produced the "Final Acts of the World Administrative Radio Conference for Space Telecommunications," and the 1977 World Administrative Radio Conference for the Planning of the Broadcasting-Satellite Service which produced the "Final Acts of the World Administrative Radio Conference for the Broadcasting-Satellite Service in Frequency Bands 11.7 - 12.2 GHz (in Regions 2 and 3) and 11.7 - 12.5 GHz (in Region I)."23 All dealt with varying aspects of radio by space object or satellite services. While the 1971 agreement made the most substantial changes relating to satellites, it will be helpful to examine all of the agreements in order to be aware of the general pattern as well as the important changes. This examination will focus on two concerns. First, there is the issue of the legal right of a nation-state to use a radio frequency or geostationary orbital position that it has assigned to a national user following national registration with the ITU pursuant to its allocation procedures. Second, there is the issue of the permanency of the national right. The first issue will test the validity of the claim of "first-come is first-served." The second will test the durability of such a claim, if in fact the nation-state has acquired something of value as a result of its involvement in the assignment-allocation process. Impacting on 23 UST 1527, TIAS 7435. This entered into force for the United States on January 1, 1973. International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, 1977. This agreement had not entered into force on October 1, 1978. There is also the 1974 World Maritime Administrative Radio Conference which produced a "Partial Revision of the Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1959) with Final Protocol," U.S. Senate, Executive G, 94th Cong., 1st Sess., 1975. This was signed by the United States on June 8, 1974 with a reservation. It was intended to come into force on January 1, 1976 for governments which, by that date, had notified the ITU of their approval. This agreement is not considered here, since it relates more to maritime communications than to space communications, although the two services must accommodate to each other.
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