For Spain. No. 2 (Original: Spanish) On behalf of its Government, the Spanish Delegation states, with regard to Resolution No. 3, that, in accordance with the Radio Regulations in force, primary services – in the case to which this declaration refers, the broadcasting service – enjoy priority in the preparation of frequency plans over permitted services sharing the same frequency band. However, the Spanish Administration will endeavour to mitigate and, as far as possible, prevent problems which arise from the bringing into service of frequency assignments to Spanish broadcasting stations entered in the Plan, with regard to assignments in permitted services sharing the same frequency band, by means of appropriate bilateral contacts and agreements. For the Republic of Xxxx: No. 3 (Original: French) It has been noted that Documents 209 and 190 (draft Plan) contain Libyan stations with coordinates inside our country. Name of Station Coordinates
For Spain. With reference to its request for assignments for El Aaiun and Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, the Spanish Delegation wishes to state that it makes the request in accordance with Article 73 of the United Nations Charter, solely and exclusively in the interests of the inhabitants of Western Sahara, without prejudice to the results of the current process of decolonization. As far as the Spanish stations of Ceuta and Melilla are concerned, the Spanish Delegation wishes to state that both towns are an integral part of Spanish territory and that it is not prepared to accept any discussion on that subject at all.
For Spain. A The Administration of Spain cannot agree to the assignment of a Band III frequency for a television transmitter in the British territory of Gibraltar. The position and dimensions of this territory being what they are, the station in question would cover an area in Spain much greater than Gibraltar itself. Should the Gibraltar station be installed, the Administration of Spain reserves the right to take all requisite action with respect to this transmitter to avoid prejudice to Spanish television and to the economic interests connected therewith. The Administration of Spain has been unable to reach agreement with the Delegation of Morocco about the Tetuán transmitter in Band III. It reserves its right to take such action as may be required to ensure television coverage in southern Spain, and in Ceuta and Melilla, for which two territories an appropriate frequency usage reservation was made in Chapter II of the Final Protocol to the European Broadcasting Agreement, Stockholm, 1952. In addition, the Tetuán transmitter is not in accordance with the principles laid down in the Radio Regulations, Geneva, 1959, Article 7 (No. 423). C In connection with the Spanish broadcasting stations of Ceuta and Melilla, the Spanish Delegation declares that the statement made by the Moroccan Delegation on this matter is based on an erroneous affirmation, namely that Ceuta and Melilla are not an integral part of Spain. Ceuta and Melilla are parts of Spanish territory, a matter on which the Spanish State admits of no discussion. The Delegation of Spain specifically requests that this statement, made in the most categorical terms, should form part of the reservation made by Spain in connection with the stations at Ceuta and Melilla.
For Spain. The Spanish Delegation to this Conference rejects the reservation bearing the No. 13 in the Final Protocol and entered by the Delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco with regard to the entry of frequencies for the stations of Ceuta and Melilla in the Plan. Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish cities and as such constitute part of the national territory. Spanish sovereignty over them therefore cannot be questioned.
