[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[April 2, 1992]
[Pages 529-530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Senate Transmitting the 1985 Partial Revision of the 
Radio Regulations

April 2, 1992
To the Senate of the United States:
    With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, I transmit herewith the Partial Revision of the Radio 
Regulations (Geneva, 1979), signed on behalf of the United States at 
Geneva on September 15, 1985, and the United States reservation and 
statements as contained in the Final Protocol. I transmit also, for the 
information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with 
respect to the 1985 Partial Revision.
    The 1985 Revision constitutes a partial revision of the Radio 
Regulations (Geneva, 1979), to which the United States is a party. The 
primary purpose of the revision is to incorporate into the Radio 
Regulations the decisions of the Regional Administrative Radio 
Conference for the Planning of the Broadcasting-Satellite Service in 
Region 2 (essentially the Western Hemisphere). The Broadcasting-
Satellite Service is a radiocommunication service in which signals 
transmitted or retransmitted by satellites are intended for direct 
reception by the general public. The Partial Revision is broadly 
consistent with the proposals of and positions taken by the United 
States at the First Session of the World Administrative Radio Conference 
on the use of the Geostationary-Satellite Orbit and the Planning of 
Space Services Utilizing It (ORB-85).
    At the time of signature, the United States submitted a reservation 
concerning technical matters included in the Revision; a statement in 
response to statements by Indonesia, Colombia, and Ecuador concerning 
claims of sovereign rights of segments of the geostationary-satellite 
orbit; and a statement in response to Cuba's characterization

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of Radio Marti as ``the use . . . by the Government of the United 
States, of the radio spectrum as a means of aggression . . .'' The 
specific reservation and statements, with reasons, are given in the 
report of the Department of State.
    The 1985 Partial Revision of the Radio Regulations entered into 
force on October 30, 1986, for governments which, by that date, had 
notified the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication 
Union of their approval thereof.
    I believe the United States should become a party to the Partial 
Revision, which will facilitate the development of a broadcasting-
satellite service in the United States. It is my hope that the Senate 
will take early action on this matter and give its advice and consent to 
ratification.

                                                             George Bush

The White House,
April 2, 1992.