In the period from February 26 to 28, 2020 in Minsk, the Republic of Belarus, the 17th meeting of the RCC Commission on the Regulation of the Use of the Radio-Frequency Spectrum and Satellite Orbits (RCC Commission on RFES and CO) and the Working Group on Preparation for AR / WRC ( WG AR / WRC).

The meeting of the Commission was chaired by the Chairman of the RCC Commission on RFES and JI President of the National Radio Association, Chief Designer of FSUE NIIR Butenko Valery Vladimirovich.

Dmitry Korzun, Head of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulation Department of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, addressed the meeting participants on behalf of the Communications Administration of the Republic of Belarus, who wished the meeting participants fruitful work and emphasized that holding an important international event in the Republic of Belarus almost immediately after the completion of the AR / WRC 2019 will allow all RCC participating countries to prepare for the Radiocommunication Assembly (AR-23) and the World Conference ntsii radio in 2023 (WRC-23) on the high scientific and technical level.

Deputy Director General of the RCC Executive Committee Zorya Natalia Evgenievna wished a successful start of work in the new research period in preparation for the AR-23 and WRC-23.

The meeting was attended by over 50 representatives of communications administrations of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of ITU, GSMA, GSA, EUTELSAT and the RCC Executive Committee.

The RCC RCS and JI Commission summed up the participation of the RCC CA delegations in the work of AR19 and WRC19.

The chairman of AR-19 and the deputy chairman of WRC-19 Pastukh Sergey Yuryevich made a report on this issue. The RCC RCS and JI Commission noted the high achievements of the coordinated work of the RCC CA delegations in reflecting the General proposals of the RCC CAs in the final acts of the Conference.

The Chairman of the Working Group on the preparation for WRC-19 and AR-19 (WG WRC-19 / AR-19) Nalbandyan Albert Bagratovich presented a report on the results of the activities of WG WRC-19 / AR-19 in the period 2016 - 2019. The Commission approved the activities of the group for the specified period, noting that the systematic preparations for the AR-19 and WRC-19 led to the reflection of the RCC CA General proposals in the ITU-R resolutions and the Final Acts of the Conference, and also contributed to increasing the authority of the RCC in the international arena.

Information on the results of the first session of the Preparatory Meeting for the 2023 Conference was presented by the coordinator of the RCC at AR-19 / WRC-19, Strelec  Viktor Andreevich.

The RCC RCS and JI Commission established a Working Group on the preparations for the Radiocommunication Assembly and the World Radiocommunication Conference (WG AR / WRC), which will operate on an ongoing basis, approved the Regulation on this group and its composition.

Nalbandyan Albert Bagratovich was elected Chairman of the WG AR / WRC, and Pastukh Sergey Yuryevich was elected Deputy Chairman. Nikolai Anatolyevich Khokhlachev was appointed Secretary of the WG AR / WRC.

During the 1st meeting of the WG AR / WRC, a draft Plan was prepared for preparing the AU of the countries of the RCC participants for the Radiocommunication Assembly and the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (AR / WRC). The Working Group appointed Focal Points for WRC-23 agenda items.

Documents prepared by the WG AR / WRC were reviewed and approved by the RCC Commission on PSD and JI. The plan for the preparation of the RCC CAs for the Radiocommunication Assembly and the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (AR / WRC) will be submitted for approval to the Council of the RCC CAs. Also at a meeting of the Commission, the issue of publishing materials of the RCC Commission on the RFS and CO and its working bodies on the Internet was considered on the RCC website.

The RCC Commission on RFES and SO summed up the results of its work for the period 2017-2020. and considered the re-election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission for the next term. At the suggestion of the AU of Russia, the Commission unanimously re-elected the President of the National Radio Association, the chief designer of FSUE NIIR Butenko Valery Vladimirovich to the post of Chairman of the Commission for the period 2021 - 2023. and presented this decision for approval by the next Council of Heads of RCC CAs.

The vice-chairmen were re-elected:

Abdullaev Gulam Nadir oglu, chief adviser to the telecommunications sector of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

Nalbandyan Albert Bagratovich, Advisor to the Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia;

Korzun Dmitry Nikolaevich, Head of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulation Department, Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus;

Nurshabekov Rizat Rakhatbekovich, Director of the State Enterprise “State Radio Frequency Service” of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Makhkamov Bakhtiyor Shukhratovich, head of the department for regulation of the use of the radio frequency spectrum of the Ministry for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled for late April 2020.

In conclusion, the meeting participants expressed gratitude to the RCC Executive Committee and the Communications Administration of the Republic of Belarus for the excellent organization of the Commission meeting and the warm welcome.