RCC Executive Committee

RCC was set up on December 17, 1991 in Moscow by the Heads of Communications Administrations (CA) of independent states. That day they signed the Agreement on Establishment of the RCC – an organization missioned to carry out cooperation between new independent states in the field of telecommunication and postal communication based on their free will, principles of mutual respect and sovereignty. The initial period of the RCC formation and development was related to elaboration of conceptual, legal and finance documents, the aims of the organization, status and powers of its participants, structure and authority of the executive bodies ensuring comprehensive cooperation, were determined. The permanent executive organ of the RCC is Executive Committee, located in Moscow. Later the Working Bodies – Commissions, Boards of Telecommunication Operators and Postal Operators, Working Groups, which activities aimed at elaboration and realization of specific tasks of the Commonwealth, have being formed and developed within the RCC. At the RCC Board sessions the issues of transition to a new system of international phone codes, regulation of frequency spectrum use, draft programmes of creating regional centers for staff education and training in new communication technologies, coordination of the RCC CAs actions in the field of postal communication, participation in the UPU and ITU activities.