If a Conference on Space Applications is to be convened in the not-too-distant future, and if it is to suggest the formation of a new international space agency, some attention should be given to the research and conclusions of students of international organization. Writing in 1973 on the assumption that there was a need for a regime for earth resources experiments, two scholars have provided a mixed prototype somewhat fashioned on the technical experience of the ITU, but also blending in experience and insights obtained from organizations having major political-legal ramifications. 7.5 A Final Comment on Conference Strategies At the beginning of this Chapter it was indicated that if a United Nations Conference on Space Applications or Outer Space Matters were to be held that it would be necessary that the Participants come into possession of essentially the same set of scientific and technological facts. It was also stated that the final product of the conference would consume an enormous amount of time and effort. The foregoing assessment would seem to offer abundant proof of this fact. Thirdly, it should be noted that such a United Nations Conference would be costly in terms of money. At the request of COPUOS the George A. Codding, Jr. and M. Beheshti, "An International Agency for Earth Resources Experiments," 1 Journal of Space Law 1 (Spring, 1973), p. 40. A somewhat more modest formulation is set forth in an "Outline Swedish Proposal for an International Organization to Govern the Operation of Earth Surveying Satellites," in Valerie Hood, Mary E. Kimball, David A. Kay, A Global Satellite Observation System for Earth Resources: Problems and Prospects, p. 155 (1977). For a more general assessment of interna- tional institutional problems see D. W. Bowett, The Law of International Institutions, pp. 273-340 (1967); Frederick L. Kirgis, Jr., International Organizations in their Legal Setting, Documents, Comments and Questions wvr
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