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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The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs estimated there are at least 8,261 satellites orbiting the Earth.
Planet Labs, Microsoft, and The Nature Conservancy launched private previews of the Global Renewables Watch at Energy Day during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).
The United Nations open-ended working group on reducing space threats was established by a U.K.-sponsored resolution in December last year, had its second session in September, and will conclude its work in 2023-08-01.
Vorontsov criticized Western nations’ use of commercial satellites in military operations at a United Nations meeting on outer space security.
EUMETSAT contributes to implementing the Paris Agreement, informs the United Nations about climate change, and provides continuous, long-term operational satellite service.
The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) was established in July 2011 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
The Mexican state of Nuevo León has committed to increase its protected areas to 30% to help reach the United Nations’ 30×30 goal by 2030 and to support the Race to Conservation campaign.
A United Nations working group focused on reducing space threats through norms began discussions in Geneva in 2022 and will continue into 2023.
Previous recipients of the Better Satellite World Awards include the United Nations’ Crisis Connectivity Charter and SES's SATMED e-health satellite platform.
GEBCO is a joint program of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO).
This installation follows several previous successful installations of BIRD Aerosystems' solutions on UN Air Operations aircraft.
BIRD Aerosystems has completed an installation of its AMPS-MV Airborne Missile Protection System on UN Air Operations Mi-17 helicopters.
BIRD Aerosystems is a qualified supplier of Airborne Missile Protection Systems for the UN, the US government, and various NATO forces.
The AMPS-MV systems will protect UN Air Operations VIPs when flying in Africa.
Simonetta Di Pippo, former Director of the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, will deliver the morning keynote at the 2022-06-28 NIST symposium.
The United Nations identifies illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as the planet’s sixth largest crime and estimates that 20% of the over 90 million tonnes of fish caught globally each year are captured illegally at an estimated cost of $23,500,000,000 annually.
Nobu Okada has received awards and accolades including 2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies, 2021 Satellite Technology of the Year, SpaceNews Company Leader of the Year, UNESCO Netexplo Innovation Forum 2020 Grand Prix, Forbes JAPAN 'Start-up of The Year 2019', and World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in 2017.
Li Song addressed the United Nations about the dangers of an arms race in space.
The UN General Assembly created the Open-Ended Working Group process by approving a resolution late last year.
South Korea called on space actors to behave transparently and responsibly in a 2021-05-03 statement to the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs because verifying intention in space is difficult without official declarations from an operator.