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Activities on Resolution 647 (Rev. WRC-19) - Emergency and disaster relief radiocommunication

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​To assist member states, disaster relief agencies and organizations with their emergency communication preparedness activities by maintaining information from administrations for use in emergency ​and disaster relief operations, which includes contact information and, where available, the frequencies or frequency bands​.

Below are the information to use in emergency situations as submitted by responsible administrations.​

Terrestrial services

Retrieval of infor​​​​​​​​​mation

Referenc​​e documents for submission of information

Contact: brtpr@itu.int

Space services

Retrieval ​​of information

Referenc​​e documents for submission of information

Contact: spr@itu.int

Reference materials

ITU Res​​​​​olutions

  • Resolution 647 ​​(Rev.WRC-19) - Radiocommunication aspects, including spectrum management guidelines, for early warning, disaster prediction, detection, mitigation and relief operations relating to emergencies and disasters
  • Resolution 646 (Rev.WRC-19) - Public protection and disaster relief
  • ​Resolution 644 (Rev. WRC-12) [Suppressed] - Radiocommunication resources for early warning, disaster mitigation and relief operations
    Note: This Resolution was suppressed at WRC-15. Nevertheless, the relevant provisions of this Resolution are incorporated into Resolution 647 (Rev.WRC-19).​​​​
  • Resolution 36 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010) [Suppressed] - Telecommunications/information and communication technology in the service of humanitarian assistance 
    Note: This Resolution was suppressed at the Plenipotentiary Conference of Dubai, 2018. The relevant provisions of this Resolution were incorporated into Resolution 136 (Rev. ​Dub​ai, 2018)​​​​​​
  • Resolution 136 (Rev. Dubai, 2018​​) - The use​ of telecommunications/information and communication technologies for humanitarian assistance and for ​monitoring and management in emergen​cy and disaster situations, including health-related emergencies,​ for early warning, prevention, mitigation and relief
  • Resolution ITU-R 55 (2019)​​ - ITU-R studies of disaster prediction, detection, mitigation and relief​
  • ​ Resolution ITU-R 53 [Suppressed] - The use of radiocommunications in disaster response and relief

    Note: This Resolution was suppressed at RA‑​​​​15.​

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