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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.

multilateralFounded 1945
New York, New York, International
www.un.org
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The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs estimated there are at least 8,261 satellites orbiting the Earth.

GeneralValue 2.5Dec 5, 2022Op-ed | Let’s keep an open dialogue on how to protect satellites on orbit

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).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 16, 2022Microsoft & Planet Join Hands to Provide AI, Satellite Data in Africa

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.

LegalPlanGeneralValue 2.0Oct 31, 2022Australia joins ASAT test ban, raising like-minded countries to eight

Vorontsov criticized Western nations’ use of commercial satellites in military operations at a United Nations meeting on outer space security.

LegalGeneralValue 1.3Oct 27, 2022Russia escalates rhetoric on commercial satellites, calls them ‘legitimate targets for retaliation’

EUMETSAT contributes to implementing the Paris Agreement, informs the United Nations about climate change, and provides continuous, long-term operational satellite service.

GeneralValue 2.0Oct 20, 2022EUMETSAT’s statement highlights four key ways the agency works with global partners to limit climate change and its impact

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).

LegalValue 2.0Oct 14, 2022EAASI joins the Private Sector Network of the UNGGIM-PSN

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.

LegalGeneralValue 1.3Sep 29, 2022Satellogic + Government of Albania in a 3-year deal plus an exclusive agreement with the GREEN+ Jurisdictional Program.

A United Nations working group focused on reducing space threats through norms began discussions in Geneva in 2022 and will continue into 2023.

LegalGeneralValue 1.2Sep 16, 2022On National Security | Commercial in-orbit vehicles caught in the space arms crossfire

Previous recipients of the Better Satellite World Awards include the United Nations’ Crisis Connectivity Charter and SES's SATMED e-health satellite platform.

GeneralValue 2.0Jul 28, 2022SSPI opens the nominations for the 2022 Better Satellite World Awards

GEBCO is a joint program of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO).

GeneralValue 2.0Jul 14, 2022Seabed 2030 partners with Terradepth to map the entire ocean floor

This installation follows several previous successful installations of BIRD Aerosystems' solutions on UN Air Operations aircraft.

CapabilityValue 2.0Jul 11, 2022BIRD Aerosystems completed another installation of its AMPS solution on UN helicopters

BIRD Aerosystems has completed an installation of its AMPS-MV Airborne Missile Protection System on UN Air Operations Mi-17 helicopters.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jul 11, 2022BIRD Aerosystems completed another installation of its AMPS solution on UN helicopters

BIRD Aerosystems is a qualified supplier of Airborne Missile Protection Systems for the UN, the US government, and various NATO forces.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Jul 11, 2022BIRD Aerosystems completed another installation of its AMPS solution on UN helicopters

The AMPS-MV systems will protect UN Air Operations VIPs when flying in Africa.

CapabilityValue 2.3Jul 11, 2022BIRD Aerosystems completed another installation of its AMPS solution on UN helicopters

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.

GovernanceValue 1.0Jun 29, 2022NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce joins an industry focus on the effects of satellites on astronomy

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.

GeneralValue 0.8Jun 28, 2022MDA provides Global Fishing Watch access to RADARSAT-2 imagery to assist in combating illegal fishing

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.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.5May 25, 2022Astroscale’s Nobu Okada Named World Space Week 2022 Honorary Chair

Li Song addressed the United Nations about the dangers of an arms race in space.

LegalGeneralValue 1.2May 12, 2022China Warns US Against Attempts To Dominate Outer Space

The UN General Assembly created the Open-Ended Working Group process by approving a resolution late last year.

LegalGeneralValue 2.0Apr 25, 2022U.S. ASAT ban meant to support U.N. discussions on space threats

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.

LegalGeneralValue 2.0Apr 22, 2022South Korea “welcomes” U.S. moratorium on anti-satellite missile tests; China skeptical
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