Washington DC, 14 November 2024 – Today, the Party of the United States, led by Mr. Douglas May and Mr. Stephen Duall, hosted the ITSO Secretariat at the FCC headquarters to kick off discussions on implementing AP-41 decisions.

At the invitation of the Party of the United States, the ITSO Secretariat met with representatives from the FCC, State Department and NTIA to begin collaboration on the implementation of AP-41 decisions associated with the role of the Notifying Administration performed by the United States. The meeting was attended by the ITSO Director General, Mr. Patrick Masambu, ITSO Deputy Director General and Director of International and Regulatory Affairs, Dr. Renata Brazil-David, ITSO Legal Advisor, Mr. Maury Mechanick and ITSO Technical Advisor, Mr. Julian Sesena. The Director General is pleased to inform all Parties that the meeting was very positive and productive.

The ITSO Secretariat expresses appreciation to the Party of the United States for this very positive initiative and looks forward to continuing working closely with the Party of the United States to implement the decisions of AP-41. The next meeting will take place in Dec 2024.

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ITSO is an intergovernmental organization with 149-member states, that incorporates the principle set forth in Resolution 1721 (XVI) of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which established that communication by means of satellite should be available to the nations of the world as soon as practicable on a global and non-discriminatory basis. Originally established in 1973 as INTELSAT, the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization was restructured in 2001. The restructuring led to the creation of a private entity, Intelsat S.A. and to the continuation of the intergovernmental organization with a new acronym (ITSO). ITSO’s mission is to monitor the performance of Intelsat’s public service obligations and to safeguard the Parties’ Common Heritage.