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ways and means to ensure the rational and equitable use of the geostationary
orbit without prejudice to the role of the International Telecommunication
Union;
(b)
Consider the following single issues/items for discussion:
(i) Review and possible revision of the Principles Relevant to the Use of
Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space; 7
(ii) The draft convention of the International Institute for the Unification of
Private Law on international interests in mobile equipment and the preliminary
draft protocol thereto on matters specific to space property;
(c) Continue its review of the concept of the “launching State”, in
accordance with the work plan adopted by the Committee;8
6.
Notes that the Legal Subcommittee, at its fortieth session, will submit its
proposals to the Committee for new items to be considered by the Subcommittee at
its forty-first session, in 2002;
7.
Notes also that, in the context of paragraph 5 (a) (iv) above, and in
accordance with the agreement referred to in paragraph 4 above, the Legal
Subcommittee will reconvene its working group on the item only to consider matters
relating to the definition and delimitation of outer space;
8.
Notes further that, in the context of paragraph 5 (c) above, the Legal
Subcommittee will reconvene its working group to consider the item;
9.
Takes note of the agreement reached by the Committee at its fortieth
session on the composition of the bureaux of the Committee and its subsidiary
bodies for the second term starting in 2000, in the context of the implementation of
the measures relating to the working methods of those bodies, 9 which were endorsed
by the General Assembly in paragraph 11 of its resolution 52/56 of
10 December 1997;
10. Notes with satisfaction that consensus decisions were reached on the
composition of the bureaux for the second term, and agrees that, in accordance with
those consensus decisions, the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee and the Legal
Subcommittee of the Committee should elect their chairmen for the second term at
the beginning of their thirty-eighth and fortieth sessions respectively;
11. Notes that, in accordance with the measures relating to the working
methods of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies, mentioned in paragraph 9
above, consultations will be held among the regional groups at the forty-fourth
session of the Committee to determine which group will be responsible for which
office for the third term, starting in 2003;
12. Notes that the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, at its thirtyseventh session, continued its work as mandated by the General Assembly in its
resolution 54/67; 10
7
See resolution 47/68.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 20 and corrigendum
(A/54/20 and Corr.1), para. 114.
9
Ibid., Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/52/20), annex I.
10
Ibid., Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/55/20), chap. II.B.
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