regime. While the spectrum is "owned" by no one nation, a variety of factors--political, economic, entrenched rights--suggests that in practice the spectrum may not be equally available to all countries. 2.6 The 1959 ITU Radio Regulations and Space Activities In analyzing the present and future regulatory role of the ITU in the area of radio communications between Earth and space it is necessary to consider the relevant international agreements from 1959 to the present. While the most current carry with them more of the substance of existing legal requirements, nonetheless the evidence of the transition from the past to the present offers an understanding of trends. Further, this review will allow for conclusions to be drawn concerning the validity of the positions taken by the commentators that have been referred to above. Although the 1959 International Telecommunication Convention made no specific mention of radio for space communications, the subject was barely treated in the Radio Regulations, with Appendices, and Additional Protocol which were signed on the same day as the Convention.Partial revisions were effected in 1963, and in 1971. Major changes were proposed in 1977. Since the agreements subsequent to the 1959 Radio Regulations were revisions, those portions of the respective agreements Leive, International Telecommunications and International Law: The Regulation~of the Radio Spectrum 17 (1970). 12 UST 1761, TIAS 4892, December 21, 1959. This was the predecessor to the 1965 Convention, 18 UST 575, TIAS 6267, and the current 1973 Convention, TIAS 8572. 12 UST 2377; TIAS 4893. 15 UST 887; TIAS 5603. 23 UST 1527; TIAS 7435.
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