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United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs United Nations Office at Vienna www.unoosa.org The UN Register on Objects Launched into Outer Space – TCBMs and Notification Procedures Niklas Hedman 5 th Manfred Lachs Conference, Montreal
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TheUNRegisteronObjectsLaunched intoOuterSpace–TCBMsandNotification Procedures
Niklas Hedman
5thManfredLachsConference, Montreal
UNOOSA&TCBMS:DischargingtheSecretary-General’sTreatyObligations
• MaintainingtheRegisterofObjectsLaunchedintoOuterSpace(ConventiononRegistrationofObjectsLaunchedintoOuterSpaceart.III).
• Disseminatinginformationrelatingtoouterspaceactivities(includingdiscoveryofharmfulphenomena)providedbyStates(TreatyonPrinciplesGoverningtheActivitiesofStatesintheExplorationandUseofOuterSpace,includingtheMoonandOtherCelestialBodiesart.Vandart.XI).
• Disseminatinginformationrelatingtotherecoveryof“foreign”astronautsindistressand/orspaceobjectsbyStateswithintheirterritoryandtheirreturn(AgreementontheRescueofAstronauts,theReturnofAstronautsandtheReturnofObjectsLaunchedintoOuterSpaceart.IIb).
• Disseminatinginformationrelatingtolunarexplorationandhabitation(AgreementGoverningtheActivitiesofStatesontheMoonandOtherCelestialBodiesart.IX).
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Long-termSustainabilityofOuterSpaceActivities
• AgendaitemandWorkingGroupunderCOPUOS’ScientificandTechnicalSubcommittee.• Corethematicareas:
– SustainablespaceutilizationsupportingsustainabledevelopmentonEarth;– Spacedebrismitigation,safetyofspaceoperations,toolstosupportspacesituational
awareness;– Spaceweather;and– Regulatoryregimesandguidanceforactorsinthespacearena.
• DirectlinkswithUNISPACE+50ThematicPriority2,Legalregimeofouterspaceandglobalspacegovernance:currentandfutureperspectives&ThematicPriority3,Enhancedinformationexchangeonspaceobjectsandevents.
• InJune2016COPUOSagreedonafirstsetofguidelinesforthelong-termsustainabilityofouterspaceactivities(A/71/20,Annex),notingthatthisfirstsetofguidelinesisreadyforStatesandinternationalintergovernmentalorganizationstoconsiderimplementingonavoluntarybasis.Negotiationscontinueonapreambulartextandasecondsetofguidelines.AfullcompendiumofguidelineswillbereferredtotheGeneralAssemblyin2018.
• Links withtheGGEreport(A/68/189): riskreductionnotifications,interalia,onmanoeuvresthatmayresultinrisktoflightsafetyofotherspaceobjects;uncontrolledhigh-riskre-entryevents;emergencysituations;intentionalorbitalbreak-ups.
GGEReportonTCBMsinOuterSpaceActivities(A/68/189)
GGErecommendations includeinformationonnationalspacepolicy,militaryexpenditure,notificationsonstatusofspaceobjects,safetyofspaceoperations(includingcollisionavoidance,scheduledmanoeuvres,re-entryrisks,emergencysituations,intentionalbreak-ups),hazards(natural),visits.
Resolution referstherecommendationsoftheGGEreporttoCOPUOS,DisarmamentCommissionandConferenceonDisarmament(CD)forconsideration,asappropriate(68/50andfollowupthrough69/38,70/53).
UNsystem coordinationisencouragedbytheresolutioninoperativeparagraph5;GGEreportparagraph66recommendscoordinationbetweenUNOOSA,UNODAandotherappropriateUNentities.
Inter-AgencyCoordinationonOuterSpaceActivities(UN-Space)
ActionswithintheUN-Spaceframework:• UN-SpaceSpecialreportonSpaceforGlobal
Health(issued2015asA/AC.105/1091)• Secretary-Generalreport2016-2017–meeting
the2030AgendaforSustainableDevelopment(issued2016asA/AC.105/1115)
• UNOOSA/ITUGuidanceonsmallsatelliteregistrationandfrequencymanagement,publishedin2015
• JointICAO/UNOOSAAerospaceSymposium:1stheldinMontreal,March2015;2nd inAbuDhabi,March2016;and3rd tobeheldinVienna,August2017
• UN-Space2016sessionheldincooperationwithUNODA
• UN-SpacespecialreportonTCBMs(A/AC.105/1116)
ReportoftheSecretaryGeneral(A/72/65)• Inparagraph8ofitsresolution70/53,theGeneralAssembly
requestedtheSecretaryGeneraltosubmittotheAssembly,atitsseventysecondsession,areportonthecoordinationofTCBMsinouterspaceactivitiesintheUNsystem.
