November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... the goals”. Both SDGs require the involvement of all States, inclusive of non-spacefaring states. UNOOSA’s initiatives at UNCOPUOS relevant to the use of space for SDGs, such as the use of space technology to support the sustainability of socio...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
...and support of the broadest community of actors is beginning to take hold in the international space forums. For example, a UNCOPUOS working group tasked with producing best practices for space sustainability sought to engage the increasingly diverse...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... models for activities in exploration, exploitation and utilization of space resources’, for discussion at the 57th session of the UNCOPUOS Legal Subcommittee in April 2018. It opened the floor to any country to present its position and to allow the...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... groups. Once the groups had reported back, each member of UNCOPUOS (currently 95 member states) agreed the first 12 guidelines in 2016...and the Soviet Union. The creation of a consensus within UNCOPUOS was driven by the need for security and order, as...
March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... into outer space while they have not yet contributed directly to the space debris problem. Additionally, UNCOPUOS itself, the predominant forum for negotiations on new instruments of international space law, operates on the principle of consensus...
September 2018
Debris or not debris - is that the question?
...in collectively forging a path forward. There is much work to be done, but together we can rise to the challenge. References 1 UNCOPUOS, Report of the Legal Subcommittee on its fifty-sixth session, held in Vienna from 27 March to 7 April 2017, UN Doc...
