At the time of signing the Regional Agreement for the Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service in Region 2, the undersigned delegates take note of the following statements forming part of the Final Acts of the Regional Administrative MF Broadcasting Conference (Region 2), Rio de Janeiro, 1981:

No. 1

For the Bahamas:

The Delegation of the Bahamas reserves the right of its Government to take such action as it may consider necessary to protect its interests should any Member fail to observe the provisions of the Regional Agreement for the Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service in Region 2, or its Annexes, or the Protocol(s) attached thereto, or should reservations by other countries jeopardize Bahamian broadcasting services.

No. 2

For the Argentine Republic:

A. The Argentine Republic, exercising its sovereign right over the Malvinas Islands, the South Georgia Islands, the South Sandwich Islands and the Argentine Antarctic, located between 25° and 74° West and South of 60° South, states that:

1. Its Government does not recognize frequency assignments which other administrations may make in the above-mentioned territories, irrespective of the band and service;

2. This statement shall apply particularly to the band between 535 kHz and 1605 kHz allocated to the broadcasting service under Article 5 of the Radio Regulations and for which a plan had been drawn up at this Regional Administrative Broadcasting Conference;

3. Furthermore, the Argentine delegation reserves its Government's right to take the steps it considers appropriate to ensure the satisfactory development of its broadcasting services in the territories referred to above, should the interests of its country be affected by the decisions of this Conference;

4. The said territories of the Malvinas Islands, the South Georgia Islands and the South Sandwich Islands, which come under the jurisdiction of the National Territory of Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic and the Islands of the South Atlantic, were occupied by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by an act of force, resulting in an illegal situation which has never been accepted by the Argentine Republic;

5. Moreover, the illegality of the occupation of the Malvinas Islands, the South Georgia Islands and the South Sandwich Islands by the United Kingdom has been recognized by the United Nations in General Assembly Resolutions 2065 (XX), 3160 (XXVIII) and 3149 calling for the speeding up of negotiations between the two governments with a view to bringing the colonial situation to an end.

B. The Argentine delegation reserves its Government's right to take any steps it considers necessary to provide and protect its broadcasting services should its interests be affected by the decisions of this Conference, particularly in the event of a Contracting Member notifying an assignment in excess of the interference values resulting from the application of the technical standards of the Regional Agreement for the Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service in Region 2.

C. The Argentine delegation also reserves its Government's right to take any steps it considers appropriate to ensure the provision of its broadcasting services, should any reservations entered by other countries to the Final Acts jeopardize or restrict their satisfactory operation.

No. 3

For Chile:

The Delegation of the Republic of Chile, considering that its country exercises sovereign rights over the Antarctic territory between 53° and 90° West, in virtue of Supreme Decree No. 1747 of 6 November 1940, states that it does not recognize any frequency assignments made in the name of any other State(s) within that Antarctic territory. The Republic of Chile reserves the right to make use of the radio frequencies which may be assigned under the above-mentioned conditions.

No. 4

For the Bahamas and Canada:

Canada and the Bahamas, parties to the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement and participating in the Regional Administrative MF Broadcasting Conference (Region 2), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), in accordance with the provisions of the International Telecommunication Convention (Malaga-Torremolinos, 1973), express, in signing the Final Acts of this Conference, their firm intention to approve the Regional Agreement adopted by the Conference and to take immediate steps to denounce the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement under the notification procedure specified in Article I, 3 of the latter Agreement.

In its capacity as depository of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, the Government of Canada will inform without delay the other Governments parties to the said Agreement and the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union of the notifications received under the above-mentioned paragraph.

No. 5

For the Republic of Colombia:

The delegation of the Republic of Colombia reserves the right of its Government to take such steps as it considers necessary to safeguard its interests should any country fail to comply with the terms of the Regional Agreement for the Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service in Region 2 reached at this Conference, or should reservations entered by other countries jeopardize those broadcasting services in the territories over which the Republic of Colombia exercises full sovereignty.

No. 6

For Nicaragua:

In signing the Final Acts of the Regional Administrative MF Broadcasting Conference (Region 2), Rio de Janeiro, 1981, the delegation of Nicaragua states that:

It does not accept the definition in Document No. 150 whereby the delegation of Colombia laid claim to sovereignty over the Islands of San Andres and Providencia by expressly requesting their inclusion in noise zone 2; accordingly, it reserves the right to adopt such measures as it may deem appropriate, in virtue of the declaration by the Government of National Reconstruction in Decree No. 324 of 4 February 1980, under which the Government assumes responsibility for recovering, maintaining and defending Nicaragua's national sovereignty and territorial integrity as the inalienable right of all free nations.

Circumstances of history have prevented the people of Nicaragua from properly defending its national integrity, including its territorial waters and continental shelf. Such lack of sovereignty was demonstrated by the imposition on Nicaragua of two treaties which were absolutely contrary to its national interest, namely, the Treaty of Chamorro Bryan of 5 August 1914 and the Treaty of Barcenas-Meneses-Ezguerra, which Nicaragua was forced to sign in 1928 prior to ratification in 1930. Both treaties were imposed under the total political and military occupation of Nicaragua by the United States of America.

Besides being detrimental to the interests of Nicaragua, the BarcenasMeneses-Ezguerra Treaty implies the occupation of much of its island territory, such as the Islands of San Andres and Providencia and the surrounding keys.

Although much time has passed since the signing of the BarcenasMeneses-Ezguerra Treaty, the fact remains that until 19 July 1979, Nicaragua had not recovered its national sovereignty and, prior to the victory of its people, had been unable to defend its island, marine and submarine territory.

The Administration of Nicaragua cannot but seize this opportunity to let the sister people and Government of Colombia know that this reservation is not intended as a slight to a country which we have have always loved and respected and whose people were splendidly at one with our country in its struggle for national liberation.

Our intention is to let both the people and the Government of Colombia know that Nicaragua lays claim not to territories which lie within Colombia's continental shelf or within 100-200 miles of its mainland territory, but to areas which geographically, historically and legally form an integral part of Nicaragua's national territory.