12th meeting International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space

The Director of the Office for Outer Space Affairs opened the Meeting.

The Meeting suggested that the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space encourage entities of the United Nations system to participate in the work of the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities.

The Office for Outer Space Affairs briefed the Meeting on its website on the coordination of outer space activities within the United Nations system (www.uncosa.unvienna.org).

Report of the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities on its twenty fifth session

All the space agencies present at the meeting supported the laboratory initiative and noted that it could assist in the implementation of the space component for GEOSS.

A representative of the Office for Outer Space Affairs briefed the Meeting on the Charter on Cooperation to Achieve the Coordinated Use of Space Facilities in the Event of Natural or Technological Disasters (International Charter Space and Major Disasters ).

The Meeting noted that the dates of the Meeting would be determined and communicated to United Nations entities by the Office for Outer Space Affairs at a later stage, bearing in mind the need to avoid conflicts with the schedules of major space related conferences.

The tools and benefits offered by the use of space would be a key element in meeting those goals.

The Meeting agreed that the Office for Outer Space Affairs should continue to circulate, among the focal points of the Inter Agency Meeting, quarterly reminders to update the website.

The present report was reviewed and revised by the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities, held from 31 January to 2 February 2005, and finalized following that Meeting.

The Meeting invited the entities of the United Nations system to contribute to the unified list of space related training events for 2005, which is maintained by the Office for Outer Space Affairs.

At the 711th meeting, on 4 April, the Director of the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the Secretariat made a statement reviewing the role and work of the Office relating to space law.

Consideration by the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee of the comments received from member States of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the proposals on space debris mitigation and results of the consultative meeting of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee and the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space held in Vancouver, Canada, on 4 October 2004

The vast majority of Chinese people have never met foreigners before, so it feels odd for them, like meeting space aliens.

The Meeting noted the reduced participation of some United Nations entities that played key roles in various coordinated space related activities.

The Meeting agreed that the revised brochure should be made available to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

(d) Strategy IV provides for leasing of approximately 10 floors of office space in midtown Manhattan and space for the Dag Hammarskjöld Library in Long Island City and building of a temporary conference facility on the North Lawn to accommodate a part of the meeting space requirements.

To that end, the Meeting agreed that the Office for Outer Space Affairs would revise the outline and text based on the comments received during the meeting and would circulate both among members of the Inter Agency Meeting for their approval.

Encourages entities of the United Nations system to participate fully in the work of the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities

The Meeting had before it the draft report on new and emerging technologies, applications and initiatives for space related inter agency cooperation.

Agenda for the informal open session of the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities, held in Vienna on 2 February 2005

It had held an open informal meeting for Committee members and observers to present various space related initiatives by United Nations agencies and had updated the brochure Space solutions on the use of space technologies in United Nations activities related to the implementation of the internationally agreed development goals.

He noted that the issues discussed by the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities were expanding as space science and technology and their applications became more relevant within the changing political context of United Nations activities.

The Meeting noted that the Office for Outer Space Affairs had invited interested entities to join the ongoing initiative relating to the development of pilot projects for water resource management that included the use of space technologies.

(b) Consideration by the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee of the comments received from member States on the proposals on space debris mitigation and results of the consultative meeting of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee and the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space held in Vancouver, Canada, on 4 October 2004 (A AC.105 C.1 L.279).

37. Encourages entities of the United Nations system to participate fully in the work of the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities

34. Encourages entities of the United Nations system to participate fully in the work of the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities

38. Encourages entities of the United Nations system to participate fully in the work of the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities

The participants expressed their appreciation to the Office for Outer Space Affairs for hosting the twenty fifth session of the Inter Agency Meeting.

The Meeting noted that the theme of the second informal open session of the Inter Agency Meeting, for the exchange of information between the representatives of United Nations entities and the representatives of member States of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, would be Space technology for disaster management opportunities within the United Nations system .

In that regard, the Meeting agreed that the Office for Outer Space Affairs should clarify the matter with the executive secretariat of the Charter.

That delegation was of the view that the NPS applications used in space missions represented a key element that could assist space faring nations in meeting the challenges and objectives of space exploration, taking into consideration that discussions regarding NPS at the national and international levels should have a solid technical foundation.

The Meeting noted with satisfaction that 15 entities of the United Nations system had participated in the work of the action teams established by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to implement recommendations contained in The Space Millennium Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development , adopted by UNISPACE III.

The Meeting noted that the Charter, whose membership included the Centre national d'etudes spatiales, the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, the Indian Space Research Organization, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States and the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales of Argentina, provided space data acquisition and value added products, through authorized users, to disaster managers in the event of major disasters.

Results of the consultative meeting among representatives of member States of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and representatives of members of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee held in Vancouver, Canada, on 4 October 2004

In consultation with the Director of the Office of Outer Space Affairs, he had resolved to make an effort to use the current meeting to provide Committee members with a practical demonstration of the benefits of space technology in everyday life.

Agenda for the twenty fifth session of the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities, held in Vienna from 31 January to 2 February 2005

The Steering Group of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) discussed the issues raised by the member States of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space at its annual meeting held in Abano Terme, Italy, in April 2004 and again at a meeting held during the fifty fifth International Astronautical Congress in Vancouver, Canada, in October 2004, following the consultative meeting with interested member States of the Committee.

ESCAP and his own Government had jointly hosted the Expert Meeting on Space Applications for Disaster Management between 25 and 28 July 2005 in Chiangmai, Thailand, aimed at reviewing the space generated products and services that could support regional disaster management mechanisms.

He highlighted that since its establishment, the Inter Agency Meeting had been instrumental in providing coordination of space activities among entities of the United Nations system.

The Meeting further agreed that the specific theme of its 2006 report would be New and emerging initiatives and applications for space related inter agency cooperation .

The Meeting agreed that the Office for Outer Space Affairs should explore the possibility of making the brochure available in the six official United Nations languages.

37. Notes with satisfaction the efforts made by the Committee and its Scientific and Technical Subcommittee as well as the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the Secretariat and the Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities to bring the benefits of space science and technology and their applications to the attention of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Lastly, the United Nations Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities had reported to the Subcommittee on the results of its 2005 session and had submitted to it for consideration a report on the coordination of space related activities among United Nations entities and a report on space related technologies and applications that could enhance inter agency cooperation.