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Volume 9, Issue 1.
Winter
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the oldest existing international organization. The increasing growth and application of telecommunications technology is fast creating global problems which the ITU is unaccustomed to handling. In this series of interviews Robert A. Kinn takes an in-depth look at recent U.S. involvement in the ITU ... read moreand the direction future involvement will take. His questions address the perceived "politicization" of the ITU and U.S. strategies for dealing with the growing complexities involved in the international regulation of communications. The author sees the Office of Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy as the first step towards the formation of a U.S. strategy for coping with growing international telecommunications needs. The growing importance of financial and technical assistance for telecommunications in developing countries is also addressed by Mr. Kinn. He concludes by looking at future ITU conferences, such as the "Space WARC" in August 1985, and U.S. policy-formation for that conference.
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