Further, the ITU can determine that periodic regional conferences will be held. The 1977 WARC BS determined that a conference for Region 2 would be held prior to 1982. With this kind of structure, including its non-stop bureaucracy consisting of the IFRB, and the International Radio Consultative Committee, the ITU possesses characteristics that may allow for a more effective decisional process, in its limited technical area, than presently at the disposition of the UN, including COPUOS. This is not to say that the ITU necessarily possesses all of the skills and attributes reguired for an early resolution of pressing political-legal matters. The ITU possesses a current record of success in technical matters. The most recent major success of the UN was the conclusion of the Liability Convention in 1972. 7.4 Characteristics of a Possible New International Space Organization If the UN were to convene a Conference on Space Applications during the mid-1980s, if not before, it is possible that the agenda would call for the establishment of an outer space regime to facilitate the exploration and use of space environment resources. Attention could be directed to the nature and functions of a new or a modified international institution in order to serve the needs of such a regime. Again, political-legal considerations would have to be taken into account. It is to be expected a considerable amount of time would be expended in arriving at the characteristics of such an instrumentality. It would be probable that the international agreement making provision for substantive legal principles, standards, and rules would also contain the structure of the organization. Consequently, with both substance
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