The Tampere Convention (fully entitled The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations) is a multilateral treaty governing the provision and availability of communications equipment during disaster relief operations, particularly as regards the transport of radio and related equipment over international boundaries by radio amateurs. It was concluded at the First Intergovernmental Conference on Emergency Telecommunications (ICET-98) in Tampere, Finland, in 1998, and went into effect on 8 January 2005. As of September 2014, there are 48 state parties to the agreement.
The first treaty of its kind, the convention was conceived primarily as a means to influence party states to pursue a set of common expectations regarding freedom and access of persons providing emergency services in disaster situations. Hindrances to the deployment of telecommunications equipment and operators across borders have cost lives in past disasters.
Issues pertinent to the jurisdiction of the Tampere Convention are discussed at the Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC), which is held yearly at different international locations.
References
- The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations http://www.iaru.org/tampere-convention.html Accessed 20 April 2016.
- "Tampere Convention Eases International Emergency Telecommunications" in The ARRL Letter Vol. 24, No. 04, 28 January 2005 http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/05/0128/ Accessed 12 May 2008
External links
- The Tampere Convention full text in English, French and Spanish.
- Signatories and ratifications Archived 26 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- The Tampere Declaration on Disaster Communications
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