The United Nations, through its Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), promotes international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. UNOOSA works to establish legal and regulatory frameworks for space activities and helps developing countries use space science and technology for sustainable development. The office also serves as the secretariat for the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and maintains a register of objects launched into outer space. Associated keywords include: international cooperation, space law, sustainable development, COPUOS, and UNOOSA.
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In the UNDP-GEF Partnership, more than US$500,000,000 will be deployed across 88 countries, prioritizing Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States.
The GEF work programme includes over US$137,000,000 for the UNDP-implemented Small Grants Programme.
UNDP’s support aims to unlock an additional US$9,000,000,000 in capital across 88 countries from the public sector, private sector, and development banks by de-risking policy and providing incentives.
Singapore pledged $10,000,000 to the International Telecommunication Union Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Coalition to fund capacity-building programmes that build global digital capabilities in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
NewSpace Capital is invested in Paris-based Kayrros, which analyzes satellite imagery to support the United Nations and the International Energy Agency in tackling methane emissions.
Malaysia supports the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Space2030 agenda to harness space technology in achieving the SDGs and addressing societal challenges.
Planet worked with Microsoft AI for Good Lab to deploy an AI-based building damage assessment solution to assist United Nations response efforts in Ukraine and to assist the Turkish government after the February 2023 earthquake.
Inmarsat was founded in 1979 under the auspices of the United Nations to provide highly reliable safety communications.
Inmarsat was founded in 1979 under the auspices of the United Nations to provide highly reliable safety communications.
Inmarsat was founded in 1979 under the auspices of the United Nations to provide highly reliable safety communications.
Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop works at the U.S. Census Bureau and has worked across the U.S. government and with the United Nations on geospatial data integration and the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework.
PVBLIC Foundation partnered in 2021 with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Esri, and the United Nations Statistics Division to form the SDG Data Alliance.
The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information and the United Nations Development Programme agreed on a third phase of a project to improve GASGI services and increase public awareness of its operations.
The partnership between the GASGI and UNDP aims to provide the necessary infrastructure to gather data to support Saudi Vision 2030 and the Kingdom’s sustainable development goals.
The SSC's international guidelines directly address many aspects of the 21 consensus Long-Term Sustainability guidelines approved by the United Nations Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in June 2019.
CHEOS was approved in 2010 and was initially planned to consist of seven Gaofen satellites plus a near-space and airborne system and a ground segment, as presented by the China National Space Administration to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
The China Manned Space Agency and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs have a joint program whose selected experiments could begin flying to Tiangong in 2023.
China operates the Tiangong space station and solicits payloads from other countries, including through the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
The United Nations documented fewer than 8,000 objects launched into space in the first 60 years of human spaceflight, and that total has increased to over 14,000 objects after the most recent five-year increase.
The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling on countries to halt destructive testing of direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons on 2022-12-07.