GK
WORLD ORGANISATIONS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
17 June, 1965
|
|
|
17 May, 1890
|
|
|
17 October, 1940
|
|
|
17 May, 1965
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Union, making it the first international organization.
Detailed explanation-2: -International Telecommunication Union (ITU), specialized agency of the United Nations that was created to encourage international cooperation in all forms of telecommunication.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 17 May 1865, the first International Telegraph Convention was signed in Paris by its twenty founding members, and the International Telegraph Union (the first incarnation of ITU) was established to supervise subsequent amendments to the agreement.
Detailed explanation-4: -The role of the ITU is to provide a forum through which sovereign states agree to principles and rules for the conduct of international telecommunications and supervise compliance with them. The ITU is now one of the most “complete” global international organizations.