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TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION. DECEMBER 9, 1932. 2393 [Translation] INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION co!:14:59, 19 November 2014 (UTC)~~ TeJe. Con- CONVENTION ventlon. concluded among the governments of the countries listed hereinafter: Union of South Africa; Germany; Republic of Argentina; Com- monwealth of Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Canada j Chile; China; Vatican City State; Republic of Colombia; French Colonies, protectorates and territories under French mandate; Por- tuguese Colonies; Swiss Confederation j Belgian Congo; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cura9ao and Surinam; Cirenaica; Denmark; Free City of Danzig; Dominican Republic; Egypt; Republic of EI Salvador; Ecuador; Eritrea; Spain; United States of America; Empire of Ethiopia; Finland; France; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Greece; Guatemala; Republic of Honduras; Hungary; Italian Islands of the Aegean Sea; British India; Dutch East Indies; Irish Free State; Iceland; Italy; Japan, Chosen, Taiwan, Karafuto, Kwantung Leased Territory and the South Sea Islands under Japanese mandate; Latvia; Liberia; Lithuania; Luxemburg; Morocco; Mexico; Nicaragua; Norway; New Zealand; Republic of Panama; Netherlands; Peru; Persia; Poland; Portugal; Rumania; Italian Somaliland; Sweden; Syria and Lebanon; Czechoslovakia; Tripolitania; Tunisia; Turkey; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Uruguay; Venezuela; Yugoslavia. The undersigned, plenipotentiaries of the governments listed above, having met in conference at Madrid, have, in common agreement and subject to ratification, concluded the following Convention: CHAPTER I ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION ARTICLE 1 Oonstitution oj th~ Union § 1. The countries, parties to the present Convention, form the International Telecommunication Union which shall replace the Telegraph Union and which shall be governed by the following provisions. Contracting Govern- ments. Organization, fUJlCo tions, etc. Constitution. Vol. .5, p. 2760 .