation of the Tampere Convention

Remark of Under-Secretary-General Kenzo Oshima 

Statement regarding the Tampere Convention by the Humanitarian Aid Department, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC

 Plan of Action

Conference Web Sites:

          CDC-2001 - The Second Tampere Conference on Disaster Communications, 28 - 30 May 2001

          ICET'98

Article: Tampere gives birth to a new Convention - ITU News
     
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