– 192 – (7.2 – Other miscellaneous matters) c) that the Space Protocol will not come into force until a minimum of ten States become parties; d) that the diplomatic Conference also adopted Resolution 1 to establish, pending the entry into force of the Protocol, a Preparatory Commission to act with full authority as Provisional Supervisory Authority for the establishment of the International Registry for space assets, under the guidance of the General Assembly of UNIDROIT and Resolution 2 inviting the governing bodies of the ITU to consider the matter of the ITU becoming Supervisory Authority of the International Registration System for Space Assets under the Space Protocol, upon or after the entry into force of the Protocol, and to inform UNIDROIT accordingly, considering a) the matter of whether or not the ITU could become the Supervisory Authority will be considered by a ITU Plenipotentiary Conference; b) notwithstanding a), the Council in its 2012 session has authorized the Secretary-General to participate in the work of the Preparatory Commission as an observer to obtain information that will assist the Plenipotentiary Conference in its deliberations; c) the ITU Council, in its 2011, 2012, and 2013 sessions, has sought clarification from the ITU Secretary-General regarding the implications of the ITU taking on the role of the Supervisory Authority, including its impact on the rights of Member States and Sector Members, and the ITU Secretary-General has been reporting its findings to the Council, decides to authorize the Secretary-General to continue to express interest in the ITU becoming the Supervisory Authority, upon or after the entry into force of the Protocol, and to authorize the Secretary-General or his representative to continue to participate in the work of the Preparatory Commission as an observer, instructs the Secretary-General 1) to submit to Council-2014 and the next Plenipotentiary Conference a report on the outcomes of the Preparatory Commission and the financial, juridical and technical implications of the ITU taking on the role of the Supervisory Authority, taking into account developments of the Preparatory Commission up to that time and addressing the clarifications sought by Council referenced in considering c); 2) to report on financial implications of its participation in the meetings of the Preparatory Commission as well as on any financial implications of the ITU serving as the Supervisory Authority upon or after the entry into force of the Protocol; 3) to identify mechanisms by which ITU Member States and Sector Members can review or provide comment on the ITU role as the Supervisory Authority. Ref.: Documents C13/107 and C13/121.