Prague, Czech
Republic, hosts the
joint XLV session of
the Board and 20th
meeting of the
Operations Committee
of the Intersputnik
International
Organization of
Space Communications
Chair of the Board,
Chair of the
Operations
Committee, and
Director General
elected; New
composition of the
Audit Committee
approved
On June 14-15, 2017,
following an
invitation from the
Ministry of Industry
and Trade of the
Czech Republic,
official
representatives of
Azerbaijan,
Afghanistan,
Belarus, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Vietnam,
Germany, India,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Korea
DPR, Cuba, Laos,
Mongolia, Nicaragua,
Poland, Russia,
Romania, Tajikistan,
Ukraine, and the
Czech Republic met
in Prague for the
joint XLV session
the Board and 20th
meeting of the
Operations Committee
of the Intersputnik
International
Organization of
Space Communications
(Intersputnik). The
joint session was
presided over by Mr.
Gennady Kudriavtsev,
Chair of the Board
and Plenipotentiary
Representative of
the Russian
Federation on the
Intersputnik Board.
The delegates were
welcomed by Mr. Petr
Kameník, Deputy
Minister of Industry
and Trade of the
Czech Republic. In
his address, he
pointed out that the
fact that he current
joint session of the
Board and the
Operations Committee
is being held in
Prague is indicative
of the high level of
cooperation between
the Organization and
the Czech Republic,
which attaches great
importance to its
active involvement
in Intersputnik – an
international
intergovernmental
organization
offering all kinds
of opportunities for
mutually beneficial
cooperation in the
field of high
technologies among
states located in
various geographic
regions and having
various levels of
economic
development. Within
the framework of the
approved agenda the
Board and the
Operations Committee
reviewed a wide
range of issues
related to current
operations and
development
prospects of the
organization. The
delegates of the
session approved the
results of
Intersputnik’s
operation, financial
indicators for 2016,
and a report on the
audit of the
organization’s
financial and
economic performance
during the previous
year. Much attention
was paid to the
development of
Intersputnik’s
international
satellite
telecommunications
system with a focus
on the procurement
of the
organization’s own
satellite resource
based on new
satellites and the
maximum possible use
of Intersputnik’s
orbit and spectrum
resource. The
delegates of the
session were briefed
on progress in the
implementation of
joint satellite
projects and
prospects of
potential
cooperation with new
partners in using
new satellite
networks. The key
issue was the
election of senior
officials - the
Chair of the Board,
Chair of the
Operations Committee
and Director
General. Mr. Luděk
Schneider, Director,
Electronic
Communications
Department of the
Ministry of Industry
and Trade of the
Czech Republic,
Plenipotentiary
Representative of
the Czech Republic
on the Board, was
elected Chair of the
Board, the highest
governing body of
Intersputnik. Ms.
Kzenia Drozdova,
Deputy CEO for
Business Development
of the Federal State
Unitary Enterprise
“Russian Satellite
Communications
Company”, was
elected Chair of the
Operations Committee
responsible for the
day-to-day control
of Intersputnik’s
operations. Mr.
Vadim Belov, who has
headed Intersputnik
for the last 12
years, took office
for another 4-year
tenure as the newly
elected Director
General. Another
important question
was the election of
new members of the
Audit Committee. As
resolved by the
Board and the
Operations
Committee, the Audit
Committee consists
of Ms. Le Thi Hien
from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam,
Mr. Hans-Joachim
Schemel from the
Federal Republic of
Germany, and Mr.
František Šebek from
the Czech Republic
elected Chair of the
Audit Committee. The
Communications and
Information
Technology Authority
of the Government of
Mongolia invited
Intersputnik to hold
the next joint
session of the Board
and Operations
Committee in
Ulaanbaatar in
mid-2018.
