priority for any individual country or groups of countries and should not create an obstacle to the establishment of space systems by other countries." Thus, Mr. Richard E. Butler of the ITU advised the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space of the UN on May 20, 1976 that "The Convention also provided for equal rights in the frequency bands for space radio communication services and ensured that international registration of frequency assignments did not give permanent priority to any country or group of countries.in addressing the same group in March 1977, Mr. Butler in referring to the 1971 WARC ST Conference indicated that it had "laid down the principle of equal rights in the frequency bands for space radio communication services and stated that the international registration of frequency assignments did not provide any permanent priority for any individual country or groups of countries." The radio spectrum resource is both a natural and an international resource. The function of the ITU, as reflected in the observations of Mr. Butler, are to insure the most equitable, efficient, and economical use of the resource. Yet, it is important to bear in mind the following assessment: While the use of this resource by one country will often affect the extent to which other countries can use the resource, there are parts of the spectrum in which one country's use will not affect others. In addition, it should be stressed that in general the communications needs of any particular country are not guaranteed under the ITU regulatory J23 UST 1527, 1820, TIAS 7435. Italics added. U.N. Doc. A/AC.105/C.2/SR.258, p. 6, May 20, 1976. U.N. Doc. A/AC.105/C.2/SR.273, March 28, 1977.
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