to consult with those who have objections, the 1971 rules do not oblige existing users to make substantive adjustments. Thus, Chayes concludes that "Overall, the coordinating process remains one for a series of bilateral adjustments of national policies rather than an integrated spectrum-management function. The regime of first-come-first-served is hardly altered. Two options were available to the 1971 WARC ST respecting use of the geostationary orbit. First, the ITU could have been authorized to allocate an orbit upon application, even though the State might not have the capacity to use it. Secondly, and in the view of States that considered the first option to be wasteful, there was the possibility that a State might make use of the orbital position, subject to the duty to relocate the space object as required. The second option was accepted as a voluntary procedure, pursuant to paragraph 639 AF of Spa 2. Thus, pursuant to paragraph (b) if difficulties were to arise because of over use of the orbit consultation could be used to "explore all possible means of meeting the requirements of the requesting administration, for example, by relocating one or more of its own geostationary space stations involved, or by changing the emissions, frequency usage (including Ibid. The requirement of coordination is set out in Annex 8 of the Final Acts of the 1971 WARC ST. This is a revision of Article 9A of the 1963 Radio Regulations. The revised paragraph 639AJ provides in part: "Before an administration notifies the Board or brings into use any frequency assignment to a space station on a geostationary satellite or to an earth station that is to communicate with a space station on a geostationary satellite, it shall effect co-ordination of the assignment with any other administration whose assignment in the same band for a space station on a geostationary satellite or for an earth station that communicates with a space station on a geostationary satellite is recorded in the Master Register, or has been co-ordinated or is being co-ordinated under the provisions of this paragraph. For this purpose, the administration requesting co-ordination shall send to any other such administration the information listed in Appendix 1A." 23 UST 1527, 1687, TIAS 7435.
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