• A/72/65,dated16February2017andpreparedbyODA,reproducesthesubstantivetextofthespecialreportbyUN-Space(A/AC.105/1116),incorporatingupdatesreceivedfromcontributingentitiesaswellasexecutivesummariesofviewsbyStates(Brazil,China,Cuba,ElSalvador,France,Joran,Paraguay,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStates).
JointHighLevelPanelFirstandFourthCommitteesoftheGeneralAssembly• Atitsfifty-ninthsessionin2016,theCommitteeendorseda
recommendationmadebytheLegalSubcommitteethatajointhalf-daypaneldiscussionbytheFirstandFourthCommitteesoftheGeneralAssemblybeheldinaplenarymeetingduringtheseventy-secondsessionoftheAssembly,in2017(seeA/71/20,para.273).
• Thishalf-daypanelisscheduledtotakeplaceinOctoberandwillincludebothasubstantivepaneldiscussionandaninteractivedialoguewithdelegations.
• Science,technology,policy,lawtobecapturedinviewofthesafety,securityandsustainabilityofouterspaceactivities.
• Thewillbeframedinconnectionwiththe50thanniversaryoftheOST.
UNISPACE+50andstrongernotificationprocedures• UNtreaty-basedmechanismforinformationexchangeandnotificationproceduresunder
thetreatyobligationsoftheSecretary-General,includingtheRegistrationConventionandresolution62/101onregistrationpractice,providethelegalbasisunderinternationallawforenhancedinformationexchangeandnotificationproceduresofobjectslaunchedintoouterspace.
• GGE-report(A/68/189)recommendationsonriskreductionnotificationsandrelevantproposedrequirementsunderthedraftsetofguidelinesonthelong-termsustainabilityofouterspaceactivitiestobeassessedundertheUNISPACE+50processwiththeaimofimprovingoverallinformationexchangeandnotificationproceduresonspaceobjects.
• UNISPACE+50ThematicPriority3,Enhancedinformationexchangeonspaceobjectsandeventstotakestockofcurrentnotificationandregistrationregimeandanalyserequirementstomeetrecommendationsonriskreductionnotifications,takingintoaccounttheneedforsafety,securityandsustainabilityofouterspaceactivities.
• Agreementin2018onconcretetime-boundmeasurestobetakentoestablishnecessaryrequirementsforenhancedinformationexchange/notification/registrationplatformundertheestablishedlong-standingUNOOSAauthorityindischargingtheresponsibilitiesoftheSecretary-Generalunderthelegalregimeonouterspace.
Withtheadoptionofthe2030AgendaforSustainableDevelopment,globalsustainabledevelopmentnotonlyimpliestheuseofspacetools,butalsorequiresthatspace-relatedactivities,aswellasouterspaceenvironmentitself,continuetobesustainableinthelong-termforthebenefitofallcountries.
Thenear-Earthenvironmentisfragileandthebroadeningofapplicationandspaceoperationsandtheincreasedstrategicvalueofspacehaveresultedinagrowingneedtoenhancethesafetyofspaceoperations,securityofspaceassetsandsystems,andthelong-termsustainabilityofouterspaceactivities.
Complexityofbroaderspacesecurityencompassessafety/security/sustainabilitymeasuresaswellasmechanismsforhandlingrisksandhazardseitherbynaturalcausesorman-made.
Considerationofstrengthenedtransparencyandconfidence-buildingunderinternationalspacelaw;enhancedinformationexchangeandriskreductionnotificationproceduresonspaceobjectsandevents;futurespace-trafficmanagement.
UNISPACE+50:RoleofCOPUOSandUNOOSAinglobalspacegovernance–strengthenedinstitutional framework.
Conclusion
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