Geneva, 1988 (WARC Orb-88)
Preamble
The World Administrative Radio Conference, Geneva, 1979, resolved in its Resolution
3 that a World Administrative Radio Conference be convened, in two sessions to guarantee
in practice for all countries equitable access to the geostationary-satellite orbit
and the frequency bands allocated to space services.
The Plenipotentiary Conference (Nairobi, 1982), in its Resolution 1, included such
a conference in the Union's calendar of conferences. In its Resolution 8, it also
instructed the Administrative Council to consider the inclusion, in the agenda of
the First Session, of the question of the planning of the bands allocated to the fixed-satellite
service and reserved exclusively for feeder links for the broadcasting-satellite service.
The Administrative Council, at its 38th Session (1983), following consultations with
the Members of the Union, adopted Resolution 895, by which it took the necessary steps
to convene the First Session of this World Administrative Radio Conference, to be
held in Geneva for a duration of five and a half weeks.
Accordingly, the First Session of the World Administrative Radio Conference on the
Use of the Geostationary-Satellite Orbit and the Planning of the Space Services Utilizing
It, (WARC Orb-85), was held in Geneva from 8 August to 15 September 1985 and adopted
a Report to the Second Session. This Report included the principles and methods to
guarantee in practice for all countries equitable access to the geostationary orbit
and frequency bands allocated to space services as well as the technical parameters
to be used for planning. It also contained guidelines for the work to be carried out
by the permanent organs of the Union in preparation for the Second Session of the
Conference.
At its 41st session (1986), the Administrative Council, by its Resolution 953, established
the agenda for the Second Session of the Conference. At its 42nd session (1987), the
Administrative Council, considering the results of consultations with the Members
concerning the establishment of this agenda, resolved that the Second Session be convened
in Geneva for five weeks and three days commencing on Monday, 29 August 1988.
Accordingly, the Second Session of the Conference (WARC Orb-88) met in Geneva for
the stipulated period; it considered and, in conformity with its agenda, adopted a
partial revision of the Radio Regulations and Appendices thereto, as contained in
the present Final Acts and concerning the following: