competition. It has been suggested that the ITU possesses special competence in "the regulation of the technical and operating aspects ..." of space activities. While the UN is seen as the institution for debating and reaching a consensus on international legal aspects of space activities, it is considered that in working together they "have shown a realistic appreciation for the interdependence of technology, institutional requirements, and the legal implications of space programs." In the ITU's report to the legal sub-committee of COPUOS in 1977 relating to the work of the 1977 WARC BS it was noted that "no doubt the member countries concerned will ask for the appropriate consideration 122 when the definition of outer space is taken up by the Sub-Committee." The foregoing has been interpreted to mean that "the subject of sovereign claims over portions of the geostationary orbit was related to the definition of outer space . . . and that the question was properly one for consideration by the Legal Sub-committee rather than the International Telecommunication Union." In fact, the UN has long been involved in seeking to obtain a clarification of the relationship between the legal regimes applicable A. L. Moore, "Direct Broadcast Satellites by Treaty or Regulation: The Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space v. the ITU," Proceedings of the 19th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space 349 (1977). . . Ibid. Butler, "World Administrative Radio Conference for Planning Broadcasting Satellite Service," op. cit., p. 98. This statement follows Mr. Butler's observation that "The indication of this nominal position means the use of this part of an orbit for a transmitter is compatible with an operation of the system free of interference to or from other users. The mention of this position does not, from the ITU point of view, constitute an appropriation." 123 Eilene Galloway, "Present Status in the United Nations of Direct Television Broadcast Satellites," 2 Annals of Air and Space Law 275 (1977).
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