CATEGORY: Free Trade
STRENGTH: Mild
RECOGNISING that radio signals cannot be made to respect national boundaries,
BELIEVING that international legislation is needed to ensure that radio systems will not cause international interference,
REALISING that standardisation of radio devices will promote international trade of the same, and
DISAPPOINTED that this area of international law has long gone neglected, despite this Assembly's stated intentions,
THE WORLD ASSEMBLY
ALLOWS unrestricted use of any radio power and frequency as necessary for the immediate protection of life or property in situations in which normal forms of communication are unavailable or ineffective, with the understanding that transmissions that by their nature cause harm to life or property cannot protect those things,
ALLOWS unlicensed use of low-power radio devices, so long as such use does not interfere with other uses, but allows such devices to be subject to inspection at the point of manufacture by the jurisdiction's regulatory agency,
REQUIRES that radio services include amateur, broadcast, experimental, personal communications, life and safety communications, radiolocation, governmental and military communications, and, in jurisdictions in which such services would be useful, business communications, aerocraft communications, spacecraft communications, and watercraft communications,
ESTABLISHES the International Radiocommunications Commission to set more detailed standards, including specific services and frequency allocations (including specific frequencies for emergency calls), with particular direction to incorporate pre-existing arrangements within those standards,
FORBIDS the International Radiocommunications Commission from setting content standards, or station ownership standards beyond those clearly implied by the intended purpose of a service,
CLARIFIES that the standards set by the International Radiocommunications Commission must be followed by all member nations, but
PERMITS nations to create additional radio services in portions of the spectrum not used under International Radiocommunications Commission standards.