Title Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations
Publisher Intergovernmental Conference on Emergency Telecommunications
Publication Date 18 June 1998
Topics Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations
Reference Entry into force: 8 January 2005
Cite as Intergovernmental Conference on Emergency Telecommunications, Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations, 18 June 1998, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/41dec59d4.html [accessed 19 June 2013]
Comments The legally binding international treaty was unanimously adopted on 18 June 1998 by 75 countries attending the Intergovernmental Conference on Emergency Telecommunications (ICET-98) in Tampere, Finland. The Treaty was then opened for accession, requiring 30 ratifications to come into effect.
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