The European Union’s Performance in the International Telecommunication Union
The European Union’s Performance in the International Telecommunication Union
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欧盟在国际电信联盟中的表现
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2011
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J. Shahin
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J. Shahin
摘要 本文描述了欧盟在国际电信联盟（ITU）中的表现。它描绘了一个不断变化的环境，国际电联在全球化和融合电信环境中的相关性正在受到挑战。在分析期间（1994-2010 年），欧盟似乎将其在该组织中的积极作用“让渡”给了由 48 个成员组成的政府间欧洲邮政和电信管理会议 (CEPT)。本文认为，人们对欧盟在国际电联中表现下降的看法是对 CEPT 在制定欧洲共同立场方面的有效性以及欧盟在这一规模的贡献方面可以发挥的作用的认可。在欧盟在国际电联层面的活动出现这种“运营”下降的同时，欧盟对全球电信政策和战略讨论的参与也在增加，但并非针对国际电联。
Abstract This article describes the performance of the EU in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It depicts a shifting environment where the relevance of the ITU in a globalised and converged telecommunications environment is being challenged itself. The EU has appeared to ‘cede’ an active role within this organisation over the period under analysis (1994–2010) to the intergovernmental, 48-member, European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT). This article argues that the perception of decline in the EU’s performance in the ITU is a recognition of the effectiveness of CEPT in producing Common European Positions, and the role that the EU can have in contributing on this scale. At the same time as this ‘operational’ decline is occurring in EU activity at the ITU level, EU engagement in discussions on telecommunications policy and strategy at the global level is increasing, but not targeted towards the ITU.