FA – XCV – 110 Original: English For the Federal Republic of Germany, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Croatia, the United States of America, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, New Zealand, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sweden and the Confederation of Switzerland: The delegations of the above-mentioned States, referring to the declaration made by the Republic of Colombia (No. 37), inasmuch as these and any similar statements refer to the Bogota Declaration of 3 December 1976 made by equatorial countries and to the claims of those countries to exercise sovereign rights over segments of the geostationary-satellite orbit, or to any related claims, consider that the claims in question cannot be recognized by this Conference. The above-mentioned delegations also wish to state that reference in Article 44 of the Constitution to the “geographical situation of particular countries” does not imply recognition of a claim to any preferential rights to the geostationary-satellite orbit. 111 Original: English For the United States of America: The United States of America refers to declarations made by various Member States reserving their right to take such actions as they may consider necessary to safeguard their interests with respect to application of the provisions of the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) and any amendments thereto, the Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1995) and any amendments thereto, or the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2015) and the annexes thereto. The United States reserves the right to take whatever measures it deems necessary to safeguard U.S. interests in response to such actions. 112 Original: English For the Federated States of Micronesia: The Federated States of Micronesia refers to declarations made by various Member States reserving their right to take such actions as they may consider necessary to safeguard their interests with respect to application of the provisions of the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) and any amendments thereto, the Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1995) and any amendments thereto, or the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2015) and the annexes thereto. The Federated States of Micronesia reserves the right to take whatever measures it deems necessary to safeguard the interests of the Federated States of Micronesia in response to such actions.