[LEAPSECS] countdown to WRC-15

[Steve Allen]

Regional meetings continue about the fate of the leap second as
various bodies consider their position on WRC-15 Agenda Item 1.14.
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/conferences/wrc/2015/Pages/reg-prep.aspx
shows that the Arab group just finished, and the European and Russian
meetings are still pending.

Next week is one more meeting of all the regional groups in Geneva
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/conferences/wrc/2015/irwsp/2015/Pages/program.aspx
where item 1.14 will be covered on Thursday.

There are 6 presentations of the preparations in powerpoint documents
which are currently available there.  In particular the one on
http://www.itu.int/md/R15-WRC15PREPWORK-C-0008/en
has a chart on page 13 which shows the currently known positions of
the regional groups.  There is no consensus.

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