seeking advice on (1) whether they favored the convening of such a conference on space applications "in the next few years,(2) what should be the principal objectives to be obtained, (3) considering the need for preparatory work, what should be the appropriate time and location, and (4) whether the members would be interested in participating if such a meeting were to be held. 7.2 Different Assessments Regarding the Worth of a Conference Responses have been varied. As an alternative, a number of States called attention to plans under way for a UN-sponsored Conference on Science and Technology for Development. Representative views indicate a need for a clear demonstration of the need and usefulness of such a conference, the need be satisfied that the preparations for the conference would produce reasonable hopes that the meeting would be useful, the need to avoid competition with other scheduled UN conferences, the need to consider a future date--such as 1980 or later--, the need to know the precise aims of the proposed conference, the need for an agenda item on the assistance likely to be received by the LDCs from space applications, the need not to duplicate the functions successfully being performed by COPUOS, the need to determine if such a conference were really necessary following an assessment of the accomplishments of the Conference on Science and Technology for Development, and the fact that the machinery of COPUOS adequately would serve all aspects of the outer space debate during the decade of Question of Convening a United Nations Conference on Space Applications, U.N. Doc. A/AC.105/142, p. 1, January 16, 1975.
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