Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī (Jan 2015)
The Role of ITU in the Codification and Development of International Space Law
Abstract
Initially perhaps, the codification and progressive development of internationalspace law exclusively are attributed to the United Nations Committee on thePeaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). However, due to the development ofmodern technologies which are related to the outer space-specifically in the fieldof telecommunications- there are other regional and international organizationswhich their activities are related to the outer space and the law which governs it.Performances of these organizations, on the bases of policy and regulation, aswell as participation in operational activities, directly or indirectly, influence thedevelopment and the progressive development of international outer space law.The International Telecommunication Union has significant role in the field ofpolicy making and regulation, particularly radio regulation and allocation ofspectrum and orbit resources. In this Article, first, we will describe the history offormation, activities and foundations of ITU, and then we will evaluate the ruleswhich govern the quality of allocation of frequencies and the results of some recentconferences of the ITU on the Radio communication and, without entering into thefield of technical issues, we will attempt to provide clear picture of quantity andimportance of the relationship between codification and progressive development ofinternational outer space law and the ITU'S performance in this regard.
