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multilateralFounded 1945
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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.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralSep 29, 2022Satellogic + Government of Albania in a 3-year deal plus an exclusive agreement with the GREEN+ Jurisdictional Program.

Nuevo León, a Mexican state, has committed to increase its protected areas to 30% to reach the United Nations' 30x30 goal by 2030 and to support the Race to Conservation campaign.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralSep 27, 2022Satellogic’s Agreement with GREEN+ Jurisdictional Program will monitor all Earth’s subnational protected areas

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

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2022On National Security | Commercial in-orbit vehicles caught in the space arms crossfire

At a 2022-09-09 National Space Council meeting in Houston, the United States committed to introduce a resolution at the U.N. General Assembly that month calling for a halt on direct-ascent ASAT testing.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralSep 14, 2022Japan, Germany declare moratorium on anti-satellite missile tests

The second meeting of a U.N. Open-Ended Working Group on norms of behavior for reducing space threats is scheduled for the week of 2022-09-12 in Geneva.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralSep 10, 2022U.S. to introduce U.N. resolution on ASAT testing ban

The second session of the U.N. Open-Ended Working Group on norms of behavior for reducing space threats was scheduled for the week of 2022-09-12 in Geneva.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralAug 31, 2022U.S. looking to encourage more countries to join ASAT testing ban

Traditional discussions on space security policy have been led by governments and the United Nations, but commercial actors should also be included.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralAug 23, 2022Report: Industry has to face reality that commercial satellites will be targets in war

The international coordinating authority for space traffic management could be established through an existing organization like the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization or by creating a new organization.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralAug 2, 2022Report: U.S. should push for global rules on space traffic management

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

Mentioned as: United NationsTechnical ProductJul 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).

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralJul 14, 2022Seabed 2030 partners with Terradepth to map the entire ocean floor

The world's inventory of indoor square footage is expected to nearly double by 2060, according to the United Nations’ Global Status Report 2017.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralJul 12, 2022Esri Launches Indoor Positioning System for Facility Wayfinding

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

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralJul 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.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralJul 11, 2022BIRD Aerosystems completed another installation of its AMPS solution on UN helicopters

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

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralJul 11, 2022BIRD Aerosystems completed another installation of its AMPS solution on UN helicopters

The United Kingdom led passage of the U.N. resolution that established the Open-Ended Working Group.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralJul 3, 2022New Zealand joins ASAT testing ban

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.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralJun 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.

Mentioned as: United NationsNoiseJun 28, 2022MDA provides Global Fishing Watch access to RADARSAT-2 imagery to assist in combating illegal fishing

The U.N. Open-Ended Working Group was scheduled to meet again later in 2022 and twice in 2023 to develop recommendations on norms and rules of responsible behavior in space.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralJun 24, 2022Parallel Paths for Space Sustainability

Astroscale won the UNESCO Netexplo Innovation Forum Grand Prix in 2020.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralJun 2, 2022Astroscale Receives Prime Minister’s Award During Japan Startup Awards

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.

Mentioned as: United NationsNarrative GeneralMay 25, 2022Astroscale’s Nobu Okada Named World Space Week 2022 Honorary Chair
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