February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...form the basis for considerations of concepts and proposals for legally binding obligations. Members of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-Building in Outer Space on the grounds of the UN premises in New York. Clearly...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, UN COPUOS (June 2006 to June 2008), and an expert member of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) set up by the Secretary General of the United Nations to develop ‘Transparency and Confidence Building...
August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
.... The ‘Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space’, and the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities, enunciate that co-operation and confidence-building...
March 2015
Russia and safe space initiatives
... has been proposed by Russia at the current UNGA session, based on the results of the work of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on TCBMs. This resolution as well as the final report of the Group can provide a solid foundation for continuing...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
.... A more positive development in the sphere of space security was the consensus report issued in 2013 by the UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on ‘Transparency and Confidence Building Measures’ (TCBMs) in outer space. This GGE report set out...
October 2019
Space-based cybersecurity challenges for NATO
... to clarify the rules applicable to the military use of outer space. The United Nations has appointed Groups of Governmental Experts (GGEs) on cyber and space developments. Unfortunately, the most recent space GGE failed to reach agreement (not...
