March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... Space Treaty), adopted on 19 December 1966 and entered into force on 10 October 1967, Resolution 2222(XXI) of the United Nations General Assembly, Annex, International Legal Materials 1967, Vol. 6, 386-390. 2 The term Kessler Syndrome, named...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
...member of Space Security Task Force and Sub-committee on Space Industry of National Space Policy Committee of Japan. He has served as a member of the Panel of Experts on Iran sanctions at the United Nations. He also helped draft the Basic Space Law.
October 2017
Asgardia celebrates its first birthday
...the same time, Asgardia will work on achieving mutual recognition with Earthly states, achieving recognition by the United Nations, setting up embassies and establishing diplomatic relationships. A community leader selection process is also under way...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... Mexico needed an organisation responsible for conducting a national space programme The Mexican space agency (AEM -... Paraguay and many others. Mexico is an important actor in United Nations space activities. For instance, in 2018, Mexico chaired the ...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... only debris mitigation activity of any significance until 1994, when the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) first considered space debris as a priority item. In 1999...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
...to understanding or action. For example, many presenters threw in the acronym SDG (with reference to the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals) as if it’s as common as IT, ISS or LEO. One proposal in a ‘sustainability session’ even pitched...
