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The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2022 in support of a moratorium on direct ascent anti-satellite testing, with 155 states voting in favor.
The UN Security Council recently voted against a resolution presented by Russia and China that would ban member states from placing weapons in outer space.
Nine states voted against and nine abstained from the UN General Assembly resolution on direct ascent anti-satellite testing.
Asim Ibrahim AlGhamdi received the Geospatial Ambassador of the Year award at GWF 2024 and serves as Secretary-General of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information for the Arab States.
The US and Japan drafted a UN Security Council resolution calling for a commitment against deploying nuclear weapons in space.
The UN Security Council resolution was vetoed by Russia, which claimed it did not prohibit all types of weapons in space.
UNESCO held an Information Meeting on Universal Acceptance at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 2024-05-06.
Plumb criticized Russia's veto of a UN Security Council resolution that reaffirmed nuclear weapon prohibitions in space.
Aarti Holla-Maini, director of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, stated that we do not live in 'treaty times' anymore.
The United States and Japan, with over 60 co-sponsoring nations, proposed a resolution on space security to the United Nations Security Council.
The US and Japan are sponsoring a resolution for debate by the United Nations Security Council to reaffirm international commitments to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
The U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) agreed to add an agenda item titled "Dark and quiet skies, astronomy and large constellations: addressing emerging issues and challenges" to its meetings in 2025 through 2029.
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs partnered with the Saudi Space Agency for the Space Debris Conference.
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Exolaunch GmbH have signed an agreement to provide free-of-charge launch opportunities to CubeSats.
Exolaunch is collaborating with UNOOSA to provide free of charge launch opportunities through the Access to Space for All initiative to foster STEM growth and empower developing countries to participate in space activities.
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Exolaunch GmbH have signed an agreement to provide free of charge launch opportunities to Cube Satellites (CubeSats).
On 2023-01-31, during the third session of the United Nations Open Ended Working Group Meeting on Reducing Space Threats in Geneva, Iran protested the illegal operation of the broadband satellite internet service known as Starlink within its territory with U.S. government support.
GHGSat operates a constellation of 12 satellites including Vanguard and monitors industrial facilities while sharing data with NASA, ESA, the United Nations, and the oil and gas industry.
UN-GGIM was created in July 2011 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced its intention to withdraw from the Moon Agreement in a filing to the United Nations on January 5, 2023.