February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...in 2002, formed the basis of the discussion within the COPUOS Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) when it took ...of the road for space traffic’. At the 52nd session of COPUOS in June 2009, the French delegation formally proposed the ‘long-...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... Committee On the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), data sharing between actors in the space arena, ... and the need for consensus, nothing happens very quickly. If the UN COPUOS were to increase its meeting schedule by a factor of two, could it...
July 2014
The peaceful use of space
... space and its compliance with the legal framework for space activities. This compliance includes supervision by COPUOS of the activities of non-governmental activities under their jurisdiction. Despite the newer and more affordable technologies...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) between 2011 and 2018. Under the able chairmanship of... Conference on Disarmament. The excellent work of the UN COPUOS Scientific and Technical sub-committee and its Long-Term Sustainability...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
...and the UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space (COPUOS) at the expense of explicit coverage of the security aspects of ...outer space use. This summer at its annual session, COPUOS was able to agree on an initial set of guidelines emerging...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
...justified framework for planetary protection. Indeed, the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) noted, in its report in 2017, the long-standing role of COSPAR in maintaining a Planetary Protection Policy as a reference...
