arc segmentation approach under which alternating segments of the geostationary arc were allocated on a primary basis to the broad- casting-satellite service and the fixed-satellite service; and the holding, not later than in 1982, of a Regional Administrative Radio Conference to draw up a detailed plan for the broadcasting- satellite and fixed services in Region 2. The equatorial countries -- with the exception of Indonesia-- made reservations to the effect that they do not accept and are not bound by the resolutions, agreements and decisions of the conference regarding the location of geostationary satellites on the segment of the orbit over which they exercise sovereign rights and that the positioning of such satellites will require their prior authori- zation. Indonesia made a separate reservation in which it in- voled in part the Bogota Declaration. The United States joined with a number of countries rejecting the claims of the equatorial countries and declaring that the decisions of the conference to assign frequencies and orbital positions in the geostationary orbit were fully in accordance with the 1973 ITC by which the conference was bound. 3.1.5.1. Conclusions The preceding review of ITU instruments and related discussions appears to indicate that the 'first come, first served' principle with respect to the use of the geostationary orbit has basically remained unaltered from a strictly legal point of view. While states, in general, abide by ITU resolutions, they are not legally bound by them. However, to the extent that such resolutions express
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