League of Nations Health Organization published radiation protection recommendations in 1931. Publications of the International Labor Organization in 1932-1934 made substantial reference to the subject. A number of the organs and instrumentalities of the United Nations have examined the subject, and in 1955 the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) was established. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a non-governmental organization, have all issued numerous recommendations. 5.4 Efforts to Establish Protective Standards: Policies In addition to the possibility of radiation hazards of a biological and environmental kind, there is also the possibility that the microwaves broadcast from geostationary orbital level would produce harmful interference with other users of radio frequencies. An assessment of the harmful interference situation was made above and will not be repeated here. Mention can be made of the fact, however, that just as human values and interests are at stake when it comes to deciding among such competing sources of energy as solar, nuclear, and fossil, so also values are involved in determining whether radio frequencies should be used to transmit solar energy or words or images. It is in this area that both the ITU and the United Nations with their respective technical and political capabilities may be able to assist in balancing competing values and interests. It is expected that over time as microwaves are employed to forward solar energy to Earth that international agreements having the force of
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