September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
... in essence would be identical, but politically transformed with a new name and placed under the auspices of the United Nations. That is a real possibility albeit a remote one at the present. About the author Gurbir Singh is a UK-based cyber...
29 December 2021
China complains to UN after space station endures 'close encounters' with Starlink satellites
... collision between the two spacecraft. In view of the foregoing, China wishes to request the Secretary-General of the United Nations to circulate the above-mentioned information to all States parties to the Outer Space Treaty and bring to their...
December 2014
A door closes
...-Americanism has flourished in Russia, with Kremlin support. The mutual estrangement was on vivid display at the United Nations General Assembly annual debate in late September 2014. President Obama placed Russia, because of its “aggression” against...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... are seen as the preferred mode of norm-making. Recently, there have also been attempts at circumventing the United Nations process of law-making and an alarming trend of unilateral actions of some advanced spacefaring States, often to the detriment...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... developed their own laws to meet their OST obligations and have used the United Nations and other international forums to discuss the relationship between their respective domestic laws. For years the ...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... the most important of such institutions is the UN (United Nations), particularly its Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space... a part of customary international law, thus apply to all nations, whether or not they are parties to the Treaty. The...
