Chapter Seven Universal Service Article 70 1.          The General Secretariat may set out a policy stating specific objectives, principles and service obligations relating to the provision of universal service and access to telecommunications services and telecommunications facilities in the State of Qatar, and the General Secretariat may consult with service providers and other interested parties when developing a universal service policy.   2.      In setting out the universal service policy, the General Secretariat shall take into account the following:   a.      The objectives for the development of universal service, including the state of universal access. b.        The telecommunications services and telecommunications facilities to be included in universal service offerings. c.      The types of service areas in which specified levels of universal service should be achieved. d.     The costs of universal service obligations, and how these costs should be met.   3.          In developing a universal service policy, the General Secretariat shall ensure that any universal service obligations of service providers are administered in a transparent, nondiscriminatory and competitively neutral manner.     Article 71 1.      Following approval by the Board of the universal service policy, the General Secretariat may issue a regulation to establish a Universal Service Fund to subsidize the net costs of providing universal service. The regulation shall determine how the Universal Service Fund shall be operated and administered. The Universal Service Fund shall be administered by and under the direction of the General Secretariat. 2.      All service providers shall contribute to the Universal Service Fund in accordance with the policy approved by the Board, the terms of their Licenses, and any implementing regulation or decisions issued by the General Secretariat. The disbursement procedures of the Universal Service Fund shall be prescribed by the Secretary General and shall be administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory and competitively neutral manner.       Chapter Eight