The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly,
considering
a) that reliable and rapid deployment of telecommunication equipment is essential for relief operations in the event of natural disasters and similar emergencies;
b) that inherent to natural disaster events is the unprdictability of the site location thus implying the need for prompt on-site transportation of the telecommunication equipment;
c) that satellite transmission using transportable eartb stations is invaluable and at times is the only viable solution to provide emergency telecommunication services for warning and relief operations;
d) that the World Radio Conference (Geneva, 1979) has adopted Recommendation No. 1;
e> that the telecommunication equipment might perform a variety of functions including, but not limited to,voice communication, field reporting, data collection and in some instances video transmission primarily for aerial site
survey.