assigned by countries to geostationary satellites", "to furnish advice to Members...with a view to the equitable, effective and economical use of the geostationary satellite orbit" and "to perform any additional duties" relating to "the utilization of the geostationary satellite orbit". The importance of efficient use of the spectrum/orbit and the principle of equal rights of all countries found further expression in the Preamble of the Final Acts of the 1977 World Administrative Radio Conference for the Planning of the Broadcasting-Satellite Service in Frequency Bands 11.7-12.2 GHz (in Regions 2 and 3) and 11.7-12.5 GHz (in Region 1) (WARC-BS). In it, the signatories, inter alia, stated that they bear in mind: [T]he importance of making the best possible use of the radio-frequency spectrum and the geostationary-satellite orbit as well as the need for an orderly development of the services to which these bands are allocated; and take into account: [The equaal rights of all countries, large and small, even those countries which are not represented at the Conference. The 1977 WARC-BS adopted a plan (to go into effect on January 1, 1979) designating frequency assignments in the aforementioned bands and positions in the geostationary orbit for regions 1 (Europe, Africa, the USSR and Mongolia) and 3 (Asia and the Pacific). Postponement of the immediate adoption of an orbital position and frequency channel plan for Region 2 (the Americas) was in a sense a victory for the evolutionary approach advocated by the United States permitting future technological advances to be taken into account. To achieve this the acceptance of two compromises was necessary: An
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